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Home Heat Maybe more important than food is environmental heat. Snow and ice storms happen when it gets cold. When you lose power, you will likely also lose heat, unless …

If you drink, you owe it to yourself to fully and completely understand the risks, rather than burying your your head in the sand. I’m glad I found quitting for a …

I recently overheard a paramedic at work ranting, “I ****ing hate this job, but I’m too ******** old to start something new!” I asked his age and laughed: 28 years …

That may not seem like a big difference, but over 10 cases, that’s a $700 difference, or 2 1/3 cases of .380 ammo. That’s 2,300 more rounds of training ammo, …

Disadvantage: Non-Standard FP Stop Another very small disadvantage of the IOS system is that the firing pin stop is non-standard. It has to be cut to match the rear of …

On Being Dangerous What about being a dangerous man? Well, it means exactly how it sounds, and I’m going to steal a quote here: “A harmless man is not a …

Instead of repairing my Luminox yet again, I purchased a Citizen Promaster Eco Drive dive watch. This relatively inexpensive watch has served me well for almost four years now, and …

Several months ago, I mentioned an upcoming event called the High Risk Environment Course (HREC). It was put on by my good friends at the American Warrior Society. I taught …

Happy New Year, everybody! I always look forward to writing up my yearly training goals. I have a lot of classes I want to take and instructors I want to …

Most of you are probably familiar with the name Duane Liptak. I have never publicly mentioned knowing him, but he is central to this little story I’m about to tell. …