Fox Films, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the keeper’s delight when circumstances produce a surprise encounter with old friends, and so it was when a book promo–“Treeson, an APOLOGIA to Trees” meant meeting with Marion Kienitz at All Saints Neighborhood on Madison’s west side. Marion and the …
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Category:Humor
Kickass and Gun Insanity
adrigu, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that by applying the same inane reasoning that the 2nd Amendment gun-nuts use to justify carrying a 30-clip, people-killer down Main street, all modern vehicles need to be equipped with horse diapers to keep the streets clear of horse …
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Kickass and Blaize is One
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper has been overexposed to poetry during recent days, and submitted the following on the occasion of great-granddaughter Blaize’s first birthday: BLAIZE IS ONE, WELL, SUN-OF-A-GUN LET’S ALL PARTY AND HAVE SOME FUN. BLAIZE IS ONE AND WE LOVE HER A TON …
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Kickass and Mayhem Poets
Photo by jules a. on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/NvFkYV2ngOk By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, stayed home as the keeper and Phyllis went to a performance of The Mayhem Poets, three guys taking poetry out of the box and throwing it to the wind. As one who spent his lifetime working with words within the discipline of newspaper column …
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Kickass as a Puppy
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, approves of what might be considered a premature settlement of the keeper’s reincarnation issue since he is not yet in the reassembly process. But based on Phyllis’s over-the-top reaction to the unexpected visit by Maria and her Cocker Spaniel puppy there is no doubt …
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Kickass and Numbered Vehicles
OILKLEEN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has some doubts about the keeper’s plan to have all vehicles identified with large display numbers that reflect the age of the driver. His–the keeper’s thinking being that as he is increasingly deferred to as an ancient pedestrian, that considered treatment would …
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Kickass Salutes Shirley
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s assessment that all in-laws should be treated with respect, but when you have only one sister-in-law there are special demands, so Shirley’s birthday party at Elizabeth and Huck’s was of the highest priority. Brother Orv saw fit to include the keeper …
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Kickass on Being a Woman
National Museum of American History , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper in one of those far-ranging discussions with Phyllis, admitted that he does not have the character attributes to make it in life as a woman. Far from it, in fact, as he considers what …
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Kickass Advises Bear
National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in advising the black bear that has been roaming the west Madison area: for god’s sake go back to your den and get back to sleep, it is still winter in all of Wisconsin and if your …
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Kickass and the Gathering of the Clan
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that some very basic things don’t change all that much, for example clan gatherings in cave-like settings to chew the meat off the bone of an animal, consume plant products, drink various concoctions, tenderly tend the little ones and …
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Kickass and Arbor Day
D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating Arbor Day, the inclusion of trees in their respective lives being different in some ways but similar in others, namely a lack of respect. The keeper has attempted to make amends with publication of his …
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Kickass and the Toilet Seat
Attribution: Jeuwre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper tries not to get too excited about the Senate Republicans voting down the Equal Rights Amendment since it could conceivably be used by women to demand regulations that men sit down to pee, ending once and for …
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