Attribution: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be sleeping in to avoid being stepped on by the keeper as he–the keeper steps on and off the bathroom scale following cookie day at the weekly Vista West social hour: “Oh, Christmas cookie we love …
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Category:Holidays
The Pen in Hand’s Guide to a Vintage TV Christmas
“Oscar the Elf” Photo by Geoff Carter
Kickass Turns into a Goat
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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Kickass and Sugarless Pie
Attribution: Kimberly Vardeman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper as stuffed as a turkey of his kind can get as he and Phyllis were guests at a number of clan feasts, all of them of exceptional quality and quantity and with one memorable oversight: “Which of …
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Kickass and Gym House Furniture
Photo by Phyllis Stoke By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s account of a return visit to the house that he and his family built on the Mazomanie hill, and where grandson Andy and wife Ari and their three kids have now wisely furnished the living room with gymnastic equipment and …
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Happy Thanksgiving from Everyone at The Pen in Hand Blog!!
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Kickass and Holiday Over-Eating
Attribution: Harry Pot / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s tips for watching your weight during the Thanksgiving week: *Do not apply makeup, deodorant or false eyelashes before stepping on the scale in the morning. Do, however, shave whatever you shave, clip your toe and …
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Kickass and Head Chopping
Attribution: Reuben R. Sallows, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does his best to keep the keeper from stepping into the bottomless quicksand of life but was unable to deter him from preoccupation with the reality that in order for there to be a traditional Thanksgiving feast somebody has …
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Hospitality
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Geoff Carter
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Kickass and Hitler Thanksgiving
Attribution: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the floor to the keeper as he recalls the Thanksgiving feast at Grandma Helgeland’s when “Hitler” came to dinner. It was the concluding months of WW II and Hitler was the global monster that everyone hated. Hitler was also the …
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Kickass and Thanksgiving Bird Chants
Attribution: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has been approached by the National Order of Turkeys–“NOT,” to do something about the traditional Thanksgiving Day menu as well as the dispiriting grey-day November weather. Response from AI suggested eating sparrows for Thanksgiving feasting as …
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Kickass and River Birthday Party
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the family did a bang-up job with a pre birthday celebration for the keeper’s 93rd birthday which occurs 9/11/31. Hosted by Rick and Becky and Mike at their river side digs, the event featured limitless stories from the keeper’s four sons about their growing-up …
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