Attribution: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has cooperated with the keeper but has not consulted with Phyllis to update this 2024 Leap Day with the following provisions: 1. Not only are women allowed to propose marriage on leap year, but they are also encouraged to throw the …
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Kickass and Phyllis in the Parks
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper had a very impressive personal guide as he enjoyed the special Ken Burns PBS show about the magnificent national parks with Phyllis who has hiked in every one of the national parks and has a unique hiking stick adorned with …
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Kickass in the Brooder House
Attribution: Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is unable to resist the word play that has him “brooding about chicks” on this t-shirt February day. (Read on, Phyllis!) He is, of course, making the long trip back to the days when at this time of the year …
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Kickass and Old Men with iPhones
Attribution: Japanexperterna.se, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is supporting the keeper in his move to make it illegal for old men—and maybe some elderly women, to possess iPhones, after overwhelming anecdotal evidence shows that the phones do more harm than good in the shaky hands of those old …
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Kickass and Sunday Poem
Attribution: David Castor (dcastor), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, doesn’t always approve of the keeper’s poetry fits but he is powerless to stop them… THIS SUNDAY Today is the day, For praying to stay On the gods’ good side Or they’ll take you away. Faith for the believers, …
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Kickass and Time in Alabama
Attribution: ErgoSum88, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, celebrates with the keeper in finally nailing down the fact that the keeper’s lifetime of doing totally stupid things is directly related to time spent in Alabama as he was emerging from his teenage years. Prior to spending three months in …
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Kickass and Ken’s Sketch
Artwork by Ken Opin By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper not to get carried away with grandiosity in the wake of Ken Opin’s excellent sketch portrait as Ken does a series of old friends in his remarkable sparse style that captures the essence of his subjects with a few deft lines. …
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Kickass and Ogling
Attribution: David Mican, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper spends a lot of time at the Madison VA eye clinic receiving expert treatment and monitoring that has kept him in the vision game for decades. As a gesture of appreciation, the keeper reports on a …
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Kickass and Crashing Satellite
Attribution: Photo by Rae Wallis on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the observation from the keeper that he will be spending the day watching for the European Space Agency’s used up satellite to crash into the earth and mostly burn up in the atmosphere, with the chances being 1 in 100 billion that …
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Kickass and Frozen Cows
Attribution: GiorgioEinserkofel Galeotti, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper says to never mind the first robin, where he grew up in northwest Wisconsin, even the crows left to avoid the shank of winter; and he remembers it as a sign of early spring to hear …
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Kickass Dials Up Dreams
Attribution: Ziga, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is cooperating with the keeper to refine his dial-a-dream technology on the heels of waking up from a lengthy session on the Wolf River with the likes of companions John Lawton, Carl Lee and Art Jensen, and Claude from the garage …
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Kickass and Four Sons
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is performing a public service this morning by informing the residents of Colorado and other western haunts that the keeper’s four sons—Larry, Scott, Rick and Mike, have assembled at Rick and Becky’s home near Denver in what they claim is …
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