PROPOLI87, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is withdrawing his reincarnation application to do some editing: instead of reappearing in the next cellular go-round as a springer spaniel as originally requested, the keeper is changing that to “German Shepherd,” his thinking being that coming back …
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Month:August 2022
Kickass and New Car Prices
Richard Smith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper recently lamented that if he could collect on a 70-year-old Army gambling debt of $32 with compound interest, it would be enough to buy a new car, which he will shortly be needing. The keeper is to math as …
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Kickass Forgives Debt
PatilRohan0, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is joining the debt-forgiveness crowd by forgiving the debt owned to him by a Texas individual as a result of playing pinochle for money while both were members of an Infantry I&R platoon in Korea some 70 years …
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The Pen in Hand’s Guide to Hollywood: The Legacy of Cate Blanchett
Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter The high cheekbones, piercing eyes, firm set of her jaw, and throaty contralto give Cate Blanchett an imperiousness rivalled by few other actresses. Perhaps only Katherine Hepburn demonstrated quite as much command on the screen as Blanchett—the other Cate. It’s also very interesting, and …
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Kickass and “Flea on a Dog” Faith
JBennett (WMF), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper in grappling with the spate of new space information detailing the “light year” size of things, and unfailingly labeled as “beyond comprehension.” Well, yeah, the keeper accepts that he does not comprehend how the big bang is …
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Dialogues on the Elephant Graveyard: Letters to the Wisconsin GOP
Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter VIGNA christian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Couldn’t help but think: Earlier this week, some “super smart” liberal cyclists I know…said they might vote Republican yesterday, in hopes of getting the candidate for governor–least likely to beat Evers elected …
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Kickass and Saturday
Peter Paul Rubens , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in having no doubt that the creation story clearly designates Sunday as a day of rest, but is less clear about just what to do about Saturday, it being the day when Adam and Eve were created …
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Kickass and the Money Lenders
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper in efforts to free the populace from enslavement by the money lenders, and cheers for the removal of lifetime financial shackles from young college grads. That it is impossible to own a house or a car without paying outrageous …
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To Infinity and Before
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Over the past few weeks, as the recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope began transmitting interstellar photographs back to Earth, mankind has gotten its deepest and most comprehensive look into the far depths of the universe. The photo “First Deep Field”, an …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Governorship
Svgalbertian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that political things build up for the keeper, and to avoid serious indigestion he must sort through the laxatives of truth: * Allowing an out-of-state billionaire who lives in East coast mansions to buy his way into the Wisconsin governor’s office …
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Kickass and Zip Line
Ryancampbellrpc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper’s efforts to have a zip-line installed from the Vista West facility where he and Phyllis live, across Gammon Road to Memorial High School. (It would have to be walker friendly, of course.) It is the keeper’s thinking that there are …
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Kickass and the Guest List
PeakDill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s ’s most recent guest log entries: the keeper’s grandson Nick and great granddaughter Caroline with Caroline demonstrating her boundless gymnastic talent down in the Vista West exercise room; Phyllis’s son Todd and daughter Tyler and one of …
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