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I can personally remember feeling ill at the thought of libraries, full of books containing knowledge gained through science, burning down during the collapse of civilization. All that knowledge… lost forever… I used to believe that despite all the terrible things civilization has created, science still felt worth saving. For some reason I saw science …
(The Complete Edition, with commentary by Urban Scout) For those who don’t know, I was involved in a publicized feud for several weeks in the late summer of 2006. The feud began with the Portland Mercury article about my summer camp for post-apocalyptic survival. The Portland Mercury is known as the pretentious, sarcastic and cynical …
Rarely do I think about money, let alone write about it. Money seems like one of the most trite subjects anyone could write about. Never the less, what began as a lament about money turned into a rant, which then turned into my first (and hopefully last) philosophical examination of my feelings about money, which …
From October until April the Northwest is a cold wet place. I’ve always felt January and February mark the coldest, wettest months. During these months I have to fight this strange sensation that I am “not being productive.” Rather, I’m inside staying warm and dry and simply doing… not much. This has always made me …
1. Get rid of stuff (broken car, old clothes, etc). 2. Make a quality digging/throwing stick. 3. Set up library/study at Willems. 4. Sew Tipi lining. 5. Build composting toilet. 6. Set up solar kit.
Hey peeps. I need your help. I’ll tell you the plan, then ask what I need. The Plan: I will eat roadkill, but as it is an oportunistic source of food, it is not reliable. I need to hunt for protein. I’m planning on mostly sticking to the old throwing stick. I can get squirrels, …
Today Sasha and I are fully on the Body Ecology diet, so I thought I would throw out some info/theory on bacteria.
The following are the specs of my solar kit, what I have to get power and what I need to power. What I have to get power: Solar Panel: Battery Trickle Charger Up to 5 Watts solar power Current: I=350mAmps Voltage (open current): Voc=24 Volts 7 Amp Battery Charge Controller Load: 7A Max Cut-out: 14.2V …
When I first read the book Ishmael (almost 9 years now!) I realized that Civilization was going to collapse in my lifetime. My initial response was, “I must learn to live like a hunter-gatherer!” I saved up a lot of money and went to a weeklong class at one of the nations most notorious schools …
Late last summer I ran a post-apocalyptic skills summer camp. We traveled to Laurelhurst Park for Calens grappling hook climbing lesson. Calen began his lesson at the west end of the park. Having a shoulder injury I could not partake in the climbing so I began to wander the park in search of food. When …
I’ve spent the last couple of days browsing the internet for information on poison. Sasha is very concerned that I don’t poison myself when I eat such meats as raccoons. Dioxins love to stick to fat and so they travel quickly up the food chain. It’s not difficult to see the chain here. High levels …
This Week: Final Cut, Clothes, Poison, Food and Wordpress…