Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the word that the keeper is seeking help with interpreting a dream that put a confusing spin on the last hour of his sleep: He is in downtown Chicago with two dogs which he is to deliver to a theatre director for …
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Kickass and Animal Messages
Attribution: Scot Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, exercising his unique abilities to intercept communications of all kinds, passes along the following: To the sheep: “New dogs—with long legs and sharp teeth, will be replacing the border collies and will herd you with a …
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Kickass and Civilization History
Attribution: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering if it will be something like the great pyramids, a buried terracotta army, giant Easter Island type stone figures or something else that future anthropologists find to prove that the present “civilization” did indeed exist …
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Kickass and Dead Fish Photos
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is off on a research rampage to determine why it so pleases people—mostly men, to be photographed with a fish, usually a good-sized dead fish and sometimes with a whole string of smaller dead fish? It is a circumstance prominent …
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Kickass and Little Boy Blue
Attribution: Nursery_Rhymes.djvu: Edward Cogger derivative work: Theornamentalist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis like to remember things from their long-ago childhoods, and the keeper offers the following which he thinks might be appropriate at this time: “Little Boy Blue Come blow your horn …
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Kickass and “On Wisconsin”
Attribution: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis’s post-election survival as they note that the sun came up and moved in its usual path over Wisconsin’s Capital dome, pausing briefly to shine on the state motto of “Forward,” and lighting up the new …
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Kickass and the Have-Nots
Attribution: Charles Levy , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is doing his best to adjust to the fact that provisions of the 2010 “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision have born political fruit for the “Haves” as they continue to buy the “Have Nots” vote and …
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Kickass Election Day Choices
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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Kickass and Election Rapture
Attribution: Jan Luyken , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to set things straight, has some information for those millions who have obviously confused tomorrows election with either the “rapture” or the “second coming.” Very basic fact checking reveals that the biblical “walking on …
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Kickass and Wet Dogs
Attribution: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is taking the day off on this rainy Sunday because nobody wants to keep company with a wet dog. See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and Nature’s Elections
Attribution: Scot Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that as he and Phyllis and the rest of the voters await election day they might consider themselves as a great herd of sheep waiting to see if the Border Collies take them to greener …
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Kickass and Women in Politics
Attribution: Photo by freestocks on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper denies that he is on the edge of total mental collapse due to overexposure to abject stupidity in the POTUS election campaign. Beginning with the so called “Access Hollywood tapes” statement about obscene grabbing of women, and including the vow to …
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