Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, I wrote a column about a possible brain worm epidemic in Washington, D.C. Lately, ever since Robert Kennedy, Jr. revealed that this particular parasite had eaten a part of his brain, I have been wondering if he was the only politico who is suffering from this …
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Month:May 2024
Kickass and 5/23/24
Attribution: cyclonebill from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, having weathered the recent storms unscathed and appreciative of that fact, greet this day of May 23, 2024 with the information that it is National Pork Roll Day, the pork roll being …
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Kickass Watches the Storm
Attribution: Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper is among those who enjoys the flash and crash of summer thunderstorms, and so was richly entertained Tuesday night at the outstanding demonstration of Nature’s whims, whams, whooshes and WOWS! Our reaction to storms is apparently …
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Kickass and POTUS
Attribution: Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is attempting to understand why so many Republicans are denying the outcome of the last election for POTUS and announcing that they will not accept the results of the next one unless it goes their way. In a preliminary gesture …
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Kickass and Public Speaking
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the keeper, on the basis of his recent “speech” to a friendly collection of Norwegians; and after hearing of the fallout from the Orange Man’s two hour Texas rant before the NRA’s Holy Church of Gun Nuts, as well as the reaction …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “The Homesman”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Where No Man Has Gone Before: Film Review of The Homesman By Geoff Carter Compared to the primordial age of films and television during the twentieth century, we live in an embarrassment of riches. Although the groundbreaking miniseries Roots and The Holocaust debuted on network television in 1977, the general entertainment TV fare consisted of …
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Kickass and the Birds
Attribution: Photo by Mona Kool-Harrington on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, weary of accepting what gets handed to him from such entities as the red-tie mafia and the black robed robbers has turned his attention to the birds and will henceforth not be accepting every aspect of the avian arrangement whereby …
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Kickass Lets Phyllis Do the Work, Again!!
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in standing aside as Phyllis does most of the work, as usual. Photo by Bill Stokes See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and May 17th
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that on this Norwegian National Constitution Day–Syttende Mai, the keeper will be celebrating the fact that he is half Norwegian by dint of his dear red-haired mother who inexplicably married Dad who had more nationalities than a dog rescue kennel. It was love, …
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Kickass and 33,824 Days
Attribution: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware that math is not the keeper’s strong suit, nonetheless accepts his calculation that the sun rose this morning on the 33,824thday of his life and it promises to be a great one in that he is upright, “taking solids” …
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The Worms Crawl In….
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Just when it seemed as if current events and political discourse could not become any more surreal or absurd, a story broke that independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr. revealed that at one point he had a parasitic worm that consumed part of his brain. He did not …
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Kickass and Youthful Acts
Attribution: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Schnell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper, a spate of recent public claims from older citizens showing that they can still do some of the “fun” things they did in their youth. The 106-year-old swimmer …
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