Attribution: RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, takes this official Dog Day to make the point with the keeper and Phyllis that with the sad passing of Dolly Parton and the constant insane blather by the orange squatter in the White House, a perfect example of contrasting …
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Month:August 2026
Kickass and Authentic Stupidity
Attribution: Johann Baptist Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper is finally making his move to join the innovating AI tech billionaires with his creation of “AS” a platform of “Authentic Stupidity” gathered, processed and offered to an eager public. In explaining “AS” to Phyllis, …
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Kickass and Awareness of Trouble
Attribution: Walter Crane, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that Phyllis boiled a dozen eggs in preparation of making potato salad, one of the keeper’s favorite dishes. Kickass warns the keeper and Phyllis about going on about their business as if they were not living like incarcerated strays …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “The Last House”
★★★☆☆ A House Divided: Review of The Last House Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There has been an abundance of movies about isolation, particularly pertaining surviving alone in the natural world. Castaway, Gravity, The Revenant, Into the Wild, All is Lost and 127 Hours exemplify this man (or woman) versus nature narrative. Another not uncommon subgenre is …
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Kickass and Other Species
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis still immersed in yesterday’s post about the cougar cut in half on the railroad tracks in Adams County. Kickass responders speculated that the reason the heart and lungs had been removed was to prevent the identification of bullet fragments, …
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Kickass and the Railroad Cougar
Attribution: Photo by Michael Jerrard on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, with a special feeling for cats, passes along to the keeper and Phyllis the news of a cougar found cut in half on the railroad tracks near Friendship in Adams County. The big cat was an adult male wearing a Michigan tracking collar from …
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Kickass and Norske Nook Pie
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that there are not many occasions that cannot be improved by a piece of pie, and if it is baked and served at one of the three Norske Nook locations in Wisconsin there is a spiritual quality to the event. …
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Kickass and TV Appearance
Photo provided by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper will be retiring from his very brief TV career following his appearance on the Channel 15 evening news with his presence built around the question of just why he was there in the first place. Young TV reporter Kayla gathered enough …
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A Sinking Ship
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter A Sinking Ship Late last week, David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the newly painted deck of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, was exonerated. United States Attorney and Trump lackey Jeanine Pirro dropped all charges against him—because there was no case, no evidence, …
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Kickass and the Ice Age Trail
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, takes his hiking advice from Phyllis who has hiked in every national park in the continental US and has a hiking stick covered with park medals to prove it. She has also hiked portions of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail, as has the keeper, who …
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Kickass and Scissors Sharpeners
Attribution: National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, acknowledges Phyllis and turns it all over to the keeper on this day of Aug. 18, 2026. The scissors sharpener came ambling down the country road with his little bundle of worldly goods and a blank expression …
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Kickass and Dementia Talk
Attribution: Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listened as the keeper and Phyllis hosted Phyllis’s granddaughter Taylor and friends Ann and Jason in an afternoon of conversation that covered the typical medical/insurance/response issues and then lingered over the mixed-age group on the obligatory subject of dementia. …
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