Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was proud to attend the official “changing-of-the-hat” ceremony conducted recently on behalf of the keeper as he transitioned from his winter to summer headgear. In keeping with the long-standing identification of accurately labeling so many elements of the keeper’s life, the long serving appropriate …
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Category:Weather
Kickass Welcomes the Trees
Attribution: Paul Berzinn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in thankfulness and appreciation for once more being present with everyone else in the great dressing room as the magnificent cast of trees costumes up for yet one more sensational performance. Having endured a long …
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Kickass and Fire Department Winter
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in doing everything possible to get rid of the ornery 2023-24 winter, and when it had finally retreated to a single filthy snowbank in a corner of the parking lot, someone obviously notified the fire department with a request …
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Kickass and April Blizzard
Attribution: Photo by Jan Dommerholt on Unsplash Written by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper headed out for his Prairie du Sac dental appointment shortly before 3 pm Tuesday just as the day-long rain turned to a heavy snowfall. With compromised visibility and almost immediate accumulated inches of soggy snow and drivers suddenly unable …
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Kickass and Staying in Bed
Attribution: Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that there are days when the contrary Wisconsin weather crosses the line and the only thing to do is to stay in bed. Today is one of those days. But the keeper has a dental appointment 20 miles away about …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Winter
Attribution: Richardfabi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observations as he and Phyllis drove to a Mauston lunch date with Phyllis’s son Todd: This cannot be Wisconsin in mid-February, this brown, snowless land with its clusters of naked trees and exposed expanses of dead …
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Kickass and Weather by Republicans
Attribution: Photo by David Moum on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes, along with the keeper, that the strange unseasonably warm temperatures are due to a systemic responsibility slipup in which the turtle-like US justice system somehow ended up in charge of the weather, and the Repubs then filed a petition for summer. A prominent …
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Kickass and Vista West Sailing
Attribution: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper’s latest winter survival technique is to imagine that the Vista West building that he and Phyllis live in is actually a big cruise ship with an uncertain itinerary; and one of the daily entertainment opportunities is to try to guess …
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Kickass and Big Pickups
Attribution: Elise240SX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the good fortune of the keeper and Phyllis in escaping an intersection collision thanks to the interference run by the driver of a big black pickup. While the keeper was simultaneously making the turn with the pickup, a car …
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Kickass and Manure Sleigh
Attribution: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper suggests that only a few dog walkers could identify with the keeper’s reminisce of frigid winter mornings when his youthful presence in northwest Wisconsin was dictated by the necessity of dealing with animal waste. Nothing …
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Kickass and Snow Removal
Attribution: Oto Zapletal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in enjoying the current winter excess from behind thick panes of glass while watching the scurrying and beeping and blinking of the army of snow removal machines. Never intending to make trouble, but the question …
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Kickass and Blizzard Prep
Attribution: Photo by Patino Jhon on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s insightful suggestion that in surviving the upcoming winter storm it is important to have appropriate equipment ready for the worst blizzard conditions, hence a careful check on the living room recliners used by Phyllis and the keeper to deal with …
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