Attribution: Missouri Historical Society , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, consults with Badass Badger for the best way to contend with a day that includes news and photos of starving children, the narcissistic outrageousness of abusive pedophiles, fresh war casualties, celebrity nonsense, the price of eggs, cheerful messages from …
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Month:September 2025
Kickass and Workers Over Billionaires
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper and Phyllis and several hundred enthusiastic sign carriers, bell-ringing alderwoman Joanne Pritchett, the singing “Raging Grannies” and a multitude of “Silver Badgers” in wheelchairs, with walkers and using canes at the intersection of Tree Lane and Gammon Road Monday to wave …
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Kickass and Cow Chip Throwing Contest
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s proud announcement that granddaughter Sarah participated in the Sauk-Prairie cow chip throwing weekend, running a marathon and throwing a chip a respectable distance. The keeper is not on Sarah’s coaching staff which is headed by Sarah’s father Mike who has …
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Happy Labor Day from the Pen in Hand Blog
Attribution: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Support Our Unions!! King Harvest Has Surely Come by The Band “I work for the Union/’Cause She’s So Good to Me/ –Robbie Robertson
The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “The Legend of Ochi”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Beauty of the Beast: Review of The Legend of Ochi ★★★★☆ By Geoff Carter As a child in the sixties, I cut my teeth on family films like Old Yeller, Babes in Toyland, 101 Dalmatians, and The Parent Trap, a cinematic universe dominated by Walt Disney, whose influence spread from the big screen into …
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