Attribution:Steven Miller, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper may have to revise his assessment of the current Repub minority-representation Wisconsin legislature as a narcissistic do-nothing-except-for-the-rich bunch of self-serving revisionist gerrymandered obstructionists. With a record of contrary disregard for populace needs and desires and basic decency, …
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Kickass and Beer Bird Feeder
Attribution: Cat Lee Ball, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, says the keeper, in his efforts to fit into the natural community and seasonal cycles, will be removing the sweet water from the hummingbird feeder on his balcony and filling it with beer, Spotted Cow of course. It is …
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Kickass and Butterfly Snowflakes
Attribution: Photo by Kacper Szczechla on Unsplash, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is big on accepting things but is sorely challenged this morning as a few random snowflakes drift down out of a gray sky with the obvious message that there is more to come, …
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Kickass as a Stupefier
Attribution: Dr. Philip Bethge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper in his distress over being genetically excluded from the migrators and the hibernators and classified as a “stupefier” as major seasonal changes are about to occur. Birds with brains the size of peas are fleeing …
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Kickass and Fall Colors
Attribution: Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in updating their relationship to trees as they rode across the state with Gina and Steve for a Phyllis family reunion, remarkable for its lack of fisticuffs and shouting and its surplus of food and drink. As much as …
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Kickass and Goodbye September
Attribution: Travellers1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been aware for some time that “time” frequently gets away from the keeper and he schedules so many things that some of them are not properly executed, such as his ceremonial goodbye to the September of 2023. So on the …
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Harvest of Friends
Artwork by Micheal DiMilo By Geoff Carter Last February, the historic first meeting of our Tomato Club commenced in the backroom of the Waterford Wine Company. Snow was on the ground, the temperature was below freezing, and spring was nowhere in sight, yet that didn’t stop us from bringing our seed catalogs, our ideas, our …
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Kickass at Indian Lake
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Photo by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting that under the rubric that everybody gotta be somewhere, reports the keeper and Phyllis in one of Dane County’s more striking beauty spots: Indian Lake County Park off Highway 19. Marking the location where the last glacier gave up …
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Kickass and the First Day of Fall
Attribution: Lorrie777, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in celebrating the 2023 first day of fall by joining others to do some book promo at the Waunakee Library, after which they will cruise the countryside for signs of the season while congratulating each other …
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Dialogues on Counting Cards: The Sheepshead Diaries
Attribution: Krenakarore, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter …at the risk of breaking my arm patting myself on my back—seems like my mom had these pithy expressions always at the ready—that one to check me when I was declaring …
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A Rock and a Hard Place
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Robin Vos is a dyed-in-the-wool deep-red Republican. He has done everything in his power to keep Wisconsin as red as it can be—by hook and by crook. He has made his name from ruthlessly seizing and consolidating power in the Wisconsin legislature. Since the Republican red wave of …
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Kickass Asks Some Questions
Attribution: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, sympathizes with the keeper as he tries to remain relevant when faced with such questions as the following: *Does Boebert’s statement that she will be checking party affiliations of future dates mean that it is hard to keep your …
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