Attribution: John Davis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in acknowledging the fact that sharing Wisconsin’s varied landscape with tens of thousands of white tail deer produces a daily mix of pleasures and woes. There is the constant traffic competition with thousands of …
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Month:February 2026
Kickass and New Holiday
Attribution: Illustration of Humpty Dumpty from Through the Looking Glass, by John Tenniel, 1871., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports to the keeper with inside information that billionaire POTUS sycophants have purchased Ground Hog’s Day, Easter, Valentines Day, and April Fools Day to fabricated a combined holiday gift …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Blue Moon”
★★★1/2 Words Fail Me: Film Review of Blue Moon Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Cinema can be magnificent and breathtakingly epic or intensely, even painfully, intimate. David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia and Ryan’s Daughter presented brilliantly photographed landscapes that at times seemed to dwarf seemingly lesser aspects of the human condition. Films like Twelve Angry Men, My Dinner …
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Dialogues on Banana Republic North: White ICE
Attribution: Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Michael D., Dennis C., John K., and Geoff Carter Hot off the parent network texting here in SF last night. Friend of my DIL’s nanny was walking home with her charge last night from Moscone Park—1 block away. A woman followed her and began …
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Kickass and Silver Badgers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that for the past six afternoons Phyllis has joined fellow Silver Badgers at the intersection of Gammon Rd and Tree Lane in a sign-carrying protest against the cruel stupidity and murdering being foisted on the world by the narcissistic …
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