Wassup, my preppas! Congratulations and Happy Paratus! This years card is posted on the Paratus FAQ page.

I spent dang near a hundred bucks just in postage getting Paratus cards and gifts out this year and according to the tracking numbers, the majority of you who were on the list should have received their holiday greeting.

As always, this holiday, like all others, is what you make it out to be. We all know people who go overboard for Christmas and those who barely grunt a ‘Merry Christmas’…Paratus is as elaborate or unadorned as you want it to be. It’s your holiday.

Get to the range, go test your gear, get together with like-minded friends, buy a new how-to book, read some history on related subjects, eat large amounts of freeze drieds or MRE’s…but do something.

I hope you all have a good holiday, and I want to take a moment to thank the couple of people who sent Paratus gifts. Hopefully we will all be able to do t his again next year!

Paratus stuff will start shipping tomorrow and Tuesday. Apparently some people took to heart that if you want to get on the Paratus card list you need to drop me a card or gift. As a result, a couple packages have showed up over the last week. Well, a deals a deal…if you sent me something with your address on it, congrats!, you’re now on the list.

However, someone sent me a nice firestarter kit but they didnt send and address info. Maybe they just wanted to send a Paratus gift and didnt want to get on the list, or maybe they overlooked the detail of sending an address. If you sent me a firestarter and you want to be on the list, email me the info and describe the firestarter. If you just wanted to send a gift and didnt care if you got on the list…well done…thank you!

Paratus is this Friday, guys. Make your list, do your shopping. and make the Like-Minded Individuals in your life a little happier this week!

Paratus is Friday of next week and I’m wrapping up the labels and envelopes. SO…a bit of administrative stuff here:

If you got a little something sent to you for Paratus last year and you had an address change, you need to email me.

Ticom – email me an address, buddy. I’d like to add you to the list.

If youre not on the list but want to be don’t send me an email or comment saying ‘Please add me to the Paratus card list’. It doesnt work that way.

If I send you a Paratus card or gift and it gets returned as a bad address, address unknown, forwarding expired, etc. you’re off the list until such time as you get me a valid address. Ain’t no one got time for that.

The post is over…. go forth and prep in peace.

Hey guys… a reminder that Paratus, the holiday of, by, and for, survivalists is September 15th. You have two weeks to get your Paratus shopping done.

Paratus cards are in hand and will be sent out a few days before the actual holiday.

I’ve said this almost every year, and yet people still get some crazy idea that ll the have to do to get on the Paratus card list is make a comment or email with their mailing address and a request to get on the list. Guys, it doesn’t work like that. From the FAQ:

How do I get on the Paratus card list?

It’s pretty simple and blatantly selfish. If you’ve signed up at Patreon, sent me a gift of any kind, are someone I know ‘in real life’, are an ‘internet friend’ with whom I’ve exchanged many emails, had sex with me, or otherwise have interacted with me on more than a casual basis…and you’ve provided an address…you’ll get on the list.

 

Simply emailing or commenting with your address and “Please send me a Paratus card” will not work.

Remember: Paratus is your holiday. Call your vendors and gun shops and ask if they have a Paratus Day sale. Make it as big a holiday as you want it to be. Include your like-minded friends.

Paratus is less than fifty days out. Guys, if you got a Paratus greeting from me in the mail last year and you think youre gonna get another one this year, you need to let me know if your address has changed. If I get something returned as undeliverable because you didnt send me a current address…well, youre off the list. Ain’t nobody got time for that!

Paratus cards have arrived and I’m making a list and checking it twice……..

My address, of course, remains the same in case any of you glorious savages wanna send the Commander a little somethin’….

Hey kids…a gentle reminder that this year Paratus falls on Sept. 15th. For those of you familiar with Paratus, the holiday by and for survivalists, no introduction is needed. However, if you’re new here you should go read the world famous Paratus FAQ and learn about your holiday.

Paratus cards are at the printer and will be sent out at the appropriate time. How do you get on the Paratus card list? Usually by either engaging with me throughout the year, or kicking into Patreon and providing me a mailing address. A smaller percentage of people will get gifts in addition to a card. The gifts will, of course, follow the gift-giving rubric in the FAQ.

An d, of course, you are more than welcome to send me a Paratus card/gift of your own. Make sure to poke some holes in the box so she can breathe 😉

Happy Paratus, my fellow deplorables!

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In case you didnt get one, here is this years card:

This year, the Paratus Long Range Recon Gift Squad brought me a little boomtoy I’ve been wanting for a while. I’ll have a post up about that tomorrow.

I hope you all have a great Paratus, get lotsa cool gear, and take this opportunity to increase your resilience against what’s coming.

And a generalized thank you to everyone who wished me a happy Paratus, and a special thank you to the handful of people who sent gifts (or gift cards) to yours truly. I appreciate it.

Go out there and play with your new gear this weekend…thats what the holiday is for!

Just a reminder that Paratus is this Friday. I received a very thoughtful package in the mail today of some .357 brass and I’d like to thank the thoughtful person who sent it, and a card, for Paratus. Much thanks!

Truth be told, I find wrapping gifts to be a waste of time and resources.

Paratus cards were mailed today, so keep an eye open…you know who you are!

How do you get on Commander Zero’s card list? Well, naughty or nice has no bearing on it (unless youre a smoking hot chick, in which case naughty will very much work in your favor).

To get on the list you either sign up for Patreon and make sure i have an address for you, send me a gift or card, or be someone I interact with often. Thats it…simple. What does not work: saying “Here’s my address. Please add me to your card list.”

Remember, fellow deplorables….Paratus is your holiday. It’s about you and the interests that you and I share. So make the holiday into what you want it to be, just make it about preparedness and resilience.