Tuesday morning stuff

My brain's basically telling me go get some coffee, or else it'll shut down on me. Stupid brain. Stupid exhaustion.

Speaking of brains, for those who aren't familiar with the series, the Romero zombies aren't really brain eaters. Sure, they'll eat them if they have to, just like I might eat a McDonald's burger if there's no other choice, but these guys are all about the intestines, liver, stomach, and other juicy bits.

The whole zombies/brains thing really got its start in Return of the Living Dead 1 and 2 (#3 was all about Mindy Clarke and her piercing fetish, and was pretty much brain-free). Dan O'Bannon wrote and directed the first one, and it's a blast. The zombies there are actually already as advanced as the zombies we get in the later Romero flicks, but the movie is much more of a comedy.

Actually, I'm not sure the "brains" concept has ever not been played for laughs. Aside from the RotLD movies, you've got the one Tick episode, as well as the zombies in various comic strips (almost always played out with the zombies ignoring Stupid Butt of Jokes because he doesn't have brains), and the unique zombies in Diablo 2.

But the Romero Zombies? Aside from being slow, steady, and strong? Definitely organ meat creatures.

Free coffee!

As noted by mnfiddledragon, Caribou Coffee is giving out free coffee coolers from 1-3 local time. SO folks in Atlanta, DC, and other Eastern areas with Caribou, hurry up! And folks in Chicago, MN, and other places in other time zones, get ready! I'm enjoying my free espresso cooler as I type this. :-)