DonkeyHotey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Dave S., Mark Mamerow, Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter So many of our recent topics are at least partially echoed in the below. Do you gents ever read this NY Times version of the old 60 minutes: Point-Counterpoint? Gail Collins and Bret Stephens. I find it humorous and informative. Collins & Stephens …
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Month:November 2021
Kickass and the Lost Wallet
Prefeitura de Olinda from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper denies that it is his “hobby,” he spends an astounding amount of time looking for items he has misplaced or downright lost. Yesterday it was his wallet, containing, of course, credit cards, personal identities …
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Kickass and Mackenzie Pheasants
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, napped at home as the keeper and Phyllis spent the waning hours of the 2021 deer hunting season hiking a trail at the MacKenzie Outdoor Education Center near Poynette where a sign displays the famous Aldo Leopold quote about some people needing wild things. …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Old Hollywood: The Legacy of Humphrey Bogart
Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter If some actors (think Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart, or John Wayne) are screen icons, then Humphrey Bogart is an institution. Like those other actors, Bogart brought his unique screen persona to every role. His distinctive icy stare, self-assured presence, soft-spoken but gravelly voice, …
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Highlights from the Pen in Hand Blog Graphics: The Michael DiMilo Gallery
The Money Badger by Michael DiMilo Volume V Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Over the course of the last two and one-half years, The Pen in Hand Blog has been lucky enough to have obtained the services of free-lance artist Michael DiMilo as a contributor. While his unique style has provided a provocative and edgy feel …
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Kickass and Bird Dinosaurs
NobuTamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the new digs for Phyllis and the keeper–being on the 5th floor of a recently completed structure that is isolated from most natural plant growth, is not exactly bird friendly; and this has moved the keeper to court the …
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Kickass and Pigs and Mothers
kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s fascination with the Amsterdam experiment of using pigs to reduce bird-aircraft collision damage at the main airport; and he—the keeper, wonders if a similar application might be used to lessen the harmful impact of idiots in the legislatures and …
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Kickass and Hamburger Forehead
Tomáš Kebert & umimeto.org, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as his forehead takes on the appearance of raw hamburger in response to a proactive skin cancer treatment prescribed by the VA dermatologists. Timed to coordinate with Phyllis’s UW cancer treatment regimen that calls for quarantining, the keeper will …
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Kickass and 11/25/21
Frances Brundage , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, offers the following On the gray morning of Nov. 25, 2021: Thanksgiving Day! Snow. Thanks, For Nov. 25, 2021. Nice to be part of it. See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Royal Pain
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I went out on my porch the other day to water the plants and I noticed a woman walking her dog. She was youngish, maybe in her late twenties, and all-in-all, a relatively unremarkable person. The dog stopped in front of my house, sniffed around, picked a spot, …
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Kickass Renames High School
Gina B, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares Madison living quarters with the keeper and Phyllis that overlooks the high school where, long ago, the keeper’s sons did their versions of being students; and he—the keeper, finds it noteworthy that the school is changing its name from James …
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Kickass and Politicizing Waukesha
Photo by Memento Media on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to discourage Tucker Carlson from portraying the Waukesha Christmas Parade slaughterer as a heroic vote manipulator working on behalf of Repubs maligned by the Dems. The politicization of the unfathomable Waukesha horror is only a matter of trend time, as …
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