"The long hot zombie summer just passed me by..."*

Stocks That Shine in a Zombie Economy

- TheStreet.com via Yahoo News

 

The Walking Dead creator designs a zombie-proof car

- Yahoo Tech blog

 

And from PR Newswire [via Yahoo News] comes proof there are many things more deadly than zombies:

Zombies and Gorillas Overrun Denver

Maybe it's the altitude, but come summer, the Mile High City unleashes a series of kooky happenings ranging from the world's largest Zombie Crawl (a horde of 7,000 blood-splattered zombies) to the world's largest gorilla run (1,200 fully costumed gorillas...and growing). Visitors are welcome to dress appropriately and join the shenanigans. Here's a guide to Denver's crazy, fun-filled summer:

1) Every Wednesday night through Sept. 26, thousands of costumed bicyclists take to the streets for a moving pub crawl known as Denver Cruisers. Bike riders dress according to themes (examples include Space Invaders, Duct Tape & Cardboard, Pirates, Punk, Goth & Glam) and travel from pub to pub through the back streets of Denver neighborhoods, finishing with a scary-looking, but generally safe "Circle of Death," a ride in which huge circles of riders pedal into an increasingly smaller circle. 

 Eek!

2) Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Colorado Gay Rodeo from July 13 - 15 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. This year's event includes traditional rodeo events such as team roping, bull-riding and flag racing, but also incorporate some GLBT twists - wild drag racing, steer decorating and goat dressing. 

What the heck did those poor animals ever do to those sodomites? Where's PETA when you need somebody's car firebombed?

3) Run for Your Lives in the race of a lifetime at the Thunder Valley Motorcross Park on July 14. This 5K obstacle course pits you - the living - against a horde of zombies who will chase you through a series of obstacles including pools of "blood" and undead infested forests. A dozen bands will play following the race, whether or not there are any survivors. 

Zombies seem practically rational deep in the heart of Obamastan... 

*With humble appy-polly-loggies to Paul Weller and THE STYLE COUNCIL.