I read about this the other day. I don't wear flannel much, but I do have the beard. Of course, I also make my living behind a keyboard, so maybe I do qualify.
Meh, I work at a desk, but I split my own wood to grill some boudin Saturday, with a real axe, even. I cut and/or split a couple of logs about once a week to keep the grill ready, as I like the taste of food cooked over real wood and it's a completely grid-independent cooking and heating method. (Somewhat limited as far as home heating goes, but in a pinch I can heat water on it, fill some 2L bottles and tuck them in my sleeping bag on the bed to get through a cold night. Did that a couple times to test it when we had really cold nights, and it worked pretty well, with the bottles ceasing to provide much heat just about the time I would have needed to get up and heat morning washing water anyway. I do have a propane burner and a couple 1lb bottles for it, but I have a good sized wood pile out back that doesn't cost me anything but the effort to cut and split it down to grill size.)
I'm thinking before the weather completely warms up, I might even go build myself a lean to shelter on the ridge and spend a weekend in it just to make sure I still have all the other little skills needed to start with my 72 hour kit and end with an indefinitely sustainable, reasonably comfortable camp. (Worst time of year for it, since wild foods are scarcest; if you can do it in February, you can do it better any other time of year, barring extreme drought.)
