GaryIndianaGaryIndianaGaryIndiana.....

That's from Music Man for those that were wondering. The only words to the song are Gary Indiana said about 20,000,000 times.

Two shots Out of Bounds and three putts rimmed out - so there's 7 strokes that shouldn't have been there. I'm happy though with my game.

From I-80, once we get around Chicago and the Mob - we enter Indiana. The "Unknown Time Zone" state... the "Pi=3.14" State. How come all the bad rumors link back to Indiana? All they want to do is play basketball.

Indiana means literally "Land of the Indians" It ranks 38th in Area, but 15th in Population. It was also the 19th state to join the Union.

Indiana is divided physically by the Wabash River running from the NE (by Ohio) to the SW (by Illinois). To the south, the border between Indiana and Kentucky is mapped by the Ohio River. Northern Indiana is farmland, southern Indiana is a mixture of farmland and forest.

Indiana is 86% White - with a majority of them being German-American and 82% of Indiana is Christian (62% Protestant).

A large percentage of Indiana's income is from Manufacturing. The NW part of Indiana is the largest steel producing area in the country.

Indiana has been a Red State since 1968 when it comes to voting for the president. It's polls are always the first to close on Election Day and is almost always the first state to be declared a win for the Evil Republican Empire.

Indiana has many Universities to boast - Indiana University, Indiana State, Purdue, Ball State (you always wondered where they were from I bet), Holy Cross College, Saint Joseph's College, Valparaiso, and of course the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

2006 was a monumental year in which Indiana passed a bill to start officially observing Daylight Savings like the rest of the country.

Famous People from Indiana: Larry Bird, Jim Davis (Garfield cartoons), Benjamin Harrison and William Henry Harrison - both US Presidents..... did you know we had two Presidents named Harrison????, Michael Jackson, Bobby Knight, David Letterman, Cole Porter, John Mellencamp, and everyone's favorite Axl Rose!!!

State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Peony
State Tree: Tulip Tree
State Motto: "We'll get them next year"

Um..... that's more than you'll ever need to know about Indiana.

Song of the Day - I had some good workout music this morning which inspired me to my "halfway point" in running... I'm now at 1.5 miles in about 15 and 1/2 minutes... still trying to get back to my 5K (3.1 miles) in 30 minutes. I'm well on my way. As for the music, Shostakovich's 5th Symphony is good to work out to. I'm probably the only person that likes to listen to Classical Music when I work out. Oh well - whatever works is what I'm going with!

Video of the Day - There were a lot of movies with Indiana ties.... included are of course Hoosiers, A League of Their Own, Rain Man, Natural Born Killers, Blue Chips (think of Nick Nolte and Shaq), A Christmas Story, and of course my favorite and pick for the VOTD: RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!!! It was that role that wrapped up the decision to make him into Sam, the loyal Hobbitt in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Webpage of the Day - New Russian car that looks pretty sweet.... enjoy!