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Cutris Plans Daring Escape! UnAssociated Press October 28, 2011 Cutris is rumored to be planning a daring escape! Just when, where or what Cutris is escaping from is as of yet unknown. According to inside sources close to Cutris , he has been planning to launch his escape plan at an as of yet undetermined time. More information about the alleged escape plan of Cutris was not available at the time this story was printed.

Cutris Found Living Under Fallen Tree UnAssociated Press October 24, 2011 Last week it was thought that Cutris was living with otters . Now it seems he has been sighted once again--this time living under a fallen tree. Has Cutris abandoned the human race? When asked by reporters, Cutris simply growled and scampered away.

Yesterday my wife and I hiked around Fisher Lake in the central part of the Wilkie Unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. It was a really nice fall day. Here are a few photos.

Cutris Thought to be Living with Otters UnAssociated Press October 20, 2011 Unconfirmed sources have indicated that Cutris may be living in Northern Minnesota with a family of River Otters . Apparently Cutris was seen frolicking in a stream in an undisclosed location--but disappeared underwater before he could be photographed. If this is true, it will be the fifth time this year that Cutris has been seen living with wild animals. One can only speculate as to why Cutris is living with otters (if indeed he is). Perhaps he needed a vacation, or is friends with the otter family. Maybe it is simply a publicity stunt before he officially announces his candidacy for U.S. President .

Cutris Seen Defying Rules Again October 19, 2011 UnAssociated Press In another link in his string of scandals , this picture of Cutris emerged today. Will the former independent presidential candidate run again? Or is his record of civil disobedience too long? Or is the country ready for a president who is not more of the same?

Here is the Mississippi River this morning from the Wabasha Bridge in St. Paul.

Here are two pictures from yesterday's walk at Tamarack Nature Center . The second picture shows the Tamarack trees the park was named for.

The Civil Wars , Poison & Wine is just a great song. It is proof that simplicity and harmony makes great music.

In the city of Cutris in the land of Cutris , there was a place called, The Castle of Cutris . The castle was very beautiful, and the King of Cutris Land lived there. One day after the greedy Bastardos of Wall Street ruined the economy, the government bailed out their debts and then the Wall Streeters stuck-it-to the people of the land of Cutris —including the King. Thus, the castle’s mortgage was now upside-down—and King Cutris owed more than the castle was worth (which had been $32 bazillion previously, and was now 89 cents). Then one day King Cutris received an email from Mafutoo Bam Ba Lam of Nigeria. The email said that Mr. Bam Ba Lam had $76 Trillion that he could share with his good friend King Cutris , with whom he had never met. The poorly written email asked that Cutris not tell anyone about this wonderful deal—and to hurry and send his full name, address, phone number, Social Security number, bank account number and underwear size—so that Dr. Bam Ba Lam (yes, Mr. Bam B...

Sun and 80's (Fahrenheit)! What fine October weather we've been having!

My cheap little grill looks rather grand in this picture doesn't it?

Cutris Buys New Car UnAssociated Press October 4, 2011 Cutris is shown standing next to his new car that he just bought. "I've always felt," said Cutris , "that a car should say something about the driver." Cutris did not specify what his new car said about him.

The question is, will the 0-4 Minnesota Vikings play rookie quarterback Christian Ponder , or will they continue to rely on the ready-to-retire-quarterback "strategy" for yet another game? Is a losing season going to get them a new stadium? It might have if they decided to go with Ponder and Webb this year and call it a "building" season.

My wife and I decided to try this countertop paint from Rust-Oleum . She heard about it from watching the Nate Berkus show . The idea is great. You can refinish the countertop without replacing it. Let me warn you, this stuff is smelly and hard to work with. Part of it went well, and the imperfections of application set almost immediately and are very unforgiving. Trying to fix these problem areas made things worse. After sanding and redoing one problem area four times, we finally got it to work pretty well. Though this stuff sets immediately, it takes three days to cure/dry completely. So get set for a smelly kitchen that you can't use for at least several days! I must admit, I like it now though...

I've got to hand it to the Minnesota Vikings . To come out way ahead of their opponents the first half of the first three games--and then completley collapse and lose in the second half is shear brilliance. No one (including me) will have any idea how good they are if they keep this up! Despite changing owners and coaches, the team has followed the same strategy of hiring ready to retire quarterbacks instead of developing their new talent-- and still , for some reason they continue to lose!

Cutris had finally gotten the chance to rest. He had assembled and secured large pallets of WiMAX, broadband radio equipment for shipping that day and he was tired. Of course, there was work to do once he got home too—including making dinner. Now, as he finally got the chance to sit down on the couch, he began to daydream about imaginary things. Soon he imagined that zombie chickens began to emerge from the kitchen garbage can. They must have assembled themselves from the leftover chicken bones that he should have brought out to the outside garbage, but was too tired to do. The imaginary chicken zombies staggered forward as zombies do. They wanted to eat his brains for some reason! Why do zombies like to eat brains so much? Cutris asked himself. There was no time to imagine why. The imaginary chicken zombies had crawled out of the imaginary garbage can and Cutris was imagining them coming for him in an imaginary, and menacing way. Just then, Cutris imagined that he had a large sli...

Downtown St. Paul had a glow this morning as I drove in...

Today I will mail four Cottonwood books to four U.S. soldiers serving overseas. If I hear back from any of these people, I will link it to The Cottonwood Branch Out Project page (the link is to the right of main my page).

If your wedding is held in a trash can, you might not have spent enough...

I've come up with the idea to send four copies of Cottonwood to four members of the U.S. armed forces serving overseas. I found four candidates on Any Soldier.com . These four soldiers mentioned books in the list of things they wanted during their deployments. Inside of each book I will include this note, The Cottonwood Branch Out Project This book was donated by the author for your reading enjoyment. The one thing I ask, is that if you enjoy it—please sign your name & location on one of the blank pages and then pass it on. You may also want to leave your comment on my blog, http://cutris.blogspot.com (Note the unique spelling of my name in URL) I hope that eventually, someone will contact me (thru the blog) and send the book back to me after it has traveled significantly. Thanks & Enjoy! Kevin J. Curtis St. Paul, Minnesota Traveling Book #1 I have a link to the right that will serve as a way to keep track of any information that comes from this. Project Links: The Books D...