Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in appreciating one of life’s truly great moments as the keeper’s granddaughter Natalie hears her and Elliot’s first-born Augie babble “Ma-ma Da-da” for the first time. In keeping with the keeper’s clan members’ inclination to be talkers as opposed …
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Month:February 2025
Kickass and Not Funny Posts
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper at a loss in attempting to compose some light-hearted Facebook post in the face of the global catastrophe now being dictated by the new administration. Like jokes for grieving survivors at a crash site, anything humorous the keeper attempts to do …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Conclave”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Mysterious Ways: Film Review of Conclave ★★★★☆ By Geoff Carter There is probably no more of a secretive or insular institution than the Catholic Church. Steeped in centuries of tradition, rituals, dogma, and mystery, the Catholic Church is like a dinosaur mired in the tarpit of its past. Nearly alone amongst …
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Kickass and Groundhog Day 2025
Attribution: EleetCanoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, using his rare ability to know almost everything before it happens, reports on the latest executive order from the current POTUS: “Executive Order # 365: Starting right now–this very minute, all groundhogs are hereby notified to turn …
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Kickass and Dumbest Politico
Attribution: U.S. Department of Transportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to reassign the title of dumbest Wisconsin politician from long term champion MAGA-loving Sen. Johnson to former Rep. Sean Duffy who is the new secretary of transportation and made the following statement about …
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