Attribution: Marc St. Gil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the keeper’s long life of excesses, nothing looms any more excessive than his involvement with Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day deer hunt which this year begins tomorrow morning at ——-a.m. As a complete record would show—and the keeper …
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Kickass and Building a House
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along word that a number of the keeper and Phyllis’s family members are up to their eyeballs in various home improvement and construction projects. And while none of them have sought the keeper’s advice he offers it here along with examples showing how …
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Kickass and Birthdays
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, fresh from the keeper’s great-grandson Tyler’s 11th birthday party in his parents Mazomanie garage, are impressed anew with the significance of the annual ritualistic celebration we use to mark the passage of our personal time. For one day each …
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Kickass and Granddaughers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis frequently awed by the actions and accomplishments of grandchildren, and never more so than it is with Phyllis’s Alexis and her menagerie of backyard animals up in Mosinee; and with the keeper’s Sarah who carries the family schnauzer Boo …
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Kickass and High Prices
Attribution: Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to help the keeper and Phyllis with current budgeting issues that are compounded by the outrageously high cost of everything. The keeper, for example, faced the necessity of getting the car serviced and having a small tooth cavity filled. There was a …
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Kickass and Great-Grandchildren
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to give the keeper and Phyllis any meaningful assistance with keeping their great grandchildren in an orderly file in their obviously overloaded mental storage systems. One of the differences between grandchildren and great grandchildren is often proximity. …
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Kickass and Birthday Thanks
Attribution: James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s deep appreciation to all of those who, with gifts and best wishes, encouraged him to get on with his 95th year after enough posturing and partying to launch a ship. Thank you. Thank you. …
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Kickass and Baby Book
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper as a first grandchild on his mother’s side relished all the perks that go with “first-grandchild” identity which included, back in the dark ages when he was born, a young mother keeping a detailed personal record of her newborn …
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Kickass Thanks Party Makers
Attribution: U.S. Army photo by Davide Dalla Massara, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass the doorstop dog, reports that as part of marking the keepers 94th birthday special, there will be a blood red eclipse of the moon tonight which was arranged by family members after they threw the keeper a fantastic birthday …
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Kickass and Back to School
Attribution: Photo by Deleece Cook on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have respective mobs of wonderful, flawless, perfect grandchildren and great grandchildren scattered across the country and currently marching proudly in the back-to-school parade; and they would like them all to know how great it is to see their …
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Kickass and Cousins
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper immersed in cousin matters as a result of a recent meeting with cousins Pat and Barbara and Ron, and then remembering what an incredible adventurous pleasure it was to have grown up with a raft of cousins almost within shouting distance. …
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Kickass and Sarah’s Fungi
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