Man Dies of Snack Attack

Hershey, PA, 3:08pm – In what crunchologists are referring to as the worst mid-afternoon malnuritionment in nearly a decade of taste satisfaction, a 29 year old man died of a Snack Attack on Monday. The Snack Attack brings to mind a 711 incident in which 6 died in a pre-Macho Man Randy Savage lack of Slim Jim snapping into. Emergency technicians rushed to the scene from all area Snack Attack cure stations including Taco Bell, Pizza Pizza, Burger King…but they were too late. A snackogram was performed on the scene by Toll House authorities, resulting in what was dangerously low levels of salt, sugar and deliciousness quotient. The body was found with what appeared to be a long empty bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, a box of Oreos with only crumbs in it and an apple with a tiny bite taken out of it. Noted tasteologist Cheeto “Chip” Crisp was quick to the scene. Armed with a Nabisc-o-meter and Nougat-Finder, Crisp and his team scoured the unidentified man’s apartment and were unable to find anything individually wrapped, mass-produced or vacuum sealed. The Hamburgler and the Noid are considered suspects and are being held for questioning.

Mid-Meal Inspection Agent Cupcake Fudgington addressed the media in reaction to the attack. “It’s always a tragedy when a citizen with the munchies is unable to make it from lunch to dinner without proper snackitude,” said Fudgington. “A full snacktime investigation is underway but thus far it has proved fruitless, as so far we have only found fruit in the man’s apartment. There are no signs of anything crispity, crunchity, melty, chocotastic or mucho delicious-o! For the love of God, there wasn’t a single tastolicious thing in the man’s apartment. What kind of world is this! Did we lose a war or something?!”

Fudgington was temporarily restrained before apologizing, “I’m sorry, I must have low blood sugar or something…anybody got any of them pretzels that come with chocolate dipping sauce? You know, chocowizzlers? What? Of course they exist…no get me one now. NOW!”

Dr. Pie Caramel, chief Sugarologist at the Snickers University and revered chairman of CHEESE (Coalition for Hearty Excessive Eating and Snack Enthusiasts) addressed 5 people in a Dayton, OH, Exxon Tiger Mart. “It doesn’t matter whether you are a chocoholic, a dude in need of chip-itude, a girl with a hunger that only cheese can please! When you get that rumble in your tummy, each and every one of us could fall victim to a Snack Attack.” The Snickers University legend then simply concluded with the simple question, “why wait?”

Authorities have ruled out foul play and are convinced that the man died of Snack Attack. The fact that the man was a 387 lb diabetic asthmatic was dismissed as “irrelevant.”

Jessica Alba Fires Back at O’Reilly and TMZ Over Swedish Neutrality

You go girl! Last week Jessica Alba (The Love Guru), was slammed by Bill O’Reilly and TMZ for saying to a member of the paparazzi “”Be neutral about it, be Sweden!” O’Reilly and TMZ (among many other media sources) made her look dumb, because in fact Switzerland is classically referred to as the neutral country. She looks pretty smart to me, right? Anyway, when I think of Switzerland I think of clocks, cheese, Nazi money and how they are “neutral,” despite their army knives. Well, common references and actual history collided when the star of Honey fired back on her myspace page yesterday… see below:

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A Few Thoughts and the Inauguration
Category: News and Politics

Hey Guys,

Jay_eh here. I wanted to share with everyone in the ibeatyou and MySpace communities my experiences at the inauguration last week, so I put together a little video.

Before I get to the video, I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately. I find it depressing that in the midst of perhaps the most salient time in our country’s history, individuals are taking it upon themselves to encourage negativity and stupidity. Last week, Mr. Bill O’Reilly and some really classy sites (i.e.TMZ) insinuated I was dumb by claiming Sweden was a neutral country. I appreciate the fact that he is a news anchor and that gossip sites are inundated with intelligent reporting, but seriously people…it’s so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland. Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II if you want to see what I was referring to. I appreciate the name calling and the accurate reporting. Keep it up!!

Now on to more important things…like our new President.

Click here to watch my inauguration video and read the rest of my blog. (http://www.ibeatyou.com/jessicaalba)

Best,
JA

Iceland Becomes 51st State as President Obama Signs “Iceland Purchase”

Reykjavik Iceland, USA – Following the collapse of the Icelandic government, President Barack Obama signed the historic “Iceland Purchase” on Tuesday. This led to the immediate ratifying of “Proposition 32 Degrees” which led to the subsequent announcement that Iceland has become the 51st State.

The addition has been a godsend for the people of Iceland as the the Icelandic Krona has been devalued by the bankruptcies of several Icelandic banks as what was one of the richest countries has been in a downward spiral for months. Former King or President or whatever they used to have over there, Fjorn Guunderstansinhammerstiln summed it up, “look, we had everything under control in June when we invested in that sundial company… it was sunny, like, all the time[referring to Iceland's summer solstice]. But when the winter came and it got dark all the time, we were all like, oh shit… totally fucked. Each and every citizen used to have their very own hat made out of baby seal, now there’s barely enough rotten shark to eat. I mean, poor Bjork has barely been able to buy enough pixie dust to sprinkle on her Unicorn farm. Its awful. Thank the Viking Gods that American bought us.”

News of the 51st state immediately led 35,540,342 Americans to immediately point out that Greenland is actually mostly ice and Iceland is mostly green. Bjork and Sugar Rios Cd’s have been flying of the shelf all day. Plus, Jim Kramer of TV’s “Mad Money” almost went into cardiac arrest while yelling for a full one hour show for viewers to invest in flag companies as every single US flag will need to be replaced or at least outfitted with a “51st star expansion pack.”

Following Iceland’s acceptance as the 51st member of the United States, President Obama immediately deployed apple pies, cheeseburgers, Julia Roberts and baseballs to Iceland. The Puffin was immediately named the state bird for the new “Ice State” and the state motto was announced as “Totally way colder then Alaska.”

Republicans all over the country are declaring this as a great day for America. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) added, “by adding Iceland we’ve lowered the United States’ overall temperature thereby solving global warming. Al Gore can shove it. I’m going to buy a Hummer when I get back to Louisville! Oh and by the way, screw Puerto Rico.”

Former President George W. Bush released a statement from his Texas Ranch, “This is a great day for the American people, as America will finally be able to harness the recipe for Ice. We were “this close” when I was the President, but I just kept coming up lukewarm. Heh heh.”

Classic Video Game Spotlight: Dig Dug

Fun, simple, memorable music and with a distinctively colorful look that was ahead of its time, Dig Dug is the latest entry into the Class Video Game Spotlight. Dig Dug was released by Namco in 1982, but countless versions have been released on various platforms since.

The basic concept behind Dig Dug is to kill monsters in some sort of underground mine. The monsters can be killed by dropping rocks on them and blowing them up with a pump until they pop. Two kinds of bad guys in this game:

Fygars – dragon-like little guys, they are green and can breathe fire.

Pookas – round red monsters (basically tomatoes with feet) who wear yellow goggles.

You play as the main character, named “Dig Dug”, dressed in white and blue. You are able to dig through any part of the board other then through rocks. You can be killed if you make contact with either a Pooka or Fygar, burned by a Fygar’s fire, or crushed by a rock. Your character can mine through the dirt, but moves faster in pre-mined areas – or the top of the board. The Pookas and Fygars can turn into ghost like things and walk through the walls. 

Once there is only one enemy left, the music speeds up and the last enemy will try to escape through the top left of the board. When a board is cleared a flower patch grows in various ways in the upper right of the board to equal what round you are on.

The arcade version the game ends on round 256 (round 0) – the board is unplayable. At the beginning of the level, a Pooka is placed directly on top of where the player starts, with no way to kill it (this what is called a kill screen). In a side note, a kill screen is a level in a classic game that stops the game in progress due to a programming or design error. Rather than having a traditional ending, the game will freeze, breakdown or behave in a way that further play is impossible therfore ending the game. Donkey Kong and Pacman have kill screens.

Picture Rhona Mitra: A Buzz Pirates Celebrity Profile

Sexy Brit Rhona Mitra was hot enough to be the original model for Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft well before Angelina Jolie. The starlet with the distinctive sultry voice has proven herself on TV in The Practice, Boston Legal and Nip/Tuck and has crafted a successful movie career. After years of small parts in movies, Rhona Mitra has recently had leading roles in two sci-fi action movies: Doomsday and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – which just came out this weekend.

Birthday: August 9, 1976 – Paddington, London, England

Family:  Antony Mitra (Bengali Indian) and Nora (Irish) – divorced in 1984.

Career Highlights:

  • Screen Actors Guild: Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Boston Legal.
  • Original actress hired as model for Lara Croft of Tomb Raider video game series.

Selected Filmograhy:

  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
  • Doomsday (2008)
  • Shooter (2007)
  • Skinwalkers (2007)
  • The Number 23 (2007)
  • Highwaymen (2004)
  • Passion of the Priest (2004)
  • Spartacus (2004)
  • Stuck on You (2003)
  • The Life of David Gale (2003)
  • Ali G Indahouse (2002)
  • Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
  • Croupier (2000)
  • Get Carter (2000)
  • Hollow Man (2000)
  • Beowulf (1999)
  • A Kid in Aladdin’s Palace (1998)
  • Monk Dawson (1997)

A Little Too Much Obama Inauguration for Diane Sawyer? Is She Drunk? – Either Way She is the New Anchor of ABC World News

What’s up with Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer? A long time on the air or too many cocktails? The producers should have known better then to keep sticking her on the air without letter her sleep. She may have attended a few too many Inaugural Balls without being afforded the opportunity to sleep it off. She’s got game though and probably the ability to “boot and rally.” Either way, you be the judge… and tell us if you think Diane Sawyer is drunk on the air…

UPDATE: 9/2/09 – Diane Sawyer has been named as the new anchor of ABC World News, replacing a retiring Charles Gibson.

Work Begins on George W. Bush Memorial Magazine Stand

Houston, Texas – With the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama quickly approaching, work began Monday on the George W. Bush Memorial Magazine Stand. As per the President’s special request, lead designer Monte LeCriff has been charged with the task of creating a magazine stand which will be both colorful and highlight pictures of dinosaurs reading magazines. LeCriff commented by saying that he “will build a stand that epitomizes the intellectual prowess and borderline literacy” of the 43rd President of the United States.

Initially the idea of having monkeys reading magazines was suggested, but the President dismissed the idea by insisting that “monkeys are stupid” and then ran out of the room with his Nintendo DS.

LeCriff, who famously designed the Stallone Mouth Museum, Paris Hilton Choch Cleanliness Clinic as well as the Andy Dick Snorting Cocaine Off a Flaming Twink War Memorial is excited about his most recent project. “We have secured a very prestigous placement in a Radio Shack fronted stripmall. This stripmall, is probably one of the top 17 stripmalls in the tri-county area. We are very excited about this opportunity to truly honor the President in a way that fits him.”

“The President is a reader, I mean he has subscriptions, to like 4 magazines,” said White House maid Olivia Sanchez. “As a matter of fact I think he has the magazines directly delivered to the Oval Office bathroom.”

“Oh, my Poopsie, he always has been a marvelous reader while on the toilet” added Laura Bush. “I remember him telling me about reading an entire issue of Highlights magazine in one sitting on the toilet. Both his legs had fallen asleep, but he stuck it out for 50 full minutes trying to find everything in the Hidden Picture Playground. He’s a real go-getter…well, when it comes to reading magazines on the toilet he is.”

United States Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings suggested that maybe President Bush should go the “classic route” of having a Presidential Library and that perhaps a magazine stand would be “trashy” and “send the wrong message.” When approached with the idea, President Bush stared puzzled at Spellings for a full five minutes before answering, “well, but this is gonna have dinosaurs reading magazines on it…”

Joaquin Phoenix the Rapper and the 10 Best (Worst) Actors Turned Musicians

Joaquin Phoenix is joking right? The “Walk the Line” star and talented actor announced his retirement from acting last October, and now has begun his rap career. C’mon man, I know you ain’t goin out like that, Joaquin? The now shaggy Phoenix made his debut performance as a rapper over the weekend at Las Vegas club LAVO before a supportive crowd… his entry, though, was less then smooth.

The Gladiator actor sauntered on and then off the stage, busting his ass (literally) after the set. His brother-in-law Casey Affleck (married the sister Summer) was there to film the whole thing for an upcoming documentary. Check it out…

This performance gives us a perfect opportunity to revist some of the worst celebrity forays into music… enjoy the bottom 10.

10. The Bacon Brothers (Kevin Bacon) – They suck, but I give Kevin props for bringin’ his brother along.

9. 30 Seconds to Mars (Jared Leto) – Jared Leto could be a top flight actor, if he could just spend less time on this vanity project.

8. Juliette and the Licks (Juliette Lewis) – Being a sexy, sluty, scantily clad chick leading the band is a good start, but that can’t save this hot mess.

7. Billy Bob Thornton - Maybe this is what drove Angelina away

6. The Sharks (Dennis Quaid) – Oh Dennis, you’re so likeable…most of the time

5. Dogstar (Keanu Reeves) – At least he looks and sounds the part

4. Scarlett Johansson – She’s a beautiful and talented actress, but last May she destroyed some perfectly good Tom Waits songs

3. 30 Odd Foot of Grunts (Russell Crowe) – he’s a douche, screw him and his band

2. The Bruce Willis Blues Band (Bruce Willis) – he’s got some talent on the harmonica, but something still doesn’t sit right…

1. Eddie Murphy – Party All the Time… enough said

Classic Video Game Spotlight: Punch-Out!!

Welcome to a new Buzz Pirate feature… our Classic Video Game Spotlight. For the first game to be highlighted we are going with quite possibly my favorite arcade game ever, the original “Punch-Out!!”

Nintendo first made a name for itself with hits like Donkey Kong and Mario Brothers, but before Nintendo introduced its home system it released the classic video boxing arcade game, Punch-Out!! in 1984. The game was the first in a series of games including Super Punch-Out!! and the wildly successful console version, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for the NES. But before the NES version made the protagonist the tiny jump to punch Mac, there was the famous see-through green contender in the arcade version.

The game is housed in a modified upright cabinet, and requires two 19″ monitors, one atop the other, for the game’s display. The top monitor shows stats while the bottom one displays the main action. The game has a joystick and three buttons. The joystick controls punches to the face or body, as well as weaving left or  right. There are 2 buttons left and right punches. Jabs to the face announce “left” or “right,” while punches to the stomach cause the announcer to shout the well known “body blow!” charge. A large blue button delivers a  “KO” punch, which can be used after a meter is filled up after several regular punches are connected without getting hit. When the KO power is ready your corner man tells you to either “Put him away!”, or “Knock him out!”. If you do knock your opponent out the announcer says… “Knockout! Great fighting, you’re an up and coming boxer)

Your opponents in order are:

Glass Joe (the easy to beat French guy, whose name refers to his “glass chin”)

Piston Hurricane (who looks like Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Bald Bull (maybe the most memorable opponent)

Kid Quick (a skinny guy with an overbite)

Pizza Pasta (Italian guy with the most ridiculous name)

Mr. Sandman (the Champ! – after you beat him you fight them all over again defending the title)

Newly minted Nintendo celebrities Mario and Donkey Kong make cameos in the game. And for the record, I can get to Mr. Sandman, beat him and become the champ…on 1 quarter. Yeah, all the ladies like hearing about that.

Boy George Sentenced to 15 Months In Prison

From his Culture Club Days...Boy George was recently sentenced to fifteen months in jail for imprisoning Norwegian male escort Auden Carlsen. Apparently, in a drug-fueled fit of sex-play, Mr. Boy George (real name: George O’Dowd) handcuffed Mr. Carlsen to a wall hook. In an effort to refute the charges, the singer claimed that his computer had been tampered with, and he needed to handcuff the prostitute to evaluate his involvement in the crime. The Norwegian counters that the homosexual icon swung a chain at him as he ran naked from a photo shoot.
I think the facts of this case are pretty straight forward. An aging Boy George hires a Norwegian prostitute for some fun, photos and lots and lots of man sex, and it gets out of hand. This happens to everyone at some point or another, right?

The punishment imposed, however, defies logic. Sending Boy George to jail for handcuffing a prostitute is like sentencing a convicted kid-toucher to fifteen months in kindergarten. Unless prisons in the U.K. are the exact opposite of prisons in the U.S., Boy George just got sentenced to the greatest fifteen month period of his lifIn his male-hooker restraint erae! He gets to go to a place where both restraining devices and men are everywhere! In jail, the former Culture Club front man will have a veritable buffet of strapping young men to handcuff and whip. This is punishment?

I’ll be the first to admit that I know very little about England’s criminal justice system. Do they send people convicted of marijuana possession to Jamaica?

It seems like Boy George did pretty well for himself. I guess I’m kind of jealous. The last time I handcuffed a hooker to a wall, I didn’t get a free trip to Amsterdam’s Red Light District. All I got was gonorrhea.

Submitted by Guest Writer Brian