Charles R. Knight , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper tries to claim that he still qualifies as a “hunter and gatherer” when he goes over of Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton and picks up “to-go” Friday night fish-fry for himself and Phyllis. The drive down …
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Kickass and Weight Accuracy
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper that his weight control program may not be ready for public dissemination, but he–the keeper, as usual, does not listen, and is more influenced by the daily disappointment he experiences when he steps on the scale. Here are his tips for preparing …
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Kickass and Evolution Reversal
Jaroslav A. Polák from Brno, Czech Republic, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes sharing the keeper’s observations of a reversal in human evolution, a recent indicator being the discovery of a family that reportedly walks on all fours. There are, of course, many other signs that we are headed …
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Kickass and Unusual Music
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, having recently been shown the way to the Overture Center, returned last night to hear the big concert-hall organ do its thing with a trombone and a set of drums. While that might seem like an odd musical line …
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Kickass and No Turning Back
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, can attest to the fact that if the keeper were a dog he might have difficulty following the rules of “fetch.” It is the warning signs for “Road Closed” that have caused him the most trouble down through the years, but after many lessons …
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Kickass and Visiting Dogs
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in encouraging younger family members to use this blah time of the year to visit their elders, and to bring the dog along. Mike, Sarah and Jessie brought Boo–the command schnauzer, with them yesterday, and a very good time …
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Kickass and Stokes Pokes
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is amazed along with the keeper that the “Stokes Pokes” column identity has resurfaced after all these years as the name of a column for the new “Vista West Breeze,” a newsletter by VW residents. Originated by Sherm Sword, city editor of the Stevens …
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Kickass and Migration Therapy
Photo by Geoff Carter on Birdfy by Netvue By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in doing something about the weather. The plan is to convert a nearby vacant child-care facility into a Migration Disaster Center to provide counseling for robins, cranes and other bird species that erroneously assumed that by Mardi …
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Unidentified F…ing Objects
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Since the sighting, tracking, and downing of the Chinese weather balloon/surveillance device off the coast of South Carolina a week or so ago, three more airborne objects have been observed and subsequently downed over or near American airspace. Nobody knows exactly where they’re from or who sent them. …
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Kickass and Post-Larry Meiller Show
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from his stint on Larry Meiller’s WPR radio show to promote his book “Treeson: An APOLOGIA to Trees” now suspects that he might have spent his life working in the wrong communications medium, print as compared to radio. Had …
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Kickass and Dogs as Voters
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper on this primary election day to allow dogs to vote, the thinking being that any species smart enough to cut the deals that dogs have with humans is smart enough to choose those who write the dog-walking rules. There …
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Kickass and the Symphony
Photo by Samuel Sianipar on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis heard the Madison symphony and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor Sunday in the big room of the Overture Center through the courtesy of good friend Tom Humphry. They are not regular concert goers, at least not under the stylized symphony circumstances, …
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