All posts by Jocelyn the Plaid

Bunkers may serve our needs, but there’s a lot to be said for the garden variety castle, situated on the high ground with a spiffy gate to bar any moaning shufflers. I spent the last two weeks in so many easily defended stone buildings. Edinburgh castle has never been taken by direct force in over… Read More

Our fascination with the undead has a long history. Horror films are not a recent creation. Vampires were creatures of the silent films in the 1920s. Zombies are a slightly different story. White Zombie was a 1932 film produced and directed by brothers Victor and Edward Halperin. Bela Lugosi stars as Murder Legendre, an evil… Read More

The problem with airborne viruses is that everybody who dies can potentially reanimate. I honestly don’t know how you beat those numbers. http://jumpthecurve.net/unlearning/unlearning-lesson-17-do-the-math-until-it-doesnt-add-up/ We need the government to create a virus or bacteria (preferably) that can only be spread by some fluid exchange such as a bite. That should keep the infection rate down at a manageable… Read More

Just keep singing. You might as well.

Happy 4th of July! Aahppee vohrvv duuhlaii!

The late Bertrand Russell is one of my best friends. Duhhlll tahbb brrdehrrnnd ruzzullzz uhhnvv muhhbbzz duhvv rehnds.

The problem with Game of Thrones is that all the lessons are so bleak. O.K., this is a zombie blog. Zombies are a little bleak. But Game of Thrones can stand up there with any major urban outbreak of the undead. It’s exactly that cheery — though eminently watchable and I recommend the series. I guess… Read More

Stay inside the wall.  Make sure the wall is secure.Zombie version of the lesson: Stay indoors. Board up the windows. Of course, all lessons have exceptions. Most of the dangers in life lurk outside one’s walls. If that situation changes, well, so do the rules. Rules should never been more than guidelines for a person… Read More

I really like dragons. Ahhhrrlee luhhggddd ahhrguhhn.