Zombies

Seems those crazy kids who make up the Occupy Wall Street movement are getting an early start on their Halloween festivities. As the protests enter their third week, organizers have issued a directive asking participants to join in for Zombie Flesh Mob Day.

Maybe zombies are just misunderstood. Maybe the stiff brain-eaters would be more relaxed with a little bit of exercise. In a humorous new commercial for Canadian charity Yoga Outreach, a staggering horde of the undead are brought back to life after taking a yoga class. In fact, after a few downward dogs, they're already making plans to get a latte.

Since 2007, the Zombie Research Society has been raising awareness about the undead and the upcoming zombie pandemic. Their latest effort, an illustrated book called 'That's Not Your Mommy Anymore,' aims to educate the younger members of our society on what to do when a parent becomes a brain-eating monster.

The recent pop cultural embrace of all things zombie has focused on the more negative aspects of reanimated corpses -- mainly, their mindless lust for munching on the brains of the living. While it's true there have been plenty of comedic takes on these killing machines, we don't think we've ever seen anything like the short film below, which is an uplifting and whimsical exploration of the simple

Engagement pictures traditionally bring to mind all sorts of romantic things. An idyllic setting? Naturally. Loving looks between the happy couple? Of course. A life-and-death struggle with a flesh-eating zombie? Er, not so much. In Juliana Park and Ben Lee's engagement photos, the couple don't just grin and smooch for the camera, they battle an undead corpse with a machete and shovel.

A group of about 200 concerned citizens dressed as zombies this weekend and marched through the British city of Leicester to highlight the city's lack of preparation for an uprising of the undead. After Leicester resident Robert Ainsley learned (via a freedom of information request) that the city did not have a zombie contingency plan built into its emergency preparations, he and 26-year-old po