www.Pixel.la Free Stock Photos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, apologizes for the keeper today as he–the keeper ignores the Tennessee/Texas outrages and makes a blatant plea for sympathy: he was unloading a box from the liquor store when the wind blew his hat off just as the automatic back …
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Kickass and Cataracts
Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating the now commonplace cataract surgery as both his wife Phyllis and son Mike undergo the procedure. The keeper remembers an elderly relative undergoing an earlier version of cataract treatment that involved a much less effective …
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Kickass Feeds Hummingbirds
Pslawinski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be complying with the rule allowing only hummingbird feeders out on his balcony by watching the little hummers adjust to eating sunflower seeds and cracked corn. The necessity of cooperation in tiered living arrangements is important, but a …
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Kickass and Election Day
Photo by Elliott Stallion on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper and Phyllis will be doing their part on this election day to fumigate the Wisconsin State Capital of the minority representation that has denied Wisconsin residents a democracy since the Gerrymandered Walker “FoxyCon” job of some years ago. The politicized state …
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Kickass and Girl Scout Cookies
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, and the keeper tried to stay out of the way, as Phyllis oversaw the big Girl Scout cookie delivery to the Vista West cookie customers of Margo, one of the keeper’s great granddaughters. Margo was assisted by her father Andy and brother River, and …
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Kickass and the Brain Worm
Photo by Mike Castro Demaria on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he grapples with a brain-worm that has turned into a brain-snake in the form of the 1948 hit song “On a Slow Boat to China.” Brain-worms are more of a problem in the keeper’s ancient age group as old brains tend to …
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Kickass and the April Fool
Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering why April Fool’s Day is not celebrated with a symbolic “April Fool” character in the manner of Santa Claus and Christmas, or the Easter Bunny and Easter. Perhaps there are so many candidates for the “April Fool” …
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Kickass and Gun Insanity
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper in reacting to the police report of a “serious injury” shooting in the peaceful, school-saturated westside neighborhood where he and Phyllis live in a retirement facility called Vista West. The shooting victim later died, and two …
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Kickass and National MA
Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that the need for a no-nonsense national Mother Authority (MA) has never been greater as the current situation continues to deteriorate: more guns recommended to solve school shootings, politicians lurking in bathrooms and maternity wards with arrest …
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Kickass and Voting Wrong
Danny Howard from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, often charged with clarifying even simple issues for the keeper, was not on the job when the keeper erroneously marked “yes” on his absentee ballot to the two advisory questions regarding judges’ power in election issues …
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Kickasss and 666
William Blake , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to assist the keeper in working through the possible negative significance of recent numbers whereby his youngest offspring–Mike, had the audacity to turn 66, and then pointed out that 66 was two- thirds of the Biblical 666 “number of the …
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Kickass and the David Statue
Jörg Bittner Unna, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has it on good authority that Trump and Desantis are both claiming that the giant Michelangelo statue of the Biblical giant-killer David, currently in the news, is an accurate image of themselves, with minor exceptions. In …
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