Great Northern Railway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper not to assume that National Railroad Day is being celebrated this week just because he and Phyllis plan to board a train Sunday in Columbus as the start of a three-week excursion that includes a boat ride …
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Land of the Lost
formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter As I mentioned in last week’s post, my wife and I recently took a long cross-country road trip from the mean streets of Milwaukee to the enthralling natural beauty of New Mexico. Part—most of—the trip was spent on Interstate Highway 80 and …
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In Nebraska
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I recently had occasion to take a long cross-country road trip, spanning the Midwest, Colorado, and New Mexico. It’s a grueling ride, taking over twenty hours, but the pain is worth it. Driving through the plains and rolling hills and sometimes bleak plains offers the opportunity to get …
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Kickass and 757 Travel Plans
Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that Phyllis’s weekend visit with her Ohio daughter Gina has put the keeper in a state of some discombobulation, but it has also given him an opportunity to suggest future travel plans for Phyllis that would include …
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Kickass and Women Hikers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in being continuously awed by women, but never more so than when it comes to “taking a hike.” There has been recent news of Jessica Killinbeck of Mt. Horeb hiking all of the Dane County parks; and Halora Kiddes, Sun Prairie, …
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Immoral Support
Artwork by Michael DiMilo In a story that recently went viral, an ad agency employee was summoned to a meeting with his human resources supervisor, presumably to be terminated, and was told that he would be able to have a “support” person accompany him to the interview. The employee elected to bring a clown as …
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The Blurry Line
Artwork by Michael DiMilo This last week, my family and I took a mini-vacation to the family cabin in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. The cottage has been in our family for a little over fifty years and sits on a beautiful spring-fed lake. After my father passed away, my mom—as she’s fond of telling—used to …
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King of the Road
Artwork by Michael DiMilo I’m an excellent driver. After all, I have been doing it for almost fifty years. I’ve owned a variety of vehicles, including everything from a 1964 Volkswagen Microbus (fondly nicknamed the Microdot bus) to a 1962 pink Cadillac, to SUVs, convertibles, sticks, automatics, and even a vintage 1967 VW Karmann Ghia. …
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