My daughter Holly modeled her new convertible t-shirt for me this evening, showing how she can quickly morph from a happy teenager into a zombie of sorts.  I wonder if my Twitter friend @WausauLoner, who tweets about the emerging Zombie Apocalypse in Wausau, Wisconsin, would approve?

Note: This little post chronicles my favorite social media exchange in a long time.  You need to see the embedded images to get the gist of an intriguing conversation.

The intrigue began Wednesday afternoon when I was waiting in the Chicago O’Hare airport for a flight to Central Wisconsin Airport, near Wausau, WI.  I tweeted my intentions:

Within a few minutes, I was being followed on Twitter by Wausau Loner:

I had never heard of the Zombie Apocalypse, so I started poking around the web.  I thought, “Do Zombies need Identity Management?”

I found that my tweet was listed on the Wausau Wisconsin Best Blogs and Tweets …

… along with my new follower, the Zombie Apocalypse expert, Wausau Loner.

This morning (Thursday), I received a nice thank you note from Wausau Loner:

I pinged him back and got this reply:

I posed the big question:  Do zombies have unique Identities?  Do they need Identity Management?

Sadly, the answer was negative:

Well, there are still many unanswered questions.  May be next time I visit Wausau, I’ll get together with Wausau Loner and get more details!   I’ll let you know.