Personal & Culture
Hill People Gear Mountain Serape Review
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1000”] Image by Hill People Gear [/caption] As the weather cools down and we prepare for Winter, one of the most important pieces of survival or emergency gear is related to body temperature. Whether you are a prepper or someone that spends a lot of time in a car, you should plan to have backup mechanism to keep warm in the event the unthinkable happens. Deployed soldiers have been modifying poncho liners for years during deployments. These modifications involve cutting holes, adding zippers and padding, etc.
Stove In A Can - Be ready for the next emergency
Anyone preparing for disaster / emergency knows that in addition to having easy to prepare food on hand, fire is an indispensable tool. Fire allows you to disinfect a tool, boil water (to sanitize it) or prepare different types of food. Fire is critical but difficult to make without preparation during an emergency. This is where Stove In A Can comes in. What is Stove In A Can? The Stove In a Can is a simple self contained stove with everything you need from the support frame, fuel and even matches.
Infinity Blade for IOS Free for 4th of July
I don't normally post about games on my blog but a game I really enjoy is free today on the iTunes AppStore for IOS devices. Not 1 but all 3 games in the series are free today so download them fast: Infinity Blade I Infinity Blade II Infinity Blade III Great way to spend some time unwinding with a good game.
Special Olympics ambassador responds to media use of the R-word
When I was younger, kids use to sing a little song that went something like this "Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". The reality is that words do hurt people and insulting thousands of people with one tweet is what Ann Coulter did during the last presidential candidate debate. <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/260581147493412865" target="_blank"><img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/4557d6a373.jpg" alt=""></a> Special olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens decided to respond and respond beautifully he did (link).
It's a shovel, flashlight, axe, portable battery and more
I rarely write about kickstarter projects on this blog because many never turn the "brilliant idea" into an actual tangible delivered product. An example of non delivery is the iExpander which was supposed to deliver a battery pack with a bunch of features in December 2012, May 2015 and still no product to speak of. I love camping / survival gear but this is so ridiculous I wanted to share it. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/cca338ab94.jpg" alt=""> What could this axe contain that makes it so unbelievably funny?
PiCO is the world's smallest bottle opener
Summer is almost upon us and I see lot's of bottle opening in your future... Why not open those bottles with style using the worlds smallest and lightest bottle opener? <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/42e61d2c5f.jpg" alt=""> It's small size means it needs to rethink some of the basics of bottle opening. It's too short to use the bottle body for leverage so it uses leverage from the keychain to actually open the bottle cap. Its as small as a US quarter. It's a Kickstarter project that looks like it is actually going to deliver to its backers.
What is a tactical pen and do I need one?
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1920”] UZI Tactical Defender Pen #1 - Black [/caption] Do a quick search on Google for Tactical Pen and you'll likely get 1.5M results. Tactical pens range in price from $10 and can cost as much as $1000. A question I receive regularly from readers that know I'm passionate about survival is : “What is a tactical pen and do I need one?” What is a tactical pen used for? The simple answer is that the tactical pen is a defense tool than can be considered concealed and that you can legally take anywhere with you.
Eau de Whopper
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“685”] BurgerKing Japan [/caption] BurgerKing Japan will be releasing (on April 1) a special Whopper eau de toilette. It may be an April 1 prank so stay tuned. The current promise is that for that day (April 1), the purveyor of Whopper will sell the perfume for 5,000 Yen (about $US42) with a whopper. So I don't know if this is real, we'll just have to wait and see.
McDonald's FrenchFry Gloves as a marketing campaign
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1160”] Images courtesy of AOTW [/caption] Feast your eyes on a marketing idea(link) dreamed up by Moroch (Dallas based marketing company) for McDonald's. We don't know the who, what, when, where and why but it's an interesting idea. Give people McDonald's gloves and they'll market the fries for you while staying "toasty" warm. Are you crazy those warm, salty, crispy McDonald's french fries yet?
Watch a 325ft roller coaster POV video
It's Tuesday morning and you need that fresh cup of piping hot joe to wake you up. Instead of coffee, why not watch this Point of Vue video of the Fury 325 at the Carowinds amusement park. What's so special you ask? It is a 95 MPH roller coaster with a 325 foot drop. Enjoy and welcome to Tuesday