Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the keeper will not be posting any of his nonsense and instead is passing along one of Phyllis’s phone-photos of this morning’s sunrise as they drove to a dental appointment in Waunakee. The early morning appointment was a “fit-in” and was much more …
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Kickass and Returns and Exchanges
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in this season of grand holiday returns and exchanges, and suggests the following for Wisconsin: Though he is far beyond the warranty date, Ron Johnson–due to manufacturing flaws, is to be …
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Kickass and the Day After Christmas
Lulu Hoeller from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was again unable to stop the keeper from expressing his seasonal impressions: “Twas the day after Christmas and all through the place, not a creature was stirring–nobody showed face. “Phyllis in her robe and me in my rags …
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Kickass and Jim Hoyt’s Tuba
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis on this grand package-opening morning that features kids by the millions, to note that there was a recent adult package-opening that would have been fun to see: it was Jim Hoyt opening the package that contained his new tuba. …
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Kickass Plays in the Snow
Photo by Tessa Rampersad on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be spending the day with the keeper playing out in the snow and so the post for the day will be the Xmas card as shared with Phyllis. Happy Holly! Phyllis and Bill wish the very best for everyone, except, oh, you know who …
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Kickass and the Walk to School
Photo by Sara Codair on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper braves the risk of ridicule in bringing up the FACT that he and his sister and brother walked a mile and a half on a country road to a one-room country school, even on mornings like this one when they were wrapped in coats …
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Kickass and Shortest Day
Herb Roe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the shortest day of the year produced for the keeper, the longest appreciation for being around to be a part of it–in a warm, safe place in the company of his love, Phyllis. In the interests of science, the …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Weather Adjustment
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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