Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master Volume 1, The Home

by suburban | Nov 8, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

After it sit­ting on my shelf of a cou­ple of months, I slipped Ron Hood’s DVD on Urban Sur­vival in the DVD play­er this week­end.   In the first vol­ume Ron dis­cuss­es Urban Sur­vival tac­tics for the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories: Home Away from Home Threats to... Read more

Economically Challenged Television

by suburban | Nov 7, 2010 | Economy, Personal

While flip­ping though the chan­nels this evening, I came across a show called “Down­sized,” and iron­i­cal­ly to me, it was on the We chan­nel.  So here is what the show is about; The Bruce fam­i­ly is strapped for cash and $300 short on rent.  Fear­ing... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Nov 6, 2010 | General

Air­soft Train­ing with Cen­tral Axis Relock — CAR Sys­tem from Paul Cas­tle Can­teens (Urban Sur­vival) Anoth­er Way To Use a Dou­ble Pon­cho Tent, and a Swiss Vol­cano Stove PRACTICAL UNARMED COMBATIVES VOLUMES 1 & 2: Crit­i­cal Skills of Damithurt Silat... Read more

My “Get Home Bag” Replacement Contents.

by suburban | Nov 5, 2010 | But Out Bag, Gear, Personal

Well, as many of you know, about a week ago or so my “Get Home Bag” from my truck was stolen from the park­ing lot where I had been park­ing my car for two plus years.  In hind sight, I think it was my fault for assum­ing that there was ample secu­ri­ty.... Read more

Update On My Friend “Who Lost Everything” and Checked Into a Shelter

by suburban | Nov 4, 2010 | Personal

So, it’s been sev­er­al weeks since I wrote a post about my friend who lost every­thing and is basi­cal­ly start­ing over from the neg­a­tive.  Today while at a con­fer­ence in NYC, I had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to jump in a cab and go vis­it him.  Three weeks... Read more