Category: Interesting Stuff

I figured I would share a few things that have been on my mind lately… Lackluster top blogs… If it isn’t obvious to long time readers by now, I spend a lot of my time following MANY blogs in order to bring you the most interesting and useful content each day. Of these blogs, I…

Bad Things Happen Things have been rough around my house the past few days since we found out that my brother-in-law passed away in a freak fishing accident. Long story short, two of my brothers-in-law were fishing off a cliff edge in Hawaii (they live there) when the one fell off the edge and drowned.…

Thanks to the Survival Woman at BackdoorSurvival.com for these instructions… Link to complete instructions: http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/how-to-cook-dried-beans

This post is me being my own devil’s advocate. You see, not long ago I posted an article on The Probability Spectrum of Disasters which basically stated that you should focus your preparations on the scenarios that are most likely to happen to YOU rather than what you’re most afraid of or some guru says you should…

I just noticed that Jodi and Julie at FoodStorageMadeEasy.net are offering a free sun oven giveaway contest! All it seems that you have to do to be entered into the contest is to post a comment about your 2013 goals on their Facebook page by Sunday, February 3 (winner announced on Monday). I would have jumped…

I’ve been a fan of the late General since I was a kid. For a variety of reasons he seems to exemplify the American “can do” attitude that makes me just love this country, regardless of what the elites are doing to it. Anyway, I thought it would be a fun thought experiment to consider…

What do you think about this one?

I ran acrosss two links to videos that I thought were neat to share but not the typical YouTube videos… enjoy! Video 1: Secret Hidden Exterior Door Entrance (very cool hidden door idea) Video 2: How to Chop Wood Without Messing Around (I would think this only works well with very dry soft woods but it’s…

Here’s my second attempt at an infographic, this time about using SODIS. Enjoy!…