July 31, 2005
Kat Shack, the Bumpshack
in-shack psychologist,
now has her Celebrity
Bookshelf posted with
all the other Celebrity
Bookshelves in
BumpReviews and
below as well. Be
sure to check it out.
Send me your favorite
five books of all-time
for me to include as
well to
Bumpshack@gmail.com.
Kat Shack's Book Shelf
-
The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan
Kundera
Bump Review
-
East of Eden- John Steinbeck
-
The Bride Stripped Bare- Nikki Gemmell
-
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
-
Beyond the Sky and Earth- Jamie Zeppa
President Bush yesterday
was
declared physically fit.
He has lost eight pounds
since he last physical
in December. He is
an avid mountain biker
and is also very
dedicated in the gym.
The president's medical
profile shows a low to very low risk of coronary artery
disease. His resting pulse rate dropped to 47 beats per
minute from 52. Well-trained athletes typically have
resting pulse rates of between 40 and 60 beats a minute.
Doctors made Bush run on a treadmill for more than
26 minutes as part of a test that evaluates the
performance of his heart. His heart reached 183 beats
per minute; no signs or symptoms of cardiovascular
problems were noted. Other information from Bush's
checkup included:
His body fat percentage fell to 15.79 from 18.25.
It was 14.5 percent at his physical in August 2003.
His ability to see at a distance was 20/20 in both
eyes.
A prostate screening test registered 0.5. Under 4
is good.
His exercise regimen includes mountain biking at
up to 18 mph for 15 miles to 20 miles a week; doing
low-impact "hill work" on a treadmill; and free weight
resistance training and stretching.
He smokes a cigar occasionally, takes a daily
multivitamin, a low-dose aspirin, omega-3 fatty acids
linked to lower heart disease, and glucosamine/chondroitin
to ease stiffness in his joints.
posted 12:52am by jholmes
Over a
1,000 are feared dead
in the India floods.
posted 12:30am by
jholmes
A look at the World's
Most
Powerful Women.
posted 12:25am by
jholmes
6 Super Foods for
Healthy Hair.
posted 12:20am by
jholmes
Top 10 cat breeds in
America. posted
12:15am by jholmes
Germany is
preparing a giant
brothel for the 2006
World Cup. posted
12:12am by jholmes
Several states are
working on a
Global Positioning
System (GPS) to
track sex offenders.
posted 12:10am by
jholmes
Man
admits role in
failed London attack.
posted 12:03am by
jholmes
July 30, 2005
I am about to head out
to the Dodgers -
Cardinals game again in
just a few minutes. The
game is on Fox. I found
a great site if you like
to keep score at the
game and don't like
paying $5 for a program.
The site has printable
scorecards that are
actually better than the
ones at the stadium.
Check them out at
BaseballScorecard.com
posted 11:09am by
jholmes
Remember to send me your
top 5 books you have
ever read to me at
Bumpshack@gmail.com
to be included with the
rest of the
Celebrity Bookshelves.
Anyone is free to send
me there list and I will
post it.
Maybe it is too late for
Patrick Ewing but a new
study shows that
Botox stops excessive
sweating.
posted 12:59am by
jholmes
Jessica Simpson is
coming out with an
exercise tape to
show how she got in
shape for the upcoming
'Dukes of Hazzard'
movie.
Check her out as Daisy
Duke. posted
12:55am by jholmes
Hollywood's
most difficult and
demanding stars.
posted 12:50am by
jholmes
Yesterday Tiger Woods
set a personal and
tournament record at
the Buick Open by
shooting a 61.
That is for all 18
holes. I do good to
shoot a 61 when I play 9
holes. Tiger seems
to be back on track this
year. I guess
marrying a Swedish super
model can do that for a
man. posted
12:44am by jholmes
The Leopold Museum in
Austria is
letting naked people in
free. posted
12:30am by jholmes
The
20 Best Burgers in
America. This guy
didn't travel to the
South to complied this
list. That much is
obvious. If he had then
Bells Diner in
Henderson, Tennessee
would have been at the
top of this list.
posted 12:26am by
jholmes
The
best compliment you
can give a woman:
A new study from Kansas
State University shows that a sincere compliment--be it about her looks
or character--can go a long way toward easing a woman's anxiety about
her appearance. posted 12:22am by jholmes
Former Tennessean
Senator and current
actor Fred Thompson is
in the Capitol
giving his advice to
Bush Supreme Court
nominee John Roberts
and guiding him through
the process with
combative Democratic
Senators and others.
More
Bumpshack S.C. nominee
coverage. posted
12:18am by jholmes
Michael Jackson might
have to
return from his vacation
to Bahrain to be
served with papers in a
law suit where he is
being sued over money he
owes.
This should be interesting as it
develops. Jackson is being sued by about four different parties now,
none of whom are having any luck getting him before a judge.
posted 12:15am by jholmes
14 injured on the
Disneyland ride
California Screamin'
at California Adventure.
posted 12:12am by
jholmes
All four of the
suspected 7/21 London
bombers who failed
in their mission have
been arrested.
posted 12:10am by
jholmes
Buyers and Sellers
as the Major League
Baseball trading
deadline winds down.
posted 12:05am by
jholmes
I was lucky enough to be
at the Dodgers-Cardinals
baseball game last
night. Ice Cube
and Larry King, who
threw out the first
pitch, were among the
55,000 there. The
Dodgers beat my
Cardinals 7-5.
posted 12:03am by
jholmes
July 29, 2005
40 current baseball
players who could one
day end up in
Cooperstown.
1-20,
20-40. posted
11:07am by jholmes
For you Keith Urban fans
I have
added many photos I
took at the Nashville
show at the Ryman back
in March. It also
appears that Keith is
following in Kenny
Chesney's foot steps
with Hollywood women.
Urban has been seen
recently with Nicole
Kidman on the back of
his motorcycle.
posted 10:12am by
jholmes
Australia has
banned the video game
Grand Theft Auto.
Australian officials effectively banned
the computer game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" and ordered it removed
from stores Friday because it contains hidden sex scenes that can be
viewed with a special Internet download. posted
9:09am by jholmes
Senate leader
Bill Frist breaks with
Bush on Stem-Cell
research bill.
posted 9:04am by jholmes
The
sultan of celebrity skin
promises more will be
revealed.
Over the last decade, Schmidt has emerged
as one of the nation's leading brokers of celebrity porn, the man who
negotiated the sale of Tonya Harding's wedding-night sex video; arranged
for Paula Jones, the former Arkansas state employee who sued Bill
Clinton for sexual harassment, to pose in the buff in Penthouse
magazine; and was the behind-the-scenes wheeler-dealer who obtained
topless shots of rescued U.S. Army POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch and nude
photos of Amber Frey, the star prosecution witness in the Scott Peterson
double murder trial, and then tried to peddle them to Hustler magazine's
Larry Flynt. posted 12:50am by jholmes
Michael Jackson's new CD
flops
selling just 8,000
copies in its first
week of release.
posted 12:40am by
jholmes
Iraqi boy praises Bush
after dream trip to
America for much needed
surgery. posted
12:25am by jholmes
Wine has surpassed beer
as the drink of choice
in the U.S., except in
the South of course.
That will be the day.
posted 12:22am by
jholmes
Rapper Bow Wow
says 'no' to college
for now. posted
12:20am by jholmes
Fox has
hired an independent
panel to probe into
the allegations that
Paula Abdul was sleeping
with a contestant
that was on 'American
Idol.' Abdul is a
one of three judges on
the show so it will be
interesting to see how
this plays out.
posted 12:16am by
jholmes
UPDATE:
Almost 700 have now died
due to the
monsoons in India.
posted 12:14am by
jholmes
The pig disease in China
has now killed 31.
posted 12:11am by
jholmes
A
dead woman was shot in
her casket by a
stray bullet in Brazil
on Wednesday.
posted 12:10am by
jholmes
Mormons
could lose control of
Utah by 2030 due to
losing more members than
they can recruit to the
faith, or cult,
depending on how you
view them.
Currently Mormons make up 62.4 percent of
the state's population, according to the who according to the 2004
census, but every county in the state showed a decrease in church
membership since 2000. posted 12:08am by jholmes
Handwritten
lyric sheet by John
Lennon for 'All You
Need is Love' goes for
over $1 million dollars
at auction in London.
posted 12:04am by
jholmes
July 28, 2005
Matchbox Twenty singer
Rob Thomas
denies gay affair
with Tom Cruise that has
been circulating on the
internet.
More on Tom Cruise.
Rob also made fun of Cruise's strict
devotion to Scientology, the controversial L. Ron Hubbard religion and
said: "I'm more offended by the rumors saying I'm a Scientologist."
posted 5:51pm by jholmes
Drudge is reporting
that veteran White House
grouchy reporter Helen
Thomas claims:
"The day Dick Cheney is going to
run for president, I'll kill myself," she told the HILL. "All we need is
one more liar."
Thomas added, "I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for
the country if he does." posted 5:41pm by jholmes
A
monsoon that took place
in India has
killed over 500 people
and many more are still
missing. posted
4:11pm by jholmes
I added a few more
photos to the
Keith Urban page
from the Nashville show
at the Ryman.
Amazing show, I highly
recommend trying to
catch Keith in concert.
posted 1:35pm by jholmes
Microsoft sues Google
over Google's attempted
hiring of one of their
employees. Google
calls lawsuit a
'charade.' posted
12:36pm by jholmes
A massive energy
bill was passed by
the House of
Representatives today.
Facing public pressure to outline a
direction for the nation's energy strategy amid soaring oil prices and
high gasoline costs at the pump, Bush had called on Congress to give him
an energy bill before lawmakers depart for their five-week summer
recess.
The 1,725-page bill, the product of weeks
of compromise between widely different versions approved by the two
chambers earlier this year, would provide $14.5 billion in energy tax
breaks, much of it to traditional energy companies. It also provides
money for promoting renewable energy sources and new energy technologies
and measures to revitalize the nuclear power industry.
posted 12:26pm by jholmes
The Japanese have
developed and unveiled
a female android
that is so human looking
its scary. posted
11:37am by jholmes
A Federal judge has
ordered O.J. Simpson
(the Glove) to
pay $25,000 for stealing
DirecTV.
"The evidence was overwhelming since the
devices seized in Simpson's home were connected to his TV and in
operation and receiving unauthorized signals at the time of the raid,"
said Dan Fawcett, an executive vice president with El Segundo,
Calif.-based DirecTV Inc. posted 1:18am by
jholmes
'Average Joe(s)' strike
back with
lawsuit against NBC
for stealing their ideas
for the reality show.
posted 1:15am by jholmes
Dennis Rodman has a
bad day at Charity Rally
Race in Denver.
posted 1:12am by jholmes
The U.S. House
approved CAFTA yesterday
by a vote of 217-215.
CAFTA stands for Central
America Free Trade
Agreement.
The 217-215 vote just after midnight adds
six Latin American countries to the growing lists of nations with free
trade agreements with the United States and averts what could have been
a major political embarrassment for the Bush administration.
posted 1:08am by jholmes
Kenyan claims he
offered Bill Clinton 40
goats and 20 cows
for Chelsea Clinton's
hand in marriage five
years ago. He says he is
still waiting for an
answer.
Chepkurgor
said his letter praised Clinton's leadership and commended his wife,
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, for standing by her husband ``like an
African woman'' in the face of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
The
electrical engineering graduate said he promised to pay his would-be
father-in-law 20 cows and 40 goats in dowry for his only daughter in
accordance with African tradition.
Chepkurgor
vowed to remain single until he gets an answer to his proposal to marry
Chelsea, 25. posted 1:04am by jholmes
Biblical treasure found
in cave near the Dead
Sea.
The Bedouin
had been offered $20,000 on the black market for his treasure, and
before selling it, he wanted an evaluation from Eshel. Fearing he would
never see the precious pieces again, Eshel took photographs. He assumed
the ancient treasure would soon be smuggled out of Israel.
posted 1:00am by jholmes
A U.S. general
expects a pull out of
troops in Iraq to
begin in the early part
of next year. The
sooner the Iraqi's can
secure their own
country, the sooner the
troops will be back
home. posted
12:55am by jholmes
Genes have been found
that
link the spread of
breast cancer to the
lungs. The find could
help in diagnosis and
treatment. posted
12:53am by jholmes
About
300 Boy Scouts fell ill
yesterday while
waiting for President
Bush to arrive to speak
at a memorial service
for the four scouts that
were electrocuted and
died while pitching a
tent under a power line.
posted 12:49am by
jholmes
NASA has
grounded future shuttle
flights due to a
large chunk of foam that
broke off of the recent
shuttle after take off.
posted 12:47am by
jholmes
July 27, 2005
Alex Rodriguez turns 30
today. The Yankees third baseman already has 409 career home runs to
go with a .306 career average, but
how relevant is he to a Yankees team that has no starting pitching at
all? posted 5:52pm by jholmes
2005's
best cities to be single in. #1 was Denver. Nashville #22
posted 5:47pm by jholmes
Book review of
The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel in BumpReviews. Submit your
favorite 5 books of all-time to
Bumpshack@gmail.com to be posted in BumpReviews.
posted 12:05pm by jholmes
SECond Coming: Steve
Spurrier is
back at SEC media day, which means feathers will be ruffled and fellow
coaches will be eaten for lunch. The football gods have stirred up the
SEC pot for the upcoming football season.
Not only do you have Spurrier's return
after a confusing, dysfunctional two-year tenure with the Redskins, but
you have Urban Meyer replacing Ron Zook at The HBC's old dynasty --
Florida. You have Les Miles replacing Nick Saban at LSU, Ed Orgeron
replacing David Cutcliffe at Ole Miss, and Tennessee's Phillip Fulmer
almost replacing Auburn as the person/rival Alabama fans would most like
to see hideously scarred by a lava flow (Fulmer, among others, ratted on
'Bama to the NCAA, and the testimony became public).
posted 11:40am by jholmes
A 'Code Red'
smog
alert was issued for Atlanta today.
A "Code Red" smog alert is in effect for
Atlanta Wednesday because the city’s air quality is expected to reach
"unhealthy" levels for the third consecutive day, Georgia’s
Environmental Protection Division reported.
posted 11:33am by jholmes
GE is mulling
acquiring Dreamworks Studios.
DreamWorks was founded in 1994 by three
entertainment heavyweights -- director Steven Spielberg, recording
industry executive David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had headed
Walt Disney Co.'s studios and now serves as CEO of DreamWorks Animation.
Its initial investors included Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Last year the company shed its music
business, selling its record company to Universal for $100 million and
its music publishing unit to New York-based venture capital firm
Dimensional Associates for about $50 million, according to the Post.
posted 11:28am by jhoolmes
Jessica Simpson is
upset over missing
Iraq footage from her trip over there with her husband Nick Lachey.
posted 11:16am by jholmes
New Celebrity Bookshelf in
BumpReviews. posted 9:15am by jholmes
Nip/Tuck: Circumcision
might
reduce AIDS risk according to a new study. Do not do it yourself!
posted 8:49am by jholmes
Four men have been
arrested in Birmingham, England in regard to the failed July 21st
terrorist bombing in London. posted 12:37am by jholmes
TV Guide is getting
super sized.
Speaking of super sized, I saw 'Super
Size Me' last night. The documentary on McDonalds where the guy eats
McDonalds every meal for a month. Pretty disturbing results.
Check it out. posted 12:22am by jholmes
Double Spy: Jennifer
Garner's character on 'Alias' will also be
expecting a new
bundle of joy since Garner was knocked up by the less than talented Ben
Affleck. The two had a shot gun wed in June. posted 12:18am by
jholmes
Syria had a
$3 billion
dollar illegal oil-import and arms-export with Iraq during Saddam
Hussein's reign according to documents obtained by the House Foreign
Relations committee.
Both the imports of oil and the exports
of military supplies were illegal under U.N. sanctions imposed after the
first Gulf War. posted 12:16am by jholmes
The New York Knicks of
the NBA have
formally offered their
head coaching job to
Larry Brown.
It is probably just a
formality now until he
accepts the offer.
They flirting with each
other over the past year
has not been a well kept
secret. posted
12:14am by jholmes
The new 'Dukes of
Hazzard' movie is
helping
bring back the Dodge
Charger. The
Dodge Charger in the
film is of course
The General Lee,
which is almost as
famous as any character
from the original
series. Jessica
Simpson plays Daisy Duke
in the movie version and
she looks mighty good.
posted 12:10am by
jholmes
Report shows that
Supreme Court nominee
John Roberts has
used judicial restraint
in prior decisions from
the bench and Justice
Department. Check
the
Bumpshack Supreme Court
log for more nominee
news. posted
12:04am by jholmes
July 26, 2005
The
truth about Avril
Lavigne. No
she is a not a druggie,
alcoholic, or bad girl
when it comes down to
it....or is she punk'ing
us all? posted
3:00pm by jholmes
Eminem says that
contrary to reports that
he is not retiring.
Eminem says 'taking a
break' does not
necessarily mean
retirement. posted
2:53pm by jholmes
Is
Dan Rather leaving CBS
for good and before his
contract expires?
We can only hope and
pray. posted
2:51pm by jholmes
Trouble continues to
find Mindy McCready.
The
country star overdosed
in a Florida hotel lobby
last Friday.
posted 2:50pm by jholmes
Is it too dangerous to
try to
mix Las Vegas with a
professional sports team
in the city?
posted 2:47pm by jholmes
MILF: Colorado mom
pleads
guilty to throwing sex
parties for her
teenage sons.
Johnson, who is free on bail, held
parties for the boys almost weekly between October 2003 and October
2004, authorities said. She was accused of providing drugs and alcohol
to eight boys and having sex with five of them. posted 10:18am by
jholmes
The worlds
dumbest people.
posted 10:14am by
jholmes
Submit your
Celebrity Bookshelf
to
Bumpshack@gmail.com
New
Mel Gibson epic will
be filmed in Mayan
dialect. posted
12:33am by jholmes
Love letters and cards
that Jennifer Aniston
gave an ex-boyfriend
around 1984 are going on
the auction block.
posted 12:30am by
jholmes
U.S. Defense report
claims
insurgents have
infiltrated the
Iraqi police due to poor
screening procedures.
posted 12:25am by
jholmes
Netflix is
close to launching
movie downloads.
Netflix is a great
little company and sure
beats going to the
rental store.
Check out the Netflix ad
above to learn more.
posted 12:20am by
jholmes
Two of the original
Doors
have been
banned from using the
name and any
likeness to Jim Morrison
in promoting a new band
they are putting
together. Check
BumpPhotos for
pictures of Morrison's
L.A. house that he lived
in around the time he
died. posted
12:17am by jholmes
China is facing a
suicide and depression
epidemic.
Suicide is the number
one cause of death
between those ages 20 -
35 in China.
Each year an additional 2.5 million to
3.5 million Chinese unsuccessfully attempt suicide, which stood as the
fifth major cause of death among the country's 1.3 billion people, the
China Daily said. posted 12:12am by jholmes
Senator Hillary Clinton
continues to try to shed
liberal image and
move towards the
political middle ground.
posted 12:08am by
jholmes
Nine women defy Vatican
to become priests and
deacons. posted
12:03am by jholmes