Kickass Votes for Phyllis

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes     Kickass, the doorstop dog, has no plans to accompany the keeper to the polls today to vote in the municipal election, but he will be watching to make sure the keeper votes for those candidates who have proven that they are decent human beings and not egocentric jerks: …
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Kickass and Moral Posting

BakeNecko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes       Kickass, the doorstop dog, informs the keeper that his—the keeper’s seeming ability to ignore the slaughter and suffering of millions of his planetary partners while producing lighthearted commentary about his personal ride on the big ball, does not speak to indifference, but to a coping …
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Kickass and Clan Feast

Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was reassured that his clan has survived the Covid calamity by an impromptu gathering instigated by son Mike who cooked a big pot roast and announced late in the day, that it would be consumed at Becky …
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Kickass and Talking Trees

Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been working with the keeper in the burgeoning field of other life forms—like trees and other plants, having here-to-fore unknown abilities to communicate with each other, and with humans: if you are of a certain mindset and you take a walk in the woods—the …
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Kickass and April 1st

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having won the lottery of several million dollars, will be tossing $100 bills off his Vista West balcony throughout this day of Apr. 1, 2022.  In keeping with the custom of the day, the keeper urges anyone catching one …
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Kickass and Weather Phrases

Brian0918 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes       Kickass, the doorstop dog, in assisting the keeper as he tries to see something good in everything, including the Wisconsin winter that refuses to yield to spring, points out that the incredibly stupid political events of the immediate past have produced a plethora …
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Kickass and the Brooder House

Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, suggests to the keeper that it may be time to reinsert into his chaotic life a “brooder house,” like the one he remembers from his boyhood farm days where he was wont to spend time in the small, Quonset hut-shaped structure soaking up the warmth …
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Kickass and Repub Breakfast

Varghese K James, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is in one of his dilemmas of despair as he attempts to adjust his life to accommodate the guidance of Repub deep thinkers who, under a proposed Perdue Poultry Act, are drafting protection for chicken eggs …
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Kickass and Divisiveness

DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is having difficulty getting into step with the current movement to address political divisiveness by sitting down with and listening to those who hold opposing views.  The hard facts are that he—the keeper, does not have the reasoned restraint …
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Kickass and Mike’s Birthday

Selena N. B. H. from Fayetteville, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he—the keeper, suffers from “time” contortions as he attempts to deal with the fact of his youngest child—Mike, celebrating a 65th birthday.  The math would make the keeper’s age…….oh, never mind!  Suffice to say …
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Kickass Tackles the Weather

Liz Sales, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has decided to defy the old saw that everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.  His plan of “doing something,” has its base in the human capacity for enduring outright, wholesale stupidity as it …
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Kickass and the Catalytic Converter

Photo by Kevin Bidwell: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-working-under-his-car-1388278/ By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the interests of retaining a semblance of relevance, the keeper now has a job which he created for himself after the bus at Vista West, where he and Phyllis live, was temporarily out of service because some jerk crawled under …
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