Attribution: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on a recent lunch gathering at which a discussion of the conversational use of “per se” was on the table after a precise definition by Bernie Cohen got the matter up for grammatical grabs. Bernie has been bringing such …
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Kickass and Ejection Recliner
Attribution: DelmerViramontes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has established that he and Phyllis will be dealing with all future severe winter weather issues from their control recliners and adds that the keeper is hard at work designing an “ejection-recliner” which uses sound activation to forcefully eject …
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Kickass and Blizzard Prep
Attribution: Photo by Patino Jhon on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s insightful suggestion that in surviving the upcoming winter storm it is important to have appropriate equipment ready for the worst blizzard conditions, hence a careful check on the living room recliners used by Phyllis and the keeper to deal with …
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Kickass and Flat Earth
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in their efforts to live on the same planet with those who are convinced that the Earth is flat, and truth is the end product of a cultural digestive system out of whack from a diet of green apples …
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Kickass and Winter Badgers
Attribution: Gary M. Stolz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to prevent the keeper from stirring up the garbage in the typical Wisconsin winter life he and Phyllis share with all the rest of the Badgers: 1. A dictator named Vos leading a minority-representative legislature that is kept …
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Kickass and Underwear Innovation
Attribution: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper, still deeply involved in his research into coughing as a hobby, plans to add investigation into whether or not the tone of the rest of your day can be inferred when it starts with both legs …
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Kickass and Four Sons
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog says the keeper appreciates all the help he gets with posting ammunition, and is indebted to grandson Steve for unearthing an old photo taken by the keeper of the keeper’s four sons as he and his family paused in Glacier National Park on their …
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Kickass and (Cough, Cough, Cough….)
Attribution: NIAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following on behalf of the keeper and Phyllis: Cough, cough, cough. COUGH, COUGH, COUGH. Cough, cough, cough. And finally, cough, cough and cough. Phyllis pauses her coughing long enough to produce a continuing line of home remedies which the …
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Kickass and the Call of the Sandhill Crane
Attribution: Andrew C, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be unavailable for social and business contacts as they closet themselves in their Audubon unsanctioned work to perfect the “unison cough” as in the mode of the sandhill cranes unison call. While the …
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Kickass and the Happy New Year
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, wanting to keep their coughing colds something private and precious, cancelled out on Andy and Ohm’s New Year’s eve party and therefore missed an opportunity to revisit their former Mazomanie home on the hill and to share the …
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Kickass and Coughing Again
Attribution: Photo by Elisha Terada on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog joins the keeper and Phyllis in barking/coughing nonstop as if they were chasing cars down on Mineral Point Road. They have been so dedicated to their barking/coughing that they have not had time to come up with any New Year’s resolutions, which is not …
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Kickass and Coughing
Attribution: Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that under the heading of “gifts-that-keep-on-giving” is the chest cold that Phyllis gave the keeper about three weeks ago and which has settled in as a cough that promises to stay with him on into his next life when …
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