I am CuTRis

I found this draft I  made back in February of 2010. I drew the picture (during a staff meeting) of the ALC administrators, when I worked at the school district. I decided not to publish it back then because "they" were trying to tell me I couldn't blog. Now I don't work there so here it is 4 and a half years later. Who are these two people? I'm not particularly talented at drawing, so it could be lots of people. I drew this picture of two people, for no particular reason. The interesting part about it is that while these people may resemble certain individuals who may play a role in my daily activities, they also resemble certain individuals from my past work with the county. How is it that this unlikely duo, could reemerge in the guise of two unique, new individuals, yet share many of the same traits as those from the past? In some ways, it is freaky. I'm in a new place in a new time and "poof!" I'm "transported back to another time a...

“Well I was just warming up my coffee so I’m not sure.” Sigh… “In the past that was all done by someone I didn’t like.” “I think my coffee is a little bit cold again.” “I have some slips to look at.” “I guess I’ll go to the microwave.” “Maybe I’ll walk around and act important.” “I can make noises that sounds like I was working.” Sigh… “I have to make a call.”

Click picture to enlarge: Click "back" to go back Doesn't this "Outlook guy" look like Rob Morrow ?

I seem to have a lot of readers from Turkey recently. Hello Turkey!

CuTRis May Have Trained as a Velociraptor UnAssociated Press August 28, 2014 New information from somewhere indicates that CuTRis May have trained as a Velociraptor in the late Cretaceous Period ; while he was time traveling . This could explain why the now converted CuTRis is actively involved in the The American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention . Every year, a number of people fall victim to Velociraptor attacks. This is unfortunately due to people being unprepared for such attacks. Groups like The American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention are hoping to change that.

Periodically I feel that I must write about the injustices in the world. However, after returning from my walk in the park just now, I have decided to let go of some of the horrors of the world. God can sort through the rubbish of humanity if he chooses to. I am choosing to drop off a load of negativity and focus on the positive. It is a lesson that has come directly from the beautiful weather, the woods I walked through and a small toad and yellow flower. This day is truly a blessing and I will not let it be spoiled by politics.

There is a new place now for the pathetically inept . Those who formerly didn't fit anywhere—who could only vent their frustration by plotting and carrying out the mass murder of defenseless school children, can now join radical Muslim groups such as ISIS . Radical Islam is inviting to these people with low self-esteem, poor social skills, and a lack of intellectual and physical prowess. In the past, these individuals may have found their depraved outlet by the mass shooting of defenseless school children. But now, thanks to terrorist organizations, they are able to take their warped vendettas into backward regions of the Earth where they can team up with other pathetic losers. Unfortunately, many of these worst excuses for humanity are coming from Europe and the U.S. The prime suspect for the murder of James Foley is thought to have been a rapper from London. With a father facing federal terrorism charges in the U.S. and a family banned from Egypt, he decided to give rap a ...

Here is an idea and feel free to say whether you think it is a good one or not. Once the man who beheaded James Foley is captured, how about feeding him to wild pigs? I mean if ISIS is truly the baddest of the bad, wouldn't it be a pretty appropriate response? The obvious disregard for decency and life is shocking, but unfortunately if one looks back into history it is nothing new. Mankind has a bloody and cruel and violent past and in many ways, that has not changed much. It is an unfortunate commentary on humanity and especially on certain segments—particularly those who hide behind religion to satisfy their immorality. “War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” — William T. Sherman

As regrettable as it is that young black men have been in the news for being shot by police, the likelihood of a young black man dying at the hands of another young black man is far higher. This should be considered by those who say a disproportionate amount of African-Americans are arrested as opposed to whites. If the implication is that more white people should be arrested to even up the percentages, that is asinine . Arrests should be based on crime and not color. We already are supposed to mark our race on job applications before we are hired. Do we need to do the same before a police officer can decide if it is okay to arrest us?

I saw a sign the other day that said "1 out of 4 traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers." This is truly startling; though even more concerning is that means 3 out of 4 traffic deaths are caused by sober people.

Not sure what to do with that canned ham you got last Christmas? Send it to ISIS! Nothing says how you feel, quite like giving a terrorist a Christmas pork product.

I saw this Green Heron this morning while fishing.

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Coffee Warming Basics: Is 30 Seconds Enough? Directing Without Knowledge Managing on a Shoestring Budget How to Lose Customers by Being Cheap The Smoke Break: How to Make it Last Pretending You Are Smart Blame Shifting for Beginners Doing Nothing When it Counts the Most How to Make Noises that Sound Like You Worked Hard Leaning on the Desk and Sighing: How to Emphasize What You Haven't Said

Send some psychic payback with me at Noon today!

By now you likely heard about the gruesome murder of reporter James Foley in Syria. You likely think it is horrible as I do. You probably think you can't do anything about it. Is that really true? Here is my proposal. Tomorrow, August 22, 2014 at 12:00 PM (Noon) Central Daylight Savings Time (Use St. Paul, Minnesota on the time converter) I ask that you join me in wishing bad things to those directly responsible for the beheading of James Foley. Click Here for the Time Converter , so that we can all be directing our combined negative thoughts simultaneously. I will pursue this activity for five minutes; from 12:00 to 12:05. Now I don't know if it will work, but wouldn't it scare you a little if you were the target(s)? Who exactly are the targets you might ask? When dealing with Karma , I'm inclined to think that the directions will be correct if you just focus on "those who killed James Foley." It could be that the spirit of James Foley might be able to hel...

Banana s are good but when they get overripe, they usually get thrown away or made into banana bread. Recently I cut one lengthwise and fried it in a little oil with a shake of cinnamon on top. Wow was I surprised at how good that was!

Tit for tat

Go home now. You are putting everyone in danger. Don't be too dumb to stop before you die. Let the FBI do their job. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/18/ferguson-national-guard-michael-brown-jay-nixon/14219621/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/19/officer-supporters-ferguson-shooting/14259993/

Picture a baby bird in a nest. The bird keeps saying, Corn! … Corn! … Corn! … Whydon’tchamakesome Corn! …

I've been noticing a lot of two issues. One is drivers running red lights and the other is people throwing their garbage (littering) on the ground or in lakes. When I wake up in the morning, I can see trash on the street and on the lawns of myself and my neighbors. Apparently it is our responsibility to clean up after the steady stream of people who walk from the apartments at the end of the block—through our neighborhood to the convenience store and back all day and all night. Now to my morning fishing excursions. In the past few days, I have fished out of the lake, bait containers, fishing line, pop cans, beer bottles, cigarette packs and other assorted trash. Much of this is likely from people fishing from the pier. I'm not sure why people who like to fish, like to do so amidst a pile of garbage, but apparently it is also my responsibility to clean up their trash from the lake where they tossed it. Bringing me now to the second part of my rant. Every day, I notice on avera...

As I walked back to my car from this morning's fishing, two large Labrador s ran at me barking aggressively. Meanwhile the guy they arrived with was back at his truck where my car was. I know dogs and am comfortable around dogs and I stood still until the guy finally looked my direction. "Call your dogs off!" I yelled. I heard some noise as the dogs had some sort of mechanized collars. Then the guy yelled back, "They're friendly!" My response was, "They didn't act like it." Well the guy was all smiles and asked me how fishing was. I was brief with him because let's face it, not everyone is comfortable with a large dog (or in this case two) running and barking aggressively at them. I know people who would have been terrified and he should be more careful with his "friendly dogs" in a public park.

We visited the Lutz Railroad Garden yesterday.

I found this little guy crawling up the side of my house Sunday morning.

Whoever owns this pickup was having a bad day yesterday. I saw this on south 35W at the Minnesota River.

Groove d Pavement

No, I'm sure the water isn't radioactive ...

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As I drove out of the parking lot where I was fishing this morning, I noticed a sign that said, "Buckle up, we value your life!" I couldn't help but think about the news I heard this morning that Robin Williams took his own life . Since the age of 13 when my friend Steve committed suicide , I have realized the devastating effects of such an act and how it scars the friends and family of the person who caused his or her own death. How tragic, when people who want to live, die prematurely. My Boy Scout friend, Joe, died last month unexpectedly. My friend Charlie died a couple of years ago of failing health. Both of these people were age 50 and neither wanted to go so soon. A horrible headline last week told of a 12-year-old who stabbed to death a 9-year-old on a playground in Michigan. Yesterday an argument at a gas station (a few miles from where I was at the time) ended in a man shooting his companion to death. In fact, every day there is death and murder both near and f...

On the outside looking in, most of us don't know what really happened in the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Obviously someone is lying . This is very destructive in this case—especially if the police officer was in the right. That is because a segment of the population has already made up their minds and the truth is not going to be accepted if it contradicts their agenda. What is left out of the story can be just as devastating as a lie. If I told you that a man pooped in the park, you would likely feel disgusted by the news. Yet if I told you that he had actually used the restroom at the park, this added information would likely remove any disapproval. What we say or how much we choose to disclose, can be as devastating as lying. The police say the young man was fighting for control of the officer's gun. Others say the youth was surrendering. What I do know, is that the so-called, civil rights protesters who are now rioting, looting and vandalizing , a...

No sooner had CuTRis pulled out his camera phone to photograph the suspicious activity, than someone really fast put up a sign behind him!

No Train Horn Fed to Giant Gerbil in North Korea UnAssociated Press August 8, 2014 No Train Horn, the noted nuclear physicist from North Korea , had nearly finished his life's work. It was a bomb that would single out and destroy only Americans . Unfortunately for No, the supreme leader, Kim Jong-butt became so paranoid that No Train would make a bomb that would eliminate only Kim Jong-butt, that the supreme leader had the physicist killed by feeding him to a giant, starving gerbil . The huge gerbil is said to have eaten Horn in 12 minutes. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the demise of No Train Horn. This sign, is said to mark the exact spot where the giant man-eating gerbil pooped a half an hour later. It is the only known memorial dedicated to the memory of No Train Horn.

I I saw this Red-tailed Hawk today while out walking.

I'm taking a big risk today. I'm eating spaghetti while wearing a white shirt.

Once upon a time there was an adventurous man named Johnny , who lived on the North side of a Mini-Apple. He didn't play by the rules that the backhanders used. Johnny was too enlightened to pretend that those who were gunned down in the streets were all saints—the way the media types represented them. He preferred to tell the truth as it was written in public records and even by those involved themselves—in social media. For this Johnny became a target of the dark side and those who preferred politics over correctness. How much better it appeared to the masses that the poor victim of last night's shooting was not mentioned in the news as being affiliated with a den of thieves or another from parts unknown, being shown with the gang that stood staring through the smoking of the gun. It sounded better to portray them all as "innocent victims" —even though in the book, their faces showed their true colors. But the saddest thing of all was that the politicians and thu...

CuTRis Threatens Sign Stealer UnAssociated Press August 6, 2014 In the most recent scandal involving CuTRis , he has been accused of threatening to shoot a man who was removing a gun control sign from his yard. Apparently CuTRis threatened to shoot the man for stealing the sign. Thinking that CuTRis meant to shoot him with a gun, the perpetrator ran to police who intervened on his behalf. By this time, CuTRis , was holding his slingshot , and was apprehended without incident. Fearing for his safety, the unnamed sign stealer declined to press charges after seeing YouTube video of CuTRis using his slingshot to shoot a rock through a playing card that was tossed into the air inside of an Old West saloon back in 1867. This apparently was accomplished some time ago... or in the future; when CuTRis was involved in time travel . CuTRis was not available for comment after the incident.

Tonight is National Night Out . I'm happy to say, my neighborhood will be out tonight. Last year we weren't (at least as a neighborhood). As we join together this evening to take a bite out of crime, there are several, recent, news stories about gun violence and police officers (among others) being shot at. Tomorrow will mark the funeral services for Officer Scott Patrick who was murdered during a traffic stop last week. I know, all the pro-gun advocates will be saying that Officer Patrick should have had a gun of his own—and then he would never have been shot. They will also say that the bad guys will have guns anyway, even if the guns are "taken away from" the good guys. All of this is neither here nor there to Officer Patrick, his family, or the others who have been killed or have lost loved ones due to senseless gun violence. I know Americans love their guns. I am also weary of seeing and hearing stories about yet another person being killed; day after day.....

Who knew Xena was so small?

I was out a bit later than usual last evening—attending a training session for some new video equipment I will be working with. So I was asleep when my alarm went to off this morning. In fact, I remember that I was dreaming about F Troop and Sergeant O'Rourke was explaining to some officer why he wasn't worthy of a promotion—which of course would take him away from O'Rourke Enterprises . Standing where I was in that dream, I could have been Corporal Agarn !

Three days this week, my urban fishing ventures have been thwarted ! It can really only mean one thing... the forces of Eeeevil have unleashed an insidious plot designed to prevent me from enjoying the short minutes of pleasure that fishing affords me! It all started three days ago when I was delayed by road construction —costing me valuable time and also a morning's worth of fishing. The very next day, I had ample time—but was unable to find access to a new lake I wanted to try; because of all the expensive houses and giant business campuses surrounding it. Again, I ran out of time searching. When I finally decided to try a different lake, I was once again, the victim of road resurfacing. The access to the parking area was blocked. Today, I tried again. I was attempting to gain access to a park with a fishing pier on a lake I fish frequently. I was stopped by a closed gate and security guard sitting on a golf cart. The guard told me the park was closed. Apparently the park is ...