edmondo gnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the keeper’s respect for science, and also his disappointment when science leaves so many questions unanswered. The recent discovery in Italy of the 350,000-year-old human footprints is a case in point. The scientists reported the footprints were made by someone …
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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 Accepts a Compliment
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that the keeper is too old for anything like modesty or embarrassment over self-serving activities, hereby shares the recent article by the Cap Times Dave Zwiefel in which Dave said some laudatory things about the keeper’s long-ago slog in the newspaper world and …
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Kickass Braves Weather for Book
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be staying home this morning as the keeper and Phyllis travel to the Drumlin Ridge Independent Living facility in Cottage Grove to do a book reading for “Treeson: an APOLOGIA to Trees” the keeper’s recent attempt at the Nobel. While the regular Thursday …
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Kickass is in the Market
bfishadow on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, comments that the keeper checking on the stock market is akin to a bug checking out windshields on the Interstate. The fact that his piddly pennies are in the market in any form is an absurdity promoted by the big …
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Kickass and Monster Cats
Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, indulges the keeper as he once again, in this time of year when barred owls and cats fall in love, reviews the damage done to him as a child when love-sick tom cats gathered beneath a window where he …
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Kickass Marks March 7, 2023
Balkhovitin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, allows the keeper to set the pace of this day–Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023 as just that and nothing more–Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023, and isn’t it nice to be a part of it with the sunshine and Phyllis. See more at… The Bill …
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Kickass and Awful Ignorance
Prompt by JPxG, model by Boris Dayma, upscaler by Xintao Wang, Liangbin Xie et al. (Apache License 2.0 or BSD), via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s struggle to maintain a shred of relevance has him finally understanding that all the talk about “AI” has nothing to do with “Intelligence,” but is …
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Kickass and Great-Grandkids
Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis did a quick check on some of the keeper’s great grandchildren in the Mazo area and found them all to be “great” and growing; and not caring a whit about the idiot governor of …
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Kickass as Hunter/Gatherer
Charles R. Knight , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper tries to claim that he still qualifies as a “hunter and gatherer” when he goes over of Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton and picks up “to-go” Friday night fish-fry for himself and Phyllis. The drive down …
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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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Kickass and Evolution Reversal
Jaroslav A. Polák from Brno, Czech Republic, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes sharing the keeper’s observations of a reversal in human evolution, a recent indicator being the discovery of a family that reportedly walks on all fours. There are, of course, many other signs that we are headed …
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