Attribution: Photo by Rehina Sultanova on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that when he was a young man it was almost impossible to get the keeper out of bed in the morning. An account of that as it handicapped things at a deer hunting camp once appeared in a tattletale article by a fellow …
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Kickass and Vaccinations
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having recovered from the mild discomfort of Flu and Shingles vaccinations, and awaiting the Covid shot, would like to pass the word on to RFK Jr. that getting the immunizations as recommended by the best medical knowledge …
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Kickass and Statue of Liberty
Attribution: Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, understands the keeper’s dilemma in reviewing his experience of endangering the Statue of Liberty lest it is copied by the current Washington wrecking crew. As a typical tourist the keeper was on that very narrow circular stairs leading to the Lady’s …
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Kickass and Intercepted Message
Attribution: MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper mysteriously linked into the following e-mail exchange. ICE field agent: “We took him into custody at the Statue of Liberty. He had a chain saw and a barn shovel and claimed to be the POTUS fresh from having …
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Kickass and Nude Beach Play
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is reminded by the cool weather of the time he and his granddaughter Sarah co-authored, produced and presented “Naked at Amazo,” a three-act play, making the point that the nude beach on the nearby Wisconsin River was an insulting detriment to …
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Kickass and NO KINGS Women
Photos by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a “No Kings” observer, reports the keeper closeted in his sophisticated analytical lab trying to put meaning to the fact that there were many more women than men among the seven million “No Kings” participants. In the keeper’s personal case, Phyllis and her …
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Kickass and Alaska Living
Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis harboring warm feelings about Alaska with its embrace of nature and its frontier character. It comes up in breakfast conversations as a possible place to go and hide from the …
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Kickass and a Dog’s View of No Kings
Attribution: Alisdare Hickson from Canterbury, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assuming commentary duty from the keeper and Phyllis this rainy morning and pronouncing judgement on yesterday’s “No Kings” activity from the dogs’ point of view. “Well, that was fun! “Like a joyous romp at …
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Kickass and the Weather
Attribution: freddie marriage fredmarriage, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper being suddenly put in charge of the weather by Phyllis and her fellow Silver Badgers as they join the multitudes of “No Kings” protestors this afternoon along Gammon Road at Tree Lane. Defying the old adage that …
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Kickass and Demonstrators
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will have the “Damn Mad Badger” on a short leash Saturday as Phyllis and hundreds of her fellow Silver Badgers line Gammon Road near Tree Lane on Madison’s westside as part of the national “No Kings” demonstration. 3-4 p.m. Lots …
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Kickass at Age 43 and 94
Attribution: Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper rummaging up a clipping from the Feb. 3, 1974 issue of he Sunday Milwaukee Journal in which he went on at great length about how being an “old person” is a particular hell due to the ways …
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Kickass and Undercover Ice
Attribution: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis still missing, having disappeared several days ago in the Baraboo bluffs. An official walker-wheelchair-walking stick equipped search party has been mounted out of the Vista West independent living facility on Madison’s west side where a group …
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