Smoked Turkey Update, Turkey Is Smoked and Resting Before Dinner

by suburban | Aug 13, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal

Well, the Smoked Turkey exper­i­ment is almost done.  We are ful­ly smoked, and the pic­ture to the left is the turkey as I unplugged the smok­er.  I took the tem­per­a­ture, and it seemed good to me by stick­ing the ther­mome­ter in the thigh of... Read more

Governor Christie Defending Himself and His Tone of Voice in NJ

by suburban | Aug 13, 2010 | General, Politics

I like this guy, as I am liv­ing here in NJ.  He is for the peo­ple.  I can see him going far­ther if he has the ambi­tion to. Gov Christie calls S‑L colum­nist thin-skinned for inquir­ing about his ‘con­fronta­tion­al tone’ Read more

My Altoids EDC Emergency Kit

by suburban | Aug 13, 2010 | DIY, EDC, Gear, Preparedness

I car­ry an Altoid EDC Emer­gency Kit just about every­where I go.  I have one that can get through air­line secu­ri­ty (no razor blade or knife, but it does have a fire steel and scraper in the kit that makes it through secu­ri­ty with no issues).  The one... Read more

Just For Fun — I Want This Bug Out Vehicle

by suburban | Aug 12, 2010 | Bug Out Vehicle, Personal

Ha.  Just for fun, I want the CHEETAH by Force Pro­tec­tion, Inc. The Chee­tah® is designed by Force Pro­tec­tion to achieve high pro­tec­tion lev­els in a small vehi­cle. The Chee­tah’s size and agili­ty make it ide­al for recon­nais­sance, com­mand and... Read more

The Focus of Suburban Survival Blog and, if the SHTF

by suburban | Aug 12, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

I am writ­ing this post, because, it is prob­a­bly some­thing I should have writ­ten sev­er­al months ago when I start­ed writ­ing a dai­ly blog on my thoughts about sub­ur­ban sur­vival.  I real­ly start­ed get­ting con­cerned about what was going on in the... Read more