Attribution: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, unable to do much about the keeper’s thought process, is helpless now as the keeper considers the makeover of Chicago’s Tribune Tower into apartments and wonders who is now sleeping and living in his old office …
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Kickass and Attacking Pound
Attribution: Wtshymanski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper suffered yet another attack by a stray pound that used ambush tactics in the night to join the other invader pounds in their waistline stronghold. Following a dining night out by the keeper and Phyllis, there was …
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Whistling In the Graveyard
Photo by Geoff Carter Por Dia de Los Muertos and Halloween (Originally posted on October 31, 2019) Photos by Geoff Carter By Geoff Carter While driving around running errands this last Sunday, my wife and I found ourselves in the somewhat unusual position of having some time to kill, a strange situation for us. It …
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Kickass Talks to Mom
Attribution: asobuno, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that every morning the keeper has a conversation with his mother: KEEPER: “Thanks, Mom, for teaching me how to tie my shoes.” MOM: “You’re welcome, Billy. Have a nice day!” The “mom” conversation is the reason the keeper sticks with …
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Kickass Appreciates October 26, 2023
Attribution: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper with the following plans for Oct. 26, 2023. *The keeper will not be joining the “thoughts and prayers” parade regarding the Maine shooting as he is both “thinking” and “praying” impaired in such matters and has been …
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Kickass and No Speaker of the House
Attribution: C-SPAN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware of the keeper’s irresistible compulsion to do good, passes along a few reassuring remarks concerning the Repub’s inability to find a speaker of the house who believes in the house and the democracy it represents: *Think of the dilemma in …
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Kickass and Squeaker of the House
Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following real-life drama: SCENE: Front stoop of average home. Doorbell rings. Home-owner answers to find a mouse on the front step. HOMEOWNER: “What can I do for you?” MOUSE: “I hear you need a squeaker of the house.” HOMEOWNER: “That would be …
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Kickass as a Stupefier
Attribution: Dr. Philip Bethge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper in his distress over being genetically excluded from the migrators and the hibernators and classified as a “stupefier” as major seasonal changes are about to occur. Birds with brains the size of peas are fleeing …
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Kickass and Fall Colors
Attribution: Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in updating their relationship to trees as they rode across the state with Gina and Steve for a Phyllis family reunion, remarkable for its lack of fisticuffs and shouting and its surplus of food and drink. As much as …
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Kickass Updates Photo
Attribution: Peter Paul Rubens , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, understands the desire of the keeper and Phyllis to stay current with friends by updating their profile image, and therefore offers the attached as an update. It shows them on a recent visit to the Vilas Park Zoo, and though …
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Kickass Builds an Ark
Attribution: Simon de Myle , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, aware of the keeper’s frequent misguided missions, has some doubt about his current project of building an ark as being the only possible solution to world circumstances. While it is only in the planning stage, the keeper would use …
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Kickass and House on the Bus
Attribution: 3atbulletz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accepts the keeper’s image of the House of Reps as passengers on a runaway bus careening through switchbacks as it hurtles down the side of a steep mountain. “Who’s driving?” “Nobody.” “What about the orange man, wasn’t he driving?” “He still …
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