Category:Social Commentary

Attribution: NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper burdened with a question as he views today’s cold, slush-covered wintery landscape: within the strict dictates of evolution was there a connection between the humans’ inclination to “hunt” which means tromping around in the snowy woods …
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Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Yep. Despite the lies, the invective, the rambling, the dancing, the incoherence, and the lunacy—a big faucet in California that turns the water on and off? Immigrants eating cats and dogs? Really? Despite the January 6th coup attempt and recommendations to drink bleach and shine light inside the body …
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Attribution: Phoenix7777, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis as they anticipate the weather forecast for the season’s first snow which has been predicted to be “sporadic, temporarily covering the colorful fall landscape and then melting into a slushy mess as an unpleasant harbinger of …
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Attribution: Wilfred Thesiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along an update of the keeper and Phyllis’s efforts to relocate given their discomfort with the US’s incoming flat-earth leadership. While Phyllis’s Canada relatives did not issue a flat “no,” there was not what could be called untethered enthusiasm …
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Mark Mamerow

Illustration by Michael DiMilo

Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s appreciation to Larry W and DuWayne G for their responses in helping interpret the keeper’s recent puzzling dream of getting lost on Chicago streets while chasing two dogs that had upcoming theatre obligations. In the AI sources they cited, the …
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Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Out of all the countless screenplays and treatments wending their way through producers’ and investors’ offices each year, only about five hundred make it to the silver screen. These are mostly traditional studio-produced pictures. Add in independents, the cornucopia of syrupy Hallmark productions, Disney made-for-TV films, and other …
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Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter November 6, 2024 Good morning bots, What so good about it?…..  F! Have to type…to vent. Randoms: The one specific I wish the Dems would’ve jumped on was the economy whining. Someone, Obama…Bill Clinton, maybe some …
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Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper’s inability to run with the pack in the area of bird photography as evidenced by his latest attempt to use the super moon as a backdrop for Canada goose photos. (Please take note Phyllis and friend Harry, both skilled photog freaks!) …
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