Attribution: U.S. House of Representatives – Office of the Clerk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in acknowledging the latest product of Wisconsinās grand tradition of sending stupid jerks to Washington and Madison to do āminority representationā and make the state look like a …
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Kickass and Newspaper Columnists
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, asks what could be more dominating at a lunch table than a former Wis. State Journal columnist? And the answer is two of them! So it was as Susan Lambert Smith joined the keeper and Phyllis and Ian and Karen Smith at a Vista …
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Kickass Cruising the River
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis were āCruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon,ā with the keeper recalling some of the lyrics from the 1946 hit song that includes āWith one you love, the sun above, waiting for the moon.ā Along the river …
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Kickass and Uncle Ralph
Attribution: National Archives and Records AdministrationĀ , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, accompanies the keeper on a memory jaunt back to recall one of his wonderful uncles and the magic of the threshing crew. The tradition of farm women preparing noontime feasts for the neighboring farmers who had assembled …
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Kickass and Road Trip Learning
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeperās recent road trip, though it did not accomplish its original mission of meeting up with any bear, wolves hounds or hounders, was not without discovery, in part by learning of the existence of The Highground Veterans Park west of Neillsville. …
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Kickass and Mike Adventure: Part 2
kikiciao,Ā CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the latest expedition involving the keeper and his son Mike will not rank up there with their attempt some years ago to float rivers down to New Orleans and only getting as far as Spring Green, but there is a …
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Kickass and Mike Adventure
Attributon: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA,Ā CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that Phyllis wisely chooses to stay home, as the keeper and his son Mike head north with a number of missions on their itinerary: *Find out just what it is that motivates grown men …
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Kickass and Pete’s Hamburgers
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, chose to stay home and nap as the keeper drove Phyllis to Prairie du Chien to introduce her to Peteās juicy, onion-drenched hamburgers, a Wisconsin tradition since 1909 which is several years before the keeperās birth. Operated by the Gokey family, the summer-only stand …
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Kickass and Off-Leash Comments
Dwayne Reilander,Ā CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is often uneasy about the keeper being āoff leashā but cannot always prevent it. The following recent examples illustrate the risks of his āat largeā status: *The outrageous summer bear hound training now being allowed ONLY in Wisconsin has no comparable …
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Kickass and Summer Sounds
Photo byĀ Robert CollinsĀ onĀ Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have a new appreciation for the summer sounds that come in through the screen door: *The non-stop chirping of sparrows. *The clang and bang of construction at the school across the street. *The laughter and shouting of children from …
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Kickass and Dash Veto
Lisacheese,Ā CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in celebrating the ādashā that Gov. Evers vetoed in the state budget to save public school funding for the next 400 years. By changing ā2024-25ā to ā2425ā the former educator did something decent for Wisconsin kids on into an uncertain …
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Kickass Talks to Blackhawk
Charles Bird KingĀ , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that as the keeper and Phyllis drove across the beautiful rolling hills and river valleys of southwest Wisconsin on the 4th of July on their way to a unique and pricey tourist lunch in Galena, the keeper felt compelled to …
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