Tools for Survival During a Zombie Uprising

I was excited to come across an article at io9 that referred to a zombie survival Google map, called the Map of the Dead.  It's awesome.  Enter your postal code, and it'll show you your immediate neighbourhood, showing medical locations, food and drinks, cemeteries, police, military, et cetera.  It shows gun shops too, but that's not a big thing in Toronto.

But I'd probably be screwed in the event of zombies.  Middle of large city, no real outdoors skills, wouldn't know how to handle gun or crossbow even if I had one, don't know how to break into anywhere.  Still fun to think about sometimes!

Books, energy, and nuclear wolves

Been spending the last several days devouring some of those books.  When I've had the time.  And doing work-related stuff, and trying to finish up the little bit of xmas shopping that I have to do.

Something relating two of the three above is that I found a LIFE magasine from before WWII, in almost perfect condition.  Hope my aunt hasn't secretly found this blog, because she's going to love it.

And one of the things keeping me busy is trying to put together a coherent, non-rambling response to my friend Leslie, who is wanting to keep believing in nuclear energy.  So much to say, it's almost like being in school again and putting together a position paper!  The "green" renewable sources generally need a back-up as things like wind and solar can rarely be at full capacity.  Hydroelectric is fantastic, but not every country has that option.  People are backing away from fracturing because of possible environmental concerns.  And really, nuclear isn't as terrible as most think, the accidents are so few and far between that it's ridiculous, and even then, the consequences are generally not as terrible as initially assumed.  Well, the radioactive wolves near Chernobyl sound scary.  As The Bloggess says, "We may have over-planned for zombies, and under-planned for nuclear wolves." 

Do you think that being bitten by a radioactive wolf would give you super powers?

Zombies and Classic Literature

Anybody who hasn't read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is seriously missing out.  It takes a Jane Austen classic, and modifies it slightly to not only add zombie action, but to also make Lizzie a woman who today's women can relate to.  Somebody who stands up for herself and others, and is willing to fight people to the death for lack of honour.

I've read the aforementioned book several times, but just found an exciting-looking related book.  The Readers Unauthorized Guide to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  (Am I incorrect in thinking there should be an apostrophe at the end of "readers?")

Now I'm in the mood to re-read Max Brooks' World War Z:  An Oral History.

Can't blame anyone but myself when I get a week's worth of zombie dreams.  Oh well.


Updated: OMG, I just found The Zombie Survival Guide Journal.  I suppose it'd be viewed as unprofessional if I used it for work, but there are surely other uses.