My daughter and I have what some (okay most) would consider a rather odd pastime, I will sometimes quiz her about various survival strategies for surviving the coming zombie apocalypse . . . you know, simple questions like "what’s the most effective weapons for dealing with zombies?" and the like (answer, if you have access to guns, go for head shots, otherwise get yourself a nice solid baseball bat and practice crushing watermelons . . . always aim for the head or sever the spinal cord).  We’ve come to conclusion that the folks in the US will have it so much easier to get guns while we’ll be forced to use the baseball bats and swords (yes, we have swords in our home so we’re kind of okay on that front) but we’ll probably have to send a scouting party – most likely I get stuck with that job, so that sucks – to go to the local police station and see if we can scare up some shotguns.  Yes, it’s harmless fun given the sort of films we watch . . . but, it can seem a bit on the disturbing side in public restaurants as nearby patrons hear us discussing the various intricate details of how best to dismember a marauding zombie with a CD collection and the like.

Well . . . now you too can survive the coming zombie or other apocalypse or doomsday . . . Eight Rules for Surviving the Apocalypse (http://io9.com/397140/8-rules-for-surviving-the-apocalypse) has some clear and direct things to do or not do that will increase your survival of zed-day or other coming end of the world scenarios.

All the best,
Brian