Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper may be overloaded with concerns about both natural and political disasters to the point that he needed some reassurance that while all may not be well, some important things are happening, such as the sunrise of July 10, 2025. It happened …
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Kickass and a new FETCH
Attribution: Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s discovery of a new TV version of the game of “Fetch,” in which a man with bloody hands—Netanyahu, throws a live hand grenade out to be fetched by a dog—Donald who has serious distemper. Has …
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Kickass and Note to IRS
Attribution: Matthew G. Bisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis feeling left out in that they did not receive personal letters from the IRS boss thanking them for their support of the billionaire narcissistic class. Friends have shared copies of …
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Kickass Goes for a Walk
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was not invited along when Phyllis promoted a walk around the block for the computer-bound keeper who once built newspaper columns around “Walking across Wisconsin with spring” and other similar “walking” themes that got him out of the office for days—even weeks at …
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Kickass and InDepends
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis survived Independence Day 2025 curious as to whether or not “INDEPENDence Day” had anything to do with the origin of the “Depends,” brand name, a not unheard-of word in their crowd. See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and Political Signs
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper sat in on a planning meeting of Phyllis’s “Protection Rally” group as it discussed where to direct its very successful efforts that created an alternate, more accessible opportunity to participate in the national outrage over—among other things, various forms of …
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Kickass and Dog Shunning
Attribution: humboldthead, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, believes the keeper when he reports that in the big bulls— bill being forced by narcissistic nabobs down the throats of a slack-jawed populace, two of the one thousand plus pages got stuck together and effectively hide the provision that allocated …
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Kickass and July
Attribution: William H. Majoros, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in greeting July 2025 with its explosive character of renewal: Gosslings! Ducklings! Bear cubs! Lambs! Fawns! Fresh berries! New potatoes! Sweet corn! The list is infinite. It is a glorious time of fledging and …
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Kickass and the Family Tree
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis listening with interest to comments from the keeper’s granddaughter Sarah regarding some of her casual climbing around in her family tree. The branches on her late mother Dora’s side— “Durst” show an illustrious history …
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Kickass and Dark Chocolate
Attribution: Simon A. Eugster, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, happily reports that the keeper was at least with it enough to not heed his own advice yesterday about staying in bed in order to avoid the daily “Tin man” fallout. Instead, he got up, dressed in his old-man …
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Kickass Stays in Bed
Attribution: Photo by S L on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with the audacity to join the legions of Sunday morning advice givers, recommends going back to bed and pulling the covers over your head. The alternative would be to rise and shine in an absolute Land of Oz world where …
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Kickass and Canada Friend
Attribution: PinchyCC, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with Canadian- born wife Phyllis as a constant reminder of basic decency, and his own memories of many wonderful Canadian visits, finds himself uncharacteristically speechless in the foul wake of the Trump Titanic. To try to make light …
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