February 28, 2006

 
Barry Bonds in drag as Paula Abdul at Giants spring training.
 

Vince Young reportedly scored a 6 on the Wonderlic test at the NFL combine.  The Wonderlic is a 50 question test.  The score, if accurate, would be one of the lowest ever.  Matt Leinart scored a 35 on the test. 

Some sample questions from the test.  posted 10:48am by jholmes

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World War II fighter Ace Robert L. Scott has passed away.  Scott also wrote the best selling book, "God is My Co-Pilot."

The Georgia-born Scott rose to nationwide prominence during World War II as a fighter ace in the China-Burma-India theater, then with his best-selling 1943 book, made into a 1945 movie starring Dennis Morgan as Scott.

Scott, who retired from the Air Force as a brigadier general, won three Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and five Air Medals before he was called home to travel the country giving speeches for the war effort.

In the years just after the war, Scott was one of the proponents of making the Air Force into a separate service.   posted 1:04am by jholmes

The ten best inventors of all-time.  posted 1:01am by jholmes

Master P and his brother are set to face charges for possessing semi-automatic weapons in their car while in Los Angeles. 

University of California at Los Angeles police spotted the weapons during a traffic stop. Prosecutors said the officers found a semiautomatic handgun under the seat of Master P, who was the passenger, and a revolver under the seat of his brother, who was driving.   posted 12:26am by jholmes

A man in Arizona has registered a BAC (blood alcohol level) of .345 percent blood alcohol level. Cops were called by his five year old daughter after he passed out.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

Pets in China now have treadmills to try to work off that extra weight.  posted 12:14am by jholmes

Punk rocker Pink mocks and makes fun of Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton in her new video for the song "Stupid Girl."  posted 12:11am by jholmes

February 27, 2006

The price of a gallon of gas has dropped 6 cents per gallon over the past two weeks. 

Self-serve regular averaged $2.24 a gallon nationwide. Mid-grade cost $2.34 a gallon while the price for premium was $2.44.

Gas prices are 33 cents higher than they were a year ago, Lundberg said Sunday.   posted 12:45am by jholmes

Drew Lachey, the younger brother of Nick Lachey, won the Dancing with the Stars competition.  Lachey beat out Stacy Keibler and NFL great Jerry Rice.

"Woooooooooooooo!" yelped Lachey, who gratefully accepted the mirrorball trophy (which he had earlier acknowledged was "ugly").   posted 12:26am by jholmes

Matt Kenseth won NASCAR's 500 mile race yesterday in Fontana, California.  Jimmy Johnson, the Daytona 500 winner, finished second.  More sports @ BumpSports  posted 12:10am by jholmes 

American skier Bode Miller holding up one more finger than medals he won.
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Five terror suspects have been killed in Egypt.  posted 12:08am by jholmes

February 26, 2006

Germany has topped the United States in the 2006 Winter Olympics.  Germany finished with 29 medals to the United States' 25.  The USA ended up with 9 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze medals.  posted 1:37am by jholmes

Authorities in Wisconsin are looking for $26,000 worth of beer that was stolen from a Miller beer truck.

The missing product, valued at $25,788, included
-384 24-packs of Miller Genuine Draft cans
-560 18-packs of MGD 12-ounce bottles

Sunni and Shiite leaders in Iraq have reached an agreement to end the violence and attacks in Iraq.  posted 1:19am by jholmes

Actor Don Knotts
1924-2006

Barney Fife is dead. Don Knotts died Friday night at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Knotts made million of Americans laugh as the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show.  The show ran from 1960-1968.  Knotts then went on to be the gregarious landlord on Three's Company.  Don Knotts was 81.  posted 1:07am by jholmes

Prolific actor Darren McGavin also passed away this weekend.  McGavin starred in the films: The Christmas Story and The Natural among others.  McGavin was 83.  posted 1:07am by jholmes

A fifth grade teacher in South Carolina has been accused of having sex with her 11 year-old student. She is being held on $100,000 bond.  posted 1:04am by jholmes

February 25, 2006

Sheryl Crow announced yesterday on her website that she is recovering from breast cancer surgery.  She will now begin precautionary radiation treatments. 

"I am joining the more than 200,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year," Crow says on the site, adding the cancer was detected early.

Everyday in February must seem like a winding road to Crow. The cancer announcement comes exactly three weeks after she made public her split from Lance Armstrong.   posted 1:50am by jholmes

A new study shows that those that drink green tea lessen their chance of mental decline as they grow older.  Green tea has also been shown to be a great at preventing certain types of cancer.  I have slowly been integrating it into my diet.  They make some great green teas that are peach flavored.  It can be served hot or cold.  I prefer an Arizona cold green tea, but Tazo and Yogi are two of the better hot green tea brands.  posted 1:44am by jholmes

Psycho Path wins award for the nation's wildest, weirdest,  wackiest street name. 

Farfrompoopen Road, the only road to Constipation Ridge, lost to Divorce Court and Psycho Path, which placed No. 1 in an online poll of the nation's wildest, weirdest and wackiest street names.

In first place was Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich., followed by Heather Highlands, Pa.'s, Divorce Court in second and Tennessee's Farfrompoopen Road in third. Eisenstein said all the roads were verified, although some are private and hard to find.

The complete top 10 list included:

10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Texas

9. The intersection of Count and Basie in Richmond, Va.

8. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, N.J.

7. Unexpected Road in Buena, N.J.

6. Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Ariz.

5. The intersection of Clinton and Fidelity in Houston

4. The intersection of Lonesome and Hardup in Albany, Ga.

3. Farfrompoopen Road in Tennessee (the only road up to Constipation Ridge)

2. Divorce Court in Heather Highlands, Pa.

1. Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich.

posted 1:41am by jholmes

South Dakota government officials are close to signing a bill that would ban abortion.  posted 1:34am by jholmes

February 24, 2006

Sheriff office releases witness accounts of Cheney hunting accident.  posted 9:43am by jholmes

Tom Mesereau, who helped Michael Jackson win his acquittal from child molestation charges, has resigned at Jackson's attorney over rumors of not being paid by the pop singer for his services.  posted 1:25am by jholmes

Four men in New York have been charged with stealing body parts from a biomedical supply house.  posted 1:17am by jholmes

The 10 most hated athletes in professional sports.  posted 1:16am by jholmes

A look at this years most dangerous destinations.  posted 1:09am by jholmes

February 23, 2006

Retired boxer Tommy Morrison is still wanting to get in the ring and make his mark on the boxing landscape.  Morrison retired in 1996 after testing positive for the HIV virus prior to a fight.  Morrison was one of the most exciting fighters to come onto the boxing scene ever in the early 90's.  Check out the link. Very interesting interview and article of 'Tommy The Machine Gun.'  posted 1:12am by jholmes

The Orlando Magic have traded selfish guard Steve Francis to the New York Knicks for veteran Anfernee Hardaway and Trevor Ariza.  posted 12:46am by jholmes

Guns N' Roses leaks of the Chinese Democracy album onto the internet have GNR fans excited with anticipation.  Chinese Democracy has been in the works for a decade.

Asked at the Korn bash about "Chinese Democracy," which has been in the making for a decade, Rose told Rolling Stone.com that "people will hear music this year."

The tracks leaked Wednesday take a different direction from Rose's traditional raunchy Sunset Strip-style rock. "Better" has emo/industrial touches mixed with Rose's trademark vocals and hard rock backdrop. "There Was A Time" is a rough studio mix of a power ballad with similarities to GNR's classic "Estranged." "IRS" is closer to the sound of yesteryear, with powerful guitar solos and classic rock flavor.   posted 12:37am by jholmes

Do serious actresses still have to take their clothes off to get the fame and roles in Hollywood?  posted 12:31am by jholmes

Rocker Kid Rock is suing a California company for attempting to sell a tape of the rocker having sex with four women. Former Creed front man Scott Stapp is also on the tape.

"We don't deny the authenticity of the tape," Kid Rock's lawyer, William Horton, told the Detroit Free Press. "But they're using this without his permission to drive the sales of their other products."

In an affidavit filed with the lawsuit, Kid Rock, who was born Robert Ritchie, said the video was shot in 1999 near Miami. At the time, Stapp was the lead singer of Creed.

Kid Rock said in the lawsuit filing that it was clearly understood that the video would remain Stapp's private property and would not be displayed publicly.

Joseph has said previously that he got the tape from a third party. It involved women from a strip club and was taken in a motor home, he said.   posted 12:23am by jholmes

Iraq is on the verge of civil war after 27 Baghdad mosques were bombed earlier today.  Prisoners escaped from jail, as the killings and bombings took place all day.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

February 22, 2006

 
Eight Below

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Free Bumpshack Fantasy Baseball League: Go to Yahoo! Fantasy Sports and find join free league.  The league id# is 26876 and the password is mtsu.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to join.

Many Democrats on the 'Hill' are doubting that President Bush can cut oil imports.  posted 12:30am by jholmes

Shirley MacLaine is enjoying a Hollywood renaissance appearing in several new films.  posted 12:28am by jholmes

Today is Independence day in St. Lucia.  St. Lucia gained it's independence from the British in 1979.  St. Lucia is a small island in the West Indies.  It is a great beautiful country and the Lucians are very kind people.  I spend a wonderful 10 days in the country last June.  posted 12:24am by jholmes

February 21, 2006

 
"I always thought my first time would be on the beach or at least in the backseat of his car."
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The 10 biggest draft busts in sports history.  posted 1:25am by jholmes

President Bush said yesterday that we are on the verge of an energy breakthrough.  posted 1:14am by jholmes

Quick Quiz to find out which President you are like.  I am like the Gipper, Ronald Reagan, according to the quiz.  posted 1:11am by jholmes

Washington state's new anti-smoking law is irking senior citizens in nursing homes.   The nursing home patients are now forced to go out in the frigid weather outside to catch a few puffs.  posted 1:07am by jholmes

February 20, 2006

Lebron James was named the NBA All-Star game MVP for leading his Eastern All-Star team to a 122-120 victory over the Western squad in Houston, Texas.  posted 1:21am by jholmes

Barry 'Juice' Bonds is saying this will be his last season in Major League Baseball.  So long and farewell!  posted 1:20am by jholmes

Jimmie Johnson won NASCAR's Daytona 500 yesterday, holding off Ryan Newman over the last three laps.  Newman ended up finishing third.  posted 1:19am by jholmes

There is a report that Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams has violated the NFL's drug policy.  AGAIN! 

The Miami Herald, citing two sources of its own, confirmed the station's report that Williams has violated the policy, although neither source would say whether Williams had failed a drug test or if he had missed a required test, which also is a violation.

Williams has tested positive for marijuana three times and served a four-game suspension when he returned to the NFL last season following a one-year retirement.   posted 1:17am by jholmes

Over 65 Mexican miners are trapped in a coal mine.  Oxygen is dwindling as rescue teams try to get the men out.  posted 1:14am by jholmes

Thanks PPPMC for a great day of snowboarding and gifts.  posted 1:11am by jholmes

McDonalds is being sued for having milk and wheat in their fries.  posted 1:09am by jholmes

Bin Laden vows in a new tape to never be caught alive.  posted 12:54am by jholmes

February 19, 2006

Tiger poop can be just as fierce as its bite according to researchers in Australia.

Researchers at the University of Queensland said Friday they had successfully tested a tiger poo repellant, warding off wild goats for at least three days.

"Goats wouldn't have seen a tiger from an evolutionary point of view for at least 15 generations but they recognize the smell of the predator," repellent creator Peter Murray said in a statement.

Murray said the repellant, made of fatty acids and sulphurous compounds extracted from tiger excrement, also worked on feral pigs, kangaroos and rabbits and might deter deer, horses and cattle too.   posted 2:19am by jholmes

Nintendo is launching a traveling Pokemon amusement park.  posted 12:07am by jholmes

At least 15 people have died in Nigeria due to protests regarding the silly Mohammad cartoon, that has outraged Muslims.  posted 12:04am by jholmes

Today is the 50th day of 2006.  posted 12:05am by jholmes

February 18, 2006

Nick Lachey is asking for spousal support and his jewelry back from Jessica Simpson in divorce papers filed this past week.  posted 1:49pm by jholmes

Over 1,800 people are feared dead in the Philippines due to mudslides.  The entire population of 1,857 people of the Guinsaugon village disappeared on Friday.  posted 12:26am by jholmes

 
The Tombs look like they have been Raided!
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20 year-old Karima Adebibe has been chosen as the new Laura Croft to be featured in the Tomb Raider series.  posted 12:14am by jholmes

Congress is tightening laws to crack down on internet gambling.  posted 12:10am by jholmes

The Ebola virus vaccine has passed initial safety tests.  posted 12:05am by jholmes

Best Rufus the Dog caption received:
"Now that I've won, can I PLEASE have one more facelift!?"
-Tim Krieger from Washington

February 17, 2006

BumpHotties Volume VI

Some of the best photo captions I received for the Cheney photo:

"Do me a favor and look in the end to see if it's loaded will ya?"- J. from Canada
"Yeah...this oughta do the trick!"- Jason Griffith from Ohio
"I cant wait to try this out on my good friend Harry"- Tony Farley from Kansas
"Put down the stick DICK"- Joseph from Louisiana

February 16, 2006

 
"Pull My Finger"
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Saddam Tapes:  Released tapes show Saddam mentioning using Weapons of Mass Destruction on Washington, D.C.

One of the most dramatic moments in the 12 hours of recordings comes when Saddam predicts — during a meeting in the mid 1990s — a terrorist attack on the United States. "Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans a long time before August 2 and told the British as well … that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction." Saddam goes on to say such attacks would be difficult to stop. "In the future, what would prevent a booby-trapped car causing a nuclear explosion in Washington or a germ or a chemical one?" But he adds that Iraq would never do such a thing. "This is coming, this story is coming but not from Iraq." align="justify">Also at the meeting was Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who said Iraq was being wrongly accused of terrorism. "Sir, the biological is very easy to make. It's so simple that any biologist can make a bottle of germs and drop it into a water tower and kill 100,000. This is not done by a state. No need to accuse a state. An individual can do it."

The tapes also reveal Iraq 's persistent efforts to hide information about weapons of mass destruction programs from U.N. inspectors well into the 1990s. In one pivotal tape-recorded meeting, which occurred in late April or May of 1995, Saddam and his senior aides discuss the fact that U.N. inspectors had uncovered evidence of Iraq's biological weapons program—a program whose existence Iraq had previously denied.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says the tapes are authentic and show that "Saddam had a fixation on weapons of mass destruction and he had a fixation on hiding what he was doing from the U.N. inspectors." Hoeckstra says there are more than 35,000 boxes of such tapes and documents that the U.S. government has not analyzed nor made public that should also be translated and studied on an urgent basis.   posted 12:26am by jholmes

Quote of the Day:  "There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say." - Cyril Connolly

Michael Jackson might have a custody battle on his hands with his ex-wife and mother of his children.  posted 12:19am by jholmes

A new study shows that a sick spouse can be bad for you health.  I think a healthy one can be as well, at times....ha.  posted 12:17am by jholmes

February 15, 2006

The Detroit Pistons have traded former #2 draft pick Darko Milicic to the Orlando Magic.  Milicic will finally get a chance to play on the Magic.  More sports at BumpSports.  posted 6:25pm by jholmes

Willie Nelson released a gay cowboy song yesterday on Valentines day on iTunes.  Ole' Willie has mellowed a good bit I would say.  Willie is one of the best shows you can see live. I have seen the legend twice. Each time was well worth the price of admission.  posted 12:32pm by jholmes

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Rufus the Bull Terrier won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club.  posted 12:25am by jholmes

 
Rufus the Bull Terrier
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Tom Cruise and the pregnant Katie Holmes are denying that they are breaking up.  More Tom Cruise Craziness.   posted 12:20am by jholmes

February 14, 2006   Happy Valentines Day

The Dow Jones was back up over 11,000 today.  Oil also fell below $60 a barrel.  posted 2:26pm by jholmes

I didn't make this up:  Paris Hilton has been contacted by a director to play the title role of Mother Theresa in his upcoming film about the Nobel Peace laureate.  posted 1:42am by jholmes

Britney Spears will take part in Mardi Gras celebrations later this month in New Orleans.  Britney grew up in Kentwood, Louisiana.  posted 1:06am by jholmes

Mel Gibson put $5 million more dollars of his money from The Passion of the Christ into the Church he is building in Malibu, California last year.

Former Creed front man Scott Stapp was arrested in an airport on suspicion of being drunk the day after his wedding in Los Angeles. 

Stapp was taken into custody by airport police at 6 p.m. Saturday on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, airport spokesman Tom Winfrey said Monday.   posted 1:01am by jholmes

The American men and women both took home Gold and Silver in the Snowboard Halfpipe during the Turin Winter Olympic Games.  posted 12:57am by jholmes

Google continues to take a beating on Wall Street as archrival Yahoo! is poised to take off after a dip the past month in the market.  posted 12:48am by jholmes

February 13, 2006 

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is furious with NASCAR over dangerous racing at Daytona this weekend. 

Stewart said "bump drafting" was out of control, with drivers slamming into competitors heading into turns, running through them and coming out of them.

"We're sitting here watching TV before we came down here and they're talking about the tribute to Dale Earnhardt," Stewart said. "Well, five years from now we're going to have to do another tribute to another driver because we're probably going to kill somebody from Wednesday through Sunday.

"It could be me. It could be Dale Jr. It could be anybody out there."

Stewart suggested that NASCAR officials "soften" front bumpers on cars in hopes of forcing drivers to keep their distance from others and penalizing them with damage if they do get too close.   posted 12:43am by jholmes

The United Nations is asking for the United States help in stopping rape and murder in Darfur.  What is that?  The United Nations can not do it by itself?  posted 12:29am by jholmes

Gilmore Girls feud is causing some fans to become quite upset. 

The show's creators are clearly trying to push things and avoid the fatigue that usually afflicts television shows in their sixth season.

Some critics took her side. Ted Cox of the Chicago Daily Herald said "it seemed suddenly as if the characters were being manipulated to create drama, rather than allowing the drama to flow naturally out of the characters."   posted 12:26am by jholmes

Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot his hunting buddy yesterday morning in Texas.  The man is recovering in the hospital and is doing fine.  posted 12:15am by jholmes

 
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Scientists have discovered a new breed of assassin spiders.  posted 12:12am by jholmes

February 12, 2006 

Is Kobe Bryant the Devil or did he just make a deal with the Devil?

 
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Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a recent NBA game.  Most people would say you would have to sell your soul to the devil to score so many points in a single game.  Perhaps Kobe did just that.  Bryant scored the 81 points in his 666th regular season NBA game.  Many people have viewed Kobe with devilish qualities since the charges of rape against him and the elbow he put into Mike Miller's throat.

It could be said that scoring 81 points in his 666th career NBA game is a mere coincidence.  And I might normally agree, but I found another fact in doing research for this that was spooky.

Here is the link and post from a message board from three years ago about Kobe Bryant's workout plan:

A couple of summers ago, Kobe Bryant transformed his body by adding muscle mass to his skinny frame. I was impressed with his results and got a copy of his self named "666 Routine." The 666 routine stands for 6 hours a day, 6 days a week, 6 months of training. Of course most of us don't have 6 hours a day to work out so I listed below his weight training regimen. His workout also includes 2 hours of running, 2 hours of basketball, and 1 hour of cardio (boxing, jump rope in Kobe's case,) to go along with 1 hour of the exercises listed below.....

What sane minded human would call their workout regimen the "666 Routine"?  I find this all very humorous but very weird at the same time.  Kobe happens to be 6'6" tall as well and was drafted with the 13th pick in the 1996 draft which on first glace looks like the devil's sign of '666'.

The number 666 is the eighth number of the form n(n + 1)(n² + n + 2) / 8 (doubly triangular numbers.)  Kobe Bryant's jersey number is 8.

The rare connections continue:  The name Kobe is a Japanese word and is also the name of a city in Japan, as well as the name of a Japanese steak.  I mention the Japan connection for this reason:

Similar to the Roman numeral occurrence, combining one of each of Japan's coin currency yields 666 (500, 100, 50, 10, 5, 1).

People of all faiths have tried to avoid the dreaded "666" for many years:

The number 666 retains a peculiar significance in the culture and psychology of Western societies. Just as many people try to avoid the "unlucky" number 13(a fear of which is called "triskaidekaphobia"), so people find ways to avoid the "Devil's number", even in contexts that would seem on first sight to be far removed from superstition. The fear of the number 666 is known as "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia".