Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, and the keeper tried to stay out of the way, as Phyllis oversaw the big Girl Scout cookie delivery to the Vista West cookie customers of Margo, one of the keeper’s great granddaughters. Margo was assisted by her father Andy and brother River, and …
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Kickass and the Brain Worm
Photo by Mike Castro Demaria on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he grapples with a brain-worm that has turned into a brain-snake in the form of the 1948 hit song “On a Slow Boat to China.” Brain-worms are more of a problem in the keeper’s ancient age group as old brains tend to …
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Kickass and the April Fool
Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering why April Fool’s Day is not celebrated with a symbolic “April Fool” character in the manner of Santa Claus and Christmas, or the Easter Bunny and Easter. Perhaps there are so many candidates for the “April Fool” …
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Kickass and Gun Insanity
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper in reacting to the police report of a “serious injury” shooting in the peaceful, school-saturated westside neighborhood where he and Phyllis live in a retirement facility called Vista West. The shooting victim later died, and two …
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Kickass and National MA
Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that the need for a no-nonsense national Mother Authority (MA) has never been greater as the current situation continues to deteriorate: more guns recommended to solve school shootings, politicians lurking in bathrooms and maternity wards with arrest …
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Kickass and Voting Wrong
Danny Howard from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, often charged with clarifying even simple issues for the keeper, was not on the job when the keeper erroneously marked “yes” on his absentee ballot to the two advisory questions regarding judges’ power in election issues …
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Kickasss and 666
William Blake , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to assist the keeper in working through the possible negative significance of recent numbers whereby his youngest offspring–Mike, had the audacity to turn 66, and then pointed out that 66 was two- thirds of the Biblical 666 “number of the …
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Kickass and the David Statue
Jörg Bittner Unna, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has it on good authority that Trump and Desantis are both claiming that the giant Michelangelo statue of the Biblical giant-killer David, currently in the news, is an accurate image of themselves, with minor exceptions. In …
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Kickass and Country/City Kids
Channel 3000, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s reading suggestion–Kathy Cramer’s 2016 book “The Politics of Resentment,” as a means of understanding why the Wisconsin country kids hate the city kids to the extent that they deny truth and vote against their own interests. How …
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Kickass and Cheap Seats
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, often curious as to the keeper’s decision making, was impressed with his agreeing with Phyllis’s last-minute suggestion to go see the musical “Chicago” in the big Overture barn. The only remaining available tickets meant an Everest like climb into the rarefied air of the …
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Kickass Hangs Up Hammer
Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is resigning his position as Mr. Fixit having been humbled by the seemingly simple task of installing drawer slides in the kitchen he shares with Phyllis. The project that should have taken a few hours extended into days, …
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Kickass and Baby Bump Photo
Image by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from updating the photo showing him in the latest version of baby-bump comparisons with three granddaughter in-laws, announces that he will be selling advertising space on his “baby-bump,” on a square-inch basis and with the guarantee that ads will …
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