Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We’ve all heard the famous quote that when one door closes, another one opens. Last week, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe -v- Wade, making abortion illegal in many parts of America, the sound of that door slamming shut in the faces of women’s reproductive rights could be …
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Month:June 2022
Kickass and Billy Boy Pic
mazaletel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper remembers being embarrassed as a child when Aunt Sylvia sang “Billy Boy” to him; but now he has recent reason to embrace the old song –with slightly altered lyrics, after Phyllis baked a delicious Saskatoon berry pie, using …
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Dialogues on Supreme Injustice: Letters from the Majority
Elvert Barnes from Silver Spring MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave O., Mark O., Paul C., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Hello Bots, Had no idea just how adrift the ‘progressive’ state of fighting Bob is on this issue: Politico: Abortion Laws by State –Dave Time to …
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Kickass and ’32 Chevy
New York Public Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, once again assists the keeper in sharing past experiences that may be of value in the current flow of absurdity and stampeding technology, by detailing the night the battery fell out of his ’32 Chevy as he and his …
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Kickass and Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assisting the keeper in sorting through the daily avalanche of things to worry about, has abandoned all else—including the idiotic Supreme Court and the price of gas–to concentrate on the fact that, according to fellow Vista West gardener Richard, a rabbit …
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New Wave Cinema 2.0: The Films of Steven Spielberg
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter In The New Wave 2.0 series, The Pen in Hand Blog will be examining the work of today’s most provocative and influential filmmakers, artists whose filmic stylings and compelling narratives have stretched the boundaries of modern cinema. Referencing Francois Truffaut’s definition of an auteur, these …
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Kickass and Evolution Reversal
Baccharus, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s contention that as the Supreme Court leads the evolutionary U-turn back to the dark ages, it will only be a matter of time until all women are forced to have long hair for the convenience of men who …
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Kickass and Spoon River Anthology
Gravesite marked with Silhouette of Edgar Lee MastersKenrossalex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that buried deep in the keeper’s memory landfill is a layer that includes “Spoon River Anthology,” in which Edgar Lee Masters writes free verse epitaphs of those “sleeping on the hill” in his imaginary …
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Kickass and The Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to try to find something workable in recent Supreme Court decisions; and suggests that having made corporations into people with all of the attendant socially-destructive rights therein, funding religious schools with public …
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Kickass and Children of War
https://mva.gov.ua/, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in welcoming great-grandchildren into their respective clans; and they watch images of the sweet babies, as the incredibly tragic world news carries items of the maiming and slaughter of Ukraine children. The keeper is reminded of some …
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Foul Weather
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Over the past two weeks, our Wisconsin weather—always a wild card—has been beyond extreme. We shot up from a high of sixty-one degrees last Wednesday to a high of ninety-five on Thursday (never mind the heat index). That next night the temperature plummeted to the low sixties. This …
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Kickass and Phyllis Photos
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that as a photo-artist, Phyllis works at performing visual miracles with her photos, as well as with those of the keeper, who operates with the photo philosophy that if he takes enough shots of the same subject, one of them may turn out …
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