Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to stay out of the way as the keeper and Phyllis–well, mostly Phyllis, do the final adjusting necessary to get their book “Treeson” into the hands of clamoring readers–at least the keeper claims that there is clamoring. What he hears may be friends …
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Kickass and Believing in Santa
Virginia O’Hanlon , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in responding to a mysterious letter from someone named Virginia that was apparently misdirected by the USPS due to the keeper’s column-writing notoriety. “Dear Editors: “If I were still alive I would be 133 years old, and I would still be …
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Kickass and Moe’s Compliments
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in appreciating Doug Moe’s Channel 3000 treatment of the keeper’s publishing of “Treeson: an Apologia to the Trees” used to print his drivel. In keeping with the off-the-wall nature of the publishing venture “Treeson” is missing most of the …
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Kickass and Methane Control
Photo by Scott Bauer (US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is helpless to avoid the keeper’s mind swing that takes him from the current news of feeding seaweed to cows to decrease their methane production, to his farm boy days of harnessing …
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Kickass and Automatic Santa
Heather Morey of Creative Photo, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is apparently experiencing his own Christmas miracle as his body evolves into the unmistakable shape of Santa Claus. His increasing girth cannot have anything to do with the keeper’s intake of rich food and …
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Kickass and Country Copy
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the manner of country-copy reporting there would be the following item: “Mr. and Mrs. William Stokes enjoyed dinner Thursday at the home of Mr. Stokes’s son Michael in Sac Prairie. A delicious sauerkraut, biscuit sausage dish was served, after which Michael …
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Kickass and Little Sister
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens as the keeper laments the burden of being an older brother when a kid sister enters the hallowed ranks of nonagenarian as his sister Norma is doing. It seems only yesterday that he–the keeper was warning Norma about the mind set of prospective …
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Kickass and Staying Inside
NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in participating in that major Wisconsin winter activity of staying inside and looking out the window, which reaches new heights of enjoyment when typical miserable weather conditions prevail, like they do now. The storm that …
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Kickass and TV Watching
C-SPAN, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper and Phyllis have agreed to cut down on the amount of time they spend watching TV programs that detail the extent of the utter stupidity rampant in government and business circles. The move is compatible with the keeper’s decision …
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Kickass and Rearranged Furniture
Tallbox, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shared the keeper’s concern when it became obvious that a furniture rearrangement was in the offing as Phyllis engaged the assistance of granddaughter Alexis to move everything, including the couch and the keeper’s recliner, from their accustomed places. Dread would be an …
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Kickass and Bad Idea Pickup
Ropable, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper and Phyllis in formation of the Bad Idea Trash Pickup (BITP) which is to function on both the international and domestic levels, heading first, of course to Russia where Putin’s war idea, along with Putin himself, will be …
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Kickass and Bras
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, comments that it is not often, if ever, that the keeper is shut out of the conversational flow, but it occurred yesterday when Phyllis entertained her two granddaughters–Alexis and Taylor, and the subject unaccountably turned to bras. The discussion seemed to go …
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