Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listened as the keeper commented to Phyllis that whatever flag she wanted to fly off their Vista West balcony would be okay with him so long as it did not symbolize that the residents of apt 523 were arrogant, narcissistic and altogether stupid. There …
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Kickass Goes to Work
Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not think there is any connection between the gratifying court events of May 30 and Phyllis’s decision to move Kickass off the entry shelf where he has been idling for years and stationing him down on the floor where he can assume …
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Kickass and Public as Jury
Attribution: Illustration by Micheal DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, on this morning of May 30, 2024 with the entire country in high jury mode, assists the keeper by coming off the bench for Johnny Cochran and offering the following: *If the toupee’s at a tilt, you must find guilt! *Handicap mocker …
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Kickass and CC the Coyote
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that there have been a number of inquires regarding the metal animal form that incidentally showed up on a posted photo of the keeper’s new balcony windmill. That animal is the Colorado Coyote–“CC” that was a gift from son Rick many years ago …
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Kickass and the New Windmill
Attribution: Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has always wanted a windmill, and now he finally has one, on the 5th floor Vista West balcony where he and Phyllis reside. It is a beautiful thing—green, eight feet tall, and looks exactly like the windmills from the keeper’s …
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Kickass and Korean Observation Post
Attribution: Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Memorial Day to remember the two platoon pals from Michigan who were up on the observation post when it took the direct hit that killed them. Days later on that same OP there was the artillery round that buried …
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Kickass and Turtle on County Y
Attribution: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s speech to a wood turtle in the middle of County Y as he and Phyllis returned from a river outing sponsored by Andy and Ari and attended by about 100 kids and several dogs: “You …
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Kickass and Grandchildren
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that between the keeper and Phyllis their geographic coverage of the US with grandchildren is now pretty much complete with the departure of vivacious Taylor for the East Coast. There was a time when grandchildren lived much of …
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Kickass and Lawyer Talk
Attribution: howtostartablogonline.net, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, advises the keeper that he has obviously been over exposed by TV to the methodology of the legal profession as terms like “the defense rests” and “objection sustained” are not useful in furtherance of a personal relationship. It isn’t that Phyllis …
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Kickass and 5/23/24
Attribution: cyclonebill from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, having weathered the recent storms unscathed and appreciative of that fact, greet this day of May 23, 2024 with the information that it is National Pork Roll Day, the pork roll being …
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Kickass Watches the Storm
Attribution: Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper is among those who enjoys the flash and crash of summer thunderstorms, and so was richly entertained Tuesday night at the outstanding demonstration of Nature’s whims, whams, whooshes and WOWS! Our reaction to storms is apparently …
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Kickass and POTUS
Attribution: Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is attempting to understand why so many Republicans are denying the outcome of the last election for POTUS and announcing that they will not accept the results of the next one unless it goes their way. In a preliminary gesture …
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