Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future

by suburban | Jul 29, 2012 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

First, thanks to every­one for con­tin­u­ing to read and sign­ing up for the list to get noti­fied of new posts.  To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the excep­tion of a few of my guest authors.  I thank them as well for their... Read more

Honestly, Where is the Answer?

by suburban | Jan 13, 2012 | Economy, Personal

Hon­est­ly, I have not been moti­vat­ed to write recent­ly.  I feel like work is con­sum­ing my life over the past sev­er­al months.  Being in sales I am not sur­prised, but I feel like I am work­ing hard­er longer hours for small­er rewards.  The... Read more

Happy New Year, A New Chapter Begins, 2012

by suburban | Jan 1, 2012 | Personal

Hel­lo every­one, and Hap­py New Year.  A cou­ple of house clean­ing items today on the first day of Jan­u­ary, 2012.  First, it was a fast year.  I can­not believe that 2011 year has flown by so quick­ly.  I can say that I cer­tain­ly did not... Read more

The Real Thanksgiving Story, And Variations Of It. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

by suburban | Nov 24, 2011 | Personal

A White Washed and Dilut­ed Sto­ry of Thanks­giv­ing A Less White Washed and Dilut­ed Sto­ry of Thanks­giv­ing A Nar­ra­tive of What it might have real­ly been like at Thanks­giv­ing:   Click to read The Great Thanks­giv­ing Hoax An Enter­tain­ing View of... Read more

It’s All About the Jobs

by Prepperjim | Nov 2, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Economy, Gold and Silver, Money, Personal, Prepping

I read this arti­cle and became real­ly con­cerned, fright­ened even. The fig­ures from pay­roll tax­es report­ed to the Social Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion on jobs and pay are, in a word, awful. Even more alarm­ing is this graph with the title “Few­er Jobs,... Read more