Idiot Jedi

An Oregon judge has used his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with a pair of lightsabers.

David Allen Canterbury, 33, told Judge Kenneth Walker that he is already seeking mental health treatment. Canterbury also apologized to his victims.

The Oregonian reported that Canterbury pleaded no contest Monday to assault and resisting arrest.

Canterbury had a "Star Wars" lightsaber in each hand as he swung at three customers last Dec. 14 at a Toys R Us store, Portland police said. He carried the lightsabers outside the store and swung at police.

According to The Oregonian, police attempted to shoot Canterbury with a Taser but the suspected deflected one of the wires away.

Officers eventually wrestled him to the ground.

No one was injured, the newspaper reported.

Canterbury has been banned from the toy store.

Pizza Beer Anyone?

A drink and a takeaway is a staple of a weekend evening in, but one enterprising couple have combined the two in one bottle by selling pizza flavoured beer.

The bizarre beverage is brewed by husband and wife team Tom and Athena Seefurth, who gave up their normal jobs five years ago to start making the beer full time.

From humble beginnings in the garage of their home in St Charles, Illinois, USA, the couple have now sold over 500 barrels of the savoury lager and the beer is on its way to the UK.

The drink is brewed normally for a lager, but at various stages tomatoes, basil, oregano and garlic are added to give the beer its unique flavour.

Mr Seefurth, 48, said: 'The idea was originally just to make a marinade to go in any batter or pizza base.

'We were eating some pizzas one day with some wine and the wine just didn't taste right with the pizza.

'So I went and got some of the stuff we'd made, at this point it wasn't chilled or carbonated, but when we tried it we thought 'holy smokes this stuff is good'.

'We were so surprised we ended up sharing two or three bottles, it just went so well with the pizzas.'
After discovering they had a success on their hands Mr Seefurth, a real estate broker, and his wife, a mortgage expert, set about making more.

He said: 'We took it to a pub to market it and people loved it.