Les Stroud, “Will To Live, Dispatches From The Edge Of Survival”

by suburban | Feb 2, 2011 | Books, Les Stroud, Psychology

Well, this review comes one day after his new book was released.  I actu­al­ly had an advance copy of it from the pub­lish­er, and strug­gled to get through it; but not why you might think.  I have been super busy with work and at the end of the day it has... Read more

Share and Share Alike? or The Case For Non-Lethal Defense “Part 2”

by suburban | Feb 1, 2011 | Preparedness, Survivalism

This is a sec­ond arti­cle by the same read­er who asked not to be iden­ti­fied. Dur­ing my last arti­cle I dis­cussed var­i­ous sce­nar­ios for using non-lethal defens­es. While the respons­es were great, they did focus on an ancil­lary aspect of the arti­cle I... Read more

Can The Egypt Communications Censorship Happen Here Too?

by suburban | Jan 31, 2011 | Personal

Could what hap­pened to com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Egypt this past week hap­pen here in the USA?  Last week, in an attempt to cen­sor com­mu­ni­ca­tions in their coun­try, Egyp­t’s gov­ern­ment shut down the use of Face­book and Twit­ter.   Even­tu­al­ly they... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Jan 29, 2011 | Personal

Sce­nario-Dead­ly Force is used to pro­tect our food. Can­ning But­ter Nut­n­fan­cy — Mini 14 Against The World, part 1 Nut­n­fan­cy — Mini 14 Against The World, part... Read more

I’m Failing My 2011 Fitness Goals Already

by suburban | Jan 27, 2011 | Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness, Psychology

Yes, it’s true.  I am already fail­ing to accom­plish my 2011 fit­ness goals.  I blame part of it on my new job.  I am out of the house before 7:00 a.m. each morn­ing.  Big deal, right?  A lot of you read­ing this could be out the door at 5:00... Read more