Author: James Burnette

Zombies

Prepping For Zombies

James Burnette 1,145 Comments

Today I’m going to have a little fun. My goal today is to share some tactics to implore in preparing to survive a zombie apocalypse. But you say James zombies aren’t real. Well yes I know this but zombies are fun to think about. In fact zombies was a gateway drug into prepping for me. My life long affair with post apocalyptic and zombie movies. Something about them always drew me in. Other horror movies could not grab my attention. Zombies are a thinking mans monster. If you are a Tokyo pedestrian during a Godzilla rampage, well you’re screwed. Same thing with most other monsters. With zombies though the scenarios are always about people trying to survive. Zombies are slow moving and stupid with an all consuming desire to eat. We won’t delve into in this post but they represent many metaphors I will chat about over beers. After years of watching the movies and thinking about what I would do I eventually stumbled onto a certain internet forum about zombie survival and went down the rabbit hole of survivalisim. I soon realized many of my “plans” were completely idiotic. Now that I know better I can revise those early plans. Today I’ll share some tips with you on how you can survive a real zombie apocalypse.
Zombies

Zombies
make ahead paleo

Mango Cilantro Chicken

James Burnette 1,202 Comments
I got the chance to review the new paleo cook book Make Ahead Paleo by Tammy Credicot. First off this book is gorgeous. The pictures in this book will make you so hungry. I also loved the creativity in the recipes. The book is absolutely true to paleo and has no recipes that contain grains, gluten, dairy, soy, legumes (well I think I saw a green been recipe) or cane sugar. The other big difference in this book is that it is aimed at what many of us do which is prepare meals ahead of time and freeze them. Having a healthy meal ready to go when you are hungry can be a life saver. In the book there are over 100 beautifully photographed recipes. It comes with inventory sheets to keep track of the frozen meals. Recipes for your slow cooker to have wonderful meals for you waiting at home. Recipes to take on the road and meals you can make in your hotel room, so you never have an excuse for not eating well. For many who are not great at making up dishes this book will really help you create wonderful meals ahead of time. If you’re looking for a new paleo cook book then I suggest grabbing a copy of Make Ahead Paleo when it goes on sale September 24th! Now let me share a favorite recipe from the book with you.
make ahead paleo
make ahead paleo
Laundry Ingredients

Cheap And Easy Laundry Detergent

James Burnette 331 Comments

I love DIY. Some of you may know this. The reason though is pretty simple. I’m a cheap ass. So when coming up with a DIY project I take in a lot of info and condense it down to the cheapest, easiest method. I’m a lazy DIY’er so I find the easiest way to do something. I goggled around for a while and found the easiest way. So let’s get down to making some laundry detergent.
Laundry Ingredients
Laundry Ingredients
Survivalpunk Patch

Survivalpunk Store Now Open For Business

James Burnette 199 Comments

The Survivalpunk Store is now open for business. I decided that It was time I threw up a quick and dirty web store. Before I was having people PayPal  me via Facebook or being super punk and selling from my car. While this worked well I like to make things easier, even if that easier approach took an entire day to set up. I put the announcement out on Facebook first but thought a blog post would catch those that swear off FB. The store is about as simple as things get. The shop shows the three items I have for sale. Men’s T Shirts, Ladies Shirts and the new patches. You click the add to cart button and it takes you to the shopping cart with your merch added. Once on the cart you can click the paypal button to be redirected to paypal. It’s not the prettiest webstore but it i simple and works. Also to make things easy I don’t charge shipping.  I tried to talk Kelly Gendrou from Survivalgear bags into making a Survivalpunk Shop to save me the hassle. Maybe when I make it big I’ll pawn it off. Until then you can get all your Survivalpunk Gear needs right HERE! One last thing to note I’m always up for barter love playing let’s make a deal. Stop by and check out the store and grab a patch!

 

Survivalpunk Patch
Survivalpunk Patch

 

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The Wayward Journey

James Burnette 1,243 Comments
I  put this off this review for a little bit longer than I should have. I’m pretty peculiar on the books I like. This book just was not my cup of tea. It had elements in it I liked but overall it didn’t sit right. I would recommend The Wayward Journey over any of Rawles books which I’ve grown to hate with a passion. This book was entertaining enough to finish and had some good parts so lets get into the review.
Wayward-Journey