I am CuTRis

After visiting the Walker Art Center , I have to say that almost everything I saw in the galleries appeared to be garbage. By that, I mean trash that was painted or shellacked. There was also a gray painting that was simply gray paint with no picture. Is this really art? Really? Shellac in the Box

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CuTRis Sues Fiji Water Girl UnAssociated Press February 1, 2019 The UAP is reporting that CuTRis is suing the Fiji Water Girl for using a crayon drawing of him ( CuTRis ) without his consent; because it made him feel really really really upset and stuff!

After (most) schools were closed in the Twin Cities for snow and cold, they reopened today. Morning temperatures were around -28 degrees Fahrenheit (-33C) and the highs were also below zero. Wind chills were sometimes -50F.

Up until I had my first phone problem, I would have said Metro by T-Mobile was a great phone company. However, their customer service is designed to wear you down. They tell you over and over "I will put you on hold for less than 2 minutes"--and then they come back (usually) in 10. They never follow-up and when I wanted a credit for spending 9 hours and buying a new phone (I didn't need) that didn't solve the problem, they refused. Obviously they like the money better than my business. Update: Feb. 12, 2019 Somewhere, somehow my dissatisfaction ended up being noticed by Kevin G. who finally listened to me and made great strides in setting things right!

...HISTORIC COLD EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... Wind chills are expected to fall to 25 below to 35 below zero today. Dangerous wind chills of 45 below to 65 below zero are expected for most of the period from Tuesday night through Thursday morning. This is a life-threatening situation for those spending any prolonged period outdoors without proper clothing. A Wind Chill Warning is in effect from Tuesday through Thursday morning area wide. Record low temperatures are possible in the Twin Cities Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. The record for Wednesday is 30 below zero and the record for Thursday is 27 below zero. In addition, brisk winds today will lead to areas of blowing snow across western and southern Minnesota. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect in these areas from 6 AM to 6 PM today.

I spent an entire Sunday trying to get my text messaging fixed. I wiped my phone (and all my data) in the attempt and even purchased a new phone. I still cannot send texts and no resolution or credit to my account... Is it time to say goodbye to Metro PCS now too?

For some reason, Cub decided (a few years ago) to stop carrying Andy's Yellow fish breading. So now I buy it at Mills Fleet Farm ; because that Louisiana crap is not nearly as good.

I asked if I could wear it and they said I couldn't touch it...

What will President Trump say at the State of the Union address? "I broke it?" I doubt it. Is the American public still "agreeing with him" as he keeps saying? I doubt it. Are the gun fanatics still behind him? Almost certainly, yes. Because after all, what else matters?

Put 20 people in a room for a worthless meeting for over an hour, what does that cost in lost productivity?

"Because we need a good 17th century solution to our 21st century immigration problem."

Man Shuts Down Government to Prevent Terrorists from Crossing Border UnAssociated Press January 7, 2019 It just might work! People try to get into the USA for paying jobs and the government is one of the largest employers...

Being eaten by a velociraptor is no laughing matter. January is Velociraptor Awareness Month! https://www.velociraptors.info/

Apparently today is National Spaghetti Day .

Oh my gosh! The Leftenant was right! There is a right way to eat lefse !

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Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! (Disclaimer: If I just offended you that is really your problem and not mine.)

President Trump wants to build a wall between the USA and Mexico. He said Mexico would pay for it. Now if he doesn't get the money (from US taxpayers), he is threatening to shutdown the government. I'm old enough to remember the Berlin Wall . I really don't want that to happen again. I like being able to buy a cantaloupe that came from Mexico when it is winter in Minnesota.

CuTRis Pays 'Hush Money' to Trump UnAssociated Press December 14, 2018 President Donald Trump 's former attorney Michael Cohen while responding to Trump's attacks following his sentencing, said that CuTRis offered hush money to Trump just yesterday! When questioned about this, CuTRis admitted that he had offered President Trump $5 if he would just shut-up. CuTRis also said it was a very bad investment; because though he took the money, Trump has not yet stopped talking, tweeting or boasting about his alleged superhero powers.

In my opinion, the problem with most voters in the USA is that they cast their votes based on one single issue that they hold to be the highest in importance. If that is to protect gun ownership at any cost, then so be it. A kindly, elderly, neighbor from a blue-collar background who always voted Republican once told me it was because of the abortion issue. That was the single reason she voted Republican. Since I think both the liberals and the conservatives are full of crap, I tend to vote for candidates based on numerous issues. I can't follow party lines, because neither the Democrats or Republicans represent my own personal views. I might agree with one side on one issue and disagree on another. I think for most people, it's easier. They only need to consider a single issue and not look at the bigger picture. But that, I think, is why politics is such a polarized shit-show in the USA.

I'm always a bit stunned by the overzealous liberals I see in the world--who are "in it" to prove to the world that they are more liberal than all "those other (white) people;" you know the ones... the others who think for themselves instead of lining up behind the latest racial inequality group or immigration protestors. Not that the conservatives who want to shoot anyone who "crosses the border illegally," are any better. Except that they might be more truthful in their motives. I recently watched as an ethnic minority alerted neighbors to the fact that they would be observing a cultural funeral tradition and to please excuse the extra cars parked on the street. Not being a far-left liberal, I thanked them for the information and expressed my condolences for the loss. The liberal neighbors said nothing. However, I'm pretty sure that if someone had said that Black Lives Matter would be marching through the neighborhood, the same neighbors would...

I think my wife got this from her mother. I'm not exactly sure what kind of fruit it is, but it looks like a butt.

The hardest thing I ever did was to leave my family, my friends, my house, my job and my band when I moved out east in 2003 to Providence, RI. When I realized that the dream had fallen apart and I was truly unhappy, I did the second hardest thing. I packed up and moved back home to Minnesota; and had to rebuild my life from scratch. It was hard. Some friends were aloof now and told me I had "made a mistake." But it wasn't a mistake. It was merely a step. One day as I was next to a stream in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge (Louisville Swamp) I saw two Bald eagles tumbling through the sky at breakneck speed. I lowered my spotting scope and watched amazed as they cleared the top of my head by perhaps 10 feet--and I still remember the sound, like a kite in the wind, as their feathers cut across the air above me. And then I realized how blessed I was and I rebuilt my life. All the ties that had been toxic or holding me back were severed. Those that meant something were re...

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Just enough to plow Just enough to make it white Very slippery —KJC

It has been a difficult week. My father-in-law is in the hospital. My wife has been sick a couple of days from work as well. And now, she has gone to the hospital to be with her dad. I am home with my son. Things don't look good for my father-in-law. He is an honorable man who moved his family out of a war zone. I am saddened, yet I am happy to have learned from him this one thing. We do not have to change our behavior based on the actions of others. He has always done what he thought was right—in spite of the actions of other people. That is a rare and wonderful trait. I asked my wife to let him know this just in case this is the last of his time here on Earth.

One of the parties seems to be a little more diverse than the other.

Don Frederick, WWII

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/california-shooting-intl/index.html Hold onto 5 or 6 of your guns tightly and thank God that you live in good ol' America so you can have as many as you want with no way to track them (the way we do with automobiles and titles). No, there's no gun problem.

Make sure to vote today. But don't get your information from social media. If Facebook says to vote for Vladimir, it might be a clue that you need a more reliable source...

Just in case you think my "No Solicitors" sign doesn't mean you—because you don't think you are selling me anything, let me assure you that the sign almost surely means you. If you are "selling" me your political candidate, your version of religion or most anything else, this sign is certainly there for you. Don't bother putting propaganda garbage in my door either. That is another form of solicitation and it will go straight into the trash.

A large format Smartphone without a phone app.

Well this is a bit awkward...

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Trump Comments on Saudi's UnAssociated Press October 16, 2018    "The Saudi's are great great people! They're very nice and they have a lot of oil. They're good people. That journalist was probably cut into pieces by rogue kitchen knife salesmen."

As I was listening to music through my phone by Bluetooth, I said, "OK Google, EFS Superfly Dragonfly" And then I was playing my song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErbbrC79Pac&index=11&t=0s&list=UUdC0UmjF6WZ4EUXXhHaKl4w

"At least it wasn't #2..."

In light of the Kavanagh hearings, I would like to put some perspective on this ridiculous and embarrassing political dog and pony show. Checkout a real traumatic event. http://www.mnhs.org/historycenter

Christine Blasey Ford's Life Could Have Been Different UnAssociated Press September 28, 2018 Christine Blasey Ford is a 51-year-old California professor and research psychologist in Northern California at Palo Alto University and the Stanford University PsyD Consortium; a clinical psychology program where she teaches statistics, research methods and psychometrics. She has accused Supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh of groping her and trying to take her clothes off when they were both attending high school in Maryland in the early 1980's. She has admitted to being intoxicated, as was Kavanaugh—and has testified that the experience has traumatized her throughout her life. You see, Christine Blasey Ford did not want to become a professor and research psychologist. She had originally wanted to become a homeless drug addict. It is a well known fact, that no high school student has ever been traumatized; especially during an unsupervised, underage drinking party. It is also w...

Trump's Ego UnAssociated Press September 27, 2018 Shortly after Donald Trump's press conference yesterday, his ego began to grow substantially! Thinking that he had outsmarted everyone in the world (again), Trump's ego began to expand at an exponential rate! Just when the nation's capitol was about to be crushed by the giant ego, someone yelled,     "Hey! Isn't that the guy with the tiny hands ???" Suddenly, the enormous ego began to shrink. It shrank and shrank until it no longer posed a threat to the population of the USA. At least for the moment.

More Kavanaugh Accusers UnAssociated Press September 25, 208 More Kavanaugh Accusers have come forward in the last 25 hours. Details are sketchy at this time, but it appears that two more women, a man, three Doberman pinchers and a squirrel were all involved in a drunken orgy with the beleaguered Supreme Court nominee; while they were at band camp 36 years ago. Not since the Clarence Thomas hearings has there been such a ruckus over a nominee and his alleged sexual exploits.

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Two days ago, my wife decided to buy our new goldfish and took my son to the pet store. They bought four and there was also a tiny, Rosy Red Minnow that somehow got into the bag with the other fish. The poor little fish swam quickly around the tank; but unfortunately lasted only until the next evening before dying suddenly. My young son was sad. He had named the fish, "Butt-Spindell." My son likes trains. He especially likes the Thomas and Friends trains. Frequently, he likes to quiz me on the characteristics of the Thomas and Friends engines. I unfortunately, am not very good at this, so I created the "Flippin-Rock and the Masters of the Universe" train collection. These trains were my invention and came from my mind, so I now had a chance of scoring in the train games! My wife told our son that I was just making this all up. That, however, did not dissuade him from joining in and making even more characters! Besides Flippin-Rock, who is the main character...

Deep down, she had to know that this was not the highlands of Laos. It must be evident on some level that the "emergency" of housing aging, sickly parents for one night while plumbing repairs were waiting, would be to simply buy them a room at a local motel. But the 1000-year-old doctrine was clear. They must be housed inside the home of a close relative. Even if that meant an uncomfortable bed or needing to climb up and down stairs and no chance of escaping the fire-escape if it was ever needed. She had her 1000-year-old reasons why it had to be done in the most difficult, laborious and time-consuming manner possible. Convenience was a thing for Americans. It was not how it was done in her culture — even if it was the better choice. In fact, even though he was not a Hmong, his idea to house them comfortably in a motel room was a grievous insult! One that would be handled in the "old way." With lengthy, passive aggressive tactics. Closing communication and sulkin...

There are people who do work, and there are people who talk about doing work.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/most-dramatic-quotes-from-bob-woodwards-new-book-about-trump.html A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -Edward Abbey

http://www.startribune.com/judge-rejects-motion-to-seal-medical-records-in-trial-for-officer-who-killed-justine-ruszczyk-damond/492518991/ http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-face-questions-about-noor-s-fast-track-training/436057173/

Is it "offensive" to have an opinion or to ask people to be responsible for themselves? Maybe this was not a good topic to headline a funeral, but it might be good to examine the argument for social value. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/08/31/aretha-franklin-eulogist-reverend-jasper-williams/1165386002/