Category:Social Commentary

Kickass at the Chazen

Posted on March 17, 2023Updated on March 17, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Race, Social Commentary

David from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, listens to reports from the keeper and Phyllis on their visit to the Chazen Museum of Art “reexamination” exhibit that is built around the Boston statue of Lincoln and a kneeling slave that was removed last year as part …
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New Growth

Posted on March 16, 2023Updated on March 16, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Gardening, Social Commentary

Artwork by Rae and Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Typically, during the second week of March, I plant the seeds for my garden, mostly tomatoes and peppers, in the depths of my basement. This year, we’ve just finished digging out from a winter storm that dumped over ten inches of snow on us, but down …
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Kickass and Old Footprints

Posted on March 14, 2023Updated on March 14, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:History, Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

edmondo gnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares the keeper’s respect for science, and also his disappointment when science leaves so many questions unanswered. The recent discovery in Italy of the 350,000-year-old human footprints is a case in point. The scientists reported the footprints were made by someone …
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Kickass and Captain Kirk

Posted on March 12, 2023Updated on March 12, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Social Commentary

Attribution: NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in acknowledging that Bill Shatner–or Captain Kirk to everyone, who happens to have been born the same year as the keeper, recently elicited misplaced fan despair by noting that he did not have long to live. Shatner, …
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Dialogues on Working the Culture: Bloody Dreams on the Silver Screen

Posted on March 10, 2023Updated on March 10, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Movies, Social Commentary

Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/PEJHULxUHZs Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S. Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, I wrote this a couple weeks ago and thought it might be a good jumping-off point for a new thread. -G Justice For All? Violence at the Movies Movies are by far …
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Disenchantment

Posted on March 9, 2023Updated on March 9, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Michael DiMilo, Movies, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Disney World, the mother of all family theme parks, is based just outside of Orlando, Florida. Its component pieces, EPCOT, The Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, span over 27,000 acres—about 43 square miles—and rake in huge profits—over twenty-seven billion dollars in 2022 alone. It is …
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Kickass as Hunter/Gatherer

Posted on March 4, 2023Updated on March 4, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Charles R. Knight , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper tries to claim that he still qualifies as a “hunter and gatherer” when he goes over of Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton and picks up “to-go” Friday night fish-fry for himself and Phyllis. The drive down …
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Kickass and Evolution Reversal

Posted on March 2, 2023Updated on March 2, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Jaroslav A. Polák from Brno, Czech Republic, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes sharing the keeper’s observations of a reversal in human evolution, a recent indicator being the discovery of a family that reportedly walks on all fours. There are, of course, many other signs that we are headed …
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Drifting Away

Posted on February 16, 2023Updated on February 16, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Michael DiMilo, psychology, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Lately, my wife and I have gotten in the habit of letting the TV lull us to sleep. We sit on the couch, mesmerized, almost stoned by the monotony of late-night television, until we finally start dozing off. I’ll make my way up to bed about eleven o’clock, …
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Mighty Love

Posted on February 14, 2023Updated on February 14, 2023by Geoff CarterCategories:Holidays, Michael DiMilo, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo Originally Published 2/14/2022 By Geoff Carter In her novel Surfacing, Margaret Atwood wrote “The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them, there ought to be as many for love.” She‘s probably right, although what passes for love today might not be as important to us as snow …
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Kickass and Planetary Comment

Posted on February 11, 2023Updated on February 11, 2023by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Social Commentary

Antonino Vara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper’s special communications powers intercepted an outer space transmission from an advanced planet that his been observing Earth since the human species came down out of the trees: “Your Earth Observation Authority (EOA) is happy to report that …
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Dialogues on D.C. Disconnect and Scorpio Rising: Fear and Loathing in the Freedom Caucus

Posted on February 7, 2023Updated on February 7, 2023by Mark MamerowCategories:Politics, Race, Social Commentary

Crglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Capitol_Building_01.jpg Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Hey Bots, (3) news items from today At the risk of being redundant, I think the culprit for this is chiefly the orange ex prez, potentiated by Bannon, FB-etc… and others. …
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