Attribution: Wil Stewart wilstewart3, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having recently renewed contact with lifelong friend Roger Locke who lives in Michigan near a daughter, is astounded at the fact that the two of them, to the best of their knowledge, are the only survivors …
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Kickass and Bar Hamburgers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has forever had a weakness for tavern hamburgers—with a slice of raw, a little mustard, fries and served with cold beer, of course. He was thus indulged when he and Phyllis met Phyllis’s son Todd and granddaughter Alexis at the …
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Kickass and the Heimlich Maneuver
Attribution: Evolution and evolvability, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the frightening experience of the keeper and Phyllis as dinner companion Dorothy suddenly choked and was immediately successfully rescued by the skillful administration of the Heimlich maneuver by her daughter Sigrid. That Sigrid is an experienced nurse …
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Kickass Remembers Pearl Harbor
Attribution: U.S. Navy, Office of Public Relations, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that 82 years ago when remembering was an official national necessity as commanded by the ubiquitous “Remember Pearl Harbor” signs everywhere, the keeper was among those actually old enough to remember and vividly recalls the …
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Kickass at Lunch
Attribution: Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper had lunch with four others where 83-year-old Harry was considered “the kid” and except for “the kid” the keeper at 92 was the youngest at the …
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Kickass Sells Books
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be participating in the Vista West Author and Art sale tomorrow afternoon—Wednesday 4-6 pm in the community room where Christmas shoppers will be encouraged to wrap up their season with copies of the keeper’s Margaret’s War; Treeson, an APOLOGIA …
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Kickass at the Cider Farm Cidery
Attribution: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having refused to accept Dec. 3, 2023 as unfit for human consumption, hastens to amend his rejection to exempt the afternoon’s repast by the keeper and Phyllis at the Cider Farm Cidery next to Brennen’s on Mineral …
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Kickass Refuses December 3rd, 2023
Attribution: Helgi Halldórsson from Reykjavík, Iceland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, without discussing it with Phyllis, has taken executive action to bank Dec. 3, 2023 for possible later use, maybe in 2024. The keeper’s decision to decline immediate delivery of Dec. 3, 2023 was …
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Kickass and Hummingbirds
Attribution: Paul Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the information that it was apparently not enough to up the alcoholic content of the nectar in the balcony hummingbird feeder to the degree that some hummingbirds might opt to winter in Wisconsin. It might have helped keep …
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Kickass and Evicting Crooks
Attribution: US House Office of Photography, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in kicking off December by doing good: in this case by passing along thoughts on how to get a crook out of the House, and what to say about the judge’s wife when you …
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Kickass Pays for Root Canal
Attribution: Ruth Holcomb, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper moves on from his silliness over being seriously intimidated by the prospect of two root canal procedures. It turns out, as most others obviously knew, that root canal surgery is a different thing …
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Kickass and Root Canal
Attribution: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is no help to the keeper as he attempts to structure a proper attitude for two eminent root canal procedures scheduled for later this morning. In sorting through the feelings of anticipation available on the open thought market, the keeper has …
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