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Never Forget
December 07, 2011 | 2 Comments
Today is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and with each passing year there are fewer and fewer people alive who experienced the event that brought the United States into World War…
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A Good Grave is Hard to Find
August 05, 2011 | No Comments
Many years ago I made a car trip across the country with a college classmate. Before the trip, I read a book of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Not the wisest choice of reading material,…
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Virginia City Cemeteries
July 19, 2011 | No Comments
The legendary mining town of Virginia City blossomed in 1857 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the vast vein of silver high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Today it’s a tourist destination, and the…
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Cubicles Above and Below Ground
June 29, 2011 | No Comments
Ugly, ugly office parks. Boring, soulless buildings ringed by parking lots ringed by immaculately-manicured lawns ringed by streets with names like “Trade Center Drive” and “Sun Center Drive.” Monday through Friday, these dreary boxes are…
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Life is Probation
June 08, 2011 | 1 Comment
The OZ cemetery team took a road trip to Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma recently. “Mountain” is the operative word here. We entered the cemetery through a side gate at the end of 2nd Street, where…
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Sacramento Zombie Walk 2011
June 08, 2011 | No Comments
Mark July 9, 2011 on your calendar for Sacramento’s Zombie Walk 2011. Trash Film Orgy is gathering the zombie crowd once again to put attendees in the proper undead mood for the midnight presentation of…
Never Forget
December 07, 2011 | 2 Comments
Today is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and with each passing year there are fewer and fewer people alive who experienced the event that brought the United States into World War…
A Dozen Weirdnesses
October 07, 2011 | No Comments
I firmly believe you can find weirdness anywhere. There’s no such thing as a boring day. If you haven’t seen or done something peculiar today, then it obviously happened while you weren’t paying attention. …
Posted in Amusements, Cemeteries, Odd photos, Odd Places, Other
I Am On a Vaction
October 02, 2011 | No Comments
These days, it seems like every human on the planet is spilling his or her deepest thoughts onto the internet for every other human on the planet to read. “Whatever happened to privacy? Modesty? Shame?”…
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Walter Potter – Anthropomorphic Dioramas with Taxidermy
August 27, 2011 | No Comments
An interesting video created by the British Pathé in 1965 of Potter’s Museum in Bramber, Sussex, England. Walter Potter (1835-1918) created the well-known collection of anthropomorphic dioramas using taxidermied pets from 1861-1890. This prime example…
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What Once Was
August 26, 2011 | No Comments
I’m drawn to empty storefronts. Others may walk by a darkened window without noticing, but I have to stop and press my nose against the glass. I need to see what’s left. Sometimes it’s a…
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Etched in Stone
August 17, 2011 | No Comments
We’re so spoiled here in the 21st century. Make a spelling error? Just hit backspace and poof, it’s gone. It was much harder thirty, forty years ago. If you were lucky enough to have a…
Posted in Amusements, Odd photos
Temple of Caucasians
August 12, 2011 | No Comments
A while back I toured the new Mormon Temple in Rancho Cordova with some friends/coworkers. This was one of those “facing your fears” things for me, since I am seriously freaked out by religion. And…
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Silent Film based on “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
August 10, 2011 | No Comments
This is very cute silent film created by children (with some obvious help). The typos make it even cuter. From the YouTube submitter: A silent film adaptation of the Newbery Prize award winning children’s novel,…
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Fish Head
August 09, 2011 | No Comments
We have fish on the brain this week. More accurately, the fish keep finding us. It’s a little creepy. I shot this little treasure impaled with a stick in the parking lot of Goat Rock…
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Gloom, Doom, Powder Room
August 08, 2011 | No Comments
For all the time I spend in cemeteries, you’d think I’d have a sixth sense (or whatever it’s called) to clue me in when spirits are afloat (or aloft, or wherever they are). No such…
Posted in Merchants, Odd Places
A Good Grave is Hard to Find
August 05, 2011 | No Comments
Many years ago I made a car trip across the country with a college classmate. Before the trip, I read a book of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Not the wisest choice of reading material,…
Posted in Cemeteries, Featured, Odd Places
Soufflé Hooray!
July 31, 2011 | No Comments
What’s this? A restaurant review on Order of the Zombie? Well, think about it: the OZ team has to eat, either before or after visiting strange places. Sometimes we load up on a high-calorie breakfast…
Posted in Food, Odd Places
Mine Shaft Antiques
July 21, 2011 | No Comments
Driving through the main street of the quaint gold-rush era town of Plymouth, California, the OZ team stumbled upon an homage to a tale, born from scandalous rumors, told since the 1920′s. “Molly’s Ghost,” put…
Posted in Merchants, Odd Places
Virginia City Cemeteries
July 19, 2011 | No Comments
The legendary mining town of Virginia City blossomed in 1857 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, the vast vein of silver high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Today it’s a tourist destination, and the…
Posted in Cemeteries, Featured, Odd Places
Zombie Bikinis
July 09, 2011 | No Comments
We are already well into the summer season, but one can never have too many unique bikinis. Iron Fist Clothing is selling this ingenious swimwear for $30 for the set, only available during the summer.…
Posted in Fashion
Cubicles Above and Below Ground
June 29, 2011 | No Comments
Ugly, ugly office parks. Boring, soulless buildings ringed by parking lots ringed by immaculately-manicured lawns ringed by streets with names like “Trade Center Drive” and “Sun Center Drive.” Monday through Friday, these dreary boxes are…
Posted in Cemeteries, Featured, Odd Places
Spragwerks Jewelry
June 09, 2011 | No Comments
Spragwerks offers an amazing selection of metal and leather craftsman accessories. I was completely blown away by the quality of some of the coolest pendant designs I’ve ever seen. Because of the fine detail, the…
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Life is Probation
June 08, 2011 | 1 Comment
The OZ cemetery team took a road trip to Mountain Cemetery in Sonoma recently. “Mountain” is the operative word here. We entered the cemetery through a side gate at the end of 2nd Street, where…
Posted in Cemeteries, Featured, Odd Places
Sacramento Zombie Walk 2011
June 08, 2011 | No Comments
Mark July 9, 2011 on your calendar for Sacramento’s Zombie Walk 2011. Trash Film Orgy is gathering the zombie crowd once again to put attendees in the proper undead mood for the midnight presentation of…
The Last Remains of Clarksville
June 07, 2011 | No Comments
Drive on Highway 50 past the town of El Dorado Hills and you’re driving right over history. The town of Clarksville once stood here, only to be bulldozed and covered by El Dorado Hills’ subdivisions…
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Loved to Death – Taxidermy Art & Jewelry
June 04, 2011 | No Comments
Loved to Death, located in San Francisco, CA, is a combination curiosities shop and art gallery featuring a rotating showcase of artists and the taxidermy artistry works of curators Audra & Brennan Dance. I absolutely love…
Posted in Artists, Fashion, Haunted Housewares, Odd Places
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical History Museum
June 03, 2011 | No Comments
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical History Museum offers a surprisingly large collection of medical artifacts tucked into every available niche on the bottom floor of the Sierra Sacramento Medical Society’s building. In their modest description quoted…
Posted in Featured, Museums, Odd Places
Evil Circus Clowns
June 03, 2011 | No Comments
Check out this fantastic digital art series of Evil Circus Clowns by Mariano Villalba. Most of these works are inspired by specific horror films, such as Killjoy, It, and Killer Clowns from Outer Space. While…
Internment Camp for the Interred
May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
The phrase “relocation camp” brings to mind endless rows of dusty barracks in a stark desert landscape, Japanese-Americans sent far away against their will, and blatant racism perpetrated by the U.S. government. What, then, does…
Posted in Cemeteries, Featured, Odd Places
A Horse is a Horse, Of Course, Of Course
May 20, 2011 | No Comments
Unless it’s a horse that’s long dead, of course And then it’s a horse of a different sort With inestimable mysterious historic value and charming decorative usefulness and even a creative source!
Posted in Featured, Mittwochs Attic
Planet of the Vampire Women Premiere Event
May 04, 2011 | No Comments
Boobs! Gore! Vampires! Explosions! And did I mention BOOBS?! Planet of the Vampire Women, TFO Productions’ latest feature film, made its debut Saturday night at a grand premiere at the Crest Theater in Sacramento. Six…
Interview with Director of Photography from Planet of the Vampire Women
April 29, 2011 | No Comments
Planet of the Vampire women is showing its world premiere tomorrow, Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the historic Crest Theater in Sacramento, CA. Everyone here at The Order of the Zombie is counting down the…
Dolly
April 22, 2011 | No Comments
The yard sale didn’t look very promising, but I stopped anyway. You never know. The woman running the sale was very friendly and I felt a little bad for not buying anything, but if nothing…
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Cthulhu Burlesque
April 21, 2011 | No Comments
The fine folks that recently put together D20 Burlesque, yes, a burlesque show based on role playing games, with real girls, real girls taking their clothes off, is currently putting together an H.P. Lovecraft themed…
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Dead Set from the UK
April 18, 2011 | No Comments
I was reading an opinion piece today about the AMC TV show The Walking Dead from an English perspective. His opinion was that he was rather disappointed in the ultra popular show, but that’s not…
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