Attribution: Photo by A n v e s h on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper identifying with FBI director Kash Patel on the possible fallout of giving girlfriends a ride home. When it happened to the keeper, that fallout literally turned his life around. He was doing the chivalrous task of giving …
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Category:Politics
Kickass and Blowing Boats
Attribuiton: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens with one ear as the keeper mumbles about being descended from immigrants who stomped across the country using greed and indifference to brutally destroy the native culture and its harmonious …
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Problem Child
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter I was a high school teacher for thirty-four years before I entered the blissful ranks of the retired. Most of my time as an instructor was spent in Home and Hospital, a program designed to provide instruction for students too gravely ill to attend school. …
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Revolution Redux
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There have been instances when the sometimes all-too-thin lines between art and reality have intersected, crossed, and become blurred. The China Syndrome, a film about safety violations at a nuclear power plant, was released only twelve days before the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Wag the …
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Kickass and Pardoning Ceremony
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following: TWO TURKEYS TALKING: 1ST turkey, “So you were at the White House pardoning ceremony then?” 2nd turkey, “Yes, and it was even more of a fiasco than usual.” 1st turkey, “How so?” 2nd turkey, “The POTUS got confused and announced …
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Hospitality 2025
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Geoff Carter
Attribution: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Thanksgiving_Jean_Louis_Gerome_Ferris.png
Kickass and Quiet Piggy
Attribution: Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have learned that under a “Quiet, Piggy!” executive order administered by Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi, “The Three Little Pigs” fairy tale has been scrubbed of the original account of the wolf’s …
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Kickass and Eating Epstein Files
Attribuion: Photo by Ayla Verschueren on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is sharing with the keeper and Phyllis the top-secret dog intelligence that a desperate attempt was made by the White House staff to put in place a “First Dog” so the POTUS could claim that his dog ate all existing copies of the Epstein …
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Kickass and the Credit World
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in observing the slave-like hold the money lenders have on the populace as it is now routine for the “slaves” to borrow money to do everything from attend college, use the remodeled bathroom or go visit grandma. There are …
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Kickass and Underdog Book
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis listening to Tom Jacobson’s book program in which he told a crowd of seniors at Quarry Ridge Retirement about his long illustrious Madison lawyer life of resisting on behalf of minorities and disadvantaged people of all kinds including Jeffery …
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Enough is Enough
Attribution: Chad Davis., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter After the Proposition 50 referendum, in which voters resoundingly endorsed the California legislature’s plan to redistrict their voting districts in response to the Republican Party’s partisan gerrymandering of Texas, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “after poking the bear this bear roared.” (Instagram) Of course, the bear …
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Kickass and Northern Lights
Attribution: Photo by Nelly Volkovich on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s inside dope that the color red showing up in the current spectacular northern lights is a result of Pete Hegseth spilling cherry-juice concentrate as he mixed up a batch of Kool-Aid for common-sense generals. Anyone doubting the ability of the …
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