Dead Windshields

Paid $185 for my new windshield - a nice pair of Oakley's (no, not the mp3-playing type). They're not perfect, but still worth the cost. I'd like them to be perfect, and wish the world was such that we could order our personal modifications for all things manufactured. Suits are tailored, braces custom fit, but my windshield is generic, even though it'll be touching my face. Maybe in 10, 20 years we'll be living in that technologically advanced world where our pets and our offspring can be custom made to order. Either that or we'll be living in a typical post-apocalyptic world.

And speaking of post-apocalyptic situations, is there any better than the undead future?

Which leads to the follow-up (trick) question: "Night", "Dawn", "Day", what word comes next?

If you answered "Dusk", "Afternoon", or "Teatime", well, you're wrong, but i'll give you partial credit since it makes sense and could logically be the correct answer. Instead Master Romero has decided that "Land" follows "Night", "Dawn", and "Day".

How long can 23 days be? Some might say 1987200 seconds, or 552 hours. Some might say 200 dead in Iraq, or $3168 net. The correct answer is 23 days is most properly measured as 99.16 consecutive viewings of the trilogy, all before the 4th installment comes out. Yes, June 24, 2005 is the release date for Land of the Dead, the first Romero Zombie flick in 20 years. I'd say line up now for your tickets, but the preview makes the movie look like a cross between Damnation Alley and Demolotion Man (or possibly Fortress; the preview was a little short), and, more importantly, my local theatre doesn't even have a pre-midnight showing, let alone tickets on sale now. Not to worry, i'll be calling them every day until the 24th in the hopes of convincing them for one.

But for now i'm off for 23 days of undead movie watching, practice bat-swinging, and listening to appropriate tunes, like The Doors. So until they make Happy Hour of the Dead, make mine Land.