I was just included in CNBC’s list of “Most notorious doomsday prophets and cults”. When I was interviewed by CNBC about the 2012 craze I emphasized that I don’t believe that “2012” has any significance, yet they included me in their list alongside Jim Jones and David Koresh. Rest assured that I’m not in the Kool-Aid dispensing crowd. Oh well, Notorious Doomsday Prophet has a nice ring to it. I’ll add it to my resume.
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Deidre recommended the digital archives at Duke University as a free resource. They have lots of interesting publications, like this one: War Gardening and Home Storage of Vegetables
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The previously-mentioned closure of Borders bookstores, has expanded. (See the latest closure list.) Again, this might be an opportunity to buy some deeply-discounted preparedness books. (a hat tip to Lee in Tulsa for the link.)
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A little bird told me that anyone looking for spare parts for their AK-74 should look on eBay. There is a seller that is euphemistically offering “Airsoft AK-74 parts”, but when they arrive from the Ukraine, you will see that they are all original brand new Russian ordnance parts, still in the Soviet-era military packaging with their ubiquitous numeric “dangly” part number tags. You will get a double set of parts including firing pins, extractors, and some crucial springs. It is a huge assortment for only around $160 US Dollars.
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Reader AG2 wrote to mention that some information on driving your own sandpoint well is provided by Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources. AG2 says: “This is a good PDF to add to your offline library.”