Spikejj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper is constantly at a loss to control the machinations of his mind, Sunday was a particularly eventful day as he spent most of it trying to recall the name of the famously outrageous orchestra leader from his …
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Kickass as a Bowerbird
Phil from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that in the keeper’s records is the Facebook post showing that three years ago he traveled to Arizona and kidnapped Phyllis in her own car, snatching her out of the warm sunshine and bringing her to face cold …
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Kickass and Deer Rifles on Stands
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is aware, along with the keeper, that on this day—the opening of the deer season, the state is virtually awash with guns–thousands of high-powered weapons designed to kill large mammals, with–in many cases, the killing design aimed specifically …
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Kickass and Deer Hunt Changes
The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper finds it increasingly difficult to identify with the excitement and anticipation of the annual deer season that dominated so much of his life. From the days of his youth in the north country when the …
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Kickass and Fantasy History
Gustave Doré , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, given his combined real-virtual status, is eminently qualified to assist the keeper with his project of applying the precepts of fantasy sports to history, thereby making it not only possible but entertaining to deny the slaughter of Native Americans, the existence …
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Kickass and Phyllis Treatment
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have begun an intense five session radiation treatment procedure at the UW Carbone Cancer Center for Phyllis that will see them traveling to various Madison locations and then in a virtual quarantine through Dec. 7. While this circumstance …
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Kickass and Seat Heater
Photo by Tim Samuel from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that there was once a time when it was possible, even beneficial, to establish a relationship with a personal mode of transportation simply by talking to a horse. In the early iteration of the automobile age—when under-the-hood mechanicals could be understood …
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Kickass and Brother Transportation
UH Digital Library, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper watched great grandsons Taylor and Trevor use a freight cart as a make-shift vehicle for crashing each other into a garage door, and he—the keeper was immediately taken back to the time when he worked for …
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Kickass and the Automatic Trashcan
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, never noted for restraint, has gone completely overboard in celebrating a tech advance that he can not only understand but operate without asking for Phyllis’s help: It is a trash can that has a motion-sensor lid that opens with the …
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Kickass and First Snow
\Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the first swirling snowflakes of the season were immediately politicized when the Repubs said that they—the snowflakes, represented the Dems’ start of a six-month long snow job to sell snow, ice, freezing wind and blizzards as the charms …
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Kickass and Veterans Day
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Day to celebrate Veteran obsolescence; and to recognize the brutal truth that there is apparently no way to make heroes out of those who might somehow defend the country against internal ignorance and rampant misinformation. It is one thing …
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Kickass in the Zoo
Photo by Jorge Salvador on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis recently found themselves as virtually the only customers in a nearby JC Penny’s department store, and left finally when it became obvious that, not only were there no customers, there were no sales clerks either. The keeper compared it …
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