Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as he and all of those in the 90-year-old age group celebrate William Shatner’s 10-minute space ride. While it is comforting to acknowledge accomplishments by 90-year-olds, the reality of Shatner’s experience costing him a …
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Month:October 2021
Kickass and Phyllis Cancer Lunch
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in applauding Phyllis and the multitudes like her who do not let their cancer battles dominate their lives. As she resumes a treatment regime following recovery from hip replacement surgery, Phyllis is back at her photo-artistry with an extensive exhibit in the …
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Kickass Makes a Move
Martyn Gorman / Newburgh: Return of the wild geese By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting the constant creature movement across the globe, perhaps topped by the radio-tracked female pecchial hawk that spent 42 days flying 10,000 kilometers from South Africa to Finland, which helps put the upcoming move by the keeper …
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Kickass and Indigenous People Day
James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Indigenous People Day to dwell on the special thrill of finding a stone artifact from a previous civilization. There is a field in central Wisconsin where the keeper has enjoyed this experience a number of …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Old Hollywood: The Legacy of Kirk Douglas
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Known for his distinctive cleft chin, stony-edged stare, devil-may-care grin, gruff voice, and rough-edged demeanor, Kirk Douglas was often cast as a tough guy—sometimes bad, but mostly good. From his role as Jonathan, the ruthless movie producer in The Bad and the Beautiful to Jack Burns, …
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Kickass and Pack Position
Photo from mila-del-monte via Pixabay By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shared with the keeper and Phyllis yet one more example of what it means to be older members of a “together” pack when son Mike and granddaughter Sarah delivered grilled cheese sandwiches and chili, and stayed to help with furniture moving and official …
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Kickass and Love a Dummy
Becker1999 from Grove City, OH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper takes a journalistic handoff from the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson who wonders how stupid America can get and still survive, and runs with it by suggesting not only an answer to Eugene’s question, but …
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Kickass and Credit World
Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing the incredible growth of the credit industry as new banks spring up on hot real-estate corners everywhere, and the credit union gang does a major overhaul of its lavish facilities. The stats on the credit card load carried …
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Kickass Gets Sunburned
Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having inherited from his Norwegian mother, light skin very vulnerable to sun damage; and having grown up when the only “sunblock” was to stay in the shade; and having suffered youthful sunburns so severe his skin peeled …
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Applied Science
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter We’re a country that loves its heroes, especially superheroes. We love those guys like nobody’s business. Over the past decade or so, we’ve been inundated—absolutely permeated—with them. There’s the Marvel Universe, the D.C. Universe, Spiderman, Superman, Thor, Black Widow, and a plethora of …
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Kickass Embraces Duelling
Illustrator not identified. From a painting by J. Mund., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, while sympathizing with the keeper’s frustration at the lack of ways for an elderly citizen to be politically relevant, is not sure that the keeper’s embrace of dueling is the answer. But in the …
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Kickass Out From Under Porch
Photo by Max Sandelin on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, having joined the keeper in crawling through the dirt under the public communication porch, as revealed Sunday by the 60-Minutes whistleblower, reports that he—the keeper, finds it impossible to stay under there with his mouth shut—Surprise, Surprise!—and will resume ranting on some of the following …
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