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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Category:Aging
Kickass and the Baby Bump
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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Kickass and Heart Harm
http://www.scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s response to having a heart attack back in 1983 as he drove home from Chicago was to stop at a truck stop and have a beer and a sandwich. With one totally clogged heart artery and others almost …
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Kickass Talks to Cops
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were among those at the recent coffee-with-a-cop breakfast at Vista West; and both came away well-fed and comforted by the reassurance that while the Madison police are very reluctant to get involved in cases of cheating at Scrabble; they …
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Kickass and Fixing Things
Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noted that while Phyllis transplanted and reseeded an entire garden from the starter device on the kitchen counter to pots on a windowsill, the keeper took on the project of replacing a broken hinge on an antique blanket chest/coffee table, a simple task that …
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Kickass and Old Black Joe
Stephen Foster, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis occasionally share the songs from their distant past when one or the other of them sings a fragment of lyrics and the other then joins in to make for a duet that frequently breaks down …
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Kickass and Being 91
David Shankbone , CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper tries not to be intimidated by the numbers that relate to age, but like legions of others, embraced a Betty White quotation released after her recent death at the age of 99—just days short of 100. “Best …
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Kickass 1/2/22
Photo by Isabela Kronemberger on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, being painfully aware of the ravages of aging on the memory capacities of members of his age group, points to a positive: yesterday he adopted a number of serious News Year’s resolutions, and today he can only remember the one having to do with …
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Kickass Adjusts to New Year
Rob Wall, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper and Phyllis, celebrated the arrival of the new year by finally wrestling the cork out of a long-stored bottle of champagne to find that its contents had gone bad and had to be dumped down the drain—perhaps …
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Kickass and Lap Full of Soup
Hoyabird8 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper avoided slipping into a deep depression when his shirt sleeve caught the edge of a soup bowl and dumped its chicken-noodle contents in his lap. Do not sweat the small things, is the tenet to …
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Kickass and Elderly Scams
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper and Phyllis spend too much time on the internet, they have yet to be part of the multibillion dollar scamming of senior citizens that is part of the scene. The fact that the net played an oblique part in the keeper …
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Kickass and Kraus Getting Old List
Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper to update a list of tips for dealing with getting old as it was originally drafted by Bill Kraus, one of the late, great Republicans in Wisconsin’s political history. In addition to Bill’s advice to …
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