Attribution: –Stöhrfall (talk) 11:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog notes the keeper’s evolving lifetime reaction of waking up to a fresh snow cover: *Oh Boy! Let’s get out there and make snow angels and a snowman! *There will be a skating party somewhere tonight. …
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Kickass and Memorial Thoughts
Attribution: (DoD photo by the U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is impressed with the keeper’s rare ability to read the unexpressed thoughts of others, which was, of course, in play for the Jimmy Carter Memorial service: Biden–“There was a day when …
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Kickass and Beer Bottle Truth
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper struggles to communicate under the trending of truth as a liability instead of a necessary element, he does not know how to proceed with the proposed map showing Canada as part of the US or the news that a beer …
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Kickass and the Truth
Attribution: Carlo Chiostri, User:Mbz1, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is in something of a dilemma in adjusting to the demise of truth as a communications requirement, from pronouncements from political narcissists to now here on Facebook with the announcement that posts will no longer be …
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Kickass and Political Advice
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis hard at work trying to befriend the incoming administration by suggesting ways for it to identify with old tried and true political words and phrases: *Change Lincoln’s use of “better angels” to “bitter angles.” *Rearrange “Fly the flag” to …
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Kickass and Future/Past
Attribution: NASA/Carla Thomas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has resolved to stop dwelling on his past and concentrate more on his future which is guaranteed to be a much less cluttered field of commentary material. In keeping with this resolve, the keeper will now …
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Kickass and Nancy’s Hip
Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1989-034-21 / Mensing / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, suggests to the keeper that he should have realized that when he opined on Nancy Pelosi’s replacement hip being installed in Germany there would be problematic fall out. Some of that fallout came …
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Kickass and Flat Shoes
Attribution: US Department of Labor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, in his ever vigilant but forever disappointing search for meaningful political developments, has finally scored big-time with news that Nancy Pelosi has returned to Congress wearing “flats” instead of her signature high-heeled stilettos. It …
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Kickass and Phyllis Genius
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in being awed by Phyllis’s casual innovation of the 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle genre, a popular form of entertainment that has remained unchanged forever. In working her puzzle, a gift from her daughter Gina, Phyllis used much of a kitchen counter to …
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Kickass and 2025 as a Model A
Attribution: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having sampled an entire day of 2025, has consulted with Phyllis and decided to go through the year identifying himself as a car, which in his case would be a Model A Ford made the …
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Kickass and Dryer Flying
Attribution: Baron Maddock, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper welcoming the new year by announcing that from where he most often does his best planning he can hear the clothes dryer out in its hall closet and as it heads into the spin cycle it sounds …
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Kickass Goodbye to Jimmy
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper joining the world to bid adieu to Jimmy and to recall one more time the wonderful experience of floating down the Mississippi on the Delta Queen for three days with Jimmy and Roselyn during Jimmy’s POTUS time. The opportunity to swap …
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