on the way to laughlin, we drove through the joshua tree forest along us 93, between i-40 and us 60. click on the picture to see a larger version, but be careful, the graphics are rather large.

we were up in laughlin, nevada for a few days, staying at the colorado belle. i even got a straight flush playing video poker. the town hosts the annual river run, which is sort of like a sturgis-lite. lots of cool bikes and exhibits.

There Are 0 Gaps in Your Knowledge

Where you have gaps in your knowledge: No Gaps! Where you don’t have gaps in your knowledge: Philosophy Religion Economics Literature History Science Art

proof that internet tests are crap.

an award-winning picture story about two male penguins who become parents was the most complained about book for the third year running. and tango makes three was cited by parents and educators as being anti-family, pro-gay, and anti-religion, as tracked by the american library association.

h/t

cabela’s is running a sale on this rossi “his or hers” .357 snubbie. it comes with two sets of grips, black and pink. can you guess which color is for which sex?

i did stop by to purchase some inexpensive .22 ammo. a brick was running for $20.99 plus tax. remember the good old days, like back in august of 2008, when the same brick went for $12.99?

sorry about the lack of timely updates. i’ve been putting in some overtime over the last few weeks, and it looks like i’ll be doing so for a while. i even worked today, on easter. in any event, my bills will thank me…

from an article by dick swabb, a professor of neurobiology at the university of amsterdam:

Sexual differentiation of our genitalia occurs in the first few months of pregnancy while sexual differentiation of the brain takes place in the second half of pregnancy. As these two processes occur at different times, it is theorised that in transsexuality these processes are influenced independently of each other.
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Everything indicates that during the early stages of development, the sexual differentiation of the brain occurs atypically in transsexuals, and not that they are “simply” psychotic, as a psychiatrist from Limburg recently dared to assert.

i’m not thrilled with some of the wording in the article, as in “Transsexuals are convinced that they were born in the body of the opposite gender…”, but it was an interesting read,

namoli brennet will be playing at the rebel yell youth activist music & art festival this sunday april 5th, in downtown phoenix. see the link for specifics. i don’t know what time she’ll be playing, and i’ll be working overtime this sunday, so i don’t know if i’ll get to see her.