Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says it may be time to use the current bumper crop of human stupidity to revamp the game of fetch whereby it more resembles the cow chip throwing event honed each fall by …
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Month:August 2023
Dialogues on the Least Objectionable Candidate: Slim Pickings in Iowa
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Sienna poll today says it’ll be Trump vs Biden. A done deal. Don crushing Ron. I’d like to know (2) things: Politico: Iowa Caucus, 9/8/23 “He might say mean things and make all the …
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Kickass and Westfield Cabin
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s recent wallowing in the environs of the Westfield cabin he owned for the last 40-plus years of the previous century may have put such a memory overload on him as to make him unfit for mixed company. That will be …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “White Noise”
Photo by John Jackson on Unsplash Out of the Din: Review of White Noise By Geoff Carter According to Merriam-Webster.com , white noise is defined as an heterogeneous mixture of sound waves extending over a wide frequency range, a constant background noise, or ameaningless or distracting commotion, hubbub, or chatter. In other words, all sound frequencies at the same time. …
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Kickass and TV Dominance
Attribution: Infopablo00, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper and Phyllis to determine the effects of their recent five-day runaway that included NO television watching. The question goes beyond simple survival in the absence of a huge blaring screen, and gets more specific, asking can …
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Kickass and Noise of Living
Attribution: David Benbennick, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, welcomes the keeper and Phyllis back from their five-day runaway to the tiny central Wisconsin lake, and poses the question: If you do not have a job can you legitimately take a vacation? So, it wasn’t a vacation, but rather …
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Kickass and Pea-Brain
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes long the word that the keeper and Phyllis are reentering the chaotic real world at the end of their running away for five days to the peace and tranquility of a tiny sand country lake, too small for motors or loons. It was …
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Little Murders
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We have become an inhuman and cruel people almost without realizing it. We witness atrocities and killings daily but simply shrug and turn away. We value profit over the sanctity of human life. And worse, we have become indifferent, apathetic—even actively antithetical—to the welfare of our children. On …
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Kickass Around the Campfire
Attribution: Alasdair, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper and Phyllis including in their central sand lake, week-long runaway, a sitting-around-the-campfire session with Phyllis’s son Keven, Colleen, Gordan and Luka, during which the keeper was prompted to conclude that staring into campfire flames is one thing …
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Kickass and the Birds
John James Audobon (1785-1851), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on word from the keeper and Phyllis as they spent day-three of their sand country lake runaway in the greatest of company: the birds. First it was the pair of sandhills at the bird feeder just outside the …
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Kickass and the Creek Bottom
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his efforts to get the most out of the visit he and Phyllis are making to the central sand country thought it would be nice to show Phyllis a natural spring that was a favorite feature of property where …
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Kickass and Running Away
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are off-leash and have run away to spend a few days on the shore of a very small—no motors, lake in the central sand country. Running away is a life-long option from the time Mom’s discipline seemed extreme …
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