Attribution: Marcin n® ☼, recreated from scratch by Quibik, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this 4th of July listening to the echoes of explosives out of Philadelphia as four people die in the 29th mass shooting of the year to bring the total US dead to 2,900 …
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Kickass and Inane Fireworks
Photo by Arthur Chauvineau on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be joining the dogs under the porch or the bed or any other place that shields him from the inanity of 4th of July fireworks. From backyard boom freaks to soaring commercial rocket excesses, the keeper sees the use of explosives …
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Kickass and Pinocchio Day
Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that some political pundits have opined that this day is one of the most important in American history, involving as it does efforts to instill respect for rules in a former obedience school …
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Kickass and Memorial Day 2023
Photo by Brittany Colette on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog and the keeper, on this 2023 Memorial Day, salutes all of those who dodged bullets in the cause of preserving respectability at home and abroad through the years. As usual in the keeper’s experience he is moved to remember the two platoon members from Michigan …
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Kickass and Mother’s Day Flowers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, compliments the keeper on his cheapness in contributing to Phyllis’s Mother’s Day by taking her to flowers instead of buying her a bouquet. Meeting her family at the spectacular Trillium display at Wood County’s Bluff Park and finding Marsh Marigolds in a nearby ditch …
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Kickass and Males on Mother’s Day
Traceylovesmom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and the rest of the world’s males on this Mother’s Day to simply say thanks, Mom, and to facetiously ask if you had it to do over again on our behalf, considering the work and worry we caused, would …
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Kickass and Arbor Day
D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating Arbor Day, the inclusion of trees in their respective lives being different in some ways but similar in others, namely a lack of respect. The keeper has attempted to make amends with publication of his …
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Kickass Takes Morning Off
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be taking this Beautiful Easter morning off from his duties of saving the world and making Phyllis’s life perfect; to wish everyone well, and to rest up for the intimidating daily task of putting on his shoes. Photo by …
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Kickass Hosts Ava
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper and Phyllis in hosting Ava, a laid-back and laid-down beagle owned by Todd, Phyllis’s son who is off to a card-collector show. Ava’s mission in life is to pack as much sleep into a day as possible, preferably on the soft …
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Kickass and the April Fool
Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering why April Fool’s Day is not celebrated with a symbolic “April Fool” character in the manner of Santa Claus and Christmas, or the Easter Bunny and Easter. Perhaps there are so many candidates for the “April Fool” …
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Kickass and St. Pat’s Reminders
Photo by Yan Ming on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper dives into St. Patrick’s week with the following reminders: 1. It is the week of Phyllis’s birthday. 2. It will snow on Thursday. 3. Wisconsin’s minority rep. gov. is solidly in place. 4. Rare sunshine is not a health hazard. 5. The friendly black cat at …
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Kickass and Vow Renewal Ceremony
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog reports that the wedding-vow renewal festivities for the keeper and Phyllis and others at Vista West went off without a hitch–no pun intended. Witnessed by the keeper’s sons Larry and Mike, daughter-in-law Linda; Phyllis’s son Todd and granddaughter Taylor, the event–vowing ceremony, dinner and …
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