Sam Ehmann AP Lit Summer Blog

I was doing some thinking, and I realized that of all of the different types of apocalypses often portrayed in media, it seems like a pandemic is the only one you could realistically survive. I am going to break down each type and why I think this is true. Zombies So this is probably this first thing everyone thought of when you read the word apocalypse. And this is an interesting case. As zombies are portrayed, they are not very smart and do not have great fine motor skills. Because of this I do think that if a zombie apocalypse started here in the US lets say, it could very easily be contained to the continent as zombies could not fly a plain or drive a boat to get anywhere else. However unless you escape, I doubt someone could survive long in the landscape as you would constantly be fending off the millions of zombies that are constantly trying to kill you. Bullets and food supplies only last so long. You cannot settle to farm as the land is too hard to defend indefinitely, and e...

Our bright-eyed group of adventurers cautiously entered into the dimly lit hat store. As their eyes adjust to the half light, they notice dozens of beautiful hats lining the walls and windows. The group begins to move through the small store, failing to notice the large trapdoor in the ceiling. As they reach the middle of the room, a large net suddenly falls from the ceiling, entrapping the party. One member takes the blunt of the blow on his head and is knocked unconscious, another pinned down to his stomach. The rest struggle free as the shop keep runs out side screaming for guards. The gang attempts to escape out the back of the shop, but the unconscious man slows them down too much and the guards just manage to apprehend them. This was one of many fun and absurd moments on Tuesday night at the Dungeons and Dragons Big Read event at Herrick District Library. This was a fairly sizable event, with about 35 people in 5 different campaigns. There were a few more players than expected,...

An Incomplete List: No more subtle pocket buzzes. No more secret cross-town conversations. No more albums, good target practice before bullets ran thin. No more ordering. No more yellow and red trucks. No more checking the mailbox. No more brown cardboard boxes on the doorstep. No more looking at a nearly blank night sky, wondering what it looks like in the middle of nowhere. No more stickers. No more aesthetic design. No more worrying about looking nice for the neighbors as you go out to fetch the newspaper in the early hours of the morning. No more critics. Everyone is a critic. No more presidents. Dictators. Police. Coast Guard. Anyone is the army, or Anyone will be, was, is dead. No more advertising. No more consumerism. No more popular culture, just culture. All social no media. No more coca-cola, the bright red peeking out from store shelves. No more polar bears skating around the north pole at Christmastime. No more Christmastime. No more cookies laid out for Santa Clause....