Category:Humor

Kickass and Being 48

Posted on March 20, 2024Updated on March 20, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Stadtarchiv Kiel , CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper asked his and Phyllis’s fellow Vista West residents at a social gathering to comment on something from their lives from when they were 48 years old. Amazingly, it turns out that many people denied ever …
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Kickass and Birdwatching

Posted on March 19, 2024Updated on March 19, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Nature

Attribution: John Gerrard Keulemans , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to stop the keeper from taking on impossible missions and so it was that when he—the keeper heard about Peter Kaestner traveling to the Philippines to see an orange tufted spider hunter to become the 10,000th bird he …
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Kickass and Weather Talk

Posted on March 18, 2024Updated on March 18, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Climate, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: National Weather Service / National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration / Storm Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes along with the keeper that a communication that resorts to the weather as subject matter is a clear indication of a relationship in trouble, attempts to avoid a …
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Kickass and Birthday Open House

Posted on March 17, 2024Updated on March 17, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Holidays, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper today as he sponsors a St. Pat’s birthday open house for Phyllis who was born on March 16 some years ago in Canada and frequently threatens to go back there given the current flow of US political “news.” Phyllis …
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Kickass and Birthdays

Posted on March 16, 2024Updated on March 16, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Holidays, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in assuming the awesome responsibility of helping Phyllis and great-granddaughter Margaux celebrate simultaneous birthdays while not ignoring St. Patrick’s Day. It was a triple threat challenge that seemed to invite the simple solution of a keg of green beer. But there …
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Kickass and the Bad Driver

Posted on March 15, 2024Updated on March 15, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Attribution: DaleHulm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has a question for the driver on Mineral Point Road who apparently disagreed with the reasonable interval the keeper was maintaining with the driver ahead of him and roared around the keeper to cut in front and …
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Kickass and Bear Hounders

Posted on March 14, 2024Updated on March 14, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Animal Rights, Humor, Kickass, Nature, Wisconsin

Attribution: Michelle Buntin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in all seriousness and outrageousness to point out how Wisconsin, once a national leader in conservation matters, has sunk to be THE ONLY state where bear hounders from all over the country come to “train” their hounds …
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Kickass and Flat Earthers

Posted on March 13, 2024Updated on March 13, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Conspiracy theory, Humor, Kickass

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sends along the keeper’s suggestions for having a serious conversation with a flat-earth devotee who lauds and even sends money to a cult leader who tends the Koolaid tap and claims to walk on water. 1. Assume an expression of interest, as if you are …
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Kickass and Grocery Shopping

Posted on March 12, 2024Updated on March 12, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: State Library and Archives of Florida, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper makes no apology for yearning for the good old days when grocery shopping—as done by his dear old mother meant standing in front of a counter and reading from a grocery list …
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Kickass and Singing to the Cows

Posted on March 11, 2024Updated on March 11, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Music, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Colton Jones on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, hears—frequently, the keeper’s lament about not having made music a larger part of his life. The early indications were that his high volume singing to the cows was well received whether they were tightly restricted in individual stalls or meandering up the lane ahead …
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Kickass and the Missing Hour

Posted on March 10, 2024Updated on March 10, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass

Attribution:USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, allows the keeper the following, with the promise that he will refrain from personal poetry for at least a week: TO DST “Oh, hour lost, where did you go? “Did you melt away like so much snow? …
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Kickass and Girl Scout Cookies

Posted on March 9, 2024Updated on March 9, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is proud to announce that his wife Phyllis is an honorary Girl Scout, at least for Girl Scout Cookie purposes around Vista West where they live. Deputized by official Girl Scout great granddaughter Margue and accompanied by Margue’s parents Ohm …
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