Maud Newton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting the trees, huddled now in late April on the hills in skeletal nudity, but beginning to offer tender buds to buy the leafy/lace green gowns to take them dancing extravagantly through the long …
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Category:Humor
Kickass and Boating Woes
A.F. Bradley, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that based on the keeper’s life-long experience, he advises the Russian oligarchs who own the billion- dollar yachts, that killing themselves, as several have reportedly done, is an overreaction to a boating problem. From the …
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Kickass and Sunny’s Baby Bump
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper’s comment that the outstanding feature at the river-side clan gathering, hosted Saturday by Ohm and Andy, was Sunny’s baby bump which has taken on the proportions of the giant pumpkin. Everyone had a comment, and little girls came to gently poke at …
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Kickass and Disney Characters
Photo by Guillermo GR on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his eagerness to be helpful, is pointing out Wisconsin job opportunities to the Disney characters who are losing their Florida jobs for saying certain words, like “stupid, dumb, outrageous, unbelievable, racist, homophobic and constipated.” GOOFY: You are …
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Kickass and Earth Day 2022
NASA images by Reto Stöckli, based on data from NASA and NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Earth Day to lament the physical and mental “dung ball” condition of the planet; and to remember Earth Day 1966 when the keeper was among the …
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Kickass and Dog Genes
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, confesses to snooping in the keeper’s out-basket and finding the following: “Dear Mr Darwin: “I write to you with respect and with the hope that you will see fit to examine some of your early findings to explain why I feel like a dog …
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Kickass and Chicken Memories
Otuo-Akyampong Boakye, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports no official progress on the keeper’s request to keep a small flock of chickens on the balcony of the 5th floor Vista West apartment, where he and Phyllis live; but the word about potential chicken dinners may be out with avian …
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Kickass and Prosser Choking
Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from blaming the lousy spring weather on the cats, now sees the upside-down condition of the justice system, the prevalence of legislative gerrymandered minority rule, and the resulting paralysis of the executive branch, all due to application …
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Kickass and Howling Cats
Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is in serious need of therapy in this winter that refuses to end, and he—the keeper places much of the blame on cats. In the prolonged winters of his northern childhood, romantically inclined tomcats gathered near the window …
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Kickass and Balcony Chickens
Photo by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-chicken-in-cage-4911706/ By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, on this egg-dominated Easter morning, is not sure just where he stands on the request the keeper made to Vista West director Jeanne to keep a small flock of chickens on the 5th floor balcony where he and Phyllis live. Despite having …
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Easter in Chicago
Barhopping Bunnies Photos by Geoff Carter
Kickass and the Easter Bunny
Photo by Geoff Carter By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper decided to replace his worn-out electric razor rather than let his moth-eaten beard grow for the rest of his days, which would have him looking like an over-worked waiter at the last supper; and so he—the keeper, visited Walmart and …
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