Narek Avetisyan /Narek75/, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to contribute to the advance of the species, accepts news of lab-made chicken now on the market–expensive and “tastes like chicken”–by joining the chickens in celebrating the fact that they–the chickens, can not only …
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Kickass and Talk Replacement
Attribution: Eric Afyouni, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, delights in engaging the keeper in “what-if” situations and has posed the question of “what-if” the keeper and his ilk were denied the ability to talk–since so much talk does not rise above the sheer BS level–and were limited to …
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Kickass and Bear Hounding
kikiciao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in hanging his head in shame and extending deepest apologies to the state bear population–an estimated 24,000 individuals, as the summer-long bear hound training season approaches. ONLY IN WISCONSIN: thousands of bear hounders from all over the country will …
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Kickass and Storage Boxes
United States Department of Justice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that most people in the keeper and Phyllis’s crowd readily identify with storage boxes, having made recent moves to places like Vista West; and more than a few of those “movers” would be pleased to have the …
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Kickass and Greening Wisconsin
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, fresh from a windshield survey with Phyllis up into the central portions of the state, reports that the gerrymandered, screw-the-public legislature in Madison and a GOP congressional contingent in Washington with the brainpower and ambitions of an NRA stink tank, …
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Kickass and Father’s Day
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that there are a number of ways to become a father, points out that heroics are not usually involved. The heroics come later in keeping wayward offspring well fed, secure, clothed and out of trouble with the law. During the time the keeper was …
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Kickass and Beautiful Birdsong
Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper received a rare treat for his new hearing aids when Phyllis opened the balcony door and instead of the usual chorus of sparrow chirping there was a birdsong that at first seemed too beautiful to be true. It …
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Kickass and Eating In
Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting how the dinner hour has changed from a quiet time when everybody was “eating in” and the only restaurant customers were the resident bachelor mechanic and a lonesome schoolteacher, to now resembling the INDY 500 with …
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Kickass and Pinocchio Day Fallout
Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in handling the fallout from his establishment of “Pinocchio Day” to mark the indictment last Tuesday of the former pretender to the throne. As Pinocchio Day gets on the calendar with other noteworthy days–Father’s Day and April Fools Day come to mind, …
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Kickass and Phyllis the Hiker
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in cheering on Phyllis’s campaign to walk at least 5000 steps daily, which he does mostly from his recliner. The keeper would join Phyllis–and actually sometimes does, but for the image it creates of an old man with a walking stick …
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Kickass and Pinocchio Day
Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that some political pundits have opined that this day is one of the most important in American history, involving as it does efforts to instill respect for rules in a former obedience school …
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Kickass and Old Music
Attribution: Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the day started for the keeper and Phyllis with sipping and listening to a jazz trio at “The Cider Farm” Sunday afternoon; and it morphed into an evening at home with Phyllis searching out the old stuff of …
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