Category:Books

Kickass and the Britannicas

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Books, Humor, Kickass, Technology

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting the keeper’s inclination to dig things up that might better remain buried, reviews the long saga of the Encyclopedia Britannica.  As a symbol of knowing everything the Encyclopedia Britannica was “it”, in the keeper’s early adult years and when he scored a complete …
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Kickass Does a Book Reading

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will nap today on behalf of the Keeper and Phyllis as they are off to Quarry Ridge Retirement Community to do a book reading program for the keeper’s novel Ah, the Women! It is the story of how women take over the world to save …
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Kickass and Libraries

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

Attribution: Photo by Pauline Loroy on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper wallowing one more time in the wonderful world of librarians as word comes that grandson Bud is in the librarian ranks with an official certifying document that says as much as he works at his library job in the Fox River …
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Kickass and the Book Launch

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

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis fresh off their full-house book launch of Ah, the Women! the keeper’s new novel about women saving the world from the bullish outrages of men. The friendly Vista West crowd did not throw any ripe fruit or demand the keeper’s immediate …
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Kickass and Radio Ban

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Books, Humor, Kickass, Media

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was told yesterday in discussion prior to a radio interview that the word “kickass” could not be said on the air as it was considered profanity and might be offensive to some listeners. This news caused the keeper to briefly consider …
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Kickass and “Ah, the Women”

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

Image by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be up and yapping with the keeper and Phyllis with the following announcement:             BILL AND PHYLLIS ARE HAVING A BOOK!             It’s title is Ah, the Women!  and it tells the story of how women take over the world to save it from the disastrous excesses …
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Lost Soul

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Books, Memories, Michael DiMilo, Social Commentary

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”                                –Roy Batty (Blade Runner) You may …
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Kickass and Women Winners

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Books, Culture, Humor, Kickass, Politics

Attribution: Illustration by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the recent election results, particularly those in which women emerged victorious.  As the keeper has written in his ready-to-be-published novel, the only hope for the planet’s survival is for women to totally take over from the …
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Kickass and Selling Books

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Books, Humor, Kickass, Writing

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, with his limited interest in words–“Eat, nap, fetch, couch,” was not at the recent gathering of writers and readers at a west side retirement venue but got reports from the keeper and Phyllis who were there along with writers Geoff and Jerry. This meant writers, …
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