Maasaak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Originally posted in December, 2020) By Geoff Carter We thought we had it made after getting out of 2020, but this has been another hard year—remembering everything that happened is painful—but we have to; if we do not remember, we’ll be doomed to repeat the same mistakes yet again. …
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Month:December 2021
Kickass and Colorado Fire
(Photograph used by permission of the USDA Forest Service.), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, like everyone else with family or loved ones in Colorado, made a phone call—to his son Rick and wife Becky who live in a Denver suburb, to be reassured that …
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Kickass and Lap Full of Soup
Hoyabird8 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper avoided slipping into a deep depression when his shirt sleeve caught the edge of a soup bowl and dumped its chicken-noodle contents in his lap. Do not sweat the small things, is the tenet to …
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A Few Good Things
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I’ve been mentoring new teachers in our local public school system for the past few years now. One characteristic I’ve noticed both with them (and myself, during my own career as a teacher) is that every instructor, no matter how experienced, always has one of those classrooms that …
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Kickass and Ignorant Senator
Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that being “first” is something that should not be ignored, and so Sen. Johnson’s anti vaccine stand which marks him as “the most ignorant man in the US Senate” calls for acknowledgment …
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Kickass and Elderly Scams
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper and Phyllis spend too much time on the internet, they have yet to be part of the multibillion dollar scamming of senior citizens that is part of the scene. The fact that the net played an oblique part in the keeper …
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Kickass and Snow Denial Plan
Taxiarchos228, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in distributing instructions for using the Snow-Denial plan which, incidentally, is similar to how the Repubs embrace the “big lie.” Fact one: Though the ground is covered with something white, that could be god’s dandruff as these things are …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Old Hollywood: The Legacy of Elizabeth Taylor
MGM publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Elizabeth Taylor may not have been born a movie star, but she came as close to it as anyone could. Audiences watched her grow from a precocious child into one of the most skilled and well-rounded movie actresses in the business. First appearing at …
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Kickass and Christmas Dog Fight
Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that even including a brief but vicious dog fight in the middle of the living room, the Christmas Day gathering with the keeper and Phyllis will go into the records as another delightful memory maker. Phyllis’s production …
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Kickass Remembers Uncle Alvin
Joseph Morewood Staniforth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he—the keeper, remembers Uncle Alvin and a host of others who once were essential to a complete Christmas Day. They may be gone but they will never be forgotten, and the memories of them come back with …
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The Pen in Hand Presents a Michael DiMilo Production…
Babs and Knuckles in their Holiday Special Deck the Halls Artwork by Michael DiMilo Video and Story by Michael DiMilo In memory of Dave Bolyard The holiday season is all about family tradition. Whether it’s about going to Midnight Mass, carving the Christmas ham, avoiding the mother-in-law’s homemade eggnog, or sampling Grandma’s oyster stew, traditions …
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Kickass and Believing
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has inside information that Santa accidentally touched the screen on his sleigh’s dashboard when it was in navigation mode, and the reindeer are now doing a U-turn over Butternut, Wisconsin, a small community that—like the rest of the state–believes. Earlier, …
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