Prepper Press, the publisher of the 299 Days series, is awesome.  For Christmas, they sent me this beautifully framed cover of Book One:

It is hanging in the cabin:

Merry Christmas everyone.

“Glen”

I’m starting a new thing here, 299er Sheepdog of the Week.  A “sheepdog” takes risks to protect the sheep from the wolves.  In today’s world, that would be military, law enforcement, military contractors, and lots and lots of civilians who protect civilians from bad guys.  If you carry a concealed firearm, you’re a sheepdog.

299er Sheepdog of the Week will be where a 299 Days reader, who is a sheepdog, does something cool and tells me about it.

The first 299er Sheepdog of the Week comes from the special operations unit the 106th Rescue Wing.  They do cool PJ (“parajumper”) stuff like blaze into enemy territory to rescue downed pilots and other people.  They do tons of rescues in peacetime.  (Grant in the book wanted to be a PJ; it’s in Chapter 2.)  Every single member of the 106th does cool stuff, even if they’re not actually PJs.

The guys who sent this shirt to me are solid Patriots and Oath Keepers.  (I’m keeping their identity on the down-low.)  What an amazing honor to have guys like them reading the book and even sending me a t-shirt.  I will wear it with pride, gentlemen.

Everyone else: Send in some pictures and other stuff to me.  I love it.  I’ll send cool stuff to you, too.  Email me at glentate123 AT gmail.com and I’ll post the stuff you send.  Thanks, guys.

Hey, guys, it’s easy to get down about all that’s going on.  I admit that I have had a bad week because of all this.

Then my wife made gingerbread men.  One had a “G” on it.  She worked really hard to make a cookie – just to make me smile.  That’s what I need to be thinking about now.  My kids need their dad to be fully tuned into their Christmas.  Opening presents, hanging out, visiting family.

They don’t need me depressed or talking about gun control.  They need a dad who is above it all and focused on them.

This, by the way, is a good dress rehearsal for the Collapse.  That’s right.  During the Collapse, the bad guys will look like they’re winning one day, and then we’re winning the next.  Then they’re up, then we are.  During all of these ups and downs, people will be looking to you to be rock solid, unemotional, inspirational, and a leader.  Start practicing now, brothers.  Start now.

Here’s the bottom line: you can’t control the gun grabbers.  Call your legislators and do all of that.  But don’t get depressed.  Live.  I’ll say that again: Live.  Fully.

Dr. Prepper, who is a big deal in the preparedness movement, was kind enough to interview me.  Here’s the link.  I come on at 15:55.

He wrote a number-one best-selling book on prepping, so I’m thrilled to be on his show.