slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper hasn’t been so let down by a commemorative day since boyhood Christmas gifts of socks and underwear replaced BB guns and toys: The 2022 Groundhog Day was a real bummer in that it passed by …
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Month:February 2022
Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
Artwork by Micheal DiMilo By Geoff Carter We found a charming handmade invitation in our mailbox last Saturday morning inviting us to a Weenie Roast at one of our neighbor’s homes that evening. Despite the forecast for temperatures in the teens, we were excited to get out and do some socializing—any socializing. So, we bundled up, walked …
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Dialogues on the Art of Stonewalling: The Average Joe Letters
President Joe Biden Talks on Phone with W.Va. Sen. Joe ManchinThe White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots By Mark Mamerow, Dave. S., Mark O., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Bots, Minnesota Mark had some provocative comments that didn’t make the final cut of our discussion of the BBB standoff. I …
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Kickass and Groundhog Movie Remake
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis spent part of balmy, pleasant Feb. 1, 2022 scouting for possible scenes to remake the movie “Groundhogs Day,” including its theme of repeating a day until it generates emotional chaos. Embracing the undeniable fact that repeating Feb. 1, …
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Kickass and Fixing Things
Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noted that while Phyllis transplanted and reseeded an entire garden from the starter device on the kitchen counter to pots on a windowsill, the keeper took on the project of replacing a broken hinge on an antique blanket chest/coffee table, a simple task that …
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