I've got the perfect Zombie plan. I'm headed north to Alaska! Zombies have no body heat and so they will freeze like corpsecicles! Plus, we will have the native bear population for defense against Zombies ... unless there are Zombie bears ... then that would complicate things.

I've got my survival skills, stealth, and my khurkuri

And swords, throwing knives/stars, large sheath blades, and trapping skills.

Bring em on!

That is exactly the sentiment that will keep you alive. Kudos. 

Reloading clips is for unwinding from the days carnage, if you're doing it in combat, you're insufficiently prepared.  For a zombie apocalypse, you need to be able to sling off several hundred rounds before that need arises.

Thats fine for a smal town maybe. But several thousand rounds won't last long if you have to take down every nearby zombie to survive which could number in the millions.

Some survival techniques probably also depend on how pervasive the outbreak is.

Are you immune? It's possible, and would be great if the cause is airborne.

Does it spread by simple contact or is an open wound required?

Can it enter through the mouth or eyes?

Would you experiment on "law breakers" or other less desirables in your post apocolypse community to find out?

I'm telling you guys ... Alaska is the place to be.

 Zombies a living history on the History Channel tonight!

http://channelguidemag.zap2it.com/falltvpreview/index.php/zombies-a-living-history/

Anyone catch the mid-season finale of the Walking Dead? 

What did you think when the girl they've been searching for finally walked out of the barn? I was actually a little sad for her and am really looking forward to when Shane gets his too

Well, I'm glad it finally happened. I was ready for that plot line to finish. 

I'm holding off reading the comics for Walking Dead until this season is over.

I'm happy for the plot line to wrap up as well - drawn out a smidge too long on the search.  I was just talking about the differences between the comic book and the series.  Looks like Sophia is alive in the comic still. 

Not sure why you feel a need to hold off on reading the comics though - so many differences... I suppose I get can them confused a bit reading/watching at the same time, though. 

Love how they are developing Shane in the series though.  I wonder if they end up with a showdown between him and Rick before this season ends.  They might drag that one out though...

I'm guessing they'll have to move on from the farm after Shane cleared it out.  Regarding Sophia coming out at the very end.... I don't know - sure, it was a good dramatic point to end the episode on, but c'mon.  Hershel knew they were looking for a little girl.  Hershall wanted them gone.  The little girl either was a complete idiot, decided to hide in the barn and somehow got bit there (instead of going to the house with all the people...) or Hershel found her and put her there or one of his people.  And you'd think it would be passing conversation at some point with Hershel that they found a zombie girl today and stuck her in the barn - doesn't sound like that happens every day, so they'd talk.  Hershel might magically put it together that they found the girl instead of offerering them safe harbor until they found the girl.  So, if Hershel knew, then he didn't say anything because he didn't want them to find the barn (they are pulling out maps and searching everywhere for like weeks... god knows they'd never look at the barn.  Anyway, apparently we are to believe what then... bleh.  I think it was kind of a cheap way to end the show at a dramatic point.  Not entirely how the little kid would end up in the barn without someone knowing... if she was alive when she got there, she couldn't get in the front... so she'd had to go in the top like Glen... only then she'd probably hear the moaning zombies, eh.  Anyway, dramatic, but really weak writing imo.

Well, the explanation given was that Otis put Sophia in the barn, now whether Hershel knew, which I'm inclined to believe, is another issue. Frankly I think he's bull headed enough to know it and not reveal it because he didn't want his "dead" family and friends targeted. I think Otis's character would have said had it not been setup to rush him for the medical supplies. So maybe a bit drawn out or over dramatized, but it was still good theater.

I've nearly completed my nuclear powered "mole cruiser".  I'll simply burrow deep into the earth's crust when the ZA comes and live off cultured bacteria harvested from the rocks there--tastes like pudding.  When I am ready to return to the surface I'll crack the dome of Yellowstone's super-volcanic caldera--insuring all zombies for hundreds of miles in all directions will be fried.  Then I'll kick back in a lawn chair watching the wilderness and eating crisped black elk and bison.

Good times.