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	<title>Comments on: Things on the Brain: Zombies (and Other Stuff)</title>
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		<title>By: Hayley</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-147</link>
		<dc:creator>Hayley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you read the Zombie Survival Guide (book)?

Don&#039;t.

Nightmares for weeks. Weeks, I tell you. It has all these stories about &#039;real&#039; zombies and I can&#039;t tell whether they&#039;re true or supposed to be funny to people who aren&#039;t terrified of zombies.

So I&#039;d read your guide, but only if you promise not to do that. And I&#039;ll have to read it on a day when I know I&#039;m not going to be left alone for at least a week afterwards. I may also have to be armed with a screwdriver. And a machete. And a 5.56 semi-automatic rifle. I also need to be upstairs (and no suggesting that zombies can go upstairs!!!!) and enough food to last several years. Oh, and a two-way transmitter. 

I&#039;ll probably still have nightmares.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you read the Zombie Survival Guide (book)?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Nightmares for weeks. Weeks, I tell you. It has all these stories about &#8216;real&#8217; zombies and I can&#8217;t tell whether they&#8217;re true or supposed to be funny to people who aren&#8217;t terrified of zombies.</p>
<p>So I&#8217;d read your guide, but only if you promise not to do that. And I&#8217;ll have to read it on a day when I know I&#8217;m not going to be left alone for at least a week afterwards. I may also have to be armed with a screwdriver. And a machete. And a 5.56 semi-automatic rifle. I also need to be upstairs (and no suggesting that zombies can go upstairs!!!!) and enough food to last several years. Oh, and a two-way transmitter. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll probably still have nightmares.</p>
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		<title>By: Cindy</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-130</link>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you end up writing a zombie guide, I&#039;ll be sure to read it =P</description>
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		<title>By: Donna</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-129</link>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;117&quot;&gt;The Republicans mainly thing universal health care is a bad idea.  God forbid everyone got what they needed in life.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;d be, like, unforgivable because then people wouldn&#039;t have to work for anything. We all know that all of those Republicans born into wealthy families never had anything &lt;em&gt;handed&lt;/em&gt; to them. That&#039;d be ridiculous, clearly.

&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;120&quot;&gt;Might I suggest this survival guide:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Prote...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Dude, I am so adding this to my wishlist. I &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; this book.

&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;121&quot;&gt;LOL @ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comment you wrote, V. Seriously, if that happened to me and the girl said we were going to die and that we were going the wrong way, I would turn the fuck around!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There&#039;s no excuse not to do so! Other than they were very, very high. Which is probably rule #1 of what &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to do when you&#039;re in a horror movie.

&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;124&quot;&gt;I still do not understand why Americans tend to think universal health insurance is a bad thing. I mean, wow, how explicitly evil can a person be? Like, I&#039;m sure those millions of poor families living just in this country feel the same way about private health care as you do, you mansion-living, Bentley-driving, ugh. I&#039;m okay.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I know some people who think that rich people should have to pay for their health care and there&#039;s two reasons why that&#039;s a fucking terrible idea:

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;They could buy better health care than everyone else, like they do.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rich people pay taxes too!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Hence, they&#039;d be paying for their own health care via taxes. Don&#039;t think they&#039;re paying enough? &lt;em&gt;Don&#039;t give them tax breaks because they&#039;re rich&lt;/em&gt;--they can afford it! Give more tax breaks to the poor.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

I think the main reason why health care will never be completely available to everyone is &lt;strong&gt;money&lt;/strong&gt;. Doctors won&#039;t be able to make six figures easy if true universal health care is enacted. Cry me a river. Become a doctor if you want to take care of patients, not just because you want to be superrich.

The one thing I can see is that med school is really effing expensive here along with all other universities. After universal health care we need free or massively reduced tuition fees. People can&#039;t get an education if they can&#039;t afford it. The government giving you US$1,500 will not make a dent in your US$45,000 per year tuition and that&#039;s not even including room, board, books, transportation, and other costs.

&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;124&quot;&gt;I&#039;m training to be a ninja one day just in case anything happens. Wouldn&#039;t that be awesome though?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Ninjas are awesome. :D I&#039;d make an awesome ninja and one ninja could clearly pwn hundreds of zombies.

&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;128&quot;&gt;If there&#039;s a Zombie attack I&#039;m going to barricade my home. Then put Shaun of the Dead on TV so I sufficiently creep myself out. Perhaps with a knife by my side as well... to chop off their heads. Effective, I&#039;m sure! :P&lt;/blockquote&gt;

What you need, my dear, is a &lt;em&gt;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&lt;/em&gt;-esque axe. One of the huge ones where in one easy slice, multiple zombies are dead. And they&#039;re shiny. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote cite="117"><p>The Republicans mainly thing universal health care is a bad idea.  God forbid everyone got what they needed in life.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;d be, like, unforgivable because then people wouldn&#8217;t have to work for anything. We all know that all of those Republicans born into wealthy families never had anything <em>handed</em> to them. That&#8217;d be ridiculous, clearly.</p>
<blockquote cite="120"><p>Might I suggest this survival guide:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628" rel="nofollow">amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Prote&#8230;</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Dude, I am so adding this to my wishlist. I <em>need</em> this book.</p>
<blockquote cite="121"><p>LOL @ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comment you wrote, V. Seriously, if that happened to me and the girl said we were going to die and that we were going the wrong way, I would turn the fuck around!</p></blockquote>
<p>There&#8217;s no excuse not to do so! Other than they were very, very high. Which is probably rule #1 of what <em>not</em> to do when you&#8217;re in a horror movie.</p>
<blockquote cite="124"><p>I still do not understand why Americans tend to think universal health insurance is a bad thing. I mean, wow, how explicitly evil can a person be? Like, I&#8217;m sure those millions of poor families living just in this country feel the same way about private health care as you do, you mansion-living, Bentley-driving, ugh. I&#8217;m okay.</p></blockquote>
<p>I know some people who think that rich people should have to pay for their health care and there&#8217;s two reasons why that&#8217;s a fucking terrible idea:</p>
<ol>
<li>They could buy better health care than everyone else, like they do.</li>
<li><em><strong>Rich people pay taxes too!</strong></em> Hence, they&#8217;d be paying for their own health care via taxes. Don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re paying enough? <em>Don&#8217;t give them tax breaks because they&#8217;re rich</em>&#8211;they can afford it! Give more tax breaks to the poor.</li>
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<p>I think the main reason why health care will never be completely available to everyone is <strong>money</strong>. Doctors won&#8217;t be able to make six figures easy if true universal health care is enacted. Cry me a river. Become a doctor if you want to take care of patients, not just because you want to be superrich.</p>
<p>The one thing I can see is that med school is really effing expensive here along with all other universities. After universal health care we need free or massively reduced tuition fees. People can&#8217;t get an education if they can&#8217;t afford it. The government giving you US$1,500 will not make a dent in your US$45,000 per year tuition and that&#8217;s not even including room, board, books, transportation, and other costs.</p>
<blockquote cite="124"><p>I&#8217;m training to be a ninja one day just in case anything happens. Wouldn&#8217;t that be awesome though?</p></blockquote>
<p>Ninjas are awesome. :D I&#8217;d make an awesome ninja and one ninja could clearly pwn hundreds of zombies.</p>
<blockquote cite="128"><p>If there&#8217;s a Zombie attack I&#8217;m going to barricade my home. Then put Shaun of the Dead on TV so I sufficiently creep myself out. Perhaps with a knife by my side as well&#8230; to chop off their heads. Effective, I&#8217;m sure! :P</p></blockquote>
<p>What you need, my dear, is a <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>-esque axe. One of the huge ones where in one easy slice, multiple zombies are dead. And they&#8217;re shiny. :D</p>
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		<title>By: Amber</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-128</link>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If there&#039;s a Zombie attack I&#039;m going to barricade my home. Then put Shaun of the Dead on TV so I sufficiently creep myself out. Perhaps with a knife by my side as well... to chop off their heads. Effective, I&#039;m sure! :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there&#8217;s a Zombie attack I&#8217;m going to barricade my home. Then put Shaun of the Dead on TV so I sufficiently creep myself out. Perhaps with a knife by my side as well&#8230; to chop off their heads. Effective, I&#8217;m sure! :P</p>
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		<title>By: Rafia</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-124</link>
		<dc:creator>Rafia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck with finding a job. I have little work experience  and so I&#039;d like to delay real world for as long as possible.

I still do not understand why Americans tend to think universal health insurance is a bad thing. I mean, wow, how explicitly evil can a person be? Like, I&#039;m sure those millions of poor families living just in this country feel the same way about private health care as you do, you mansion-living, Bentley-driving, ugh. I&#039;m okay.

I&#039;m training to be a ninja one day just in case anything happens. Wouldn&#039;t that be awesome though?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck with finding a job. I have little work experience  and so I&#8217;d like to delay real world for as long as possible.</p>
<p>I still do not understand why Americans tend to think universal health insurance is a bad thing. I mean, wow, how explicitly evil can a person be? Like, I&#8217;m sure those millions of poor families living just in this country feel the same way about private health care as you do, you mansion-living, Bentley-driving, ugh. I&#8217;m okay.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m training to be a ninja one day just in case anything happens. Wouldn&#8217;t that be awesome though?</p>
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		<title>By: Britney</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-121</link>
		<dc:creator>Britney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL @ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comment you wrote, V. Seriously, if that happened to me and the girl said we were going to die and that we were going the wrong way, I would turn the fuck around!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL @ the Texas Chainsaw Massacre comment you wrote, V. Seriously, if that happened to me and the girl said we were going to die and that we were going the wrong way, I would turn the fuck around!</p>
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		<title>By: Kiera</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-120</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck with job searching. I&#039;m going through it now, a pain really. And the bank account is steadily draining.

Hmmm...zombie attacks, eh?

Might I suggest this survival guide:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Prote...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck with job searching. I&#8217;m going through it now, a pain really. And the bank account is steadily draining.</p>
<p>Hmmm&#8230;zombie attacks, eh?</p>
<p>Might I suggest this survival guide:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628" rel="nofollow">amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Prote&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jane</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-117</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck with the job and mom situation.  I totally know how you feel.  I took time off school to work and care for my grandmother last year.  Not the easiest thing in life.

The Republicans mainly thing universal health care is a bad idea.  God forbid everyone got what they needed in life.

I know what you mean about planning an escape route in case of a zombie attack.  Good thing they&#039;re slow, huh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck with the job and mom situation.  I totally know how you feel.  I took time off school to work and care for my grandmother last year.  Not the easiest thing in life.</p>
<p>The Republicans mainly thing universal health care is a bad idea.  God forbid everyone got what they needed in life.</p>
<p>I know what you mean about planning an escape route in case of a zombie attack.  Good thing they&#8217;re slow, huh?</p>
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		<title>By: Donna</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-116</link>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dude, not just you!

I watch horror films and spend the entire time figuring out how exactly that would never happen to me. If I made a scary movie, it&#039;d be five minutes long.

The &lt;em&gt;Texas Chainsaw Massacre&lt;/em&gt;, 2003 version, if I made it:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Us: [pick up weird hitchhiker girl off the side of the road]

Her: You&#039;re all going to die!

Us: [kick weird hitchhiker girl out of the car and drive in the direction &lt;strong&gt;opposite&lt;/strong&gt; from where she came]

-fin-&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I also have elaborate plans against an epidemic of people infected with rage/whatever and other such things. I watch and read too much dystopian films and fiction. I have a ridiculous fear of the world turning into a total disaster instead of just half a disaster.

Perhaps I need to create a series of blogs on how to prepare for such instances.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dude, not just you!</p>
<p>I watch horror films and spend the entire time figuring out how exactly that would never happen to me. If I made a scary movie, it&#8217;d be five minutes long.</p>
<p>The <em>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em>, 2003 version, if I made it:</p>
<blockquote><p>Us: [pick up weird hitchhiker girl off the side of the road]</p>
<p>Her: You&#8217;re all going to die!</p>
<p>Us: [kick weird hitchhiker girl out of the car and drive in the direction <strong>opposite</strong> from where she came]</p>
<p>-fin-</p></blockquote>
<p>I also have elaborate plans against an epidemic of people infected with rage/whatever and other such things. I watch and read too much dystopian films and fiction. I have a ridiculous fear of the world turning into a total disaster instead of just half a disaster.</p>
<p>Perhaps I need to create a series of blogs on how to prepare for such instances.</p>
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		<title>By: Hayley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hayley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a zombie attack plan of action! OMG, I thought I was far too wacked out for anyone else to do that. See, I have this completely irrantional fear of zombies that can strike just randomly when I&#039;m out shopping or something. I have so many contingency plans in my head it&#039;s unreal but they always seem to feature a screwdriver somewhere along the way. Crazy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a zombie attack plan of action! OMG, I thought I was far too wacked out for anyone else to do that. See, I have this completely irrantional fear of zombies that can strike just randomly when I&#8217;m out shopping or something. I have so many contingency plans in my head it&#8217;s unreal but they always seem to feature a screwdriver somewhere along the way. Crazy.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna</title>
		<link>http://donut.nu/2007/11/08/things-on-the-brain-zombies-and-other-stuff/#comment-113</link>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve found a few jobs that offer benefits with part-time work, luckily. I&#039;m hoping I get one of them.

I&#039;ve decided I&#039;d rather have two part-time jobs rather than one full-time. It will add to my list of past employers in the future and I don&#039;t want to be worked to death by one employer during the holiday season. I&#039;d like to enjoy my holidays because just the atmosphere alone surrounding winter holidays is enough to make me happy. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve found a few jobs that offer benefits with part-time work, luckily. I&#8217;m hoping I get one of them.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve decided I&#8217;d rather have two part-time jobs rather than one full-time. It will add to my list of past employers in the future and I don&#8217;t want to be worked to death by one employer during the holiday season. I&#8217;d like to enjoy my holidays because just the atmosphere alone surrounding winter holidays is enough to make me happy. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Britney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Britney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck on finding a job. I need those insurances as well, but my job only offers them to full time employees. I am going to go full time in a few months though. I want to wait until the holidays are over (because they work people to death during the holidays)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck on finding a job. I need those insurances as well, but my job only offers them to full time employees. I am going to go full time in a few months though. I want to wait until the holidays are over (because they work people to death during the holidays)</p>
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