“Boris Johnson 2016” Foreign and Commonwealth Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to assist the keeper in dealing with his—the keeper’s Chaetophobia, which, everyone knows, is the extreme fear of hair. After undergoing four years of shock treatment during the Trump hair carnival, the keeper was approaching some …
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Kickass and Raw Talent
“Bill on a Log” by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper may come out of retirement as a Packer fan in view of a recent sports headline that read: “Stokes learning to control raw talent.” The accompanying article referred to the blazing speed of Packer pass defender Eric …
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Kickass and Republican History
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes with the keeper that the gerrymandered chokehold the narcissistic Republicans have on the democratic political system will be its downfall: a kennel operating for the benefit of only a few tall dogs with no meaningful sustenance for the hordes of mutts cannot endure. …
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Kickass and Unmasking
By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in moderating some of the chaos resulting from the great unmasking now occurring across the country, specifically just how to treat the Lone Ranger and Tonto who apparently spent the entire Covid mask-up period as residents of Coventry Village on Madison’s west side where …
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Kickass and Backwards Underwear
“Outhouse” Suisant7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper long ago stopped being concerned with the random—some might say “garbage-can” nature of his thought process. Were it not for this, he might fret over the fact that for 60-70 years there has been stored in his memory …
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Kickass and Pond Life
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in the proximity of pond eco systems where hidden predators—huge snapping turtles, dominate to the threat and detriment of all other life forms; and, of course, the keeper and Phyllis find …
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Kickass 6/2/21 Bear at Bird Feeder
Photo by Bill Pennell on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to help the keeper stay calm over bird feeder issues, particularly after hearing from the keeper’s brother Orville up in Barron County where a black bear has smashed the bird feeder and taken up a lounging presence in the feeder’s proximity. Dedicated animal/bird people, …
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Kickass and Memorial Day Memories
Photo by P. Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass the doorstop dog, will be assisting the Keeper and Phyllis as they recuperate from a Family-filled Memorial Day weekend which proved the following: *Visiting Sate Street and UW environs makes you feel both young and old. *Watching toddlers play on the river beach sand causes you to …
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Kickass Remembers R. B. Curtis
Photographes du National Geographic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in memorializing R. B. (Rolland) Curtis, Wisconsin’s most decorated WW I soldier who was a mentor of sorts when the keeper was sorting through the debris of pending adulthood in Barron County. On a fishing excursion, …
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Kickass and Korean Artillery Shell
“Arlington National Cemetery on a Sunday Morning” Clynnwersch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, excuses the keeper for getting personal with his Memorial Day thoughts, specifically how the artillery shell that buried him in Korean dirt and debris could have been a foot or so different and might have …
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Kickass and “Weather Through Filibuster”
Ralf Roletschek (GFDL 1.2 or FAL), via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in deciphering a Repub-designed program to deal with rotten weather over the Memorial Day weekend. Called “Weather Through Filibuster” or WTF for short, the program is based on the Repub held contention that warm sunshine is the …
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Kickass Remodels Memorial Day
“Arlington National Cemetery Rows” Joeyp3413, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in considering how Memorial Day is built around those who die when they are handed official guns and ordered to go to a shoot-out with total strangers. The keeper lucked out when it was his turn …
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