Viking Preparedness

Ah, Ah, Ahhhhhhh, AH! We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow....
It has been YEARS since I last worked on this blog. It took me some time, internet access, electricity, and so on, to remember and figure out how to even log on again. To those who stuck around - THANKS! Hang in there, let me get some bugs worked out...

No, not physical cross-training (although that kind is important also). Today I want to talk about cross-training survival group or team members. See, every person on the team should have a primary and at least one secondary duty.
Sally may be a paramedic by vocation and so she would be a good choice to be the Group Medical Officer (assuming she is most medically qualified). As such, she would be responsible for supervising Group member health; managing and procuring group medical...

I happen to be a very well trained and experienced man in a lot of esoteric areas. Given a bad situation, whether it be a flat tire on the side of a busy interstate or global social meltdown, I am blessed with the skill sets to see me through. I could...

I recently borrowed this DVD from a friend who is into permaculture. We both feel that the time is rapidly approaching where, in order to eat, we will all have to produce our own food. We both also believe that it is getting more and more difficult to...