Category:Aging

Kickass Price of Gas (and Books)

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Economy, Humor, Kickass

National Archives and Records Administration , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to guide the keeper’s rants into productive subject matter, but is helpless when it comes to his—the keeper’s reminiscing about how the price of gasoline relates to his early “filling station” days.          There is obviously a set-in-stone …
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Kickass and Gravity Vision

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass

Jwisloski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will hold the keeper’s hand/paw today as he—the keeper, awaits word on the timing of tomorrow’s surgery to address the damage done to his field of vision by the insidious long- term force of gravity. It is one thing for gravity to …
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Kickass and the Wind

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Weather

www.Pixel.la Free Stock Photos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes          Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his relentless efforts to be helpful, lists a few tips for surviving the high winds predicted for today and tomorrow:          One. Stay inside with the cats and look out at people walking …
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Kickass and Mike’s Birthday

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

Selena N. B. H. from Fayetteville, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he—the keeper, suffers from “time” contortions as he attempts to deal with the fact of his youngest child—Mike, celebrating a 65th birthday.  The math would make the keeper’s age…….oh, never mind!  Suffice to say …
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Kickass and DST

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was assisting the keeper in storing the extra hour that results from the current Daylight Saving Time scheme when it was discovered that the storage space for his previous “extra” DST hours was at capacity, indicating a terrible inclination to waste time and to …
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Kickass and the VA Waiting Room

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

Jim Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes           Kickass ,the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in offering the following vary short play entitled “Waiting With Old Vets.”          Scene:  Waiting room at VA West.  The keeper enters from stage left; and retrieves number 39 from the lab scheduling device as one of …
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Kickass and TGIF

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

Jatayou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s observation of the changing impact of cultural fixtures as they relate to age, such as “TGIF” now being something quite different than it once was for the keeper’s crowd of vintage has-beens.          Once the keeper and his ilk joined …
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Kickass and the Baby Bump

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is determined to do something—yet again—about his long-term baby-bump which once more is indicating the likelihood of twins. As was documented years ago in a photo with three pregnant granddaughter in-laws—Lindsey, Ari and Becky , the keeper is obviously long …
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