I am CuTRis

When someone holds their desire to accumulate material things above their personal relationships, and they refuse to compromise or understand the needs of others, no one wins. If they redirect all arguments back to the person who observes their behaviors, they become destined to feel miserable and make others unhappy as well. If they react with anger and reject logical choices, the issues will never be resolved. If they are passive aggressive, and go against the wishes of others involved, they propagate mistrust. If they refuse to discuss differences calmly, and continue to blame others for their inability to ever be satisfied with what they have, they will never appreciate what good things they overlook every day.

The "dad signal" went up and my wife was shouting about something, and when I asked her what was going on, she had her bug fighting stick, which she says is just to push the plants aside, but I know a bug fighting stick when I see one! She said there was a small rabbit in her garden laying dead on its side by her spinach. I'm the only one who grows spinach, so I told her I didn't want to deal with the dead rabbit. Then I got that look . Because of course I'm supposed to be the one to go deal with it. But then she cracked me up by telling me we should send in a probe! Suddenly I was in a Star Trek episode. I told her to grab a bag and I went and got a stick. I found the rabbit laying next to her carrots, aka, spinach. So I fished it out with the stick and then put it in the bag to put in the garbage. Yay dad!

I've noticed that a favorite tactic of people who are being unreasonable, is to turn the situation back on you and blame you for it. I've also noticed that even if it's unfair and illogical, if you address those things that they keep attributing to you, eventually you become a better and better person and there are less things for them to wrongfully accuse you of.

If you think that having lots of fancy possessions will make you happy, I feel sorry for you.

We never know with certainty whether we are speaking to someone for the last time or not. I remember last conversations with several people--sometimes I was pretty sure it was the last, and sometimes I had no idea that it was. So, it is best to always be kind to others and try to avoid holding grudges. There is a tendency these days, to be mean to one another and it is horrible. It's particularly sad when it is family members or longtime friends. We can't take much into the next realm with us, but we can take our love and our honor.

CuTRis Waiting for Wife UnAssociated Press December 26, 2023 CuTRis was spotted at the Mall of America, waiting for his wife to finish shopping. When asked by UAP reporters what he was doing, he reportedly answered, "rotting."

No matter how well you do something, and how honest and trustworthy you are, there is always someone who revels in undermining the process and spreading discontent. While your immediate response may be outrage, and justifiably so, it's good to remember that this person has a personality deficit, and likes to spread unhappiness. Because regardless of how superior the individual acts, this is a very unhappy person.

Most of the people from my previous job (Note* MNHS laid off half the staff during COVID-19), don't want to talk to me. I find it strange to go from daily interactions to nothing, but hey, people are busy. One, a super liberal, likes to comment on my Facebook when he catches me not being liberal enough. Then he takes the role of smarter-than-me, to try to put me in my place. But white guys in their 50's who talk like Ice-T, don't sound smart to me. And my dislike of ultraliberalism is in no way an endorsement for ultraconservatism. But people don't understand that. Even my best friends don't.

I understand that I'm bald. It actually doesn't bother me. However, I believe that friends should not attack their friends over things like this. Oh I understand that our fickle ass country thinks it's okay to make fun of short people and bald people but boy don't you say anything about someone's sexual orientation or if they're fat! So I'm fine with being bald. In fact, if you haven't noticed I shave my head all the time. I think I look pretty good. So when one of the people who is supposed to be one of my good friends starts attacking me for being bald, I have to wonder why? The only thing I can think of, is that the person maybe doesn't feel good about himself, and it makes him feel a little better if he can make someone else feel bad. That's really not a good thing. And it's not really a good friend either. So that's all I'd like to say about that.

Me: "Will this thing curl my back hair?" Wife: .........

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale. A tale of a Target trip. That started when my wife told me of a few things she must get. Her mate was a logical business man. She got distracted that's for sure She walked inside that Target store for a 3-hour tour. A 3-hour tour. The choices started getting tough. The plastic card got tossed If not for the courage of the store cashier the sales would be lost, the sales would be lost. Her car came home with a lot of stuff. Some of it was good, with flowers and clothes and assorted things, are here from Target's aisles!

It is okay to have open spaces. Likewise, useful items can be in full view. It is not necessary to clutter every inch of space with useless decorations and hide tools at the bottom of drawers. Beauty can exist in simplicity.

I must admit to being fascinated by Christian Apocryphal writings. They often ring true to me. What is it that those who rejected these texts found so unnerving? As I was immersed in the traditions of a male dominated culture a lot this past year, I can imagine that sentiments such as these could be difficult for those who believe one gender should be subservient. -KJC From “The Life of Saint Issa,” Chapter XII, Verses 8-21 8 At this juncture, an old woman who had approached the group, the better to hear Issa, was pushed aside by one of the spies, who placed himself before her. 9 Then Issa held forth: "It is not meet that a son should set aside his mother, taking her place. Whosoever respecteth not his mother, the most sacred being after his God, is unworthy of the name of son. 10 "Listen, then, to what I say unto you: Respect woman, for she is the mother of the universe, and all the truth of divine creation lies in her. 11 "She is the basis of all that is good an...

It wasn't easy living with a bear. The bear didn't talk. It brought things home and stuck them in the way. It would eat certain carefully stocked items until they were completely gone. Sometimes it would take the freshest things first, and leave the older things to get even older. On other days, the bear would bring home huge quantities of fresh food and expired cans of food. It would stash them here and there in the way and then leave them and never use them or look at them again until they started rotting and he had to throw them out. The bear lived like it was by itself. It was constantly moving his things around so that he couldn't find them anymore. He would try to talk to the bear, but often it wouldn't even look at him. He got pretty angry with the bear at times. Like if he just bought eggs and they were very expensive and the bear ate them all up in one sitting, and never replaced them. The bear made messes, and he was always cleaning them up. But even though he...

I put Preen in the rocks, then I sprayed Round-up on things sprouting in the rocks and now I am on my knees pulling weeds out of the rocks. I hate landscaping with rocks. But, I inherited a landscape with rocks. My wife, Neng, is going to pick up our son, Grayson from golf class. She always calls him boy. "Going to pick up boy." It makes me think of Tarzan. So I texted her this... "Tarzan piss off ants living under rocks! Ants start to swarm! Try to get under Tarzan's loincloth! Want to bite Tarzan's privates!" BTW the "ants thing" is a true story...

I think it's human nature to take the people who are close for granted. To look for things off in the distance without seeing what is right next to you. To travel a thousand miles to visit a place, and yet, to have never explored your own city. To follow a writer or musician from far away, yet ignore an artist from your hometown. It's okay. Because someone else is often watching and listening.

My wife signed up for a bathroom remodeling appointment at the county fair, and then left me during the high pressure sales pitch, to go run errands. She doesn't seem to understand why I'm upset. I guess I need to try harder. This was after she organized a playdate for our son and then disappeared to work on something in the garage all day. And my dad fell again... So yes, I'm feeling stressed!