Business travel, EDC, and Having a Comfort Level While on the Road

by suburban | Jun 10, 2009 | EDC, Gear, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness

I am get­ting on a plane today for a job inter­view. Over the past sev­er­al months I have been prepar­ing for an emer­gency of sorts (man­made, nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, or per­son­al emer­gency) I have done lit­tle plane trav­el. Pri­or to this, I used to do a lot of... Read more

My first attempt at Hard Tack Survival Bread

by suburban | Jun 6, 2009 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Food Storage, General

Well, late this after­noon, after try­ing to con­cen­trate on read­ing my US Army Sur­vival Man­u­al I just could­n’t focus.  So I decid­ed to try my hand at Hard Tack.   For those of you who do not know, Hard Tack is a rock hard bread made of water,... Read more

In the beginning; my first look at being a Prepper. I am clearly a neophyte…

by suburban | Jun 6, 2009 | General, Personal, Preparedness, Survivalism

Inter­est­ing­ly, while work­ing in Mid­town Man­hat­tan for an Inter­net com­pa­ny in ear­ly 2009 I began to have the over­whelm­ing feel­ing that I was too con­nect­ed.  Too in touch with tech­nol­o­gy, and that I was miss­ing some­thing in my life.  It... Read more