Attribution: Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is on his own in considering fruit flies as drinking companions and hence as a source of protein. In a recent non-clinical trial, the keeper inexplicably—and temporarily, abandoned his partially-filled brandy glass, and upon …
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Kickass Watches PBS
Attribution: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper and Phyllis in forsaking the MSNBC endless political haranguing for a series of PBS Wednesday night programs that were both reassuring and humbling: From unusual people enjoying nature to a portrait of the planet Earth in terms of …
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Kickass and Biting Dog
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is with the keeper in seeing that amid the prevailing political circus, the issue of Commander, the Biden dog, biting Secret Service members has been overlooked as a logical solution in myriad problem areas. If ever a biting dog …
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Kickass and Goodbye September
Attribution: Travellers1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been aware for some time that “time” frequently gets away from the keeper and he schedules so many things that some of them are not properly executed, such as his ceremonial goodbye to the September of 2023. So on the …
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Kickass and Grandchildren
Attribution: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting that the only thing better than a visit by a grandchild is another visit by a grandchild, the observation prompted by a visit from Bud and his wife Jessica. Bud was a “preemie”– 23 ounces and a …
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Kickass and the Lost Wallet
Attribution: WellingtonM, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps through the keeper’s account of losing his wallet during an evening outing with his good friend Harry Peterson. The keeper was sure he had left the wallet in the back seat of Harry’s car, which, it turned out had not …
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Kickass and Four Sons
Attribution: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that if there is one thing the keeper taught his four sons it was the virtue of procrastination, so they will be fine with the keeper dealing late with “sons’ day.” Raising four sons during the long-hair hippy days, when the abject stupidity …
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Kickass Goes to a Play
Attribution: AlexanderUtz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper joined Roger Howard as guests of Harry Peterson at last night’s American Players Theatre production of “The Royale,” and is now qualified to make the following comments: *Playwrights like Marco Ramirez use awesome talent and tools to …
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Kickass and Downhill Cot
Attribution: Michel, Carl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, allows the keeper a memory exercise that takes him back to his arrival on the UW campus fresh out of a three-year Army stint that included a year of Korean combat duty where sleeping in trenches and bunkers was the …
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Kickass and Mr. Fixit
Attribution: Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s attitude throughout his life has been that he could fix most anything using improvised parts, innate dexterity, sharp eyes and resistance to being part of the throw-it-away-and-buy-a-new-one cultural mindset. So when the bedroom reading lamp developed a switch problem, it …
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Kickass and Game of Fetch
Attribution: Photo by Rob Fuller on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has engaged the keeper’s help in totally shutting down the game of “fetch” as played by dogs and people. As symbolic of activity so stupid as to compete with voters going to the polls in “big-money-bought elections, “fetch’s” success depends on a number of …
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Kickass at Indian Lake
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Photo by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that under the rubric that everybody gotta be somewhere, reports the keeper and Phyllis in one of Dane County’s more striking beauty spots: Indian Lake County Park off Highway 19. Marking the location where the last glacier gave up …
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