I am CuTRis

Father's Day 2012 will be special for me because for the first time in my life, I will be a father on that day. It has been an incredible experience. Sometimes it is very tiring, but always I am amazed at how my heart melts whenever my little baby boy smiles at me.

Isn't it weird when baby food and toilets have the same name?

Click photo to enlarge, click back button to go back. Could this buck I saw yesterday, be the same one I saw on May 14th ? I think so! It is a good example of how quickly the antlers have grown (in 22 days).

By Kevin J. Curtis Henry Klein was not quite five feet tall and weighed less than three-quarters as much as most men. He had always been small—which meant he had always been picked on by the other boys in his town. That was years ago now, and as an adult Henry Klein had turned mean. He had battled depression for most of his life until he found solace in a nickel plated pistol that his dad had left him before he had died. Henry didn’t care whether he lived or died, since being the boy that everyone picked on was all he had ever known. But something happened when he shot the revolver and felt the smooth action of the cylinder turning. He practiced with the gun until he could pull it from the holster and fire it accurately in the blink of an eye. Henry had heard about another man… a gunfighter who had injured his shooting hand. He had been gunned down shortly afterward in a duel. Henry decided to purchase a second gun and he practiced with his left hand until he was almost as quick ...

Eight gallons doesn't seem like enough water to wash a car. I guess that explains the discount...

I started reading an "adapted classic" version of The Adverntures of Huckleberry Finn . These "adapted" classics are supposed to be so we can understand great literature of the past. Mostly it is because an easily riled segment of the population finds it necessary to make classic literature, "politically correct" . So even though I have a degree in literature and read Geoffrey Chaucer without their help, some ass-clown thinks he/she can re-write for a master like Mark Twain ! I guess modern people are not allowed to come to their own conclusions about history. We can't read a book in the language of its time and place in the world. Like so many other things, we need to sanitize it to make it less offensive--instead of try to understand it from the point-of-view of its place in history. Oh well... I guess I will go read more about Huck Finn floating on a raft down the Mississippi with African-American Jim...

Cutris Stacks Giant Blocks UnAssociated Press June 1, 2012 Cutris was seen placing giant concrete blocks yesterday. Cutris rests after moving a giant block. We wondered what Cutris was up to? An hour later we had our answer!

What was I trying to remember? Oh that's right! I have to water my plants! Thank you random road sign!

The frogs in these bogs can be really loud! Take a listen.

Every morning I drive by a woman with a small boy about three-years-old. I have yet to see the woman interact with the boy, as she is always doing something on her phone. There was a guy texting while driving in both of our lanes this morning. I've been out to dinner with my wife and noticed couples out to dinner ignoring each other as they are talking or texting on their phones. I've seen family members at gatherings oblivious to those around them as they are absorbed in whatever is on their phone. Perhaps this should be called, Anti-Social Media . While I enjoy connecting with friends by email and writing goofy things on my blog, I think many people are getting carried away. Perhaps the most insane waste of time is Twitter. Does anyone really have something important to say every few minutes--and is that activity possibly a giant waste of time? I started a Facebook page for my novel, Cottonwood . I decided that since it was a promotion for the book, anyone could be my fr...

This is by no means a complete list of what you can find on this blog for short stories. But here are a few links to some good ones. Sky Drop Airborne Army into combat... A Short Cutris Spy Story There are lots like this on the blog, but this silly Cutris story says it's a short story... Star Trek: Next Generation "#2" Here's one for the Star Trek (Next Generation) Fans... Mr. Butz Dairy From the mouths of babes... Peter Goes to College Peter's life from inside the trunk... Escape from St. Josephine's Can Philbert survive Catholic school? Leland An outcast turns into a gypsy... Gunfighter A little man becomes a big threat... Bastardly's Hangover This one might just be dumb... Rat Bastard Meat Market Rags to Riches... VORTEX Unknown Superhero... The Pounders Not responsible for their actions... Scrotius Silly Romans!

What is "hair milk?" Is it milk that you get from hair or milk that you give to hair? It sounds gross! Perhaps the best question is, do I really want to know what goes on in this building? Click photo to enlarge and click back to go back.

Our baby son has been trying to turn himself over from his back to his tummy and he finally got all the way over this morning! His mommy and daddy were very impressed!

This is the second best picture I took of the buck I saw today. He was just starting to grow his antlers back.

I saw this Red fox this morning as I went to buy a newspaper!

Cutris Talks About Time-Travel UnAssociated Press May 13, 2012 Cutris spoke to the media this morning regarding allegations that he has been traveling through time and space. He said that he had brought an extinct Dodo bird back from the past and had also brought a futuristic cell phone and an invisible car back from the future. When asked where these things were now, Cutris sighed and said that he had left the phone and bird inside of the invisible car. The question that was posed next to Cutris , asked where the invisible car was. Cutris looked slightly uncomfortable, and then said that he had forgotten where he parked it. No one has seen the invisible car since.

Cutris Seen with Extinct Dodo Bird! UnAssociated Press May 12, 2012 A new picture of Cutris has emerged of him posing with an extinct Dodo Bird ! The picture of Cutris with the young bird seems to reinforce the speculation that Cutris possesses a time machine.

Cutris Seen Driving Invisible Car UnAssociated Press May 12, 2012 Further fueling speculations that Cutris is traveling through time and space in a secret time machine, the controversial figure and former presidential candidate was seen driving an invisible car yesterday. This photo caught by Japanese photographer Lars Ingebretson, clearly shows Cutris behind the wheel of an invisible automobile. Cutris has since then disappeared and the car has not been seen.