Attribution: Michel, Carl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, allows the keeper a memory exercise that takes him back to his arrival on the UW campus fresh out of a three-year Army stint that included a year of Korean combat duty where sleeping in trenches and bunkers was the …
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Kickass and Mr. Fixit
Attribution: Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s attitude throughout his life has been that he could fix most anything using improvised parts, innate dexterity, sharp eyes and resistance to being part of the throw-it-away-and-buy-a-new-one cultural mindset. So when the bedroom reading lamp developed a switch problem, it …
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Kickass and Game of Fetch
Attribution: Photo by Rob Fuller on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has engaged the keeper’s help in totally shutting down the game of “fetch” as played by dogs and people. As symbolic of activity so stupid as to compete with voters going to the polls in “big-money-bought elections, “fetch’s” success depends on a number of …
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Kickass at Indian Lake
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Photo by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that under the rubric that everybody gotta be somewhere, reports the keeper and Phyllis in one of Dane County’s more striking beauty spots: Indian Lake County Park off Highway 19. Marking the location where the last glacier gave up …
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Kickass and the First Day of Fall
Attribution: Lorrie777, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the 2023 first day of fall by joining others to do some book promo at the Waunakee Library, after which they will cruise the countryside for signs of the season while congratulating each other …
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Kickass and Oldest/Youngest
Attribution: Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that after the keeper reported on the lunch that he and Phyllis enjoyed with 103-year-old Hilda and 99-year-old Sally, there has been some interest by others to join the next lunch meeting so they …
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Kickass and Lunch for the Ages
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s report of a Vista West “lunch for the ages” that he had the distinct privilege of attending as the only male: There was Hilda at 103, Sally at 99, and Phyllis a mere child at 83; and then there was …
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Kickass Asks Some Questions
Attribution: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he tries to remain relevant when faced with such questions as the following: *Does Boebert’s statement that she will be checking party affiliations of future dates mean that it is hard to keep your …
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Kickass Joins the Dumb
Attribution: Shakib khan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, hears the keeper’s confession that he recently joined the “dumbest” parade by expressing his opinion of some of Wisconsin’s prevailing political gerrymandered dumbness. In assessing the way this puts the keeper right in there with the dumbest of the dumb, …
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Kickass and Wolf In Grandma Wisconsin’s Bed
Attribution: Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 – 1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in noting that it would not be fair to wolves to use them as symbols to represent the devious Vos Repub gang that has been occupying Grandma Wisconsin’s gerrymandered political bed …
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Kickass and Grandkids
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, stayed home with Phyllis when the keeper drove across town to watch grandson Beau perform lumber making miracles with his portable sawmill. It was most impressive—Beau manipulating misshapen ash logs into usable planks and boards with deft touches of complicated controls. It is agreed …
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Kickass and the Hollyhocks
Attribution: Photo by Slawek K on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps as the keeper suffers a Saturday reminiscence attack: Hollyhock Ladies, where did you go From all the places you used to grow Those tall, old flowers so big and bold? Yours came from Grandma’s, we were told. You stood beside them tall and …
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