The ASCELLA Emergency Light Bulb / Flashlight

by suburban | Aug 30, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

UPDATE: 02/20/2014.  It looks like 1–800-Prepare is no longer car­ry­ing the Ascel­la Flash­light Light­bulb.  How­ev­er, I found it on Amazon.com for you here. Well, I’ve been talk­ing to one of the guys over at 1–800-Prepare about a new prod­uct they... Read more

A Few of the Many Reasons I Love LifeHacker.com

by suburban | Aug 6, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping

Do you know about LifeHacker.com?  It’s a very pop­u­lar web­site that is about “Tips, tricks, and down­loads for get­ting things done.”  It is sim­ply that.  I like it because every now and then they have cool DIY and Mac­Gyver tips that I think relate... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 3: Trust Worthy

by ST | Jan 24, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

 In the first two parts of this series I dis­cussed many of the mis­con­cep­tions and bla­tant head-in-the-sand rea­sons peo­ple offer for not doing any estate plan­ning and we dis­cussed an overview use of a Will (Last Will & Tes­ta­ment). In the final part... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 2: Where There Is A Will…

by ST | Jan 17, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

In the first part of this series it was point­ed out many of the ridicu­lous and frankly lame excus­es peo­ple often give for not prepar­ing (“get­ting their affairs in order” as the old say­ing goes) for their ulti­mate demise. Regard­less of a dis­as­ter, we are all... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 1: Dare to Consider

by ST | Jan 10, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

Death and tax­es. The two things the old joke says can’t be avoid­ed (and these days I often think the order of those two should be reversed!). No mat­ter how fit we are, how healthy a life style we live, no mat­ter how great our health­care is, it doesn’t mat­ter.... Read more