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Things are getting messy in Bemidji. [full story]

Citing frustrated housekeepers and the high cost of cleaning up messes, the Innkeepers of the Bemidji Area advised pizza parlors this week that they will charge 50 cents for every box delivered to their hotels, starting Sunday.

"I've had housekeepers break down and cry," said Jerry Bialke, general manager of the Best Western Bemidji Inn. "We have had brand new chairs that had pizza mooshed in them. Pizza all over the walls. Pizza debris in the pool.

Mooshed?

Back in the heady dot-com days, the company I work for built a super fancy conference room. It had some kind of crazy expensive fabric wallpaper in it. Man, it looked sweet.

When the room was finished, a note went out reminding people not to smear food on the walls, as they would be difficult to clean. At the time, I thought it kind of a strange thing to say, but after reading about the pizza problems in Bemidji, I have a whole new perspective. Who knew that people really did that stuff?

On a non-food-wall-confrontation note, I saw the Mighty Wind movie last Friday. Despite having to sit in the balcony of the Uptown - note: hard seats make my butt hurt - it still was a hoot and a half.

Your mission: go out and see it.