Category:Wisconsin

Kickass Welcomes April 13th

Posted on April 13, 2025Updated on April 13, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in welcoming the day: “Hello April 13, 2025! “It is great to have you whatever you are–at the moment a bit hazy and overcast. “We know the feeling and assure you that burning off the haze and getting to …
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Wisconsin Strong

Posted on April 10, 2025Updated on April 10, 2025by Geoff CarterCategories:History, Politics, Social Commentary, Wisconsin

Photo by Geoff Carter By Geoff Carter I’m a Wisconsinite, born and raised. I’m usually pretty proud of that. Not always, but usually. We’ve had our missteps and our black sheep, but generally Wisconsin does the right thing. I’m especially proud of the progressive traditions and stubborn idealism evident in our state. Just last week, in …
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Kickass and Mr. Whipple

Posted on March 31, 2025Updated on March 31, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Colourblind Kevin on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the word that if you are old enough to know that Mr. Whipple was a TV celebrity as a result of his “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” toilet tissue ads, then you might remember when he visited the Green Bay area and …
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Kickass and the Hodag

Posted on March 30, 2025Updated on March 30, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Oligarchy, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: The Wide World Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the capture of what was first thought to be the Rhinelander Hodag but turns out to be Elon Musk who was nabbed while trying to stuff currency into the personal body …
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Kickass Hands it Off

Posted on March 26, 2025Updated on March 26, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes and Bill Mullen Kickass and the keeper hand it off to old Tribune friend Pulitzer winner Bill Mullen for his response to yesterday’s Kickass post about Jim Lovell on his 96th birthday. Thanks, Bill. “And to think that Lovell grew up as a Wisconsin kid, …
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Kickass Remembers Jackrabbits

Posted on March 24, 2025Updated on March 24, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Mike Lewinski on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in lamenting the disappearance of jackrabbits in Wisconsin. Nobody has seen one for years and DNR biologists say they are officially “extirpated.” In his boyhood Barron County days, the big white jackrabbits were like the royalty of winter, jumping up from …
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Kickass and the Deer

Posted on March 20, 2025Updated on March 20, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Memories, Nature, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Prazanthy Ramesh on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assist the keeper in celebrating the keeper’s uncanny foresight in buying a pair of snowshoes on the hottest day of this erratic season. It happened when Phyllis left the keeper unattended at St. Vinny’s and he spotted these beautiful Iverson snowshoes, brand new and …
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Kickass and Goats

Posted on March 11, 2025Updated on March 11, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Nataliya Melnychuk on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is not much help to the keeper as he investigates what is apparently a genetic quirk on his father’s side of the family that manifests itself in a fondness for goats. As a boy growing up out on the North Dakota prairie the keeper’s …
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Kickass, State Supreme Court, and Musk

Posted on March 8, 2025Updated on March 8, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: Fine Apples, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in observing the ongoing auction of Wisconsin’s supreme court as Elon the musk is the current high bidder in the April 1st election and obviously wants the state’s highest court as a trinket to display in …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Dead Friend Zoe

Posted on March 6, 2025Updated on March 6, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Movies, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper and Phyllis in their updating of the list of political absurdities that define life as a “Badger.” Add to the long-standing MINORITY REPRESENTATION in the legislature, the fact that Wisconsin is one of only two states where the tax structure makes it …
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Kickass and Grandpa TJ

Posted on February 16, 2025Updated on February 16, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper’s clan today as it celebrates the birthday of patriarch T. J. Stokes who, if he were still with us, would be 141 years old. Party arrangements and appropriate photo are provided by cousin Pat Turgeson , with fragmentary memories of Grandpa …
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Kickass Stays Inside

Posted on February 13, 2025Updated on February 13, 2025by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Weather, Wisconsin

Attribution: U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Justin Weaver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, cautions the keeper to restrain his inclination to smugness over the fact that when winter comes roaring back from its AWOL status with ice and snow and cold wind, the keeper’s “Independent Living” lifestyle at …
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