I’d be an ungrateful person if I didn’t take time to acknowledge the several people who sent me Paratus gifts. Gifts included knitted headgear, cartridge brass, pocket notebooks, and a few other goodies. For privacy’s sake I won’t go into who sent what, but I want to make sure everyone who sent a gift knows I appreciate it. Very generous of you dudes (and dudettes).
AH, I know,,,it seems like we just got through taking down the decorations from the last Paratus. Yet, here we are!
So, first off, Happy Paratus to everyone. About 40 people made the list for cards/gifts this year. If you didn’t get a Paratus card, have no fear…here’s this years card:
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Did I get myself anything for Paratus? Well, not really….but trust me, I’ve spent enough on myself this year that it more than makes up for not buying myself a gift. Really, I spent way too much on boomtoys and whisperpickles this year. I suspect that is something that will rapidly be coming to a middle here shortly as I try to put money together for other purposes.
I hope YOU had a happy (and safe) Paratus. And I hope you got to spend Paratus the way it was meant to be spent – getting cool gear and hanging out with your like-minded friends discussing the upcoming kamalapocalypse. But feel free to tell me in comments how you made it in the gift department and if you did anything special. It is, after all, your holiday.
Paratus gifts/cards went out in today’s mail. Paratus is this Friday so I am hoping that most of these will have reached their destination by then.
Dang near $180 just in postage. Geez.
I’ve got the gifts and cards for this year all ready, and at this point I’m just double checking addresses. If you got a card/gift from me last year, and your address has changed, then you need to email me and let me know the new address. Soon!
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, 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.
The original idea for Paratus was over twenty years ago. But I never really codified it and got into it until ten years ago.
I guess this means this is officially the tenth Paratus. Although, to be fair, its only in the last five years I’ve actually gone through the expense of having cards made up and sent.
A couple quick notes about Paratus, which is in about five weeks.
First, the Paratus gifts for this year’s recipients have arrived. Finally. I am never using that particular vendor again.
Secondly, I received an early Paratus gift in the mail today. Much thanks to the person who sent it.
And, finally, the Paratus cards showed up last week so we’re on track for that. For those who are curious, the Paratus card list is actually fairly short….about three dozen people. Want to get on the list? Instructions are in the FAQ.
While I absolutely love getting stuff in the mail, lets slow it down and wait until Paratus is actually here before we do the gift-is-in-the-mail thing. This is like getting Christmas gifts before Thanksgiving has even occurred.
Some people just seem to want to avoid he rush, it seems. I received a couple books in the mail the other day and I am interpreting them as an early Paratus gift.
Someone sent me some books a few months back and I promised to post my opinions on them and I still haven’t gotten around to reading them. Just too dang busy. Hopefully I” get them and these two read sometime in the near future.
BUT….much thanks! And if the person who sent me these books would like to send me a mailing address of some type, there’s a Paratus card with your name on it!
I received a rather early Paratus gift in the mail last week. I’d like to thank the individual who sent it, and assure them that they are, indeed, on the card list.
Paratus, the holiday of survivalists and for survivlists, is September 20th 2024. So, you’ve got about seven weeks to get ready. Everything you ever wanted to know, and didnt want to know, about Paratus is here at the world famous Paratus FAQ.
I’ll be ordering up cards here in a week and going through my Paratus card list. IF you got a card from me last year AND your address has changed – you need to give me the new mailing address.
And, as always, Paratus is what you make it to be. Make some plans, get together with friends, ask your gear suppliers about a Paratus sale, and, most importantly, spread the word to your survivalist friends….the more traction this thing gets the sooner we get to Paratus day sales at PSA and Atlantic Firearms.
This is the annual reminder that Paratus, the holiday by, of, and for, survivalists is coming up in September…..September 20, to be precise.
If you got a card/gift from me last year, and your address has changed, you need to email with your updated mailing information. If I send a gift/card and it gets returned as undelivereable…well…my interest in the matter ends there. (Looking at you, TOR!)
And, for the curious:
How do I get on the Paratus card list?
Simply emailing or commenting with your address and “Please send me a Paratus card” will not work.
Several people sent me gifties for Paratus, and I am grateful and I think they were all very thoughtful and well done. I wanted to point this one out in particular because..well…maybe its just the way life has been going, but I severely ‘lost my crap’ when I saw this and laughed until I cried:
Merciful Crom….so true, so true.
And, someone very like-minded got me, among other things, this gem:
Could be Guy Fawkes…could be Ian McCollum (aka Gun Jesus)
Just the thing for…well…IYKYK.
Thank you to everyone who send me a little something, even if it was just a ‘Howdy’ in email. Hey, who knows, maybe someday we’ll have a big weekend Paratus jamboree somewhere. Who knows?
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!
