Wow, What a Week. A few Updates, a Passed Up Savage, and More…

by suburban | Jan 13, 2011 | Economy, Guns & Weapons, Les Stroud, Physical Fitness, Preparedness

Well, what a week it has been.  The crazy news, the weath­er here in the north­east, work is crazy, and the week­end is going to be about catch­ing up and be just as nuts.  Cur­rent­ly, I am in the process of read­ing a book by Scott B. Williams called... Read more

New Contest — Win a Copy of Les Stroud’s New Book

by suburban | Jan 12, 2011 | Contests, Les Stroud

I have been com­mu­ni­cat­ing with Harp­er Collins pub­lish­ers, and they want to give away a copy of Les Stroud’s new book.  Please see the con­test page I put togeth­er called: Win a Copy of Les Stroud’s new Book “Will to Live” for the con­test details.... Read more

What Are Your 2011 Preparedness Goals?

by suburban | Dec 31, 2010 | Preparedness, Survivalism

What are some of you 2011 Pre­pared­ness goals?  Here are some of mine in no par­tic­u­lar order: Add an addi­tion­al three months of food stor­age to my preps, Take at least two tac­ti­cal shoot­ing cours­es, Con­tin­ue teach­ing what I learn when I can, Take... Read more

My New Boots

by suburban | Dec 28, 2010 | Clothing, Gear, Personal, Survival Gear

This may be a mun­dane post by com­par­i­son to oth­ers, but I had to tell you about my new boots.  Per­son­al­ly, I hate win­ter boots.  I think most of them actu­al­ly suck at the job they are sup­posed to do.  I know how to dress for the cold, I... Read more

Yesterday’s Mild TEOTWAWKI Moment at the Grocery Store

by suburban | Dec 27, 2010 | General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It was­n’t real­ly a TEOTWAWKI moment, but offered an inter­est­ing glimpse of what might be.  Per­haps, the ghost of Christ­mas future. There is a major snow­storm on the way to the north­east.  It is the first one of the sea­son and the weath­er chan­nels,... Read more