Attribution: Alasdair, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, expresses some doubt about the keeper’s post yesterday in which he specified adjusting to DST by setting the clocks ahead by one hour. It was a test of readers’ alertness, of course, and it forcefully made the point that in the …
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Month:November 2023
Kickass Takes on DST
Attribution: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will not be with the rest of the herd as it participates in DST at 2 am tomorrow and sets the clocks ahead by one hour. Instead, in the spirit of time manipulation, …
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Dialogues on an Eye for an Eye: The Beat Goes On
Attribution: Ashvio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter It does not minimize the barbarity and cruelty of the Hamas attack upon Israeli citizens to recognize that there is a chronic problem underlying the terrorist attack. Gaza originated as a …
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Kickass and Weight Programs
Attribution: Frank C. Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are deep into weight loss programs, Phyllis’s being overseen by a personal health scale that communicates with her and was recently upset when the keeper innocently stepped on it. Obviously not programed to …
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Kickass Gets New Tires
Attribution: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, goes along with the keeper in more or less ignoring the big picture and celebrating the positive things in life on a more personal scale—the things he can do something about. So it is with a certain satisfaction, if …
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Yesterday is Here: Celebrating Dia de Los Muertos
Photo by Geoff Carter By Geoff Carter We visited the beautiful resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, not so long ago. Our trip happened to coincide with Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This holiday, celebrated on the evening of November 1st and the day of the 2nd,, is an offshoot of (but …
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Kickass and Smart Humans
Attribution: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes along with the keeper how there is no species other than human that devotes its major resources and energies to destroying its nests, killing its children and poisoning its environment while cheering itself on as spiritually pure …
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