Ready for Life

http://nysun.com/news/food-rationing-confronts-breadbasket-world I really don’t like posting things like this. It seems to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Even if it is not true, media attention can make people believe there is a food shortage and cause panic buying. Self-fulfilling. I will admit my first reaction was to rush to Costco’s and see prices and availability in [...]

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It is Earth Day and worth a reminder to take care of those things around us. I retweeted a set of links today on how to reduce your carbon footprint. This has great parallels to simplifying your life and lifestyle. http://www.metroactive.com/metro/08.15.07/50-ways-to-go-green-0733.html These ideas don’t require radical changes to every day life choices. Simple things can [...]

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CNN reports the FCC has approved an emergency alert text based system. The major cell phone carriers have indicated they would work with the FCC to deliver text-based messages in the event of emergencies. Customers would have the option to opt-out. As I have indicated before, the only good emergency system is one that is [...]

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NY Times article in Fashion and Style: Faced with a confluence of diverse threats, people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes. No longer the domain of gun-toting, camo wearing extremists, survivalists are going mainstream.

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