Attribution: BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins Phyllis in telling the keeper to stop feeling sorry for himself just because today is the day he checks in with the VA eye clinic in the routine of eye shots to ward off the progression of macular degeneration. It …
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Kickass and Cigarettes
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper put in his time as a slave to the nicotine murderers with a cigarette addiction into his midlife when he managed to shake it just to show cigarette-smoking son Larry that it could be done. Larry quit cigarettes too at …
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Kickass and Vaccinations
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having recovered from the mild discomfort of Flu and Shingles vaccinations, and awaiting the Covid shot, would like to pass the word on to RFK Jr. that getting the immunizations as recommended by the best medical knowledge …
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Kickass and EMT Morning Visit
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper up early as the big red fire engine and its accompanying ambulance came rolling out of the dregs of night as quietly as stalking predators—no sirens screaming over the deserted streets, and red lights flashing only for arrival. The dark forms …
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Depraved Indifference
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter According to The New York Unified Court System, “DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE refers to a person’s state of mind in recklessly engaging in conduct which creates a grave risk of death. A person has a depraved indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard for …
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Dead to Me
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Republicans have not had very good luck talking to their constituents lately. Senators and House Representatives have been shouted down or booed at town hall meetings, mostly because of their refusal to challenge President Trump’s attack on everything from the Veterans Administration to the Department of Education to …
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Kickass and VA Eye Visit
Attribution: Photo by v2osk on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, lends this space to the keeper to update his continuing saga with the VA eye clinic as it treats his advancing macular deterioration–AMD. A three-hour session of examination and consultation with top professionals answered all of the keeper and Phyllis’s questions and assured them that …
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Crises of Conscience
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The world was shocked when Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Insurance, was recently murdered in broad daylight on a busy street in Manhattan. Reports confirmed a gunman clad in a gray hoodie who fled on a bicycle and then escaped on a bus and that shell …
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Kickass and Polio
Attribution: National Archives at College Park – Still Pictures , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s two best boyhood pals came down with polio during the epidemic of the early 50’s. Both cousin Rob and neighbor Darold suffered lifetime crippling effects, with Rob henceforth walking only …
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Kickass and Good News
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does what he can to help the keeper and Phyllis sort through the daily mishmash of bad and infuriating news in search of something positive and uplifting. Those efforts were rewarded big time yesterday with confirmation from Dr. Rose at the UW’s Carbone Cancer center …
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Kickass and the Gout
Attribution: James Gillray , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along information from the keeper that for sheer mind-cleansing, along with gaining the surprise ability to assume a laser-like concentration, nothing beats a nighttime attack of gout. With no warning whatsoever, in the middle of the night, a big …
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Kickass at the VA Eye Clinic
Attribution: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accepts the keeper’s excuse for this late offering as being a routine checkup at the VA Eye Clinic where all was found to be in order, thanks to long term monitoring and maintenance by a series of young optometrists from …
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