I am CuTRis

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We recorded "Someday Soon."

The darndest thing happened. St. Paul just cleaned up that big mess they made on our corner! After I sent them that link to my blog about it too. Now I really do have to say "thanks!"

Sunday is the last game of the season for the Minnesota Vikings . After a pretty horrible season, rooky quarterback, Joe Webb brought fans some hope by leading the team to a 24-14 victory over the Philadelphia eagles and Michael Vick on Tuesday. So why is there talk about putting Brett Favre back in as starting quarterback? Can the Vikings look to the future instead of the past? Can they do it just once? Maybe the team will have a future if we stop coddling Farve and develop Webb.

We struggle to keep the driveway and sidewalks shoveled and the fire hydrant uncovered and the plows come back on Sundays and on sunny days when it hasn't snowed, and repeatedly plow everything closed. You can see the corner where it was open and now it is up to the top of my wife's head!

We've gotten a lot of snow this winter. Especially when you consider winter has just officially started today. Here is a view of my drive home yesterday afternoon. It was only safe to go about 45 MPH because of how slippery the roads were. I seen one car in the ditch along this stretch of road. Of course, just minutes later, I was stopped in traffic heading toward downtown...

Stores keep advertising Door Buster Sales ! I guess if you bust their door(s) you get a good deal on merchandise. I thought I would try it, so I went to ShopMart and broke the front door. Not only didn't I get a good deal, they called the police! I ran away! I'm not shopping there anymore!

Fourth Metrodome Panel Fails UnAssociated Press December 16, 2010 A fourth roof panel has failed at the Metrodome in Minneapolis . Heavy snow from last weekend had already caused three panels to fail--necessitating the Vikings to find other venues for their last two home games of the season. The Vikings organization has been trying to get a new stadium and only has one more year on their contract in the Metrodome. Inside sources say that during the latest failure of the roof, Vikings owner Zygi Wilf was seen running from the top of the Metrodome's roof with a penknife. This report had not been substantiated at the time of this printing.

We got something like 17" of snow in the Twin Cities on Saturday. Then, it got windy and drifted. Even the roof of the Metrodome collapsed! I spent a lot of time snowblowing and shoveling over the weekend. My wife and I also made homemade eggrolls. Boy were they good after a couple of hours of moving snow!

I had a dental appointment earlier today. I mentioned that I have a "sensitive" tooth, so the hygienist proceeded to jab my tooth and gums around that area with a sharp steel tool... repeatedly jabbing and poking... "There is some inflammation," she said several painful minutes later. "It seems to be bleeding right there." (I couldn't talk because someone was in my mouth with an instrument of torture, but I'm thinking...) Well yeah!!! Do you mean to tell me that jabbing a sharp, metal object into that area repeatedly would cause inflammation and bleeding??? I'm pretty sure it only just started bleeding now... Huh... must be why it hurt so damn bad when you were doing it...

I was remembering back years ago, to when we used to play Foosball between (band) sets over at Dave's house. Now that the weather is cold and we don't want to sit on the patio, I wondered why we ever stopped playing? Then I walked back to where the Foosball table is and I remembered.

Brains are so interesting. I once heard that if you didn't have a brain, you couldn't do anything! Think about that! Ha! You used your brain. If I had to guess, I'd say it was around 16 or 17 years ago that Dave's (now grown-up) daughter, Holly drew these pictures. Dave and I had been playing music and making cable TV shows under the label of No Budget Productions. We had created many strange and wonderful songs, characters and skits. There was no doubt that both of our brains must be somewhat different from that of average people. Kevin's & Dave's Brains Then one day Dave discovered that his young daughter had drawn the exact diagram of each of our brains. He labeled each one, and they've been hanging on the wall of his basement (in our band practice area) ever since. The realism and exactness of these drawings still astounds me! Click photo to enlarge. You can see in the renderings, that Dave's brain is all over the place, yet still contained wi...

I think $449 for Charmin toilet paper is a bit expensive--even if that is for the "convenient 1,000 pack!"

By Kevin J. Curtis, Captain Picard’s Voice: “Captain’s log, Star Date 173498.7. We are in the Commodious System surveying Interstellar Plankton. My First Officer, Commander Riker is experiencing irregularity.” The scene is on the Bridge of the Enterprise., “Are you still unable to go number 2, Number One?” asked Picard. “Negative Captain,” replied Commander Riker. “I’ve tried everything. I’ve even read an entire Romulan screenplay, while I was trying to ‘go,’ and nothing!” “Have you seen Dr. Crusher about this?” asked Picard. “Yes,” replied Riker. “She gave me a hypo-spray, but so far it has not helped me to go number 2.” “That’s highly irregular Number One,” replied the Captain. “Normally Dr. Crusher’s hypos will have a person going number 2 in no time!” “You should try prune juice,” said Mr. Worf. “It is a warrior’s drink!” “You know,” said Picard, “Mr. Worf may have something there. Humans have been using prune juice to facilitate going number 2 for centuries, Number One.” “...

If Minnesota has a budget surplus now, but will have a deficit later (like we were told yesterday), could "we" take the surplus and put it into the bank to use later?

By Kevin J. Curtis “We’re getting the new sign today,” said Harland Butz—owner of what had been known as the Mr. Butz Dairy for well over a century. As the crew took down the old sign and replaced it with the new, Butz Family Dairy, sign, Harland sighed. He looked at the small group of visitors that he was leading in a tour. “I guess that’s the end of an era,” he said. “How come you decided to change the name?” asked one visitor. “That’s a good question,” said Mr. Butz. Then he began to tell the story. “The Mr. Butz Dairy has been in the family for 114 years. While the building has been remodeled, the products and philosophy are largely unchanged. Dairy products such as specialty cheeses, milk and butter are created on site and in view of the visiting public. In fact, the daily tours are a big part of the operation’s success. “The store sells a variety of grocery and convenience store products. Most in demand, however, are the Butz products that are manufactured in the adjoining bui...

Dear Kevin Curtis: We are in receipt of your email concerning your contract for He Who Goes First. As you have indicted that you do not wish to renew the contract, your contract will expire and your book will go out of print on 3/29/2011. This email serves as your written notice of such. Thank you and have a good day, HannahPublishAmerica Supporthannah@publishamerica.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kevin Curtis Sent: Thu 12/02/10 7:59 AM To: PublishAmerica Just in case my previous email wasn't clear, NO I DO NOT WANT TO RENEW MY CONTRACT. Kevin J. Curtis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Curtis To: PublishAmerica Subject: RE: Contract Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:47:15 -0600 Hi PublishAmerica! You guys make me laugh! In July you wanted me to pay you $99 to "return my rights." Now you want me to sign for another 7 years!!! The movie for my book is on hold until after ...