Category:Family

Kickass and Old Kids

Posted on March 28, 2024Updated on March 28, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be consulting with lawyers to sue his youngest son Mike for lying about his age, which if calculations are accurate, would make the keeper older than Plymouth Rock. The suit will also seek damages for the stress presented by …
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Kickass and Katie Visit

Posted on March 25, 2024Updated on March 25, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, celebrates with the keeper and Phyllis the fact that the only thing better than a grandchild visit is when one—Katie, brings her family—guitar player husband Chris and daughters Bella and Sophia for a personal Sunday afternoon concert and catch-up visit notable for its music …
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Kickass and Norwegian Women

Posted on March 23, 2024Updated on March 23, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that if you are fortunate enough to have had Norwegian women in your life you are one lucky dog. The keeper speaks with the authority of having had a Norwegian mother and all the Norwegin ancestry that went …
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Kickass and the Permanent Baby Bump

Posted on March 22, 2024Updated on March 22, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Books, Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper recruited the photo artistry of Phyllis in updating the “baby bump” photo of five years ago when he posed with “expecting” granddaughter in-laws Lindsey, Ari and Becky; with the keeper’s “bump” indicating at the time that he might be pregnant …
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Kickass and Birthday Open House

Posted on March 17, 2024Updated on March 17, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Holidays, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper today as he sponsors a St. Pat’s birthday open house for Phyllis who was born on March 16 some years ago in Canada and frequently threatens to go back there given the current flow of US political “news.” Phyllis …
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Kickass and Girl Scout Cookies

Posted on March 9, 2024Updated on March 9, 2024by 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 March 3, 2024Updated on March 3, 2024by 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 March 2, 2024Updated on March 2, 2024by 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 and Four Sons

Posted on February 18, 2024Updated on February 18, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is performing a public service this morning by informing the residents of Colorado and other western haunts that the keeper’s four sons—Larry, Scott, Rick and Mike, have assembled at Rick and Becky’s home near Denver in what they claim is …
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Kickass Visits House

Posted on February 17, 2024Updated on February 17, 2024by 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 January 17, 2024Updated on January 17, 2024by 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 January 11, 2024Updated on January 11, 2024by 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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