Attribution: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware that math is not the keeper’s strong suit, nonetheless accepts his calculation that the sun rose this morning on the 33,824thday of his life and it promises to be a great one in that he is upright, “taking solids” …
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Category:Aging
Kickass and Youthful Acts
Attribution: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Schnell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper, a spate of recent public claims from older citizens showing that they can still do some of the “fun” things they did in their youth. The 106-year-old swimmer …
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Kickass and Oatmeal
Attribution: Pamela Smith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, being a senior member of the Willie Nelson age group—Willie having just celebrated his 91st birthday, found it interesting to learn that Willie prefers oatmeal for breakfast. The keeper does not like oatmeal and he wonders if …
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Kickass and Old Men
Attribution: ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in passing along Ogden Nash’s: Old Men “People expect old men to die,“They do not really mourn old men.“Old men are different. People look“At them with eyes that wonder when…“People watch with unshocked eyes;“But the old men know when an old man dies. So the keeper “knows” …
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Kickass and Gravity
Attribution: NASA/JPL/University of Texas Center for Space Research., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting this Earth Day week by honing his respect and disdain for the insidious increase in the power of Earth’s gravity as it effects falling down and retrieving dropped items by …
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Kickass and Eye Treatment
Attribution: BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that a day that starts with an early morning needle poked into an eye is likely to improve as the hours go by. The eye treatment procedure for macular degeneration is one that many people endure …
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Kickass and Staying in Bed
Attribution: Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that there are days when the contrary Wisconsin weather crosses the line and the only thing to do is to stay in bed. Today is one of those days. But the keeper has a dental appointment 20 miles away about …
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Kickass and Romy’s Tooth
Attribution: David Shankbone modified by R-E-AL (talk | contribs | Gallery) (German Wikipedia) David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s warped attempt to share life with his great grandchildren by losing a tooth about the same time that Romy lost one of her hers. Not a …
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Kickass and Organ Recitals
Attribution: OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper in promoting his conversation guide for seniors in an effort to put limits on lengthy “organ recitals,” like the one at a recent lunch table with Phyllis, Jane and Donna. (The winning recital had to …
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Kickass and Being 48
Attribution: Stadtarchiv Kiel , CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper asked his and Phyllis’s fellow Vista West residents at a social gathering to comment on something from their lives from when they were 48 years old. Amazingly, it turns out that many people denied ever …
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Kickass and Grocery Shopping
Attribution: State Library and Archives of Florida, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper makes no apology for yearning for the good old days when grocery shopping—as done by his dear old mother meant standing in front of a counter and reading from a grocery list …
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Working Out the Kinks
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter My new habit of going to the gym is not because I made a New Year’s resolution. No, I’m merely taking advantage of my Medicare Advantage program, which allows me to join as many gyms or fitness programs as I wish. So, this new determination to work out …
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