i don't want to mirror amy's site...
but i must spread luv for:
naughtysecretaryclub.com
check out girl friday fashions...i think someone should get a fuzzy kitty purse...
and i don't mean dave.

Two things: check out #45 and thank the world for my home state and ain't #13 creepy?
I'm realizing that I never really was unhappy about being from Indiana and now, I'm pretty proud of it.

1. After all, Swayzee, Indiana is truly the only Swayzee in the World.
2. Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925. (French Lick, Indiana)
3. The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where David Letterman attended.
4. The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921. 25 mph!! Just Cruising!
5. An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.
6. The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
7. There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States. One is in the White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana.
8. Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
9. The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest.
10. One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
11. The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Crosby-Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
12. Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.
13. Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.
14. Fort Wayne, Indiana Library houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
15. Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
16. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.
17. Indianapolis has the most Interstate legs in the U.S. earning it the title of "Crossroads of America".
18. The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.
19. The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
20. Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier from Ft. Wayne) honeymooned at
Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
21. The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.
22. Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
23. Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
24. Purdue Alumnus Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.
25. U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).
26. Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
27. The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
28. The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County, Indiana.
29. There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
30. La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning Courthouses.
31. Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
32. Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the World where Crinoids are found.
33. The Lincoln Museum in Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana, contains the world's largest
private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos.
34. Buffalo roamed in Indiana at the Needmore Buffalo Farm in Harrison County.
35. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre". A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
36. St. Meinrad Arch Abbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2 arch abbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. Abbey Press is an operation of the arch abbey.
37. A Buzz Bomb (German - WW I I), believed to be the only one on public display in the Nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.
38. You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get here???????)
39.Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)
40. Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
41. Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana.
42. John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
43. Indiana has one of the highest-rated scholastic rankings in the United States.
44. The much sought after "antique" Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.
45. 90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
46. The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.
47. Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
48. The birthplace of the automobile, pneumatic rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel, the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo Indiana.

Thank you to Erin2 who signed my guestbook AND put a dot on my map!
There's no such thing as bad press.
Lizard dissection is going well...5th day IN A ROW.
I'm doing it under a microscope, so, my eyes are going batty.
This makes me sad, but happy...my lizard frollicking and free!
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