Top Ten 2007
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The Works
Comedy All's Well That Ends WellAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCymbelineLove's Labours LostMeasure for MeasureThe Merry Wives of WindsorThe Merchant of VeniceA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingPericles, Prince of TyreTaming of the ShrewThe TempestTroilus and CressidaTwelfth NightTwo Gentlemen of VeronaWinter's Tale History Henry IV, part 1Henry IV, part 2Henry VHenry VI, part 1Henry VI, part 2Henry VI, part 3Henry VIIIKing JohnRichard IIRichard III Tragedy Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensTitus Andronicus
Shake ‘n’ Shake
And of course, Bloomington is the home of Steak 'N Shake.
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance proudly calls Bloomington, IL. their corporate headquarters and home. Ask for a tour!
Beer Nuts
Bloomington is the home of Beer Nuts. Visit the official Beer Nuts Company web site for information regarding a trip to the factory.
Original W Chicken Salad Recipe
Ed & Sammy's Chicken Salad 1. Mix the following in a large bowl. 3- Chicken Breasts, boiled and shredded 3- Green Onions, chopped 1 pkg.- Sliced Almonds 1/4 C.- Sesame Seeds 1 can- Sliced Water Chestnuts 2. Mix the following and pour over chicken mixture 4 T.- Sugar 2 t.- Salt 1/2 t.- Pepper 4 T.- White Wine Vinegar 1/4 C.- Salad Oil 3. Mix with shredded lettuce and top with noodles before serving 2 small- or 1 large- Head of Lettuce 1 can- Chow Mein Noodles
Faster, Pussycat! Blend! Blend!
BLEND I drank the best chopped-ice confections of my generation, whirring blades rending pistachio hearts to silken nectar, dragging myself through the Baymont hallways looking for a whipped-cream fix, sweat-headed hipsters yearning for the heavenly connection to the mic box, slammed and slamming, contemplating haiku. Rend? No, Blend. NO! Chop! Grate! Grind! Stir! Puree! Whip! Mix! Frappé! LIQUEFY! William Shakespeare! I'm with you in Bloomington where you're hotter than I am I'm with you in Normal where you must feel very strange I'm with you in Bloomington in my dreams you walk dripping from Lake Clinton to the door of [...]
Strawberries
"Are you Keefer? Or do you make this inquiry because you know it is you who is responsible for the lost liquor?" - Edqueeg
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Delightfully Pretentious
Very well said... "I would just like to say how truly delightful it is to belong to this pretentious intellectual commune. We each specialize in some talent that the normal population would find annoying and snotty. Yet, we all applaud as we give to the group based on our abilities and take from the group what we need. A bit of legal mumbo jumbo here, a bit of poetic gobbledygook there. Throw in a little management speak and some techno babble and everyone is having a good time." - Debra Dicke