Attribution: Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael M., and Geoff Carter Bots, I’m going to revisit the transgender culture war. I don’t really have anything new to say, but I’d like to draw your attention to a recent eruption in said war. Bots …
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Month:January 2026
Kickass and “Put Down” Decision
Attribution: Nhandler, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reminds the keeper and Phyllis of that time at the shelter when the “put down” decision is made for whatever reason—injury, old age, homelessness, friendlessness, contrary attitude, or etc. Such decision making came to mind Sunday as millions of people came …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Film Review of “Wake Up Dead Man”
Murder Most Foul: Film Review of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man ★★★1/2 By Geoff Carter Illustration by Michael DiMilo Start with an eccentric but brilliant detective, a seemingly unsolvable locked-room murder, a cast of characters plucked straight from an Agatha Christie mystery, and some petty small-town political intrigues. Then add a dash of Hollywood …
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Kickass and NEW Commandments
Attribution: Donald Trump, AI-generated work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis on this Sunday morning in a review of the ten commandments as written by the POTUS for use by the ICE recruits: 1. Worship only me or I will confiscate your donkey and kick …
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What, Me Worry?
Attribution: Bhernandez from miami, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper and Phyllis as they put the finishing touches on the revised charter of the “What, Me Worry?” club as membership applications pour in. Genesis for creating the WMW club comes, of course, from …
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Kickass and “Seeing is not Believing”
Attribution: oto by gaspar zaldo on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will try to help the keeper and Phyllis as they grapple with the “Global Sensory Collapse” whereby what you see, hear and smell is not real, and you need to wait for instructions from the Epstein file to put your life in order. The …
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Kickass and Nightmare Creation
Attribution: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper waking up at 3 am to fabricate his own nightmare about the lovely females who are such important parts of his life and who live in the Minneapolis area. They hold first-daughter-in-law, first grandchild and all the rest …
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The World at Risk
Atttribution: Photo by Dave Photoz on Unsplash By Geoff Carter When we were kids growing up in the 1970s, we had no gaming consoles, smartphones, or laptops. No Fortnite, no Minecraft, no Call of Duty and no Grand Theft Auto. We didn’t even have DVDs or videos. What did we do on rainy days? We had broadcast TV or the radio, but …
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Kickass and Tech Defeat
Attribution: Phillip Pessar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper attempting to draft behavior standards for the elderly who get caught in a tech trap, and for those who would assist them. Using the example of the keeper making the fatal mistake of thinking he could handle …
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Kickass and JANUARY 6th!
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, signs on with the keeper and Phyllis for yet one more day—JAN. 6, on the crazy spinning rock where the following conditions prevail: *Due to the publicized egos of three narcissistic, dictatorial old men—Putin, Netanyahu and Trump, more kids will be killed by remote …
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Oh, Christmas Tree
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Each year, in the family holiday tradition, my wife and I venture out to buy our Christmas tree. We’re lucky enough to live across the street from a big tree lot so we don’t have very far to go—we can walk right over. It’s very convenient. It’s also …
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Kickass and Presidential “Lie Library”
By Bill Stokes Illustration by Michael DiMilo Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis running into a problem with the introduction of their Corrupt Presidential Kidnap Plan whereby corrupt presidents from around the world kidnap each other into oblivion. It seems that no other corrupt president is willing to kidnap the corrupt US …
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