Attribution: Michelle Buntin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in all seriousness and outrageousness to point out how Wisconsin, once a national leader in conservation matters, has sunk to be THE ONLY state where bear hounders from all over the country come to “train” their hounds …
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Month:March 2024
Kickass and Flat Earthers
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sends along the keeper’s suggestions for having a serious conversation with a flat-earth devotee who lauds and even sends money to a cult leader who tends the Koolaid tap and claims to walk on water. 1. Assume an expression of interest, as if you are …
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Kickass and Grocery Shopping
Attribution: State Library and Archives of Florida, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper makes no apology for yearning for the good old days when grocery shopping—as done by his dear old mother meant standing in front of a counter and reading from a grocery list …
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Kickass and Singing to the Cows
Attribution: Photo by Colton Jones on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, hears—frequently, the keeper’s lament about not having made music a larger part of his life. The early indications were that his high volume singing to the cows was well received whether they were tightly restricted in individual stalls or meandering up the lane ahead …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Moves: Review of “Rustin”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo The Forgotten Man: Film Review of Rustin by Geoff Carter History is a fickle and sometimes cruel mistress. She may regale a chosen few as heroes while arbitrarily relegating many others into the dusty stacks of the forgotten and abandoned. Sometimes these choices seem completely arbitrary. Why do we remember Alvin …
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Kickass and the Missing Hour
Attribution:USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, allows the keeper the following, with the promise that he will refrain from personal poetry for at least a week: TO DST “Oh, hour lost, where did you go? “Did you melt away like so much snow? …
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Kickass and Girl Scout Cookies
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is proud to announce that his wife Phyllis is an honorary Girl Scout, at least for Girl Scout Cookie purposes around Vista West where they live. Deputized by official Girl Scout great granddaughter Margue and accompanied by Margue’s parents Ohm …
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Kickass and the State of the Union
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper joined Phyllis in staying up past their bedtime to watch the long drawn out political slow dance of the state-of-the-union speech when the nation’s leaders assembled in the same room to act like third graders. …
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Working Out the Kinks
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter My new habit of going to the gym is not because I made a New Year’s resolution. No, I’m merely taking advantage of my Medicare Advantage program, which allows me to join as many gyms or fitness programs as I wish. So, this new determination to work out …
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Kickass and the NRA
Attribution: PCVITA97, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, comments that the keeper is not bashful about seeking help for the woes of life that befall him; and he needs advice now on how to deal with a communication that is boldly labeled in red “FINAL NOTICE,” along with the …
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Dialogues on Right To Privacy Pirates: The War on Women
Attribution: Charles Edward Miller from Chicago, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter I recently was answering an innocent worker survey. The first question asked for my gender and was very pc, providing about a dozen options, including …
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Kickass and POTUS Age
Attribution: Adam Schultz , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, from his vantage point of ten years in age on Joe Biden, passes along the word that it is not to worry about Joe being too old for the POTUS job. Au contraire! When the keeper …
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