Attribution: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper and Phyllis’s explanation for the prevailing summer-in-October: it obviously is the result of “Only I can fix it, Trump” redoing the calendar to eliminate Christmas as being overstaffed, symbolized by a jolly fat …
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Kickass and Milking Cows
Attribution: StanCoFair, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper extends his and Phyllis’s unfailing efforts to be helpful to those ICE cowboys who are now rounding up the immigrant farm hands who milk the Wisconsin cows. Well, WHOA, all you masked rearrangers, doesn’t anybody among your deep …
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Kickass and Cop Horses
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis, impressed with what they at first thought might be ICE on horseback but turned out to be a couple of Madison cops riding their big gentle mounts around the westside neighborhood in a relaxed get-acquainted patrol. Curious residents, among …
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Kickass and Shutdowns
Attribution: Seattle Municipal Archives , CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the floor—and the couch, to the keeper to recount his experience when the government shut down Camp Atterberry in Indiana where the keeper was impatiently riding out the post-Korea part of a three-year enlistment. At the request—order—of the …
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Kickass and Closed Government
Attribution: Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a service to his species, works with the keeper and Phyllis to provide specific tips for dogs in coping with the shutdown government. 1. Dog walkers will now be “dog runners” during the shutdown as they function …
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Kickass and Title Intimidation
Attribution: Photo: Sgt Andy Malthouse ABIPP/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the admirals and generals gather today in the big crap game the keeper notes that he has always been seriously intimidated by ranks and titles to the point that he cowers before the …
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Kickass and Granddaughers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis frequently awed by the actions and accomplishments of grandchildren, and never more so than it is with Phyllis’s Alexis and her menagerie of backyard animals up in Mosinee; and with the keeper’s Sarah who carries the family schnauzer Boo …
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Kickass and the Winery
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the lady who came to the winery alone, to sit in the bright Sunday sunshine at a table near the keeper and Phyllis, to exchange casual greetings and to drink her wine in peaceful solitude. As she put on her sunhat and …
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Kickass and 9/27/25
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the Damn Mad Badger will be observing the Silver Badgers and their followers today from 3 to 4 p.m. as they gather along Gammon Road near Tree Lane to express their outrage at the removal of decency, compassion and common sense from …
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Kickass and Therapist Tara
Attribution: Bill Branson (Photographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that Tara the physical therapist has taken on the monumental task of keeping the keeper from falling on his face, probably only until he falls on his ass which has more cushioning. Tara provides exercise examples that have …
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Kickass and High Prices
Attribution: Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to help the keeper and Phyllis with current budgeting issues that are compounded by the outrageously high cost of everything. The keeper, for example, faced the necessity of getting the car serviced and having a small tooth cavity filled. There was a …
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Kickass and Laughing
Attribution: Erin Scott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper and Phyllis in listening to Jimmy’s return monologue not long after hearing the POTUS address the United Nations. As a result, they will be taking turns alternately laughing and crying for most of the rest of the …
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