Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

I read all of Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road in one sitting.  Granted it was a long sitting.  I read it during a return flight to Phoenix after visiting family in New York City.  Man, that is one depressing book.  When I got home that night I felt sad.  One the stark black cover the [...]

Book review of “Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about the end of the world”

Thoughts and lessons learned while reading “Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about the end of the world” edited by James Frenkel. Warning: Spoiler Alerts!  So don’t get all nasty, I gave you a warning.  I summarize the basic premise of some of the stories to help me remember their points.  You have been warned. SPOILER ALERTS BELOW! The [...]

Love thy neighbor in a time of Cholera

On the plane ride back from New York two weeks back I read The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson about an 1840’s outbreak of cholera in London, England. I had picked it up to see how a society deals with a widespread and mysterious threat. Of the multiple potential causes of the apocalypse I think [...]

Update on How to raid your library- Green Building

The last temporary visit of the local library yielded some useful videos on how to prepare for Humanity’s waterloo. There were two decent videos on how to build an enviromental house.  From what I have seen so far, the community of people preparing for civilization’s curtains tend to be a conservative bunch.  One place where [...]

Book Review for Emergency: This Book will save your life.

Neil Strauss has already wandered deep down the rabbit hole I am currently exploring.  Many of the same conclusions I am reaching (for example how we are more likely to help rather than hurt each other when the SHTF)  are chapters in his book, Emergency: This Book will save your life.  While I have been exploring [...]

Book review for “Gardening when it counts”

I been reading Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon and frankly it just overwhelms me.  After reading the watering section I am not sure if he is telling me to water more or water less.  I suppose one needs a little bit of a mathematical mind to follow his recommendations,  maybe [...]

Fall Out Library

The books I currently would most like to add to my Fall Out Library. Reader’s digest “Back to basics” the older the edition the better. The SAS survival manual How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times by James Wesley Rawles Where There Is [...]

birth control after the Apocalypse

Note: This posting was originally written as a submission for Pool Boy Magazine,  the independent adult lifestyle magazine for badass women, and clearly a NSFW site. Hollywood loves to play with how our sexual morals will change after humanity falls. In reality, some women living in the end times will not want to get pregnant from just any [...]

Lessons learned and Thoughts Pondered while watching “I Am Legend”

Lessons learned and Thoughts Pondered while watching “I Am Legend” Add Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” (lyrics include Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right.) to youtube playlist of  Songs to listen to during the Apocalypse. To survive after the Apocalypse (APO) one will need to stay highly organized.  [...]

Lessons learned and Thoughts pondered while watching “The Postman”

People in authority lie. Those who survive will most likely wear beige. The people need hope to survive (Nothing new here, this same lesson is in every post-APO movie ever made.) Ceremonies are important and useful.  They mean there is a tradition strong enough to defend itself. If being tracked, walk through a snow storm [...]