JackintheBox, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, naps as the keeper, suggests that the office and waiting room of Fred Prehn, the Wausau dentist who inflicts statewide pain by refusing to step down from his expired term on the DNR Board, be occupied by moaning and groaning citizens who …
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Kickass and the Dyke Road
Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have returned from their search of the Central Wisconsin potato fields and wildland for an appropriate site for a Mr. Potato Head monument; and are happy to be home after another …
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Kickass and a Call for Action
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is assisting the keeper in mounting an “insurrection” against the infuriating arrogance of the Wausau dentist and cranberry company owner who refuses to step down from his expired term on the DNR Board, thus keeping in place Walker DNR policies …
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Kickass and Evolutionary Top Spot
Pets Adviser from Brooklyn, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to sort through the keeper’s observation that if humans had not evolved as dominant, some other species might be setting human hunting quotas and deciding other human population control issues. Had wolves evolved to the top spot, …
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Kickass and Little Brother
Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is trying to help the keeper as he—the keeper, works through the role of older brother as his younger brother Orv and his wife Shirley make the transition from the home farm up in the northwestern …
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Kickass and Returning to the Sea
Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper along the Wisconsin River and other waterways on the brink of summer to plead for active acknowledgment that since the human species came crawling out of the sea, there is really only one way for it to return permanently …
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Kickass and Dumb Bear Hounders
Jim Bowen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper hates it when he must admit being wrong—as infrequently as it happens, but after naming the election of Ron Johnson and the temporary establishment of dog racing tracks as the dumbest things to happen in Wisconsin, he …
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Kickass and the Park Purchase
Yinan Chen, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper barely remembers how to rant about positive things, so there was some verbal fumbling with the good news this week that the Wisconsin DNR Board approved the $1.64 million purchase of 220 acres to be added to …
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Kickass Up in the Clouds
Photo by Naldo Mesquita from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, turns it over to the keeper as he and Phyllis fly over the country in returning from their Colorado visit with Rick and Becky on a magnificent day of endless cumulous clouds that–as the summer solstice is marked–make it appear that the earth has blossomed …
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Kickass and Pond Life
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in the proximity of pond eco systems where hidden predators—huge snapping turtles, dominate to the threat and detriment of all other life forms; and, of course, the keeper and Phyllis find …
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Kickass 6/2/21 Bear at Bird Feeder
Photo by Bill Pennell on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to help the keeper stay calm over bird feeder issues, particularly after hearing from the keeper’s brother Orville up in Barron County where a black bear has smashed the bird feeder and taken up a lounging presence in the feeder’s proximity. Dedicated animal/bird people, …
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Kickass and Wolf Traffic Control
National Archives and Records Administration , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting the recent research implication that the presence of wolves—an estimated 1,000 in Wisconsin, greatly reduces the incidence of deer-traffic collisions, which averages nearly 20,000 annually and results in eight deaths and 477 injuries …
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