Odds ‘n Sods:

Ed O. mentioned that readers in Western Washington may be interested in the Mother Earth News Fair being held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds on 2-3 June 2012. (Wear your SurvivalBlog T-shirt or hat and see who you meet.)

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News from an American Redoubt town: Idaho town seeks to lure gun and ammo makers

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Reader J.B.G. suggested this article over at Instructables: Make a Yak-Proof Survival Knife

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Chris M. liked this ABC News piece: Reduce Dumb Decisions by Thinking in a Foreign Language

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Stephen F. mentioned that Sears stores currently have a great price reduction on deep cycle and marine batteries.

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Another asteroid close call. (Thanks to C.A. in Oregon for the link.)