Attribution: Seattle Municipal Archives , CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, gives the floor—and the couch, to the keeper to recount his experience when the government shut down Camp Atterberry in Indiana where the keeper was impatiently riding out the post-Korea part of a three-year enlistment. At the request—order—of the …
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Kickass and Closed Government
Attribution: Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a service to his species, works with the keeper and Phyllis to provide specific tips for dogs in coping with the shutdown government. 1. Dog walkers will now be “dog runners” during the shutdown as they function …
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Kickass and Title Intimidation
Attribution: Photo: Sgt Andy Malthouse ABIPP/MOD, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the admirals and generals gather today in the big crap game the keeper notes that he has always been seriously intimidated by ranks and titles to the point that he cowers before the …
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Kickass and Granddaughers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis frequently awed by the actions and accomplishments of grandchildren, and never more so than it is with Phyllis’s Alexis and her menagerie of backyard animals up in Mosinee; and with the keeper’s Sarah who carries the family schnauzer Boo …
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Kickass and the Winery
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the lady who came to the winery alone, to sit in the bright Sunday sunshine at a table near the keeper and Phyllis, to exchange casual greetings and to drink her wine in peaceful solitude. As she put on her sunhat and …
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Kickass and 9/27/25
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, announces that the Damn Mad Badger will be observing the Silver Badgers and their followers today from 3 to 4 p.m. as they gather along Gammon Road near Tree Lane to express their outrage at the removal of decency, compassion and common sense from …
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Kickass and Therapist Tara
Attribution: Bill Branson (Photographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that Tara the physical therapist has taken on the monumental task of keeping the keeper from falling on his face, probably only until he falls on his ass which has more cushioning. Tara provides exercise examples that have …
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Kickass and High Prices
Attribution: Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to help the keeper and Phyllis with current budgeting issues that are compounded by the outrageously high cost of everything. The keeper, for example, faced the necessity of getting the car serviced and having a small tooth cavity filled. There was a …
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Kickass and Laughing
Attribution: Erin Scott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper and Phyllis in listening to Jimmy’s return monologue not long after hearing the POTUS address the United Nations. As a result, they will be taking turns alternately laughing and crying for most of the rest of the …
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Kickass and Fan Complaint
Illustration by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper is more or less being called out for expressing a political view at a Vista West “Happy Hour” gathering. In a letter to management, with a copy to the keeper, a “concerned resident” reported the keeper having said, “despicable things about …
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Kickass and Republican Party
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis in Ripon for a Phyllis family reunion that went off without a hitch—no fistfights or political shouting. Following enjoyable family affairs, the keeper and Phyllis struggled with tech navigation in trying to find the historic Ripon “Little Red Schoolhouse” …
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Kickass and Great-Grandchildren
Attribution: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is unable to give the keeper and Phyllis any meaningful assistance with keeping their great grandchildren in an orderly file in their obviously overloaded mental storage systems. One of the differences between grandchildren and great grandchildren is often proximity. …
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