Are you the last person on Earth still not afraid of clowns? What about famous spokesclown Ronald McDonald? How about if he’s played by a demented Andy Dick?
Dick recently joined forces with animal rights group PETA and Canadian comedian Martin Short – in character as inept entertainment reporter Jiminy Glick – for a Funny or Die Exclusive to promote the parody site McCruelty, which was launched in 2000 as part of a campaign to get McDonald’s to change its methods of slaughtering chickens (including boiling them alive).
In the video, Glick interviews Mr. McDonald about his (and the fast food giant’s) animal rights track record. When the creepy clown isn’t scratching his face with a butcher’s knife he’s demonstrating how he frightens children. And if you’re not scared of clowns after watching it, you’re a stronger person than all of us here at (proudly – thankfully – organic) GURU Energy Drink.
Even if you’re not a PETA supporter, there’s another kind of animal being abused by fast food chains – human beings. About 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million are obese and 9 million are severely obese. And just having access to fast food can affect obesity rates, especially for children. A Canadian study showed that for every additional fast food restaurant for every 10,000 people, a city’s obesity rate rises three per cent.
What do Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, Jordan and South Korea have in common? Their citizens can expect to live longer than Americans, on average. Despite spending more on health care than other industrialized nations, America ranks #50 when it comes to life expectancy. But Americans have more to worry about than making it to the ripe old age of 78.11 – we’ve got to figure out how to get there without being plagued by debilitating disease. Not as simple as it sounds when we live in a nation of Processed People.
Processed People is a documentary that tracks the decline of the American diet, from baby formula and kids’ meals to sugary cereals and frozen dinners marketed as health food (Can’t believe it? Read this New York Times article. You can check out more info on the movie and its team of experts here.
And America – let’s keep reaching for that rainbow! We’re still beating out Mexico and the Czech Republic!
Is it wrong to have an ice pop for breakfast? Because I’ve been thinking about it all summer, and one particularly hot and humid morning I caved. I ditched my a.m. staples – the hot coffee and muffin combo and the GURU-enhanced but not-so-portable smoothie – and grabbed one of these easy peasy homemade GURUcicles.
Now make your own in four ridiculously easy steps. So ridiculously easy we pretty much posted these photos just to tempt you! (And in case the heat has baked your brain to the point where you’ve forgotten what ice is, let alone how to make it.)
1. Find an ice pop mold (try the Dollar Store).
2. Fill with your fave GURU flavor (we used Juicy Superfruit). freeze overnight or cave in and make half-frozen slushies ; )
3. Feel refreshed (and not at all embarrassed) as you walk to work with a frozen can of GURU on a stick.
January 22, 2009 | by admin | category: Food, Nerd Up!
We are sick of people overusing the I-prefix, but this one is just too sweet. The set of 12 mini cupcakes, each decorated to look like an iPhone application, was created by Nick and Danielle Bilton and won The Cupcake Decorating Championship in 2008. Perfect geeky Thank You gift!
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