Krazy Pic 1 At last!!  A believable excuse for me that I can live with!!  See KP1.3Apr

Krazy Pic 2 The Japanese (right language?) are always SO polite.  This has got to be the most delicate and polite request I’ve ever seen! See KP2.3Apr

April Fools!  I laughed SO HARD!!  Such fun – and very clever (the ‘silent letters’ on the 3rd word really got me!)   April Fools’ Prank by a 4th grade teacher – he does this so well!!  See Teacher.AF.Prank.  Thanks to Anita Dixon for the alert.

12 People With 34 Entries That’s the up-to-the-minute (as of 4/2/17) status of entries into the Drawing for a FREE BOOK on May 31.  For details – and a reminder of the ways you can earn entries – see FreeBookDrawing.

Brain Teasers!  Snagged a couple of BTs from back in ’15 and brought them back.  New Bonus also.  See MarAprBTs.

April Birthdays  The April birthdays start TODAY.  See the list at AprBDs. (Remember that one of the ways you can EASILY earn an entry in the Book Drawing is to send in your BD and address!)

When Counting is More than Counting Lots of real-world questions begin with “how many . .?” and you can’t always count to answer them.  This week’s column relates an experience I had in a restaurant, and connects it to the (math) classroom. If you’re interested, see Counting.

Thought for the Week

Sometimes I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

Oscar Wilde