It’s hard to be surprised by anything anymore, but sometimes it happens. Today Rok and I went to get some more food at the grocery store. We were out of cereal. It’s nice to have normal problems every once in a while. We drove over to the store, but then as we were about to get out of the car, there he was, a big angry lion. He was eating a zombie outside of the sliding doors which were lackadaisically opening and closing on the zombies bashed in skull. It looked like something out of a really messed up nature program. “Here we see the majestic lion, king of the animals, enjoying a lunch of a freshly killed reanimated corpse.” Rok and I stared for a moment, and then he locked the door. I can’t blame him. Who knows what could happen anymore. First we made sure that we both saw the lion, and we weren’t suffering from hallucinations brought on by trauma or dehydration. We eventually decided that one of the zoo keepers must have let some, or all, of the animals loose from the Phoenix Zoo. Maybe they wanted to give them a fighting chance. Maybe they wanted to see if the animals could kill enough of the zombies for them to escape. Either way it was awesome because then it happened: Zombie vs. Lion Death Match. The challenger approached and took a half hearted swipe at the lion, clearly fatigued from scavenging around for food. The lion reared up and smacked the zombie across the face, a couple teeth fell onto the pavement. The zombie transformed into a fighting champion, driven by a rekindled hunger! He lunged and tried to bite the lion, but the lion charged and knocked him over. Then a few more zombies joined him. There was a mini-horde of zombies against one healthy lion. Who would win? Rok and I took bets. This was the best thing that has ever happened to us. I was betting on the lion. Rok bet on the horde because I already bet on lion. The zombies circled the lion, but the lion was too fast and strong for them. He eventually tore the zombies to shreds, leaving a few torsos to drag themselves around until he ate them. We were so excited that he won, but then he started throwing up everywhere. You’ve probably never seen a lion retch rotting human body parts, and you should be thankful for that. We decided we should go. We should really go.  Oh, because I won the bet Rok has to give me a pack of cigarettes. Neither one of us smokes, but we think they’ll become currency in the future scape.