Has anyone heard of - or have any info about - Epic Systems in Verona? I have a phone interview with them on Monday, and being 400 miles away there's only so much digging I can do. Thanks ~ Cheeseland, I'ma comin' home!!! :party: :toast:

attblueroom.com Saturday: 01:45 PM Spearhead 02:15 PM Regina Spektor 03:30 PM The Black Keys 04:15 PM Damien Rice 05:45 PM Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals 07:45 PM The Hold Steady 08:15 PM Mago: Billy Martin & John Medeski 09:45 PM TBA 10:15 PM String Cheese Incident Sunday: 01:00 PM John Butler Trio 02:00 PM The Flaming Lips 03:00 PM Bob Weir & Ratdog 04:30 PM Wolfmother 05:30 PM Wilco 07:15 PM The Whi...

:applause: :applause: :applause: I am so loving these discs, dude. My summer now has a soundtrack. You're the best!!! :hi: :loveya: :hug:

... Let's have a big DU Welcome to a close pal of mine who finally joined today: Miss Agent Girl :applause: :party: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :party: :applause:

:eyes: :puke: Ex-Bush official hired at Lilly Azar to help manage drug maker's image and direct its lobbying amid surge in lawsuits (Link) With government scrutiny of the drug industry on the rise, Eli Lilly and Co. is turning to a former senior official in the Bush administration to help shape its public image and oversee lobbying efforts. The Indianapolis drug maker said Friday it hired Alex M. Azar II as senior vice president of corporate affairs and communication, reporting direc...

... my horoscope for this coming week says that the "psychic" window is open for me, which is in complete agreement synchronistic things that have been happening and experiences which have reinforced my "sixth (seventh?) sense" over the past couple weeks. Therefore, I am going to try in a very positive way to begin to manifest something that I've been dancing around for awhile. I've had near misses with it: probably because I wasn't 100% certain that I wanted it in my life. Or maybe I just wasn...

(Image) The spirits of the mountain exist in strength. Their roots are deep in the Earth, their heads pierce the air and mount to the sky above. They dance from flat to peak and, spiraling, descend again. Good Ones, when I come under your trees and upon your stones, guide me. Ceisiwr Serith, "A Book of Pagan Prayer" © 2002 Ceisiwr Serith. Reprinted with permission of Red Wheel/Weiser. Just a little something to help us all contemplate the beauty and power that is our planet, our Universe,...

If you've been talking over the course of a couple months with someone and noticed that every time they're talking with you, they either gently make that 'smacking you' motion with their day planner (or notebook, or hand, or pick something up off the desk) or mimick poking you with their car keys, would you consider that a sign of passive-aggression/disdain - even though it's done in a joking manner - or a sign that the person is maybe projecting wanting to touch you? :shrug: I'm too old for ...

Hi Everyone :hi: Some of you probably remember when HippieDog Hank fell out the car window. A few months later, I noticed a lump on his belly - lower than his ribcage but higher than his private parts - about the size of a golf ball, and squishy. When we were at the vet last fall for a routine visit, I asked her about it and she said it was "probably a hernia - lots of puppies are born with them" and then said it was something so minor that they could repair it some time when they're cleani...

Spirit has seen fit to toss a few obstacles in my path, just when I had decided to give my notice at my present job in Indy and relocate back to WI when my lease is up in May. Out of nowhere, 2 different headhunters with 2 different opportunities. Out of nowhere, one of the real estate agents at my part time job wants to show me houses, and the mortgage guy seems fairly certain he can get me qualified. I pause with my relocation plans to investigate these opportunities. One interviewer never ...

:applause: :applause: :applause: (Link) INDIANAPOLIS - Former Vice President Al Gore is coming to Indianapolis to talk about his Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Dozens of people lined up Monday morning to get tickets at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. Gore will visit the temple Apr. 24 to deliver a lecture on global warming and its effects on global civilization. Ticket prices range from $25 to $500. You can get them at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck at 6...

Back to the basics .... works for me !! :applause: (Link) Stone Age solutions to modern-day depression BY EDWARD M. EVELD McClatchy Newspapers To confront the country's growing depression epidemic, a modern phenomenon, psychologist Steve Ilardi peered backward into human history. Way back: tens of thousands of years and beyond. His research steered him there, to an examination of the hunter-gatherer way of life, to a time when humans lived in roving, close-knit bands. Back to the Stone Age. ...

:rofl: My first attempt at any kind of photo-shopping ... :hi: (Image)

... I sorta hope not :loveya: :blush: I was sitting at work talking with folks about the weather (it was raining) and Russ Feingold 'stopped by'. Apparently we know each other. :loveya: He and I were talking and he mentioned having to go somewhere for the weekend, and while we were sitting at a table chatting, we were looking directly at each other but started touching fingers/hands - almost like sorta entwining fingers to hold hands but not quite - and I lost track of the conversation an...

Absolutely SPOT on, in light of the job/life/location changes I've contemplating!!! Personal Daily Horoscope of Thursday, 15 February 2007 for hippiechick, born 13 August 1966 ©Astrodienst AG The forces at work *** Valid during many months: During this time you will have to withstand severe challenges to your way of life as it is set up now. As we grow up, we structure our lives to a certain degree, and we come to depend upon this structure for predictability and order. Sometimes,...

The ability to 'hide' threads with a 'free form' entry similar to our current search function. IE - a screen that allows you to type in (example) BEER and will query out (hide) all threads relating to beer. :dilemma: Hmmmm. Not really beer, though. :beer:

It's been brought to my attention that its about time for another gathering of Indy-DU'ers. WHERE: Spencer's Stadium Tavern 802 S. West St. Indianapolis, IN 46225 (Link) WHO: Any DU'ers interested in meet/greet/chat/hang out with other Indy DU'ers! :toast: WHEN: That's what I need y'all to help decide. Leaning toward mid-Feb to give folks time to check their schedules. :hi:

... picked it off the shelf at Barnes N' Noble the other night, mostly because I was just there to hang out and people watch, and thought I should have something to read while I was loitering. :) I didn't read the whole thing, but did read each of the chapter summaries :blush: ... looks like quite a good book. Amazon reviews are mostly positive as well. Here's the descrip: "Book Description Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying, Susan Anderson's book clearly defin...

... apparently The Universe wanted to lend you a hand ... I had this dream early this morning: "I had just moved into my new McHouse, out in a cute little sanitary ‘burb. Heard this horrible mechanical noise and went to see what it was: my car was being towed, OUT OF MY OWN DRIVEWAY! I ran out, stopped the tow truck driver and asked WTF? – of course he was only following orders – someone had called in that the car was a nuisance. Apparently it ‘was always parked in the same place’ (Yeah, m...

... halfway thru the pilot eppy, looks pretty good. Main character is a "wizard" (not sure how they determined that he's a wizard, yet) who apparently works part time as a PI in Chicago. (Link) Anyone else?

.. it's been about 20 years since I've been to Madison ... in need of info on where to live/where to avoid/ how to find a place that will let me have my 2 dogs. :)

(Sorry folks, I'm bored, overtired and just got these pics developed. Couldn't help myself.) :rofl: Politics must run in the family, eh? LOL! (These were actually signs for a local country radio station's ad campaign!!) (Image) Watching the Sunday talk shows to hear what the opponent has to say. (Image) Anxious to get out on the campaign trail … (note the DU bumpersticker in the back window!) (Image) Ray schmoozes a potential contributor. (Image) Hank listens to his pol...

So I got a phone call from a consulting service last evening, they saw my resume on Monster.com and wanted to talk to me about a possibility in Lafayette, about an hour north of here. I listened to what he had to say, thought about it over night, and emailed him this afternoon with a "thank you, but no". WHY AM I SUCH A CHICKEN ??? Pro's: * My current boss just gave her notice, so now would be the perfect time for me to leave Conseco - things are a little bit unsteady, to say the least. * Ther...

... it gets its own. :blush: Feel free to ignore me ... I just had to acknowledge yet another episode of synchronicity between me and a certain someone. ... I was sitting at home tonight and for no apparent reason, decided to go shop for shoes. They're not in my budget this paycheck, and it was already 8:30 pm so most of the stores would be closing within an hour. But here's me in shorts, flip flops, glasses, a ponytail, sweatshirt (and no bra) ... I was on my way out of the strip mall thingie ...

Disclaimer: When I meditate I turn off lights, furnace or a/c, windows and blinds are closed - so the possibility of drafts or 'cold sensations' etc is minimalized. I also light several candles and usually have a smudge bowl burning as well. Anyway, since I haven't meditated in a couple months, I went thru about the first 10 minutes just unwinding, focusing, relaxing (I didn't want to just 'jump in' with "I want I want I want"), then I gave my thanks to Spirit and all my guides, teachers, and ...

Sorry for my overabunance of posting lately, it seems all sorts of unusual and offbeat topics are trying to sort their way out of my gray matter. :silly: ANYWAY. On to the subject: I can't recall where I saw it, some astrology site IIRC, but it was a little blurb that said something to the effect of "Looking for Your Soulmate? Be careful, you just might find it!" and then went on to explain that contrary to the romanticised definition of soulmates as being two people totally in sympatico who ...

Very long and involved article, but most interesting. Thoughts anyone? (Link) By John Jay Harper Article received from Light Eye "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1, KJV) Former U.S. Marine and author Edward Arnold asks in 2012: Year of the Apocalypse, "After 2012, will the people of the world be ready to rely … on themselves … be ready to understand that the ‘power of god’ is within one’s own self?" By all indications, we are walking...

It's that time again! If you get something from the monthly prayer thread, please think about volunteering to coordinate the thread for September. It really takes very little effort. If you are interested in volunteering at some point but can't for September, please also reply here and state when you are interested in volunteering. A few people have already informed us that they would be willing to coordinate future threads but are not able to do so yet. Here's a list of all previous prayer...

:woohoo: Be Gone, Evil Bastard! (Link) Embattled BMV chief gives notice 3 other officials also leaving Daniels administration Joel Silverman, beleaguered commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, announced his resignation Wednesday, part of the largest shake-up of Gov. Mitch Daniels' two-year-old administration. Silverman's decision follows a rocky 21-month tenure that included a botched computer upgrade in July. The effort led to myriad record-keeping problems, customer confusion and...

Does anyone else seem to have a particular month, or time of year that gives them grief - an almost predictable span in which anything and everything that can go wrong, does? As I look back, September has always, always been miserable for me. :shrug: And this one, monumentally so. Job, relationships, money, mental health, and yesterday for no apparent reason, my car just quit running! (It's only 5 years old!) Is it because I'm 'starting a new astrological year' and things are all aflutter? (I...