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Author: Damian Brindle

  • How to Keep Children Safe, Part 6: A Few More Things

    Thus far we’ve covered how to keep your children safe in public, at home, in school, from strangers, and online. What could be left? Well, here’s a few more things to consider… Car Safety Certainly our kids spend a lot of time in the car and, for the most part, have no control over what…

  • How to Keep Children Safe, Part 5: Online and Social Media

    This is a topic I’ve had to deal with more and more lately as my kids get older, bolder, and more technically savvy. Sadly, I’m already starting to ask my 10 and 7 year old children how to work various electronics. ;( Very soon I suspect that they will understand how to defeat any “safeguards”…

  • Have You Seen This L’EQUIP Nutrimill Grain Mill?

    I came across this post on a Grain Grinder (includes a video) from FiveGallonIdeas.com and thought that’s a really neat way to grind wheat directly into a five gallon bucket. The post is about the L’EQUIP Nutrimill Grain Mill. Of course, it needs electricity to operate and may not always be the best way to grind…

  • Review of Fight, Flight, or Hide. The Guide to Surviving a Mass Shooting [Kindle edition]

    This weekend I had a chance to review the book Fight, Flight, or Hide. The Guide to Surviving a Mass Shooting by John Forsythe. The title intrigued me because, like many security-related scenarios, I feel woefully under-prepared. Understand that this is a Kindle book, not a hard copy book. As I’m getting more and more into…

  • How to Keep Children Safe, Part 4: From Strangers

    I’m not sure I can think of much in life that’s more disgusting than someone who actually wants to do harm to a child. These are horrible people and, while they’re a very small minority, they do exist and must be protected against. It should also go without saying that the vast, vast majority of…

  • Egg Storage Experiment – Week 12 Results

    Here we are three months in and I’m still surprised these eggs are holding up. Anyway, here’s the most recent mineral oil egg (didn’t float or smell funny): And here it is being cooked up (didn’t smell after being cracked, though the membrane did seem to break down on this one): I ate the egg alone…

  • How to Keep Children Safe, Part 3: At School

    I always look forward to sending my kids off to school (is that wrong?) because it means a good 8 hours that they’re someone else’s problem! Ok, they’re not THAT bad and, in fact, are actually pretty good kids. Of course, even when they’re at school I occasionally wonder how they’re doing and worry about…

  • How to Keep Children Safe, Part 2: At Home

    There’s so much that can be covered here, from fire safety to safety topics by age. Before adding my own opinion, I would encourage you to spend some time reading the references and guides found in the Home and Personal Safety page, especially regarding Fire Safety. In addition, I keep dozens of Child Safety videos…

  • Review of Scottevest – Travel Vest for Men (and Women)

    I didn’t have time to do my own product review this week but I did find this nice video review of the Scottevest by TheUrbanPrepper. We actually had a post a few months back about a similar idea titled An OPSEC Get Home Bag by MorrisB that talks about the same idea. Here’s a link…