Zombies.

I love them and hate them. As a cultural phenomenon, I think they’re fantastic. I love the Zombie Survival Guide, Zombies the board game, almost everything to do with zombies. Except …

I have a strong dislike of horror movies. There are exceptions (zombies and/or Bruce Campbell help to create exceptions), but generally speaking horror movies leave me unmoved and disappointed. This creates internal discord, because zombies are intrinsically connected to the movie genre. Moreover, I find myself wanting to see zombie movies that I know (deep down) that I will dislike.

But internal strife or no, I love encountering zombies outside the cinema. Which is why this lecture on the neuroscience of zombies is one of the most fantastic podcasts of all time.

I am particularly fond of the suggestion that zombies may be constipated.

Image found at Beard Revue, originating at College Humour.

Webcomic is Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull

We begin with something for the collectors amongst our readership. Particularly, the collectors of porcelain figurines. You know, the kind your grandmother keeps in a special display case?

They’re getting more interesting.

(Dead Astronaut, by pacman23)

(Old bananas never die by Senor Tripp)

(Zombie Beatles by Wonderbros, found at the Forbidden Planet blog.)