Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, congratulates the keeper and Phyllis for the successful hosting of Phyllis’s family gathering during which there were no fisticuffs, shoving or shouting but rather hugs, handshakes and harmony. As is the case with all mothers, Phyllis has not retired from any of her matriarchal …
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Month:June 2023
Kickass and the Balcony Horse
Chrisu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper for having mismanaged the Vista West balcony where he and Phyllis reside by allowing it to be taken over by messy sparrows, and having evicted them, now experiences a sense of balcony loneliness. One possible remedy was offered in …
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Kickass and Balcony Sparrows
Starley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, holds the keeper’s hand as he surrenders to authorities for having had a prohibited bird feeder on one of the Vista West balconies where he and Phyllis reside. Early on, the feeder attracted a few house finches but it had evolved to …
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Kickass and Credit World
Cecco del Caravaggio , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the fact that the country has decided to pay its credit card bill. What a wonderful thing! All children and grandchildren take note: credit cards are abominations. Pay them off and rip them …
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Freedom from Thought
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In the latest in a series of educational innovations from the far-right extremist Republicans—the MAGAs—executing their regressive agenda, a new round of book-banning has been sweeping the nation over the past three years. Along with old favorites like To Kill A Mockingbird, Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit …
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