Kickass and Day Before Hunt

Attribution: Marc St. Gil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that in the keeper’s long life of excesses, nothing looms any more excessive than his involvement with Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day deer hunt which this year begins tomorrow morning at ——-a.m.  As a complete record would show—and the keeper …
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Kickass and Quiet Piggy

Attribution: Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have learned that under a “Quiet, Piggy!” executive order administered by Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi, “The Three Little Pigs” fairy tale has been scrubbed of the original account of the wolf’s …
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Kickass and Leghold Traps

Attribution: Accipiter (R. Altenkamp, Berlin), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the podium to the keeper this morning to confess yet once again his unconscionable use of leghold traps during his predator youth of catch, kill, consume or market all lesser creatures. It is painful for him to …
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Kickass and Goodbye Penny

Attribution: cweyant from Syracuse, United States, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper lamenting the eventual elimination of the penny as announced recently by the official coin providers. Both the keeper and Phyllis have childhood memories of placing pennies on the railroad track; and they acknowledge that throughout …
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Kickass and Northern Lights

Attribution: Photo by Nelly Volkovich on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s inside dope that the color red showing up in the current spectacular northern lights is a result of Pete Hegseth spilling cherry-juice concentrate as he mixed up a batch of Kool-Aid for common-sense generals. Anyone doubting the ability of the …
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Kickass and Evers Saying NO!

Attribution: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, endorses the keeper and Phyllis’s nomination of Wisconsin governor Tony Ever’s for a Pulitzer for his response to the narcissistic POTUS demanding that state efforts to keep emergency food coming for those who need it be stopped immediately. In the Republican …
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Kickass and First Snow

Attribution: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Photo by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting the keeper’s long experience in dealing with seasonal rotations, consulted with him on the appropriate reaction to the first “dusting” of snow on portions of the local landscape. The keeper’s response follows: “Don’t cry. Crying only turns tears into …
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Kickass Writes a Note

Attribution: United Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, intercepted the following note written by the keeper and Phyllis as they attempt to survive life as it becomes ever more absurd and impossible. “To the POTUS who obviously has no concern: “At long last, sir, have you no sense …
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