Showing posts with label season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label season. Show all posts

Monday, March 1, 2010

Zombies


Has anyone else in my town noticed?

I think we are in the midst of a Zombie Invasion. It might be that these...things...are from outer space, but they choose minivans and F-150s as their transportation devices. Aliens, I'm sure, would be in flying saucers.

These Zombies look just like you and me. They have this uncanny human look about them, right down to the humblest detail. They wear spectacles, sometimes with those clip-on sunglass accessories. Their clothes are normal-looking, if a little dated. There are lots of man-made fibres and everything seems just a tad too tight, except when they wear deliberately loose-fitting stuff like 'work-out' pants and such.

But they're part of Zombie-Nation alright. Just watch them when they drive. Only the undead could drive as poorly as that. Three-lane changes leaving their arse sticking out; flipping bitches* at random intervals; exceedingly slow progress in fast lanes; exceedingly ill-timed entries onto fast-moving thoroughfares - no, these aren't humans. No living person could possibly be that bad behind the wheel.

Interestingly enough, this Zombie Invasion seems to have started in Michigan. And Wisconsin. And Indiana. It's like all the Zombies decided to take a driving vacation to my town and create as much havoc on the roads as possible. As much as the undead can, that is. Which is rather a lot, as it turns out.






*Pulling a U-Turn

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Season


The Season is in full flight now. The Tropical Midwest doubles in population, what with Snowbirds, tourists and those visiting friends and relatives.

Season is variably described as the period between Thanksgiving and Mother's Day, or from Halloween to Easter. You get the picture.

The way I describe it is more practical. More experiential, if you like. When it takes me more than twenty-five minutes to drive five miles, it's Season.

It's Season.