Kickass and Beer Drinking

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s long lifetime love/hate relationship with beer will not likely undergo any change with the news that US health officials are eyeballing Canada’s recommendation to drink only two beers per week. Currently the US health recommendation is for no more than two …
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Kickass Nude to Beat the Heat

Attribution: Travis Desell, Archana Dhasarathy, Susan Ellis-Felege, Tom O’Neil, Sergei Nechaev and the University of North Dakota., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper suggested to an assembly of Vista West residents that one measure of dealing with the extreme heat would be to dispense with …
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Kickass and Human Stupidity

Attribution: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says it may be time to use the current bumper crop of human stupidity to revamp the game of fetch whereby it more resembles the cow chip throwing event honed each fall by …
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Kickass and TV Dominance

Attribution: Infopablo00, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is working with the keeper and Phyllis to determine the effects of their recent five-day runaway that included NO television watching. The question goes beyond simple survival in the absence of a huge blaring screen, and gets more specific, asking can …
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Kickass Around the Campfire

Attribution: Alasdair, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper and Phyllis including in their central sand lake, week-long runaway, a sitting-around-the-campfire session with Phyllis’s son Keven, Colleen, Gordan and Luka, during which the keeper was prompted to conclude that staring into campfire flames is one thing …
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Kickass and the Birds

John James Audobon (1785-1851), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes on word from the keeper and Phyllis as they spent day-three of their sand country lake runaway in the greatest of company: the birds. First it was the pair of sandhills at the bird feeder just outside the …
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