What I Did First, by PrepperJim

by suburban | Mar 28, 2011 | Guest Posts, Preparedness

I am going to pref­ace Prep­per­Jim’s post today with a brief state­ment, and say that I real­ly per­son­al­ly enjoyed this post, as it let me know that I was not alone in mak­ing my own mis­takes.   Mak­ing mis­takes is how many of us learn, espe­cial­ly when we... Read more

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

‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

by suburban | Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past cou­ple of weeks a read­er and some­one I cor­re­spond with via email wrote a cou­ple of posts for the blog that have had some good com­ments asso­ci­at­ed with them regard­ing ethics and gear.  You can find them here if you have not read them: The... 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