Dead Love: Zombie Chris...

It’s Christmastime, which means that crowds are out shopping and caroling and … oh, look … the zombies are following. For example, a thirsty group of zombies affiliated with Kaci Hansen’s Central Valley Horror Club will be following the same path as...

Dead Love: Pirates vs. ...

Pirates and zombies in a Johnny Depp flick with a generous helping of Penélope Cruz—that makes the latest Captain Jack Sparrow adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, virtually irresistible in my book; they’ve got us by the … brains. Throw in a few deadly...

Dead Love: More Zombie ...

Last night poets gathered in Oakland’s First Congregational Church at the Poetry Feeds Benefit for Share First Oakland. It was heartbreakingly beautiful, in my opinion, to hear the voices flying out over the sparsely populated pews and up to the rafters in hope. I’ve said it...

11. Blame it on the Fug...

Those who eat fugu soup are stupid. But those who don’t eat fugu soup are also stupid. — old Japanese proverb Ryu was back and I, stupidly, was excited. He’d been gone for a little less than a week, but to me it seemed like forever. Tokyo is a bizarrely beautiful city where every step...

Dead Love: Japanese Zom...

Zombies just keep coming. That’s good and bad. On the one hand, it’s nice to have something you can rely on; on the other, they want to eat your brain. Sigh. So relentless. Like life. But persistence is a virtue and, in this case, good for a laugh. I love the way my favorite...