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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Category:Health
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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Kickass and Life Expectancy
Max Roser, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, concedes that the keeper has qualified to be an authority on “life expectancy” simply by living a long time; and therefor has a right—the audacity– to seek expansion of “life expectations” beyond simply counting time but to also include acceptance of …
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Kickass and Getting Home
Kevin Halstead from Chicago, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, awaiting his lifetime award for hanging with the keeper through thick and thin—thinner and thinnest, reports that he—the keeper, and Phyllis are using some of Wisconsin’s natural attributes to assist them through the Covid isolation that followed their …
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Kickass and Misogyny
Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in sorting through the emergence of the “Misogyny Monarchy” as it is being crafted by the US Supine Court according to hints about a coming decision that, in a Darwinian U-turn, will take the tribe back …
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Kickass Goes to the Dentist
See page for author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s talent for so easily slipping from the sublime to the ridiculous, exemplified today in the wake of Phyllis’s great health report and moving on to the keeper’s trip to the dentist. There is, on the …
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Kickass and Good Cancer News
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not often get the opportunity to pass along the kind of great news that dominates this day for the keeper and Phyllis as they absorb yesterday’s report from the UW Carbone Cancer center’s Dr. Bradley that after two years of various treatment regimens, …
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