Getting ready for 2012? This isn't your grandpa's fallout shelter

Take Shelter in a Human Habitrail

Kennedy-era fallout shelters were little more than cement boxes filled with cans of spinach. Modern end-time housing structures, like those from Radius Engineering, are smart and stylish. Take the Trogonia 8, a modular, self-sufficient, radiation-proof colony—complete with fitness center, restaurants, and city hall—that will keep as many as 2,000 people safe and snug for up to five years. With that kind of thing, you can Noah’s ark the whole subdivision.

And of course, there's Surviving the Apocalypse Hollywood Style to use as a handy guide. :) They even mention the series 'Ark II' (always helps to have a super-techie RV).

I unexpectedly found myself at home by 10 pm

so I thought I'd blog, although I have to get up around 5 am.

Here's something I starred in my feed reader; it's a creepy form of bibliographic instruction. From Boing Boing, via the Great Western Dragon on LISNews.

When I was in fifth grade, Mississippi Public Broadcasting decided to introduce a series of short films to educate children on how to use the library. For some godforsaken reason, the people at MPB decided that the best way to do this would be through a post-apocalyptic science fiction serial with children roaming the blasted earth in a… bookmobile… like a cross between 'Reading Rainbow' and 'Damnation Alley.' Confused? So was I. I loved the library and post-apocalyptic movies and television programs, and even I was completely nonplussed. Apparently someone has uploaded the entire run onto YouTube. The music still gives me the creeps!

'Tombs and Talismans' by Mississippi Public Broadcasting


Okay, that's your tidbit for the day. Good night. :)