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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Category:Social Commentary
Dialogues on Gone in Sixty Seconds: Deportation Desperation
Attribution: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Department of Homeland Security), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., and Geoff Carter Trump sign o’ the times. Just got back from changing a flat tire on my daughter’s car. She was stranded on 24th and Pierce (across …
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Kickass and Animal Messages
Attribution: Scot Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, exercising his unique abilities to intercept communications of all kinds, passes along the following: To the sheep: “New dogs—with long legs and sharp teeth, will be replacing the border collies and will herd you with a …
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Kickass and Civilization History
Attribution: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in wondering if it will be something like the great pyramids, a buried terracotta army, giant Easter Island type stone figures or something else that future anthropologists find to prove that the present “civilization” did indeed exist …
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Suckers and Losers
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Seventy-five million and counting. This is the number of citizens who just voted to elect Donald Trump as our 47thpresident. Like P.T. Barnum once said, I guess there is a sucker born every minute. These guys gobbled up Trump’s bombastic rhetoric, hate speech, racist dogma, and false promises …
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Kickass and Old Love
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is celebrating the 6th anniversary of his traveling to Arizona to kidnap Phyllis in her own car to come and live with him in Wisconsin at a time in their lives when falling can be a hazard unless it is falling in …
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Kickass and Veterans Day
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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Kickass and Milking the Cows
Attribution: Julien Dupré , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper displays his keen sense of staying ahead of the game by noting that recent election results pose a serious problem as to who will milk the Wisconsin cows once the migrant workers are all deported? The answer …
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Kickass Stands on One Leg
The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes
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National Disgrace
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I used to be proud to be an American. Now I’m a little bit embarrassed about it. While staying in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, about a year ago, we met a Danish gentleman staying in our building. He was an urbane and sophisticated fellow who was a great conversationalist. …
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Kickass and Election Rapture
Attribution: Jan Luyken , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to set things straight, has some information for those millions who have obviously confused tomorrows election with either the “rapture” or the “second coming.” Very basic fact checking reveals that the biblical “walking on …
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Kickass and Nature’s Elections
Attribution: Scot Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that as he and Phyllis and the rest of the voters await election day they might consider themselves as a great herd of sheep waiting to see if the Border Collies take them to greener …
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