Whey Protein As An Essential Prep?

by suburban | Jul 7, 2011 | Food, Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness

While on and off my fit­ness kick this year, I have sup­ple­ment­ed my dai­ly diet with a morn­ing pro­tein shake mixed with fat free milk, water, ice, and var­i­ous fruits that would mix with pro­tein pow­ders well.  I have been on the quest for the per­fect... Read more

CERT Training Completed

by Prepperjim | Jul 6, 2011 | first aid, Health, Jobs, Politics, Self Reliance, suburban survival

I recent­ly com­plet­ed my Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team (CERT) train­ing. First some back­ground and then an eval­u­a­tion from a prep­per per­spec­tive. CERT’s were formed in the wake of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks via exec­u­tive order. The train­ing... Read more

Higher Standards

by ST | Jul 5, 2011 | General, Guest Posts, Personal, Psychology

Survivalists/preppers have nev­er been por­trayed well in the mod­ern media and enter­tain­ment fields.  At best, they are por­trayed in as a com­i­cal cliché like in the 1983 movie “The Sur­vivors” (Wal­ter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jer­ry Reed – very fun­ny... Read more

HBO’s “Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip”

by suburban | Jul 4, 2011 | Personal

As I write this, it is get­ting lat­er in the evening on July 4th.  I pur­pose­ful­ly stayed in this evening to watch a spe­cial on HBO called “Cit­i­zen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip,” on HBO.  It is a spe­cial where the pro­duc­ers drove... Read more

Happy Independence Day, Everyone

by suburban | Jul 4, 2011 | Personal

Hey every­body, just a quick note today to say, Hap­py Inde­pen­dence Day, I hope you take a quick moment today to remem­ber what the hol­i­day is about. At the same time I hope you enjoy the day with your fam­i­lies and friends cel­e­brat­ing your inde­pen­dence and... Read more