Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is off on a research rampage to determine why it so pleases people—mostly men, to be photographed with a fish, usually a good-sized dead fish and sometimes with a whole string of smaller dead fish? It is a circumstance prominent …
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Kickass and Little Boy Blue
Attribution: Nursery_Rhymes.djvu: Edward Cogger derivative work: Theornamentalist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis like to remember things from their long-ago childhoods, and the keeper offers the following which he thinks might be appropriate at this time: “Little Boy Blue Come blow your horn …
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Kickass and “On Wisconsin”
Attribution: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis’s post-election survival as they note that the sun came up and moved in its usual path over Wisconsin’s Capital dome, pausing briefly to shine on the state motto of “Forward,” and lighting up the new …
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Kickass and the Have-Nots
Attribution: Charles Levy , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is doing his best to adjust to the fact that provisions of the 2010 “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision have born political fruit for the “Haves” as they continue to buy the “Have Nots” vote and …
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Kickass Election Day Choices
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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Kickass and Election Rapture
Attribution: Jan Luyken , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to set things straight, has some information for those millions who have obviously confused tomorrows election with either the “rapture” or the “second coming.” Very basic fact checking reveals that the biblical “walking on …
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Kickass and Wet Dogs
Attribution: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is taking the day off on this rainy Sunday because nobody wants to keep company with a wet dog. See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and Nature’s Elections
Attribution: Scot Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that as he and Phyllis and the rest of the voters await election day they might consider themselves as a great herd of sheep waiting to see if the Border Collies take them to greener …
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Kickass and Women in Politics
Attribution: Photo by freestocks on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper denies that he is on the edge of total mental collapse due to overexposure to abject stupidity in the POTUS election campaign. Beginning with the so called “Access Hollywood tapes” statement about obscene grabbing of women, and including the vow to …
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Kickass and Halloween Election
Attribution: Lee Coursey from Decatur, GA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with a memory bank that includes life with outhouses and wall telephones, finds himself unable to distinguish Halloween from the presidential election and is bothered by the threat that trick-or-treaters may tip over …
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Kickass and Tree Lane
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, napped while the keeper and Phyllis strolled up Tree Lane next to Vista West on an unseasonably warm late October afternoon, stopping often to identify uncommon tree species, and marveling at the trees’ spectacular demonstration of another season of growth and life in the …
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Kickass and Madison Square Garden
Attribution: Andrew nyr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is reminded by Madison Square Garden recently being in the news, that he was, is and will forever be a hopeless country bumpkin. The keeper was in New York as part of the Milwaukee Journal reporting …
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