About Illinois

To be honest, I didn't think that Illinois would rank in the top ten states...and we didn't. Let's look over the rankings, because I want to know if you're surprised where out state sits in a ranking of all 50.

Forget about high property taxes, high gasoline taxes, higher unemployment than any of our neighbors, a shrinking population, and crime. We've got a cool new official state mushroom!

There's nothing I love more than reading about celebrity gossip. What comes along with that is learning about the lives of famous people I will probably never meet.

If you're deciding to adopt a pet soon, picking the names can be soooo hard. With all the names you can choose from, it better be a good one!

We use the internet for just about everything. Every time you have a question that nobody can seem to answer you take it to a search engine, right?

No matter where you live, someone is probably going to pronounce the state you live in completely wrong. I've learned to just live with it because it takes too much energy to try and explain the 's' is silent in Illinois.

Five popular songs that you did not know were about Illinois.