Category:Kickass

Kickass and Super Tuesday

Posted on March 5, 2024Updated on March 5, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics

Attribution: fredrik Andreasson from Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in instructions for making Super Tuesday personally “Super” in the only way that has any meaning: Look in a mirror and if you see a reflected image it means that you exist and …
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Kickass and the Seagulls

Posted on March 4, 2024Updated on March 4, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Nature, Wisconsin

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to demonstrate that he is just another of the varied life forms cluttering up the planet, joined a thousand seagulls in Sauk City to “feed.” The gulls gathered up and down the Wisconsin River in sandbar reunions to …
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Kickass Salutes Caregivers

Posted on March 3, 2024Updated on March 3, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Health, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: WaveLength Charity, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in a heartfelt salute to the caregivers on this day of Mar. 3, 2024. Caregivers, of course, are those who are called upon to go far beyond the bounds of being a considerate companion to …
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Kickass and Grandchildren

Posted on March 2, 2024Updated on March 2, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Nikhil More, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have documented that almost all age-related infirmities are vastly ameliorated by visits from grandchildren. Their irrefutable evidence has moved them to develop something they call the Generational Glue Treatment (GGT) based on the fact …
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Kickass and Migration

Posted on March 1, 2024Updated on March 1, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Immigration, Kickass

Attribution: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper absorbs all the constant hoopla about immigration and the borders, he and Phyllis look back a very few generations when their predecessors were getting off the ships in New York and heading …
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Kickass and Leap Day

Posted on February 29, 2024Updated on February 29, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has cooperated with the keeper but has not consulted with Phyllis to update this 2024 Leap Day with the following provisions: 1. Not only are women allowed to propose marriage on leap year, but they are also encouraged to throw the …
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Kickass and Phyllis in the Parks

Posted on February 28, 2024Updated on February 28, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass

Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper had a very impressive personal guide as he enjoyed the special Ken Burns PBS show about the magnificent national parks with Phyllis who has hiked in every one of the national parks and has a unique hiking stick adorned with …
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Kickass in the Brooder House

Posted on February 27, 2024Updated on February 27, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is unable to resist the word play that has him “brooding about chicks” on this t-shirt February day. (Read on, Phyllis!) He is, of course, making the long trip back to the days when at this time of the year …
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Kickass and Old Men with iPhones

Posted on February 26, 2024Updated on February 26, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Technology

Attribution: Japanexperterna.se, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is supporting the keeper in his move to make it illegal for old men—and maybe some elderly women, to possess iPhones, after overwhelming anecdotal evidence shows that the phones do more harm than good in the shaky hands of those old …
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Kickass and Sunday Poem

Posted on February 25, 2024Updated on February 25, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Attribution: David Castor (dcastor), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, doesn’t always approve of the keeper’s poetry fits but he is powerless to stop them… THIS SUNDAY Today is the day, For praying to stay On the gods’ good side Or they’ll take you away. Faith for the believers, …
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Kickass and Time in Alabama

Posted on February 24, 2024Updated on February 24, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Reproductive Rights

Attribution: ErgoSum88, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, celebrates with the keeper in finally nailing down the fact that the keeper’s lifetime of doing totally stupid things is directly related to time spent in Alabama as he was emerging from his teenage years. Prior to spending three months in …
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Kickass and Ken’s Sketch

Posted on February 23, 2024Updated on February 23, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Art, Humor, Kickass

Artwork by Ken Opin By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper not to get carried away with grandiosity in the wake of Ken Opin’s excellent sketch portrait as Ken does a series of old friends in his remarkable sparse style that captures the essence of his subjects with a few deft lines. …
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