4Seven’s Quark MiNi AA² Review

For years I’ve heard really good things about Fenix Flashlights. People told me they were as bright and good as a Streamlight but for less money. For some reason I’ve been reluctant to take the step of spending over $50 for a flashlight. Instead I’ve opted for ubercheap lights instead. I was at a gun…

EMS Newbie

Once you do one podcast, you are quick to think about doing another. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m going to be an EMT. I’m a week into my training and it is interesting. But it also gave me an idea for another podcast. Being a podcast listener as well as a podcaster,…

Sexy CPR Is Really CPR

Before it start my EMT clinical I have to take CPR for health care professionals. I found a place online to take it and was just starting to read the section on actual CPR when a office mate pointed something out in this video and I needed to rewatch it. Yes a terrible thing to…

Patriots Review

Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse is the book I judge all other survivalist lit by. Is it better worse written than Patriots? Is the scenario more or less realistic? Even my dichotomy of survivalist vs ordinary people comes from reading this book. The author says Patriots is a poorly disguised survivalist…

Last Light Review

This is my first survival literature review and is for Terri Blackstock’s Last Light, the first in her Restoration Series. In my intro to reviewing survival literature I talked about two kinds of survival stories. This book is a regular people story. The Survival Scenario: EMP The book starts with what appears to be an…

Reviewing Survival Literature

I’ve been reading a bunch of survivalist literature lately and I thought I should write some reviews. But as I got ready to write my first ones I thought about some over arching things that need to be talked about first. Fiction vs. How To There are two kinds of books I’ve been reading. One…

The Best Is The One You Have With You

I’ve heard this phrase used for everything from guns to cameras. Over the years I’ve slowly added a number of things to my pockets. Every one I thought I’d be fine without, and learned after carrying it for a few days how great it was to have them. Here’s the best gear I’ve got, ie,…