Category: Family Safety

Philip Nelson in Details Magazine

I know you are as shocked as I am to read that headline.. I was interviewed for an article called “The Yuppie Survivalists”, in this months edition of Details Magazine. 🙂 It’s a well written article about how more mainstream people are starting to invest in food storage as a hedge against future uncertanty. I […]

How many corpses would fit in your local ice rink?

This is a VERY interesting article about how cities go about planning for a large scale disaster. On planning for the big one.. Such ghastly planning, while necessary and reassuring, is somewhat unnerving to people like Brenda Taylor, 43, whose family lives within walking distance of the Farmington Hills Ice Arena. “It’s a bit creepy […]

Wednesday October 1st, 2008 in Family Safety, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Running for congress?

So far, I’m loving the Disgruntled Truck Drivers platform for his 2012 run for congress. Read his ideas HERE It almost seems like the US Government has totally forgotten the fact that THEY work for US, not the other way around.  Depending on how things go in the next year, maybe I’ll copy his platfrom […]

Sunday September 28th, 2008 in Family Safety, World Gone Wild | 1 Comment »

Scientists compare cell phone cancer risks to Cigarettes

The MOAB (Mother of all Bailouts) has taken up so much discussion in the media that this interesting/scary story was lost in the noise. US Scientists have alerted congress to the risks of using cell phones and their possible link to brain cancer.  They discussed that the older studies were flawed becuased the classified regular […]

Friday September 26th, 2008 in Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Financial Crisis faces America and the Dems Adjourn..

WOW! This was pretty shocking (No.. Not talking about the picture) to read.. Our finance system faces an implosion and Congress runs from the turmoil.. I probably one of the first to say that the government needs to stay out of things.. Let bad companies fail and let good companies succeed… Given that I was still a bit […]

Thursday September 18th, 2008 in Family Safety, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Plastic food containers linked to health risks

  Read an interesting article today about by two Dartmouth researchers that show a potential link between plastic in food containers with increased risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease. I’ve heard for years that you shouldn’t microwave food in plastic containers but this is the first “official” study that I’ve seen that validates this concern. […]

Tuesday September 16th, 2008 in Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Brandy Roell, Mother of three and SAPD officer – Shot in the line of duty.

UPDATED WITH NEW LINKS My wifes best friend, Brandy Roell a 30 year old rookie with the San Antonio Police Department was shot on Monday night while trying to issue a warrant for Alex Vargas. Update 10/6/09: Many of these stories have incorrect information, including the stories from 2009. After Brandy was shot and laying […]

Wednesday September 10th, 2008 in Family Safety, World Gone Wild | 1 Comment »

This is a scary ad!

If this ad is true, then giving the keys to our country to Obama would be VERY scary…

Tuesday August 26th, 2008 in Family Safety, World Gone Wild | 1 Comment »

A big Buck?

This weekend at the ranch, I found this partial picture on one of my game cams! Looks to be like it could be between a 12 and 14 point buck!! Look down in the bottom right of the picture..  

Monday August 18th, 2008 in Family Safety | No Comments »

Philip turns into MAD MAX!

Today was a Ranch day and on the list of to do’s was building a fence around my valley game feeder… First stop was Country Boy’s Feed and Supply to pick up cattle panels and fence posts. The wire panels were a little bigger than I had hoped so we had to get creative when […]

Saturday August 16th, 2008 in Family Safety | No Comments »