Attribution: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s speech to a wood turtle in the middle of County Y as he and Phyllis returned from a river outing sponsored by Andy and Ari and attended by about 100 kids and several dogs: “You …
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Kickass and Grandchildren
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that between the keeper and Phyllis their geographic coverage of the US with grandchildren is now pretty much complete with the departure of vivacious Taylor for the East Coast. There was a time when grandchildren lived much of …
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Kickass and Lawyer Talk
Attribution: howtostartablogonline.net, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, advises the keeper that he has obviously been over exposed by TV to the methodology of the legal profession as terms like “the defense rests” and “objection sustained” are not useful in furtherance of a personal relationship. It isn’t that Phyllis …
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Kickass and 5/23/24
Attribution: cyclonebill from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, having weathered the recent storms unscathed and appreciative of that fact, greet this day of May 23, 2024 with the information that it is National Pork Roll Day, the pork roll being …
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Kickass Watches the Storm
Attribution: Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper is among those who enjoys the flash and crash of summer thunderstorms, and so was richly entertained Tuesday night at the outstanding demonstration of Nature’s whims, whams, whooshes and WOWS! Our reaction to storms is apparently …
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Kickass and POTUS
Attribution: Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is attempting to understand why so many Republicans are denying the outcome of the last election for POTUS and announcing that they will not accept the results of the next one unless it goes their way. In a preliminary gesture …
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Kickass and Public Speaking
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the keeper, on the basis of his recent “speech” to a friendly collection of Norwegians; and after hearing of the fallout from the Orange Man’s two hour Texas rant before the NRA’s Holy Church of Gun Nuts, as well as the reaction …
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Kickass and the Birds
Attribution: Photo by Mona Kool-Harrington on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, weary of accepting what gets handed to him from such entities as the red-tie mafia and the black robed robbers has turned his attention to the birds and will henceforth not be accepting every aspect of the avian arrangement whereby …
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Kickass and May 17th
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that on this Norwegian National Constitution Day–Syttende Mai, the keeper will be celebrating the fact that he is half Norwegian by dint of his dear red-haired mother who inexplicably married Dad who had more nationalities than a dog rescue kennel. It was love, …
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Kickass and 33,824 Days
Attribution: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware that math is not the keeper’s strong suit, nonetheless accepts his calculation that the sun rose this morning on the 33,824thday of his life and it promises to be a great one in that he is upright, “taking solids” …
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Kickass and Youthful Acts
Attribution: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Schnell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper, a spate of recent public claims from older citizens showing that they can still do some of the “fun” things they did in their youth. The 106-year-old swimmer …
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Kickass and Species at War
Attribution: Kaleiteen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to help the keeper remember how humans in their grand conceit think of themselves as the most advanced species as they devote their greatest energies and resources to killing each other with unimaginable weaponry and viciousness, and have been doing so …
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