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 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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Kickass Endorses Dumbness

Attribution: Shakib khan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in suggesting that those days between Christmas and New Years take on the official designation of “Dumb days” when dumbness is celebrated collectively and personally as befits its global prominence. An exchange of dumbness as in the …
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Kickass Goes North

Attribution: Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have returned from their attempt to travel to the North Pole, after getting only as far as Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield where they were hosted by Phyllis’s family members, four dogs and several cats. Two small boys—Maverick …
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Kickass Goes Shopping

Attribution: Musyajackson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be doing his Christmas shopping today, since everyone else obviously did theirs yesterday.           In what can only be defined as a total lack of judgement, the keeper planned a brief shopping stop yesterday afternoon and was …
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