It's now 11:34 am and I'm still waiting for Betty B. to call me (as she usually does on April Fool's Day) and say, "You should come over here and see the moose I have standing in the yard by the clothesline." It cracks me up everytime. It's like clockwork, and I love it.

Left turn. googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

Looking for something to do on a Thursday on the 1st of April? Come on down to Sven and Ole's and tickle your brain cells on a round of trivia. Tonight @ 7pm. Hope to see ya there.

Not sure if you've noticed, but there are a number of listings with new prices that may deserve a second look. www.backlundrealty.com  Just scroll down.

The cool picture of Betsy Bowen's Studio on the Home page was taken by Stephan Hoglund www.stephanhoglundphotography.com/c/stephanhoglund See below for more info on this structure.

Some quick history on the above. www.backlundrealty.com/bm/blog/grand-marais-wednesday-february-11-2009.shtml

My wife's brother Brian sent this today. 
I'm probably the last person on earth to read it, but I thought it was a good story to share.

Lipstick in School

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington
was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were
beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was
fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips
to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.

Every night the maintenance man would remove them, and the next day
the girls would put them back.

Finally, the principal decided that something had to be done. She
called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance
man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem
for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just
imagine the yawns from the little princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked
the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and
cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on
the mirror.

There are teachers -- and then there are educators.

Opps, I almost forgot the trivia freebie of the week. What's the most common non contagious disease in the world? This one is worth an easy 7 pts. Good luck search'n and thanks Suzy Q. for the heads up on the forgotten trivia freebie.

Bored? Nothing to do? Just start at the top of the list.  www.backlundrealty.com/bm/blog/activities/things-to-go-do.shtml