Author: Damian Brindle

  • How to Survive the Coming Collapse

    How to Survive the Coming Collapse

    About a month ago, I had an epiphany: I needed to write about the coming collapse of America. It’s not something I wanted to do, but considering the state of our country I felt I had to say something. Rather than getting political, I choose to discuss it from a prepping perspective, and, so, I…

  • Avoiding Addiction in Isolation During SHTF

    Avoiding Addiction in Isolation During SHTF

    No matter what causes the end of the world, most apocalypse scenarios in popular culture have one thing in common. Once you’re done running from zombies or hiding from nuclear fallout, it’s the perfect time to break into the liquor cabinet and have a hard drink. Even so, consuming alcohol or drugs always puts you…

  • How to Never Get a Serious Poison Ivy Rash Again

    How to Never Get a Serious Poison Ivy Rash Again

    I wish I knew this about twenty years ago. Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with the soap you use, but everything to do with friction…

  • Pick My Collapse Book Cover

    Pick My Collapse Book Cover

    A few weeks ago, I had an epiphany: I needed to write about our coming collapse. You see, I firmly believe that our great nation is collapsing for a variety of reasons, and now is the time to prepare for it. In fact, it’s going to be up to people like you and me to rebuild it from…

  • What to Know About Adding Animals to Your Homestead

    What to Know About Adding Animals to Your Homestead

    Homesteaders everywhere choose to add animals to their property. Animals make excellent pets, companions, workers and even food sources. Sometime along your own homesteading journey, you may think about adding your own animals to your homestead. There’s a lot to know before adding animals to your homestead, though. Multiple animals mean that you have numerous…

  • Can Liberals Survive the Apocalypse?

    Can Liberals Survive the Apocalypse?

    I needed something funny to lighten my mood today, and this was it. Enjoy!

  • Food Buckets and Canning Scams?

    Food Buckets and Canning Scams?

    I think the lesson here is to be careful where you buy from. Just because it sounds like a deal that’s too good to be true then, well, it probably is!

  • Common Misconceptions About Heating and Cooling Your Homestead

    Common Misconceptions About Heating and Cooling Your Homestead

    Deciding to live off-the-grid means you begin sustaining your life without all of the modern technologies. You find ways to source your own water. You plant gardens and harvest fruit from trees. You begin to source your energy from more renewable sources than those that deplete the earth. Plus, you likely have a few animals…

  • How Preppers Prepare for a Second Wave

    How Preppers Prepare for a Second Wave

    The novel coronavirus first emerged in late December 2019, which has profoundly changed our world and day-to-day reality. During the spring and summer of 2020, communities began to reopen bars, restaurants, and stores. People were eager to go back to their normal daily  activities. A few of us may have imagined (or just hoped) that…