Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is resigning his position as Mr. Fixit having been humbled by the seemingly simple task of installing drawer slides in the kitchen he shares with Phyllis. The project that should have taken a few hours extended into days, …
Read
Category:Aging
Kickass and Baby Bump Photo
Image by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from updating the photo showing him in the latest version of baby-bump comparisons with three granddaughter in-laws, announces that he will be selling advertising space on his “baby-bump,” on a square-inch basis and with the guarantee that ads will …
Read
Kickass and Putting on Shoes
Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to assist the keeper in his campaign to make it as easy as possible for people of all ages to accept the reality of getting old no matter what their age might be, and to look in unusual corners …
Read
Kickass and Old Guy Lunch Talk
Charles Clyde Ebbets , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper met three old friends–Harry, Chan and Marshall for lunch, and if the conversation had been prohibited from the subjects of infirmities, death, and rascal politicos there would have been long periods of awkward silence. Imagine that: four guys getting …
Read
Kickass and AMD Eye Disease
Petr Novák, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in many areas of “age-related” health issues, and today is the day when the keeper’s treatment of AMD–Age-related Macular Degeneration, is scheduled. This translates to a trip to the VA eye clinic for a routine shot in the …
Read
Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The boomer generation has hung onto the remnants of their youth like a terrier shaking a rat. They just won’t let go, unlike members of the Greatest Generation who accepted aging with dignity and aplomb. They didn’t mind sporting beer bellies or fret if their hair was thinning. …
Read
Kickass and Use of Gravity
English: Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aids the keeper in spreading the word that, contrary to the cliché that gravity is not a friend to the keeper’s age group, the opposite is true: it is very friendly if used properly. Now with the return …
Read
Kickass Gets a Haircut
Altwngirl – Self Scanned, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is encouraging the keeper to accept the fact that getting a haircut is enough of an accomplishment to consider a day well spent. It is in adjusting to these kinds of vintage-age experiences that the keeper and his age …
Read
Kickass and Little Sister
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens as the keeper laments the burden of being an older brother when a kid sister enters the hallowed ranks of nonagenarian as his sister Norma is doing. It seems only yesterday that he–the keeper was warning Norma about the mind set of prospective …
Read
Kickass and Cars Remembered
ModelTMitch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps as the keeper and Phyllis head off to ink a wheels deal that may last longer than the keeper; and, of course, moves the keeper to recall his first two cars–a model T Ford pickup and a ’32 Chevy, both retrieved …
Read
Kickass and Old Siblings
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the residual pleasure of a recent meeting of the keeper’s siblings and others in a display of defying the odds and getting old, really old in the keeper’s case. Hosted by niece Elizabeth and Huck, the event brought the keeper, his sister Norma …
Read
Kickass Updates Space Terminology
Oksdfjkllrwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, is helping the keeper with the “vintage terminology update project” aimed at removing some negative connotations and restoring relevance and dignity to the lives of those in the keeper’s age group, some of whom reflect previous diets on the front of their shirts, are prone …
Read