Rumpologist examines Posterior to Devine Future

This is a tough way to make a living…I can’t imagine that you’d be able to do a session with a straight face. From the Skeptic’s Dictionary:

Rumpology, also known as butt reading, is the art of reading the lines, crevices, dimples, and folds of the buttocks to divine the butt owner’s character and get a glimpse of what lies ahead by analyzing what trails behind.

According to Jacqueline Stallone, a foremost American rumpologist, rump reading is an art that was practiced in ancient Babylon, India, Greece, and Rome. She claims that the ancient Greeks thought the butt was the key to health and fidelity. She says the Romans used butt prints the way some people use graphology today: to determine potential talents and future success.

She does readings by mail. Just send her a digital photo of your rump and she will analyze it for a fee ($125, and she takes major credit cards and PayPal). Her website includes examples of appropriate rump shots, including one of “a male action hero movie star,” “a Jewish princess,” and “a Fortune 500 CEO.” She’ll not only give you a butt reading for your money, but she’ll send you an 8 1/2 x 11 glossy color print of your butt, suitable for framing.

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This event is upcoming November 14-16 in San Jose. Looking at the agenda, it is geared toward educating financial types about geothermal development and geothermal developers about financing options. The details of the event are available here. There is also a one day pre-session specifically on financing activities. If you’re in the Bay Area or planning to be in the Bay Area, this could be an interesting session to attend.

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Last weekend we went to San Francisco’s Mission District with some friends to enjoy a good Ethiopian meal and walk around a little. During that walk on Valencia Street, we came upon a store called Paxton Gate. I now know the answer to the following questions:

• Where might one find a gemsbok horn?
  
• I desparately need a trilobite, do you know where I could find one?
  
• The thing that’s missing in the living room is a wildebeest head, where might you find that?
  
• Forget Altoids, what about curiously strong peppermint tea?
  
• Pyrite, I definitely need some pyrite…
  

Suffice to say, this store has all of that and more (even garden variety house plants…) It’s a place to feed your inner geek if you’re a biologist, taxidermist, geologist, gardener, or just generally interested in a collection of very interesting and cool stuff in one convenient location. If you happen to be in the Mission, drop by, it’s an experience!

Flow test of well 23-14 at Blue Mountain


Last week, Nevada Geothermal Power announced the results of the flow test for their production well, 23-14, on the Blue Mountain property. The well tested out at 10MW gross power and 7.5MW net power when pump assisted and it produced from depths of around 1,000m (~3,300 feet) at temperature of 190C (375F). Armed with this information, the development of the site should now rapidly progress enabling a plant to be operational in the foreseeable future. The last remaining hurdle is transmission, a new line will need to be constructed to deliver the power to the grid.

Another weekend, another few “unthinkable” upsets. Ho Hum.

We now know the theme to this season is expect the unexpected. Texas Tech and Missouri played defense, Ok, sure, at least Missouri played defense. Every talking head out there said take the over on a 75 point target. Let’s hope they put their money where their mouths are. South Carolina spit the bit at home, against Vanderbilt! USF traveled to Rutgers to get their first loss of the season. Iowa State, sporting a 1-7 record, had Oklahoma on the ropes for 3.5 quarters. UCLA, thumped soundly by a bad Utah team earlier this year, beats Cal. LSU wins on a last second pass over the same Auburn team beaten by USF. The list goes on…

OSU Opponent Watch

• Youngstown State (5-3) – Played Illinois State at home, lost 22-27. Conclusion: Unexpected Loss.
• Akron (3-4) – Bye week.
• Washington (2-5) – Played Oregon at home, lost 34-55. Conclusion: Expected Loss.
• Northwestern (5-3) – Played Eastern Michigan on the road, won 26-14. Conclusion: Expected Win
• Minnesota (1-7) – Played North Dakota State at home, lost 21-27. Conclusion: Unexpected Loss
• Purdue (6-2) – Played Iowa at home, won 31-6. Conclusion: Expected Win
• Kent State (3-5) – Played Bowling Green home, lost 20-31. Conclusion: Expected Loss
• Michigan State (5-3) – Played Ohio State on the road, lost 17-24. Conclusion: Expected Loss
• Penn State (6-2) – Played Indiana on the road, won 36-31. Conclusion: Expected Win
• Wisconsin (6-2) – Played Northern Illinois at home, won 44-3. Conclusion: Expected Win
• Illinois (5-3) – Played Michigan at home, lost 17-27. Conclusion: Expected Loss
• Michigan (6-2) – Played Illinois on the road, won 27-17. Conclusion: Expected Win

Buckeye opponent’s records after the 8th week, 53-42. After 5 weeks of conference play, Ohio State and Michigan have no losses and are in contention for the Big 10 championship. Illinois gave away the game against Michigan with penalties and poor special teams play – this was the chance to get them with RB Hart out. There’s still alot of football to be played, but it looks like it’s going to come down to the November 17th game in Ann Arbor, again….

Quick Hits from Around College Football

And then there were five… These are the undefeated survivors; give them credit for standing tall when others are losing games they should win: Arizona State, Boston College, Ohio State, Kansas, and Hawaii. An interesting aside, the SEC was an incomplete pass from being eliminated from national championship game consideration when LSU pulled out the win. The SEC is down this year, its purported strength is all self-referential. The conference champion will be lucky to not have 3 losses.

Projected BCS Top 5: Ohio State, Boston College, LSU, Oklahoma, and Arizona State.

Game of the week? LSU came from behind to beat Auburn 30-24 with 1 second left in the game. Runner-up: Penn State beat Indiana 36-31, with 27 combined points in the fourth quarter.

Mismatch of the week? Clemson annihilated Central Michigan 70-14.

My Special Top 12 rankings: (Why Top 12? That’s where you need to be to get into BCS contention.)

1. Ohio State – Got a tougher than expected test from Michigan State.
2. Boston College – Bye week.
3. Arizona State – Bye Week.
4. Kansas – Ground out a win over Colorado.
5. Oregon – Scored 24 in the last stanza to hold off Washington.
6. West Virginia – Nuked a bad Mississippi State team.
7. Oklahoma – Nearly stumbled at Iowa State.
8. LSU – Hung on to beat Auburn in dramatic fashion. Note: talking heads in the media, this doesn’t mean LSU is the best team in the nation…
9. Missouri – Dominated Texas Tech.
10. Virginia Tech – Bye week.
11. USC – Stomped on Notre Dame.
12. Hawaii – Bye week.

My Special Bottom 5 rankings: (Why bottom 5? If you finish there you should be relegated to I-AA) Colorado State got a win this week and leaves the Bottom 5, for now.

1. Notre Dame – 1-7 this season. On the bright side, USC looked better this week than they have in a month.
2. Florida International – 0-7 this season. Lost to Louisiana Monroe.
3. Utah State – 0-7 this season. Lost to Nevada.
4. Marshall – 0-6 this season. Plays Sunday night, Oct 21.
5. Minnesota – 1-6 this season. Lost to I-AA North Dakota State.

In the coming week I’ll post an Penn State/OSU preview, a game review of Penn State/OSU, and a Weekend Update Sports edition.