Kickass and Ignorance Day

Photo by Infrogmation, Mardi Gras morning, 1998, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is supportive of the keeper’s creation of “Ignorance Day” to be celebrated following “Independence Day,” when the masses beat themselves about the head with explosive sticks provided by narcissistic, money-driven dictators. “Ignorance Day” is yesterday and …
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Kickass and Meeting Blaize

Sgt. Charlie Helmholt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis gathered with family on a sandy Wisconsin River beach to celebrate the 4th, a highlight of the kid-saturated event was a meeting between the keeper and the clan’s newest member—two-month-old Blaize Betty Russell …
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Kickass and EDNAs

Judgefloro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper’s efforts to help dedicate this 4th of July to the women of the country by adding another gender designation to those already existing; that being “EDNAS” or “Erectile Disfunction in the Narcissistic Application of Stupidity.” With the Supreme Court promoting the …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Absurdity

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, helps the keeper note that in the tsunami of ignorance and absurdity prevailing as of July 1, 2022 in Wisconsin, count the following:          *Roe-betraying men make it legal—even honorable in their view, for men …
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Kickass and Train Wrecks

National Transportation Safety Board, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, warns the keeper not to get carried away in his reassessment of the recent traveling that he and Phyllis experienced: an Amtrak train, like the one they rode, recently derailed, killing and injuring riders; one of the special glacier-mounting …
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Kickass and Billy Boy Pic

mazaletel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper remembers being embarrassed as a child when Aunt Sylvia sang “Billy Boy” to him; but now he has recent reason to embrace the old song –with slightly altered lyrics, after Phyllis baked a delicious Saskatoon berry pie, using …
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Kickass and ’32 Chevy

New York Public Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, once again assists the keeper in sharing past experiences that may be of value in the current flow of absurdity and stampeding technology, by detailing the night the battery fell out of his ’32 Chevy as he and his …
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Kickass and Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assisting the keeper in sorting through the daily avalanche of things to worry about, has abandoned all else—including the idiotic Supreme Court and the price of gas–to concentrate on the fact that, according to fellow Vista West gardener Richard, a rabbit …
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Kickass and Spoon River Anthology

Gravesite marked with Silhouette of Edgar Lee MastersKenrossalex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that buried deep in the keeper’s memory landfill is a layer that includes “Spoon River Anthology,” in which Edgar Lee Masters writes free verse epitaphs of those “sleeping on the hill” in his imaginary …
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