Jessica Hines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the scene in the exercise room at Vista West: Dorothy at 90 on one stationary bike, the keeper at older- than-that, on another, Phyllis only in her early 80’s, on the treadmill. They pedal and pump and pace, and if …
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Kickass and Shooting Flowers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the following note from the keeper and Phyllis’s visit to the spectacular flower displays now in explosive blooming at the UW West Madison Agricultural Research Station next to the cemetery just off Mineral Point Road. Oh what to do about flowers? See …
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Kickass and All-Star Trade
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, with his unique lines of communication, has intercepted the following press message: “In a major trade prior to the annual All-Stupid Washington DC Allstar game–next Tuesday, the Dem Wokes will …
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Kickass and Dash Veto
Lisacheese, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating the “dash” that Gov. Evers vetoed in the state budget to save public school funding for the next 400 years. By changing “2024-25” to “2425” the former educator did something decent for Wisconsin kids on into an uncertain …
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Kickass Talks to Blackhawk
Charles Bird King , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis drove across the beautiful rolling hills and river valleys of southwest Wisconsin on the 4th of July on their way to a unique and pricey tourist lunch in Galena, the keeper felt compelled to …
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Kickass and 4th of July Shooters
Attribution: Marcin n® ☼, recreated from scratch by Quibik, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this 4th of July listening to the echoes of explosives out of Philadelphia as four people die in the 29th mass shooting of the year to bring the total US dead to 2,900 …
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Kickass and Inane Fireworks
Photo by Arthur Chauvineau on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be joining the dogs under the porch or the bed or any other place that shields him from the inanity of 4th of July fireworks. From backyard boom freaks to soaring commercial rocket excesses, the keeper sees the use of explosives …
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Kickass and Rules to Live By
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, worked with the keeper in formulating the following rules to live by: *Being a billionaire is immoral: turn yourself in. *Millionaires require permits to be issued by the homeless and the hungry. *Those running for POTUS on the Repub ticket need to join the scarecrow …
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Kickass and SCOTUS Dog Decision
Adelaidasofia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been advised by the keeper that the recent rampage-against-reason by the Supine Court of the US includes the long-standing right of dogs to stand on three legs while peeing on trees and fire hydrants. Under the six/three SCOTUS decision, with the …
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Kickass and Phyllis Update
Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in an update that includes the following: *Phyllis is at home recovering from her midnight heart attack, artery stent in place and feistiness intact. *Reports of a very elderly man, who uses a walking stick, being lost in the …
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Kickass Rejects Horseshit
Redneck Revolt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s impatience with an allegedly enlightened populace’s unwavering allegiance to some of the rules that were written back when a major traffic problem was horse shit in the streets. That there are laudable basic precepts to live by in …
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Kickass and Fallingwater
lachrimae72, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s efforts to rid his cluttered mental closet of trash has finally taken up his thinking that Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwaters” house in Pa. is an offense to a beautiful natural stream and would justifiably be illegal in Wisconsin. Building …
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