Preparedness
Cannibal Ettiquette
Being A Polite Person When Eating A Person. Does being a cannibal have to mean rudeness? At some point in your post-apocalyptic future, you may be required to resort to…
Category: Preparedness
Post-Apocalypse People
Drama, the survival camp, and you
So over the past six months or so, I've realized something about myself: I hate drama. Not drama in movies or books or anything like that, but real-life drama. The…
Understanding Your Surroundings
Tower Defense, The Apocalypse, and YOU!
Tower defense games are games in which you have a limited amount or resources available to build towers to defend your safe space from waves of enemies. Each wave defeated…
Expert Advice
The girls guide to post-apocalyptic dictatorship.
In the past, I have made a big deal about how in the post apocalypse, I WILL be a benevolent dictator in control of a large, well run compound. Some…
Apocalyptic Living
10 ways to ensure your survival camp followers toss you to the zombies
So you're a survival camp dictator tyrant leader. Congrats! You've got a bunch of people looking to you to keep them alive (no pressure or anything). Of course, now you…
Apocalyptic Living
Fundraising for the new ICoS real-life survival bunker
Hi everyone! It's Char (remember me?). Apologies for my long absence (if you haven't noticed I've been gone, I will throw you to the zombies, see if I don't), but…
Preparedness
Kill 'em With Kindness
Sometimes my fellow, future post-apocalyptic queens and I like to daydream together about what our ideal post-apocalyptic world will be like. We plan to run the post-apocalyptic world not through strong-arming communities…
Preparedness
Resting is the biggest hurdle when working hard
Coming off a Thanksgiving long weekend is a bit like punishment. Most people have Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off. And most people spend that time eating too much and…
Apocalyptic Living
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a tradition celebrated by many cultures around the world. The third Thursday in November is the one I'm most accustomed to here in America. We thank the pilgrims and the settlers for…
Preparedness
Fight the Bite, Part 3: The second class
The first part of this post series, my interview with The Forge instructor and Fight the Bite organizer Tim, was published on Monday. Part 2, about the first class of…