Attribution: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is no help to the keeper as he attempts to structure a proper attitude for two eminent root canal procedures scheduled for later this morning. In sorting through the feelings of anticipation available on the open thought market, the keeper has …
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Food for Thought
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Mexican Street VendorTomascastelazo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Fast food is an institution in our culture. McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Subway, Chick-Fil-A, Arby’s, Domino’s, and Taco Ball franchises are everywhere. You can’t drive down a city street or the main drag of a small town without …
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Kickass and Phyllis Update
Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in an update that includes the following: *Phyllis is at home recovering from her midnight heart attack, artery stent in place and feistiness intact. *Reports of a very elderly man, who uses a walking stick, being lost in the …
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Kickass and Phyllis Heart Attack
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in reporting that Phyllis experienced a middle-of-the-night heart attack and is currently recovering at UW Hospital after the insertion of a stent in a totally clogged artery and medication for another that was 70 percent clogged. Phyllis anticipates being released today …
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Kickass and Phyllis the Hiker
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in cheering on Phyllis’s campaign to walk at least 5000 steps daily, which he does mostly from his recliner. The keeper would join Phyllis–and actually sometimes does, but for the image it creates of an old man with a walking stick …
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Kickass and Gun Insanity
adrigu, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that by applying the same inane reasoning that the 2nd Amendment gun-nuts use to justify carrying a 30-clip, people-killer down Main street, all modern vehicles need to be equipped with horse diapers to keep the streets clear of horse …
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Kickass and Phyllis’s Cataract
Attribution: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper dropped Phyllis off at the UW Health facility this morning for the second of her cataract procedures; and he is now mulling over the possibility that Phyllis’s vision may improve to the point where she …
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Kickass and Weight Accuracy
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper that his weight control program may not be ready for public dissemination, but he–the keeper, as usual, does not listen, and is more influenced by the daily disappointment he experiences when he steps on the scale. Here are his tips for preparing …
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What’s It Going to Take?
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter What’s it Going to Take? On November 19th, a 22-year-old gunman killed five and wounded seventeen at Club Q, an LGBTQ in Colorado Springs using a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, both so-called “ghost guns” with no serial numbers. What’s it going to take? How many more must …
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Kickass and Health Necklace
Sarahmirk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been trying to assist the keeper in coming up with a situation for men that would compare to the one for women whereby they–women and girls, are forced–by men-written laws, to have a rapist’s baby, or one sired by any one …
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Kickass and Eye Treatment
د.مصطفى الجزار, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s treatment at the VA’s eye clinic includes a series of shots–at anywhere from six to ten week intervals, to ward off the effects of macular degeneration. While the procedure sounds intimidating, it is, in fact, not that bad–a …
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Kickass and Rouge Tomato
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is on board as the keeper and Phyllis celebrate the UW Carbone Center’s confirmation of Phyllis’s cancer still being in remission, by sharing the rouge tomato from Phyllis’s garden at Vista West. Just why one tomato got way out ahead of the others is …
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