Anyone have any good or bad experiences with laser hair removal at American Laser Centers?

I'm having a consultation this week, and they're offering discount coupons that sound appealing, but I want to get some feedback first.

Thanks!

Salutations! We are Vagabond Opera and we shall be playing in lovely Madison!

We bring to you Opera reinvented! Gypsy, cabaret, vaudeville, Eastern European, Yiddish, Balkan and more! In over 14 different languages, we bring in Bulgarian Accordion, sinfully fast cellos (yes, two cellos!), jazzy drums beats, relentless upright bass and salacious saxophone. Charm, wit and improv!

We will be at the Brink Lounge, starting at 8pm.

For more on the Lounge, meander here for the website or here for the Facebook entry.



We feature full music samples on our website here!

We'd love to see you there! Leave a comment if you've any questions. Cheers!

~VO

(x-posted to a few other relevant communities)

There will be a press conference on AB554/SB368, the Jacki Rickert
Medical Marijuana Act at 11am Monday in the Senate Parlor adjacent to
the Senate Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Speaking will be
JRMMA sponsors Rep. Mark Pocan and Sen. Jon Erpenbach, along with
IMMLY's Jacki Rickert and Gary Storck, and patients and representatives
of state group supporting the bill will be in attendance.

My friend is looking for a therapist who takes BadgerCare. Are any of you aware of a therapist or therapy group who takes the BC?

Happy Birthday, Sister!



"Would you like to buy a gaw-lind?"

I took this picture at the Michigan Renaissance Festival circa 1993. These boistrous fellows had decided to help a vendor hawk garlands. Abby and I insisted that they model the wares. And they did.

Music: Corvus Corax - "Filii Neidhardi" (Sons of Neidhard)

Originally published at The Null Device Blog. You can comment here or there.

NPR’s “Monitor Mix” blog, run by ex-Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein (and others), has all week been writing about the decade’s advancements in music tech.  There’s a lot of the predictable “it’s good!” and “oh noes it’s killing music” stuff that happens at the end of every arbitrary slice of time.

Anyway, they posted a challenge: if it’s so easy to record these days, then record a song in a weekend.  They issued the challenge on friday afternoon, and closed it sunday evening.

Surprisingly, I decided to give it a go.  This is surprising because I’m usually the kind of guy who will spend weeks tweaking a track, and certainly several hours re-re-re-recording vocals.

I pulled it off.  The track isn’t great – the lyrics are awkward, the vocals aren’t especially strong, and it needs a bridge, but it still sounds recognizably Null Device-y.  I’m kind of astonished that I pulled it off.

Whether it’ll ever see the light of day beyond this “challenge” is another matter.

NEW FREE MP3:

The Gothsicles - Everyone Should Play V:TES ('Cause Somebody's Gotta Be Worse Than Me) - feat. Ben Peal
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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, aka "V:TES", is a classic collectible card game that I enjoy the hell out of, despite being intensely bad at it.

This track also features fudjo, who is like the main Super Lord King of the Universe / rockstar of planet Earth's V:TES scene.

Production on this track happens c/o downrightamazed, who is awesome.

lyrics

Hey! So i just moved to madison, wi from Seattle, and there is a seahawks game in minnesota on the 22nd, a sunday (of course) and i was hoping there was someone who wanted to go as well. thing is, i dont have a car, and i would pay who ever wanted to go, with the cost of the ticket?

i have a pair, they probably aren't the best seats, and you'd have to sit with a seahawks fan. aren't i just sweetening the pot?!

heh.


well if you can, my email is

sarahclams84@yahoo.com


hope to hear from someone soon!

oh about me:

im a 25 year old female... not looking for a creeper.

thanks!

Hey all, my wife and I are making the leap into home-ownership and therefore need to break our lease. It's available to be rented on 12/15, but we could be out of there earlier, and the rent is $890, but that's also negotiable. Heat not included. A more complete description is in the CL post, but basically it's a really cute 850 sq. foot house with a huge backyard with 2 raised garden beds that my wife and I built this summer. It's right next to the elementary school and right around the corner from Circle Park, 2 blocks away from Olbrich and 2 blocks away from the lake. Here's the link to the landlord. He's a very nice guy, that we've never had a problem with. He's the person to contact for setting up appointments and stuff.

http://www.mccaugheyproperties.com/schenk/property_details.php?prop_id=18

Here's a link to the CL post my wife put up:

http://madison.craigslist.org/apa/1458524529.html

Where can I get essential oils in Madison? Preferably farther on the west side of town but anywhere that has them is fine.

I went to see The 39 Steps at the Overture Center last night. It was hilarious! Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python meets the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I highly recommend it.

Anyway, I just got this in the mail and wanted to pass it on in case you are interested:

(From the Overture Center)

Review of The 39 Steps: http://bit.ly/xYkJE

Now here's something nice you can do for your friends (or yourself, if you want to see it again). Forward this email to anybody you think might like "The 39 Steps" and tell them to use the password LAUGH when they order their tickets. They'll get best available seats for any performance (except Saturday night) for just $19.50.

Lots more about the show, including video from Broadway, is here:

http://bit.ly/3QD7jc

"My neighbor, Sally, recently and unexpectedly died. She lived alone and had 2 cats--nice cats, but used to a quiet home, no kids, no other pets. They are around 10+ years old. She was your typical "cat lady". They are clean and healthy, never go outside. We are not 100% sure if they are caught up on shots--still trying to find the vet. records. Their names are Gus and Ethel-M. :)

If you know of anyone willing to give these cats a good home, they really it. They are in her house still, looking for their "person" to show back up.


Feel free to forward this email on to others you think can help us out.

Beth Hawker
204-1943
ehawker@madison.k12.wi.us "

(I'm just forwarding this on to a larger audience. Please contact Beth)

Hey Madisonians. My friend's mom, who has lived in Madison for as long as I've been alive at least, has gone missing. If you all could keep an eye out for her, it would be really wonderful. Here's what she sent me:

Pamela Clyde (aka Sydney) was last seen on the night of november 6th. she lives on the east side of Madison, near pedro's. She is 5ft tall, 109 pounds, short black hair and brown eyes. Keys, car and cell phone were left at home, but she had a large black handbag. She is not taking her prescribed medications. ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE POLICE 608 266 4275

There's also a news article here, with a picture but not any more information.

Thanks for reading, and please keep my friend in your thoughts if you don't mind. This is really hard on her, on top of an already shitty year.

So I bought a flippy couch (like a futon but more couchy) and I need to pick it up from the place and then haul off my old box spring and mattress and possibly my old loveseat (depends on if I can get that into the other room or not). None of them are in donation-worthy condition so it'd just be to the dump. I may also be getting a chaise (it is the most fantastic thing my ass has ever touched.. i swear). So does anyone have a truck and a couple hours? I can pay you for your time and that'd be awesome. I think the couch is about 130 pounds and I can help shift it, I'm on the first floor, there are no steps and we can pull to within about 10 feet of my back door so it's nothing terribly stressful.

Thanks, Hivemind!

My boyfriends desperation for a job has him begging me to post for him every Wednesday. Cute, huh?

Anyway heres what he's done before: customer service, car service, u-haul coordination, manufacturing, testing of small parts to ensure quality for a laser company, troubleshooting equipment for the same company.

He's looking for really anything at this point. It has to pay somewhere between $12-13/hour at least so he can pay his bills and some place that is pretty decent to work for... his last boss was insane. Let me know ANYTHING you've got, even if it has no relation to what is listed there. He's got some other work experience that I haven't listed. Any ideas for places to check are appreciated too.
 

Thanks so much everyone.
 

My 15-year-old sister really wants to see Owl City at the Majestic but it's sold out. Anyone have any ideas for getting a ticket for her? You can be on the guest list for any Screamin' Cyn Cyn and the Pons show you want, if that's your sort of thing, in return.

When: Saturday, November 14th, 11:59PM
Where: UW Memorial Union Play Circle, Madison, WI

From IMDBThe mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination. Having shot Mike Nelson and his robots into space, Dr. Forrester plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film called, "This Island Earth." He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. And since the guys cannot control when the movie begins or ends, they are forced to witness the true horror that is This Island Earth, an awful movie with a lobster-clawed, bug-eyed creature dressed in slacks. But will this be the ultimate cheese that breaks the boys' spirits? It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth.

Swiped from Cycropia's website (under other workshops):

Intro to Low-flying Trapeze for adults/teens--In MADISON, GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: 5:45-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 6-Feb. 24, 2010 This class will cover the basics of hanging, dangling, flying and floating on single-point, low-flying trapezes and other aerial apparatus. Build strength while having fun; release tension and find length and space in the spine, shoulders and neck. $90 for six week session.

I can swing like a monkey and I want to swing like an astronaut in a gyroscope!

Now I really should get myself into a gym for some preparatory exercise...

awesome hive mind! my 12 year old daughter wants to get into acting. Does anyone know of upcoming auditions? Theatre classes? Decent local agents?

Thanks!