Month:March 2026

Kickass and the Price of Gas

Posted on March 14, 2026Updated on March 14, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, History, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper about going so deep into his past that he mentions the price of gas at 5 gals for $1. Memory exercise of this kind tend to brand the keeper as either careless with the facts or performing for attention. His defense …
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Kickass and Phyllis’s Birthday

Posted on March 13, 2026Updated on March 13, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, hands off to the keeper on this Friday the 13th, 2025, when it is compulsory to talk about bad luck and the weather, there being a foot of snow forecast for Sunday. The keeper may amp up his preparations for March 16, it being …
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Kickass and the Richest People

Posted on March 12, 2026Updated on March 12, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Money, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper, like all peasants is fascinated by the regular reports listing the richest people in the state, Wisconsin, the current tally showing Diane Hendricks of ABC Building, Judy Faulkner of EPIC and John Menard as top “richest.” It warms the keeper’s …
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War Games

Posted on March 12, 2026Updated on March 12, 2026by Geoff CarterCategories:Politics, POTUS, War

Attribution: Photo by Saifee Art on Unsplash By Geoff Carter One of the most popular films of 1983 was WarGames, in which our hero David Lightman, a teenaged hacker, runs across what he believes is a very sophisticated online computer war game, hacks into it, and initiates the “Geothermal Nuclear War” program. Unfortunately, the hacked device turns out …
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Kickass and Johnny Appleseed

Posted on March 11, 2026Updated on March 11, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, History, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper impressed with a bit of research showing that Johnny Appleseed sometimes went barefoot in the snow, slept in the woods and once fell out of an apple tree and was caught by the neck between …
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Kickass and Volunteers

Posted on March 10, 2026Updated on March 10, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Attribution: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that at the time his daily Kickass meandering is usually written, today the keeper will instead be on his way to the VA eye clinic for injections to treat the eye problems that dear old mom handed off to …
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Kickass and the Twenty-three Ounce Librarian

Posted on March 9, 2026Updated on March 9, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the stop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis reviewing their grandchild business with a visit from Bud and his wife Jessica during which Bud’s record birth at 23 ounces was briefly reviewed as was his first two years of life when his parents Pat and Tim dealt …
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Dialogues on Dumb and Dumber: The Donald Trump Amateur Hour

Posted on March 9, 2026Updated on March 10, 2026by Geoff CarterCategories:Law, Politics, POTUS, Social Commentary

Attribution: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., Michael D., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, I am still reeling from the last episode of The Donald Trump Amateur Hour. Pam Bondi’s appearance in front of the House Judiciary Committee looked …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “The Secret Agent”

Posted on March 9, 2026Updated on March 9, 2026by Geoff CarterCategories:Michael DiMilo, Movies

Swimming With Sharks: Review of The Secret Agent ★★★★ By Geoff Carter Illustration by Michael DiMilo Some movies are great fun and don’t try to be anything more. They grab you by the lapels and take you with them into galaxies far, far away, or on fantastic quests for magic rings, or put you in …
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Kickass and the Extra Hour

Posted on March 8, 2026Updated on March 8, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Family, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis accepting with gratitude the extra hour of March 7, 2025 and hanging it on a hook with all of the others—in the keeper’s case that would be about 34,467 hours and—hopefully, counting. Phyllis’s hour tally is impressive but not …
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Kickass and Trevor’s Eighth Birthday

Posted on March 7, 2026Updated on March 7, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Family, History, Humor, Kickass, War

Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis heading out to Mazo for the 8th birthday party for Trevor one of the keeper’s great grandchildren, at which the keeper will bore Trevor and others by pointing out that he is old enough to have had eleven and …
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Kickass and School Shootings

Posted on March 6, 2026Updated on March 6, 2026by Bill StokesCategories:Guns, Humor, Kickass, War

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, works with the keeper to point out that the US’s global leadership in school shootings has been taken over by MAGA and the warrior POTUS with the remote style military “school shooting” in Iran, where at least 168 third grade girls were slaughtered along …
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