Being a Lone Wolf prepper is an extra risky business. Practically, you can only really attend to one thing at a time, and no things for about a third of each day. Sleep must happen. You also have trouble with… Continue Reading
It was a dark and stormy night. Some loser drunk had collided with a power pole and left its debris in the road. Salty and I hit at highway speed a cable that was stretched across the road. The front… Continue Reading
In some ways humans are unique among living things; but when we get scared enough those special things bolt off into a hole somewhere and we’re left with responses common to many animals. This is what physiologists call the sympathetic… Continue Reading
You’re laughing with a friend and having a great dinner when she gets a startled/alarmed look and reaches for her throat. She makes a few vigorous spasms with her torso, starts to turn odd colors, and slumps over without having… Continue Reading
Last winter I was warned the roads might get bad, so I was careful to put on good tires. I didn’t have an accident. Now this winter they’re saying the same thing, but to heck with worrying about tires; I… Continue Reading
“I should, but I don’t wanna mess with it today.” We’ve all been there. We decided doing a thing is worthwhile when we committed to it, and that hasn’t changed. But we’re tired of messing with it and would rather… Continue Reading
“I am a scientist. In my field, it’s considered to be a good thing to change one’s ideas based on evidence.” This quote has been attributed to Albert Einstein. In his youth, Einstein was an extremely committed and vocal pacifist.… Continue Reading
Somebody’s watching. You ever get that uneasy feeling when you see a security camera with it’s red light on, even when you are not doing anything wrong? That’s because we act differently when we think somebody’s watching Sometimes Salty is… Continue Reading
People toss around the name and diagnosis of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) a lot; but what is it really? I’m not a psychiatrist … but a good friend of mine is, and she has quite a lot of professional experience… Continue Reading