Category: Interesting Stuff
Are Hard Times Really Coming?
How often do you see posts for “living in hard times” or the “coming hard times” or something like that? I might see a new post like that once a week or so. But, are these folks right? Are hard times REALLY coming? After all, one might suggest that things are great for most of…
Will Time Matter When SHTF?
The other day I talked about another power outage we had and while I was sitting there mostly in the dark because my family didn’t want to run but one single, dim lantern in the pitch black darkness (don’t ask me why) I began to ponder time and whether it will mean anything when SHTF. Ultimately, I’d…
New Movie Depicts Survivalists As Crazy?
It was bound to happen. The movies are taking prepping mainstream, but not in a good way. First, however, let’s talk about how we got to now. For starters, there were several television shows, starting with The Colony which brought together a dozen or so people from different backgrounds to survive some make-believe survival scenario. I watched…
(Giveaway) Failures of Imagination: “The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland” Book Review
I was recently sent this book to review written by Congressman Michael McCaul titled Failures of Imagination: The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland – And How to Thwart Them and I must, this was a good book! Congressman McCaul also happens to be the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and is, therefore, someone…
Rainwater Harvesting Not Actually Illegal, Even Encouraged by Government?
I saw this meme show up on my Facebook feed the other day and thought to myself, “Yup, I’m sure it is!” And so I decided to look for myself wondering which states were being more and more ridiculous these days about restricting our ability to do what we want with our water. What I…
Use Mason Jars Instead of Tupperware and Ziplocs
Seeing as though I have plenty of mason jars there’s no reason for me not to try and use them more and more instead of tupperware or Ziploc bags for leftovers. I can see this being useful for most of our leftovers but not very feasible for some foods like our homemade bread. All in all,…
Solo Stove: Perfect for Backpacking, Bug Out, Emergencies
I’m sure you’re familiar (or at least have seen) the Solo Stove over the years, I know I have. For some reason I never bothered to buy one… what a mistake! Fortunately, I was sent one to review along with the accompanying pot 900. I should point out that I’m NOT a huge backpacker so…
Handi-Ramp Non-Slip Stair Treads: Stop Slips And Falls Cold!
I was contacted a few weeks ago by the folks at HandiRamp.com to see if I would be interested in reviewing their non-slip stair treads, as such, I need to point out that I received a set of three treads in exchange for an unbiased review. At first, I balked at reviewing these treads because…
HISTORY CHANNEL Casting Call for Off-Grid Families
If you haven’t seen this yet on another blog it may be of interest to some…
