Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations

by suburban | Mar 11, 2011 | Books, Entertainment, Preparedness, Survivalism

Obscure Book and Movie Rec­om­men­da­tions, as pro­vid­ed to me by an anony­mous read­er and con­trib­u­tor Sur­vival blogs and web­sites are full of reviews about this or that book for prepa­ra­tion and/or out­door sur­vival skills. Or how a pop­u­lar movie or TV... Read more

I’ve Been Pretty Quiet Lately

by suburban | Mar 8, 2011 | General, Personal

So, I’ve been pret­ty quite late­ly.  There are two rea­sons for this, pri­mar­i­ly.  First, my new job, which isn’t so new any­more, has had me work­ing and trav­el­ing between 12 — 15 hours a day.  That may not be a lot to some of you, and if I sound... Read more

The Case For Non-Lethal Defense

by suburban | Jan 24, 2011 | Guest Posts

Guest Post by a read­er who wish­es to remain anony­mous. You can’t get away from it. Prepping/survival blogs, web­sites, books, videos etc. all inevitable (and some­times ini­tial­ly too) dis­cuss the need for a defense strat­e­gy in the face of a SHTF event lead­ing... Read more

Form/Join a Survivalist or Prepper Group or Lone Wolf it?

by suburban | Dec 22, 2010 | General, Personal, Survivalism

I joined the North­ern NJ Pre­pared­ness Meet­up because I was inter­est­ed in sur­vival pre­pared­ness.  I think that soci­ety, espe­cial­ly in the sub­urbs, social­ly frown on prep­ping and pre­pared­ness in gen­er­al.  Almost every­one I have met that is... Read more

Basic Mindset of the Urban and Suburban Survivalist

by suburban | Dec 13, 2010 | Personal

Mind­set.  Why do you do what you do?  Why do you prep?  What brought you to this point?  Once you got there, how did it change you?  How did it shift your thought pat­terns?  The answers to these ques­tions and more are what may be the... Read more