Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter (Originally posted in December, 2019) Each year, in the family holiday tradition, my wife and I venture out to buy our Christmas tree. We’re lucky enough to live across the street from a big tree lot so we don’t have very far to go—we can walk right over. …
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Kickass and Underwear Innovation
Attribution: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper, still deeply involved in his research into coughing as a hobby, plans to add investigation into whether or not the tone of the rest of your day can be inferred when it starts with both legs …
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2024: Out of the Frying Pan
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter New Year retrospectives are, for the most part, eminently predictable. There are the usual lists of notable storms and natural disasters, celebrity memorials, messy political scandals, blockbuster movies, and the newest eye-dazzling technologies. People like lists. They’re quick, easy to read, and distill even the most complicated issues …
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Kickass and Four Sons
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog says the keeper appreciates all the help he gets with posting ammunition, and is indebted to grandson Steve for unearthing an old photo taken by the keeper of the keeper’s four sons as he and his family paused in Glacier National Park on their …
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Kickass and (Cough, Cough, Cough….)
Attribution: NIAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following on behalf of the keeper and Phyllis: Cough, cough, cough. COUGH, COUGH, COUGH. Cough, cough, cough. And finally, cough, cough and cough. Phyllis pauses her coughing long enough to produce a continuing line of home remedies which the …
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Kickass and the Call of the Sandhill Crane
Attribution: Andrew C, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be unavailable for social and business contacts as they closet themselves in their Audubon unsanctioned work to perfect the “unison cough” as in the mode of the sandhill cranes unison call. While the …
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Kickass and the Happy New Year
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, wanting to keep their coughing colds something private and precious, cancelled out on Andy and Ohm’s New Year’s eve party and therefore missed an opportunity to revisit their former Mazomanie home on the hill and to share the …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Film Review of “The Holdovers”
Attribution:Fernando de Sousa from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons All the Lonely People: Film Review of The Holdovers ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ By Geoff Carter The films of Alexander Payne are quintessential quest stories. In The Descendants, a middle-aged man tries to come to terms with his wife’s imminent death, understand her infidelities, …
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The Pen in Hand’s Guide to the Movies: Ringing in the New Year
Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash (Originally posted in December, 2020) By Geoff Carter We’re almost there. We only have one more day of 2023 to endure. It’s been a year of firsts. Some we would like to celebrate, others not so much. But New Year’s Eve is a time to look forward to fresh starts and renewed …
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Happy New Year!!
From the Pen in Hand Blog Attribution: Jernej Furman from Slovenia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kickass and Coughing Again
Attribution: Photo by Elisha Terada on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog joins the keeper and Phyllis in barking/coughing nonstop as if they were chasing cars down on Mineral Point Road. They have been so dedicated to their barking/coughing that they have not had time to come up with any New Year’s resolutions, which is not …
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Dialogues on Blood Money: Selling Short and Selling Out
Attribution: SensexTodays, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Mark O., Dave S., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter Below is speculation, but there are some facts in the attached chart. It says Hamas made $1-2M off of the attack by selling short in an Israeli ETF fund. (Chart is …
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