Z is for Zombies

In all the literature we have read, along with the movies we have watched their have been some characters that make it through the zombie apocalypse and others who don’t. This brings me to the question “would I make it in a zombie apocalypse?” Obviously there are several factors that play a role, such as, “Where I am located? Who am I with? The type of zombies I am up against? What weapons I

In all the literature we have read, along with the movies we have watched their have been some characters that make it through the zombie apocalypse and others who don’t. This brings me to the question “would I make it in a zombie apocalypse?” Obviously there are several factors that play a role, such as, “Where I am located? Who am I with? The type of zombies I am up against? What weapons I

SCENE I [A forensics laboratory in Northern Ireland. Two anthropologists stand over an operating table. The light is interrogating. The backdrop is dim and the bay windows dark. One figure is male, the other female. The decrepit mass on the table resembles a skeleton hide.] SCIENTIST Scalpel. ASSISTANT Doctor? SCIENTIST Yes, Laura? ASSISTANT The spec. data indicates dairy and meat digestion,

Didn’t mean to disregard the final post and so it goes. I also wasn’t really sure where to take this; we’ve literally covered everything related to zombies that I can think of. Then I remembered the one problem/question/whatever I’ve always had with the zombie genre that no one seems to be concerned with: zombie teeth. Considering that the archetypical zombie spends his, or her, time preoccupied

Hello Hello, I'll be 'presenting' this story today. Thought if you were interested in the presentation it might be worth a read. Cheers, W. For Emily A, whose faith inspires even the faithless. Every Sunday, the doors to St. Michael’s church in Amherst, Massachusetts are open. Inside its doors stands an armed security guard, the mercenary type, the only type of guns money can buy this late

Apparently humans crave this stuff the way zombies crave human flesh. If you're a beer drinker, read on. And if you're not a beer drinker, read on and then become a beer drinker (responsibly, of course...) I was on the prowl for something cool to write about for this final blog post and I was lucky to come across "Zombie Dust," a beer made by the Three Floyds Brewing Company out of Munster, Indiana.

      I spent all this semester looking at the class material through the perspective of the zombie.  I had to come to the realization that there is not much redeemable about the zombie in most cases.  The only two exceptions from the material we had in class is Warm Bodies and Delice (where the zombie is used to murder an evil person).  Otherwise, I have to look

    Freud argued that in everyone's unconscious mind there is a constant force that causes an individual to want to live, and to produce life. This is why we want to have sex all the time. It's also why you can't kill yourself by holding your breath. At a certain point, some part of your unconscious decides you're being silly and takes control, forcing you to breath. Your mind wants

I'm going to assume most of you have some basic knowledge of Battlestar Galactica. I attempted to watch the original series, but gave up, favoring the reimagined version that aired this past decade.  In the event that any of you are unfamiliar, or would just like a refresher, please follow the link. It's short, and it includes the awesome music. By the way, the same gentleman who does the

To be completely honest, it has been a struggle to find a worthy topic to blog about. Everything I can think of has been meticulously picked over by classmates and with my spring-semester-zombified-drooling-at-my-desk-state, I found little to actually blog about. So then I watched the first episode of the Walking Dead, again. I watched the perfectly bearded Rick saunter into a lawless Atlanta

Struggling with finding that perfect gift for your favorite soon-to-be UVM grad? Well - Demeter Fragrances has released a new zombie inspired line of fragrances: Zombie for Him, and Zombie for Her. Could be perfect! Plus the bottles are suuuper pretty... Demeter Fragrances describes Zombie for Him as "a combination of dried leaves, mushrooms, mildew, moss and earth." And Zombie for Her as

   We all know that AMC's The Walking Dead is about zombies. It says it right in the name. If someone   were to ask you what the best zombie TV show is, you'd probably immediately say The Walking Dead because there aren't any other zombie TV shows. False. At it's core, Game of Thrones is about zombies. The first scene of the pilot episode shows a dead child walking around all

   As a previous post stated, coming up with a topic for this final blog post was hard as it seems we've covered just about everything.  So I did a little research (a.k.a. google searching) and found this somewhat troubling article: http://www.channel3000.com/news/-Zombies-game-blamed-for-two-UW-campus-gun-reports/-/1648/19813958/-/ld10ylz/-/index.html . Its title reads,

Yesterday I was stressing over what to write for my last blog post. I couldn’t think of anything to say that hadn’t already been said; we’ve covered quite a lot of ground in the last semester, and I didn’t feel like I had anything new to contribute. My brain was fried, or rather, zombified. For a few moments I thought about throwing together something, anything just to get my last post over and

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17826502-an-empty-metropolis-bostonians-share-photos-of-deserted-streets?liteRecently realized I am short one post. Anyway, I'm sure many of us have been following the events in Boston this morning. Aside from the reality of whats going on, I was struck by the images of a locked down Boston. It makes me wonder about the chaotic, wrecked highways/cities