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Pink Swedish Firesteel for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Greetings!  In case you haven’t been flooded with notices on Breast Cancer Awareness Month yet, ...

Pink Swedish Firesteel for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By on October 3, 2011 in Great Gifts

Greetings!  In case you haven’t been flooded with notices on Breast Cancer Awareness Month yet, I figured I’d do my part, and give you an idea.  This truly is “All Things Survival” (the original) so why not give the “survivor woman” in your life a gift?  And ladies, why not have a little more pink [...]

Hurricane Preparedness and Survival List

Hurricane Preparedness and Survival List

By on August 29, 2011 in Survival Lists

One of my subscribers has graciously allowed me to post a list that he has made for hurricane preparedness and survival.  He had been researching and hadn’t found any really useful and practical lists online during Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene.  He made his own, and it is good.  Humor is important during stressful times, so he [...]

Pocatello Idaho Fire

Pocatello Idaho Fire

By on August 15, 2011 in Survival Lists

There is currently a fire burning the east side hills in Pocatello, Idaho.  It started down near town, I believe this morning, and is still burning its way up the hill.  I don’t have the details on this fire and can follow up with facts later.  It is on the opposite side of town from [...]

Gerber Yari II Knife Review by Henry Haskell

Gerber Yari II Knife Review by Henry Haskell

By on May 3, 2011 in Gear Reviews, Great Gifts

Since I bashed the Gerber Bear Grylls Survival Knife in a previous post, and recommended the Gerber Yari II, I figured I’d better get you a review on the Yari II.  This is the knife my wife currently uses in the outdoors.  I love it as well.  A good friend of mine, who also has [...]

Easy Answers to Tough Questions or….Getting to Know Your “Survival Self”

Easy Answers to Tough Questions or….Getting to Know Your “Survival Self”

By on April 6, 2011 in Psychology of Survival

As I was doing some major spring cleaning the other day, I was looking at my gear and wondering, “just how prepared am I?”  At some point in the day, I traveled into the bathroom, happen to glance in the mirror at an often neglected body, and wondered “just how prepared am I?”.  A few [...]

“You and the Police!” by Boston T. Party (Book Review)

“You and the Police!” by Boston T. Party (Book Review)

By on March 4, 2011 in Book Reviews, Great Gifts

…..or….”How to Survive a Hangover in Jail” Do I use my blanket as a blanket or my blanket as a pillow?  No, that’s not what this post is about.  The best way to survive a hangover in jail is to first survive an encounter with the police, which is why I am strongly recommending “You [...]