Category:Family

Kickass and Girl Scout Cookies

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is proud to announce that his wife Phyllis is an honorary Girl Scout, at least for Girl Scout Cookie purposes around Vista West where they live. Deputized by official Girl Scout great granddaughter Margue and accompanied by Margue’s parents Ohm …
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Kickass Salutes Caregivers

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

Attribution: WaveLength Charity, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in a heartfelt salute to the caregivers on this day of Mar. 3, 2024. Caregivers, of course, are those who are called upon to go far beyond the bounds of being a considerate companion to …
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Kickass and Grandchildren

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

Attribution: Nikhil More, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have documented that almost all age-related infirmities are vastly ameliorated by visits from grandchildren. Their irrefutable evidence has moved them to develop something they call the Generational Glue Treatment (GGT) based on the fact …
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Kickass Visits House

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis returned to their former Mazomanie hilltop digs Friday to help celebrate great granddaughter Samilla’s third birthday; and the record will show that for the keeper it was an emotional outing—being with family in its boisterous good health in …
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Kickass and Iowa Relatives

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

Attribution: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he reviews the system of immigration that stole the country from the Native Americans and got everyone where they are today, specifically how some of the keeper’s predecessors filtered through Iowa, and one—a favorite uncle, even went …
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Kickass Sues His Mother

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

Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper having recently survived a debilitating genetically conditioned cough through the kind administrations of Phyllis, has decided to sue his long-departed mother for her role in handing off a family cough that she in turn had inherited from her father—dear …
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Kickass and Four Sons

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog says the keeper appreciates all the help he gets with posting ammunition, and is indebted to grandson Steve for unearthing an old photo taken by the keeper of the keeper’s four sons as he and his family paused in Glacier National Park on their …
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Kickass and Polar Plunge

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

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper using his chest cold to excuse his not participating in the “polar plunge” that has become part of the Winter Solstice celebration in his former Mazomanie neighborhood. As the big bonfire blazes, it has been the custom for celebrants to jump …
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