Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along word that the keeper is declaring war on the rabbit that is invading Phyllis’s raised garden and eating the tomatoes that the keeper had plans for. The keeper remembers asking his aged father on one of dad’s later birthdays what he had …
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Kickass Accepts Aging
Attribution: Andreas Bohnenstengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in suggesting one way to experience empathy for Joe as he decides to do a POTUS hand off is to compare it to the decision to sell the house and move to an independent living facility …
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Kickass and The Wombers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that there is no stopping the keeper this morning as he and Phyllis celebrate the coincidental occasion of the national political trend toward sensible matriarchy and the keeper completing the first draft of “The Wombers” a 79,000 word novel that does some off …
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Kickass Visits Jerry and Mary Davis
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the tradition of “country copy” reporting whereby visits and personal events are duly noted and commented on, “The keeper and Phyllis were drop-in guests at the magnificent prairie and natural gardens of Jerry and Mary Davis near Barneveld where a …
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Kickass and the GOP Convo
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that even as old as he is—Phyllis is much younger but still old enough to know better, anyway, the two of them watched the TV end of the Repub circus Thursday night as the head clown droned on with his …
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Kickass and Republican Milwaukee Convo
Attribution: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s fond memories of the decade or so that he spent roaming Wisconsin as a columnist/reporter for the Milwaukee Journal back in the days—1970s– when it was still one helluva …
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Horrible, Wisconsin
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Imagine my surprise when I recently learned that I’ve lived nearly my entire life in a horrible city. I never knew that. I’ve always thought Milwaukee was a pretty decent place to live. I grew up, got married, and raised a daughter here, I worked in Milwaukee Public …
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Kickass and Dog at RNC Convo
Attribution: Governor Jim Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was excited along with the keeper and Phyllis to see a dog on the stage at the RNC Convo in Milwaukee as the Repubs passed around and praised their leader’s version of America as his kingdom. “Babydog” an English …
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Kickass and Threshing Memories
Attribution: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be napping through the keeper’s obligatory annual threshing time reminiscence. Show the keeper a former farm kid whose memory goes back that far and he will show you someone who romanticizes the time when neighbors assembled around …
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Kickass and Reaction Statement
Attribution: Frederick Burr Opper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in acknowledging the widespread use of the following totally meaningless statement in reacting to the Meridian, PA. shooting: “There is no place in our political system for violence.” Every politician says it, and not only is …
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Kickass and July 14th Notes
Attribution: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, looks over the keeper’s mish-mash mental notes from June 14, 2024 to see the following: *Sunrise obliterated by rumbling thunderstorm. *Assassination attempt missed by an inch. *400 million guns. *Second graders. *Reagan and JFK and Bobby. *“Just get over it!” *Secret …
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Kickass and Older Drivers
Attribution: Mick Tinbergen tintels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and thousands of others in his age group face the Biden like dilemma on a daily basis of whether or not their driving ability has lost enough of its edge that it is in the best …
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