I wanted to let everyone know about some cool people I’ve met: the NuManna Food Storage dudes.  They’re like us: Patriots, preppers, and fun.  They  make really good freeze-dried meals that store in handy buckets for up to 25 years.  Numanna meals are Team-tested and Team-approved.  It’s what we stockpile out at the real cabin.  Here’s a picture of Pow hogging up all the NuManna mac n cheese.

Here is Cliven Bundy with a bucket of Numanna food:

Numanna donated a bunch to the Bundy guys.  This is a company that believes in what we believe in.

Give NuManna a try.  There’s only two things that give me peace of mind in this pre-Collapse era: (1) having lots of ammo, and (2) having lots of long-term storage food.  Peace of mind is a big deal.

NuManna has a $25 gift certificate for 299ers.  Use coupon code 299Days until June 13 to get the gift certificate.  Pretty good way to try ’em out.  You’ll be glad you did.  Here’s some NuManna out at the real cabin:

I recently had a chance to realize the sacrifices I’m making for being a prepper.  My marriage would be a lot more harmonious if I weren’t prepping.  I would have a lot more free time, and money.  I wouldn’t have to think about diseases and gangs.  I could be a normal American.

And I’d soon be dead.  So would my family.

I know with absolute certainty that a collapse is coming.  I also know that doing relatively small things now will allow me and my family and the Team to live.  Not only live, but live semi-comfortably through the worst period of American history ever.  When up to 90% of the population is dead or dying, I’ll be having pancakes with my family and my brothers, the Team.  Fist bumps and maple syrup as we head out for a day of work protecting people.  “This never gets old,” I’ll say.  “Beats the shit out of selling insurance,” Pow will say.

So the marital strife I’m suffering now will quickly be seen as a small price to pay.  Who knows: she might even utter at “thank you” when she realizes all her man did for her and the kids.  The time I spent now on radios, fish anti-biotics, water treatment, escape plans, and generators will seem like nothing at all – it will seem like the best possible use of time ever.  Ever.  And money?  This weekend I was sealing small bags of rice and beans that had a price tag of “$1.00.”  I smiled.  I knew that when I pull those out of storage, that same bag will cost $100 – if anyone is still taking American dollars .  I will smile again.  Even harder, and I’ll feel the warmth of knowing that I did the right thing, despite all the sacrifices.

MAG 40 is the Massad Ayoob Group’s 40-hour pistol and legal course. I highly, highly recommend it. Great pistol training and a 20-hour course of self-defense law that’s the best in the nation. Oh, and it’s not all “law school” legal instruction – it’s actually interesting and easy to follow.

The class was full of really cool and interesting people. Here are some photos.

I finally got to sign a woman’s shirt! Well, she was fully clothed and her husband was standing there – so it wasn’t the “rock star” autographing that I had in mind, but it was a blast to do it anyway. Angie is awesome (and a really good shooter).

This is me and Chaz from the Road Gunner Podcast:

This is Marc with a “C”, a MAG40 instructor and well known to listeners of the Gun Dudes podcast:

This is Erik, a letter carrier from Pittsburgh who shot a perfect 300 score on the qualifier. This mailman can shoot:

This is Sticks, a podcaster from the Armed Squirrels Project:

I did alright on this target (4 yards, 18 rounds):

The TSP Gear Shop, who does all the 299 hats, stickers, shirts, and patches, donated some of the awesome “Untrained Civilian Goofball” patches. Here’s John B, a great guy from SE Missouri, imitating the guy on the patch (who is me):

Here is me and my nemesis (just for fun) Jon Hoddaway of Nighthawk Custom Training. We did a hilarious exchange on a joint taping of the Road Gunner, Polite Society, and Armed Squirrels Project podcasts:

Yes, Jon makes me look super skinny and sexy.

If you ever get a chance to do a MAG 40 class, do it. The Gun Dudes have one coming up September 10- 13 in Utah. That’d be a hoot to attend.