Attribution: Kyletracysrs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper notes yet another push for a Wisconsin hunting season on sandhill cranes. As reported by Henry Redman in the “Wisconsin Examiner” the crane hunt is being touted as relief for farmers who claim losses of $900,000 from cranes …
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Kickass and the Heatwave
Attribution: Geralt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in preparing for the dangerous heat wave about to descend on the Midwest, their main strategy being the “Stationary Excessive Hydration Exercise Program”—SEHEP, whereby they occupy recliners in air conditioned quarters while taking in large amounts of liquid …
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Kickass and Sarah Visit
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were a launch pad for the keeper’s granddaughter Sarah as she returned to her California digs and husband Jessie after a summer’s visit, mostly with her dad Mike on the Wisconsin River at Sauk. It was wonderful to …
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Kickass and Sleep Deprivation
Attributon: SecretName101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s observation that within his and Phyllis’s time zone and age group there is serious fallout from three days of sleep deprivation caused by the DNC Chicago celebration. To hear the major speakers of the evening, it was necessary …
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Kickass and Going into Different Room
Attribution: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s delight in learning that the issue of going into a room and then forgetting why you went there has a scientific basis relating to the human race evolving from one natural environment to …
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Kickass and DUI
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper shares a common experience with Dem Veep candidate Tim Walz in that both were arrested for DUI earlier in life, were fined and temporarily lost driving privileges. Tim, as a 30-year-old teacher at the time, responded by doing a life-time …
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Kickass at the VA Eye Clinic
Attribution: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accepts the keeper’s excuse for this late offering as being a routine checkup at the VA Eye Clinic where all was found to be in order, thanks to long term monitoring and maintenance by a series of young optometrists from …
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Kickass Visits Old Places
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the following on behalf of the keeper and Phyllis on this Sunday morning of Aug. 18, 2024. Revisiting “We have walked thousands of parks and places, “In the beauty and peace of nature’s magnificent chaos. “We think of the hidden valleys and …
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Kickass and Show Biz
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in his show biz debut with “At the Bath,” an illustrated production of just what a bath can be. The subtitles as arranged in the keeper’s script are as follows: 1. Oh, I think I will take a bath. 2. …
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Kickass and Spilled Berries
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sometimes puzzles over the keeper’s technique for getting the day started, such as his scattering blueberries all over the kitchen floor as he pulls out the bacon and eggs. It turns out that spilling the berries—as opposed to “spilling the beans” has no hidden …
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Kickass and School Opening
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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Kickass and Body Parts
Attribution: FE2656BA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper to bring the business of human spare parts out of the medical shadows and into the strip malls with the auto parts dealers where it will be more accessible and perhaps even competitive. Based on …
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