Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were thrilled to learn that their former Mazo house–now occupied by grandson Andy, his wife Ari and their three young ones, has been seriously haunted and may have to be condemned until after Halloween. While it is a …
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Category:Humor
Kickass and Eye Treatment
د.مصطفى الجزار, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s treatment at the VA’s eye clinic includes a series of shots–at anywhere from six to ten week intervals, to ward off the effects of macular degeneration. While the procedure sounds intimidating, it is, in fact, not that bad–a …
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Kickass and Bird Migration
Photo by Chris Briggs on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens to the keeper as he stands out on the balcony in the dark of night and delivers a message to the millions of birds now flying invisibly through the night to get to more tolerable locations as the planet tips away from the sun: …
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Kickass and Document Boxes
University of Illinois Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with Phyllis that the Justice Department’s help may be needed with the keeper’s boxes of documents that are cluttering up the premises as he paws through them in compiling “Treeson,” his book-length apologia to the trees that were …
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Kickass and Cousin Fest
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in saluting “cousins,” the occasion being a riotous assembly of great grandkids at a Kim and Dick family dinner in Mazo. Both the keeper and Phyllis have fond memories of their own cousins, most of whom have departed; and …
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Kickass and Being a Tree
Good Free Photos, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is rendered helpless in the face of the muse that sometimes attaches to the keeper like a woodtick: ON BEING A TREE I wish that I could be a tree. Gaudy now in autumn glee. I’ll undress soon for winter …
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Kickass and Computer Fail
Photo by Ilya Pavlov on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is slowly recovering his emotional equilibrium–such as it was, after losing three days of computer work on a project he has been working on since the days of hand-cranked automobiles. Usually, Phyllis can repair his keyboard fumbling, but something mysterious occurred …
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Kickass Cows Over Women
Rawpixel Ltd, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing that two occurrences in Madison this week make it plain that in Wisconsin, cows are much more respected than women: one event is the World Dairy Expo which is a week-long celebration honoring cows from around the world; the other …
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Kickass and Cheating Fishermen
Bunrunner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that by now everyone, at least every fisherman, has heard about the two Ohio competitive fishing “champs” who were caught putting weights and other material inside their catches as they maintained their lead in the “Fisherman of the …
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Kickass Updates Space Terminology
Oksdfjkllrwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, is helping the keeper with the “vintage terminology update project” aimed at removing some negative connotations and restoring relevance and dignity to the lives of those in the keeper’s age group, some of whom reflect previous diets on the front of their shirts, are prone …
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Kickass and Fired Coach
Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in running down the rumor that, in keeping with the current trend of denying reality, particularly if it involves rejection by official means, Paul Chryst is refusing to accept his firing as UW football coach and will be …
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Kickass and October’s Bright Blue Weather
Warren’s — the firm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper emerged from his morning stupor with a memory fragment from his country school days that went “October’s Bright Blue Weather,” which he knew to be the title of an old poem; but then he had …
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