Artwork by Michael DiMilo During the height of the COVID quarantine, over 9.6 million Americans lost their jobs (Pew Research Center). Restaurants, theaters, and other public venues were forced to close immediately, but every sector of the economy was eventually affected—and still is. After schools closed, many working parents had to stay home to care …
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Category:Social Commentary
Kickass Remembers the Hunt
Photo by Andrew Coop on Unsplash Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper regretfully turned down an invitation from son Larry to join him, grandsons Nick and Tony and other assorted riffraff at their woods cabin in the beautiful southern Minnesota driftless area for a weekend deer hunt. With other matters interceding, the keeper was left to …
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Books & Beer
Geoff Carter discusses his novel Thicker Than Water with the Books & Beer Book Club Click on the following link to access Valerie Biel hosting the Club with her Geoff Carter, author of Thicker Than Water The Beer and Book Club featuring Geoff Carter discussing his novel Thicker Than Water
Sick and Tired
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter People are tired. Exhausted. They’re tired of COVID-19. They’re tired of masks and distancing and washing hands and being careful. They’re tired of other people not wearing masks—and screaming about it. They’re tired of schools closing and having their kids home all the time. They’re tired of not …
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Testing #2
Testing #1
Look Up in Anger
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last week, a New York City restaurant hostess was physically assaulted by guests when she informed them that masks were required to enter the restaurant. On a recent weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, a Frontier Airlines passenger had to be taped to his seat after assaulting one …
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Kickass and 90-year-olds
Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper as he and all of those in the 90-year-old age group celebrate William Shatner’s 10-minute space ride. While it is comforting to acknowledge accomplishments by 90-year-olds, the reality of Shatner’s experience costing him a …
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Kickass and Love a Dummy
Becker1999 from Grove City, OH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper takes a journalistic handoff from the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson who wonders how stupid America can get and still survive, and runs with it by suggesting not only an answer to Eugene’s question, but …
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Applied Science
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter We’re a country that loves its heroes, especially superheroes. We love those guys like nobody’s business. Over the past decade or so, we’ve been inundated—absolutely permeated—with them. There’s the Marvel Universe, the D.C. Universe, Spiderman, Superman, Thor, Black Widow, and a plethora of …
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Kickass Out From Under Porch
Photo by Max Sandelin on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, having joined the keeper in crawling through the dirt under the public communication porch, as revealed Sunday by the 60-Minutes whistleblower, reports that he—the keeper, finds it impossible to stay under there with his mouth shut—Surprise, Surprise!—and will resume ranting on some of the following …
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Backyard Web Tour
All Photos by Geoff Carter