Land of Lincoln

The other day I realized that I knew nothing about my new state besides the fact that it is nicknamed "The Land of Lincoln".

Sad, huh?

So I did a little research and found a few fun things:

-- Three presidents have been residing in Illinois when elected to office (Lincoln, Grant and Obama)

-- The state bird is the Northern Cardinal

-- Several former Governors have been brought up on corruption charges (including Blagojevich)

--The word "Illinois" is a modern spelling of the French explorers word for the people of Illinois. (Alini8ek being one of the original spellings meaning "the men")

-- The Associated Press determined that Illinois is the "most average state" (I believe it, it is pretty average most the time)

-- There is more to the state than Chicago, but no one talks about it.

It's so weird calling myself a resident of this state. I guess a part of me will always reside in MI. After all, Illinois doesn't have this:

or this

or this


But it is still pretty fun. They even hosted the world's fair! I guess I will have to give IL a little more time. You should too! Check it out here!






Happy Birthday Moi!!!!!