By way of Tam’s blog: Superhydrophobic spray means no more clothes to wash. This somehow reminded me of the classic Alec Guinness movie The Man in the White Suit
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George S. sent this: 22 Signs That The Thin Veneer of Civilization That We All Take for Granted is Starting to Disappear
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AmEx (American Expatriate) sent this: When the Cashier Asks for Your Zip Code. AmEx notes: “With your name and zip code they can do a reverse lookup and determine your address. That is a real breach of OPSEC.” JWR Adds:To minimize any paper trail, I try to make prepping purchases with cash as much as possible and when asked for my ZIP code, I answer “Sorry, but I don’t live near here.” (Which is always true, since I live way out in the hinterboonies, 20+ miles from the nearest store.) That usually stops all but the most pushy sales clerks.
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I just heard from a reader that The Cadet newspaper at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) recently carried a cadet-authored article about SurvivalBlog. That warms my heart.