melbo

It takes a trip through 10 states to get an idea of what is going on in the Big Brother arena. A lot of times we think a law or policy is just our quirky state's deal. I remember a friend from California amazed that the labels in Kentucky read "The State of California has determined that this product blah blah blah". He assumed that every states label said that but with, say, Kentucky substituted for Cali.

A lot of patriots are talking about the Real ID act that is supposed to...

Received a call Saturday night at 7:00 PM. Our 17 yr old daughter was at work til 10:00. The caller was a shakey voiced girl that I recognized as one of my daughters friends. She sounded scared.

Being that she asked for Mrs melbo, I handed the phone off. 40 minutes later I was still playing with Emma and trying hard to keep her content. We had found some peace with some old Violent Femmes mp3s.

When...

Rooting for the Underdog



Most of my life I've rooted for the Underdog. I have also found myself trying to be different from the mainstream in almost all ways of life. I just realized this tonight---- Or at least I finally put conscious thought around it...

• I like 9mm over .45
• I like .223 over .308
• I like well water over municipal
• I like herbs over pharmaceuticals
• I bought a .22 suppressor over a 50 BMG

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Last year we passed around the book Deep Survival, It's still available for anyone who wants to read it:

Deep Survival

The book deals with "who lives, who dies and why". These themes are still on my mind 14 months later and I have figured out how to personally train myself to deal with situations.

Crisis Management

This sounds like a buzz word for a corporate team. Maybe we need to look at ourselves, or more accurately our minds, as a corporate...

Plan for this.
Prepare for that.
Foresee a problem,
Plot a solution.

I run circles around myself sometimes trying to cover all my bases in this game/hobby/interest I call Survival. Just when I think I have it all figured out I find a crack in my armor and have to start over again. and again. etc

I look at our world right now: Oil busting $90 a barrel. Dollar at record-near free fall-all time lows. Gold at 28 yr high. War everywhere. Staph infection...