Attribution: RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, takes this official Dog Day to make the point with the keeper and Phyllis that with the sad passing of Dolly Parton and the constant insane blather by the orange squatter in the White House, a perfect example of contrasting …
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Kickass and Authentic Stupidity
Attribution: Johann Baptist Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper is finally making his move to join the innovating AI tech billionaires with his creation of “AS” a platform of “Authentic Stupidity” gathered, processed and offered to an eager public. In explaining “AS” to Phyllis, …
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Kickass and Other Species
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis still immersed in yesterday’s post about the cougar cut in half on the railroad tracks in Adams County. Kickass responders speculated that the reason the heart and lungs had been removed was to prevent the identification of bullet fragments, …
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Kickass and the Railroad Cougar
Attribution: Photo by Michael Jerrard on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, with a special feeling for cats, passes along to the keeper and Phyllis the news of a cougar found cut in half on the railroad tracks near Friendship in Adams County. The big cat was an adult male wearing a Michigan tracking collar from …
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Kickass and Norske Nook Pie
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that there are not many occasions that cannot be improved by a piece of pie, and if it is baked and served at one of the three Norske Nook locations in Wisconsin there is a spiritual quality to the event. …
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Kickass and TV Appearance
Photo provided by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper will be retiring from his very brief TV career following his appearance on the Channel 15 evening news with his presence built around the question of just why he was there in the first place. Young TV reporter Kayla gathered enough …
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Kickass and the Ice Age Trail
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, takes his hiking advice from Phyllis who has hiked in every national park in the continental US and has a hiking stick covered with park medals to prove it. She has also hiked portions of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail, as has the keeper, who …
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Kickass and Scissors Sharpeners
Attribution: National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, acknowledges Phyllis and turns it all over to the keeper on this day of Aug. 18, 2026. The scissors sharpener came ambling down the country road with his little bundle of worldly goods and a blank expression …
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Kickass and the Wolf River
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens to the keeper’s message that in these days of calamitous and contrary events some really good things still happen. One of those good things was last week’s meeting of the DNR board at which the generosity and environmental conscience of the citizenry was …
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Kickass Visits Kid Brother
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as one who misses his littermates, envied the keeper as he and Phyllis checked in with the keeper’s “little” brother Orville with lunch at Elizabeth and Hucks, Orv’s daughter and son-in-law. Reminiscence ran as deep as it gets, and just when an older brother’s …
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Kickass and Stay-Home Plan
Attribution: File:Keep Calm and Carry On Poster.svg by User:Mononomic / derivative work by Atirador, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has never chased cars and will not be doing so in the foreseeable future as the keeper informs him that the price of gas in Wisconsin is at an all-time …
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Kickass and Wisconsin-Minnesota Trade
Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, suggests that there are days when it is best to ignore the Keeper’s activities and this may be one of those days as he tries to bring together the elements of a trade …
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