hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, observes that the keeper is frequently left with more questions than answers, and this seems to be one of those mornings. Granted that they certainly have a legal right to do so, the keeper would inquire of those who …
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Kickass and Political Questions
Flying Logos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, observes that the keeper is frequently left with more questions than answers, and this seems to be one of those mornings. Granted that they certainly have a legal right to do so, the keeper would inquire of those who send money …
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Kickass and Hearing Aids
bergsten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accustomed to the keeper’s fumbling through life, now observes how he tries to adjust to the latest attempt by the VA and the tech world to keep him in the relevance mix by issuing him the very latest in hearing aids. That …
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Kickass and D-Day
Avi1111 dr. avishai teicher, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis are among the Vista West residents who gather weekly for a “Happy Hour” event at which there is mild and usually light-hearted celebration of having survived another week. Yesterday–June 6, the group was …
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Kickass Deals with Sleep Apnea
Dyolf77, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, never has trouble sleeping, but the keeper, with his mild case of sleep apnea, does, and as usual he took his troubles to the VA where the sleep lab prescribed a device that fits in his nostrils to retard the ease of exhaling which in …
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Kickass and School is Out
Attribution: Rasheedhrasheed, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, assures the keeper that there is no way for him to replicate the joyous feelings he once knew when school days ended and the glorious summer laid out there like the yellow brick road. If there is another individual transitional experience of such magnitude, …
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Kickass and Phyllis Family
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, congratulates the keeper and Phyllis for the successful hosting of Phyllis’s family gathering during which there were no fisticuffs, shoving or shouting but rather hugs, handshakes and harmony. As is the case with all mothers, Phyllis has not retired from any of her matriarchal …
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Kickass and the Balcony Horse
Chrisu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsBy Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper for having mismanaged the Vista West balcony where he and Phyllis reside by allowing it to be taken over by messy sparrows, and having evicted them, now experiences a sense of balcony loneliness. One possible remedy was offered in …
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Kickass and Balcony Sparrows
Starley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, holds the keeper’s hand as he surrenders to authorities for having had a prohibited bird feeder on one of the Vista West balconies where he and Phyllis reside. Early on, the feeder attracted a few house finches but it had evolved to …
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Kickass and Credit World
Cecco del Caravaggio , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the fact that the country has decided to pay its credit card bill. What a wonderful thing! All children and grandchildren take note: credit cards are abominations. Pay them off and rip them …
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Kickass and the Weinermobile
WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, laments, along with the keeper, that of the countless issues thar require lamenting, near the top of the list has to be the renaming of the Oscar Mayer advertising vehicle from “Weinermobile” to “Frankmobile.” Is nothing sacred!!! This uncalled-for corporate move obviously …
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Kickass and Memorial Day 2023
Photo by Brittany Colette on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog and the keeper, on this 2023 Memorial Day, salutes all of those who dodged bullets in the cause of preserving respectability at home and abroad through the years. As usual in the keeper’s experience he is moved to remember the two platoon members from Michigan …
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