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Zombies are all the rage nowadays. Sure, they've always been around but now it seems like they're in everything. Even Captain America has been zombified, is nothing sacred anymore? Actually, it's all pretty cool but I think it's gone a bit too far. Over saturation isn't good for anything, or anyone, unless you're making your living off of this new fad. Herein lies the problem. In our Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel culture, if it isn't EXTREME! then it isn't going to sell, and there isn't a whole lot extreme about zombies... Traditional zombies are slow moving, dim witted and relatively easy to neutralize. Dump a little gamer fuel on your zombies though and you've got Rage infected, scheming, juggernauts that keep you on the edge of your seat while the busty survivor does her best to live until the sun comes up. Here are just a few reasons why a zombie fad is a bad thing for the genre.

Last Friday was the official start of Spring, and with some good weather finally sweeping in, it was time to celebrate. Nothing says sunny days and lazy afternoons like fruity sangria. I’ve dubbed the recipes below “Springria” in honor of the new season.

I've included recipes for both white and red wine based sangria. Enjoy some sangria with your friends and enjoy the start of spring!

I really love olives and I really love dips. So I wanted to create a recipe that used olives, and lots of them. Several recipes I have tasted, have olives in them, but they were more of just a dip with olives rather than an olive dip. I wanted to create something that tasted Mediterranean but still was using common ingredients, most importantly, lots of olives. It has the texture of a tapenade, but a lot more flavors. I have made this dip several times and heard some good comments from my fellow olive lovers.

    Reubens are simply delicious. The combination of sweet/tangy dressing, salty corned beef, sauerkraut and rye bread is just divine. The Reuben isn't a terribly complicated sandwich, but making a proper reuben requires a little work. Nothing too strenuous, just round up the ingredients listed below and you've got yourself the king of the deli sandwiches... We recently made some pretty killer Reubens and I thought it'd be worthwhile to post the recipe and a few pictures. After all, it's almost Saint Patrick's Day and what's more Irish than corned beef? Well, potatoes and a Guiness I guess... but on short notice I'll settle for a Reuben and a cream ale.

    I don't eat much seafood. I'm not sure why, it just isn't my favorite thing to eat. I used to eat quite a bit of fried fish as a kid... hey, who doesn't like crispy batter and tartar sauce? But even now, I opt for chicken or beef over fish. Over the last year there have been a few times when I've had fried calamari or salmon that I've really liked but it hasn't really changed my opinion of seafood. This past week we made shrimp, which is probably my second favorite type of seafood, right up there next to fried. Don't get me wrong, I do like shrimp quite a bit. I like my shrimp simple though, nothing fancy... So that's what I made - a simple garlic and butter shrimp dish with a killer side. More on that after the break.

    If you aren't really up on your wine writers or from Kansas City, you probably don't know who Doug Frost is. I had only heard of Doug Frost after seeing his new series on the local PBS station, Check Please!. The show is a public access romp through Kansas City's culinary scene... which may not sound all that appealing. As it turns out, there are pretty cool restaurants in Kansas City, who knew? Anyway, Doug Frost's job as host is to lead the discussion and fill in the gaps with talk about wine. It really is a fun show to watch. If it weren't for Check Please! I probably never would have made it in to Cupini's in Westport, or Wine. in Brookside... but more on that later.

    Don't bother picking up one of those lame books of baby names at the grocery check out, we've got you covered. Below you'll find a list of the 100 most bad ass baby boy names ever. Now, this isn't another one of those lame "ZOMFG Celebrities Give Their Kids the Dumbest Names!!!" posts. This is all about laying down the most boss names you can give a kid. These names are guaranteed to garner respect and admiration. They are totally foolproof. Don't believe me? Think it's akin to child abuse to give a kid an unusual name? Read on and leave a comment below... unless you have a totally lame name that is...

This is my response to the comments I recieved on my
In Light of Both Conventions entry and the thought thats since I haven't voted before, my opinions are somehow void and should be discarded. It was brought up multiple times and I started to respond in the comment section, but I got going and decided to just make a formal blog response to them. Beyond this point is the comment that actually made me respond, and my response...