Kickass Gets Storm Ready

Attribution: Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gets in extra napping this morning of June 10, 2026 as the keeper and Phyllis batten down the hatches in preparation for the violent weather predicted over the next two days. “Preparation” for them has limited application in their multi-storied …
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Kickass and Barn Talk

Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, works with the keeper to explain “barn talk” under the terms of which the POTUS, during his recent stop in a Wisconsin barn, totally lost his cool and said he hated everybody except himself. Having grown up in a community where …
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Kickass and “Ah, the Women”

Image by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be up and yapping with the keeper and Phyllis with the following announcement:             BILL AND PHYLLIS ARE HAVING A BOOK!             It’s title is Ah, the Women!  and it tells the story of how women take over the world to save it from the disastrous excesses …
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Kickass and Free Fun of D-Day

Attribution: National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s acknowledgment of this June 6 as yet another “D-Day” slowly disappearing into the cultural topsoil.  It’s assimilation is aided today by such things as the DNR’s promotion of free “fun days” when …
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Kickass and Old Pick-up Lines

Annotation: Photo by Artyom Kabajev on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a resident of the independent living part of Vista West on Madison’s west side where the keeper and Phyllis live, hears a lot of interesting comments which, fortunately, being a cast-iron dog, he is unable to repeat. Recently, for example, his attention was …
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Kickass and Generational Communication

Photo courtesy of Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on a meeting of the keeper’s granddaughter Sarah, with Phyllis and the keeper to brainstorm how to improve communication between the generations.  After the obvious agreement that banning all phone use unless you are alone, the discussion went in a number of …
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Kickass and The Three-Job Waitress

Attribution: Photo by Adam Gritco on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis enjoying a usual great breakfast at the Pancake Café near Gammon and Watts–interesting menu, lots of room, excellent service and a low noise level that encourages conversation. So, there was a warm visit with the very efficient waitress who …
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Kickass and Grandpa’s Long Underwear

Attribution: Photo by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper making the switch from winter to summer shirts, which means short sleeves and bare arms for the next four months or so. The move equates to the critters shedding their winter coats and the birds showing …
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Kickass and the Chinese Screw

Attribution: Movidi, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s efforts to establish an international relationship with the Chinese individual who put the wrong size screw in an unassembled drink holder package.  Since package labeling showed that a California company was involved with a warning that too much …
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Kickass and Ultimate Fighting

Attribution: Bad intentionz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis barely able to contain their excitement over the POTUS plans to spend millions celebrating his birthday with people beating the living hell out of each other on the White House lawn.  Great stretches of that …
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