The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, using his superpowers of communication, has it on the kind of authority that is the base of Fox Fairy tales, that aides at Mar A Lago are pouring over tapes of the recent Queen funeral pageantry to …
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Month:September 2022
Kickass as an Optimist
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was invited by neighbor Jim Beck to speak at a breakfast meeting of the Optimist Club over across the street at a public-school facility. It went well, even to the point of nothing lethal being thrown at the keeper as …
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Kickass and Walmart Jobs
Walmart Corporate from Bentonville, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, operating under the arrangement that everyone is now an unpaid employee of Walmart, took it upon himself to seek out a uniformed supervisor to suggest that a befuddled elderly couple that he had been …
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Game Face: Film Review of Ted Lasso
Wvfunnyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter At first glance, Paramount TV’s production of Ted Lasso seems like your generic fish-out-of-water story: Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), an American college football coach, is hired by Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) the owner of the English soccer club AFC Richmond to coach the team—this despite the fact Lasso …
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Kickass and Out-of-State Governor
Elkanah Tisdale (1771-1835) (often falsely attributed to Gilbert Stuart)[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s ability to remain vigilant during trying times, has revealed to him the Tim Michael’s gubernatorial plan for deporting Madison liberals to Florida in exchange for demented Ron DeSantis followers who …
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Kickass and Weight Guessing
Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was pawing through a box of yellowed clips from fifty or so years ago, and ran across one in which he–the keeper joined Bob Cleven at the 1974 Janesville 4-H fair at Bob’s “guess your weight or age” …
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Kickass and Dogs in Heaven
Petful from New York City, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons http://www.petful.com By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s acceptance that there are those among us who speak of departed dogs waiting for them in heaven, but he is not sure that explains the following message which was recently delivered to him …
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Kickass and Pillow Talk
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports an occasion of pillow talk involving the keeper and his pillow, Phyllis being engrossed in reading a novel: Pillow: “I’m being requited by Mike Lindell.” Keeper: “To do what?” Pillow: “To promote the …
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The Queen is Dead
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last Thursday, at the ripe old age of ninety-six, after a reign of seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II passed away. The news of her passing has (in a gross understatement) dominated the news. She had been the queen since her coronation in 1952, the same year that The Jackie …
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Kickass and Hat Knocked Off
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cannot help but be impressed by the fact that, even at his advanced age, the keeper has learned something as basic as how to get into his car without knocking his hat off. It is as absurd as it sounds, but several weeks ago the …
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Kickass and Balcony Chickens
Free range chickens at Horsegills Farm by Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, while trying to keep up to speed with the Queen’s coffin and the DOJ’s juggling of secret documents, volunteers the following poster from someone else’s post to further his—the keeper’s campaign …
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Kickass and Four Year Old Post
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes (Given his very senior status, the keeper–without apology, is repeating a post from four years ago.) Kickass, the doorstop dog, has passed on to the keeper the unlimited skills that dogs have for relaxing and taking the day off. There needs to be no good reason for this, …
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