InvadingInvader, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that fast on the heels of the keeper’s campaign to deny men the right to vote in all future elections, comes a cascade of complaints–from men, who say that use of the heavy-duty “fly” swatter as an enforcement tool invades men’s …
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Kickass and Men Not Voting
Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s campaign to restrict voting to only women, his thinking being that for a very long time, only men were allowed to vote, so women are owed. History shows that while they have been allowed to vote, men …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Auction
Flying Logos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is late today because he was delayed at a meeting with his banker in which he–the keeper was attempting to borrow enough money to bid in the Wisconsin auction coming up Nov. 8 in which the current …
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Kickass and Perfect October Day
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis joined the rest of the world Sunday in marking the perfect October day by getting out into it, in their case it was a visit to the Audubon Goose Pond Sanctuary near North Leeds, only to find that …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: The Films of Scarlett Johansson
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Even though Scarlett Johansson is still relatively young, she has more than seventy film appearances to her credit. From her breakthrough role in The Horse Whisperer at the tender age of fourteen, she has gone on to become one of the most acclaimed …
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Kickass and Dog Election Poem
istolethetv from Hong Kong, China, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, helped the keeper with the following: If dogs held elections, this would be true: A dishonest dog would get its due. Dogs know truth better than most, Though they’ve been known to bark at a ghost. Dogs can …
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Kickass and Reality Denial
Antonio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has in hand a top- secret document from the Department of Interior that outlines the following: *Preliminary study shows a crossover of the mysterious human brain malfunction of denying reality–“DR” to several bird species causing them to fly …
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Dialogues on Lying Like a Rug: Tartuffe Goes to Washington
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter We should not be surprised by some level of hypocrisy from politicians. But the Herschel Walker abortion story is playing out at a higher level. Football hero & Trump devotee Walker is running in …
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Kickass and Shelling Grandma
Dsns.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been asked by the keeper to come up with something comparable in the animal world to the shelling of innocent civilians in the ongoing Putin-Ukraine travesty. The keeper draws a blank. In the cause of narcissistic territorial ambitions, the human race …
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Kickass and Treeson
Photo by TJ Watt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares good vibes with the keeper regarding trees, and notes that he–the keeper is in a final draft of his book “Treeson” which is an apology to all the trees that went into making the paper to print his …
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Time of the Season
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter This past weekend my brother and I partook in the old family tradition of going up to the family cottage and taking the pier in. It’s not a huge chore or a particularly difficult one, but there is—for me, at least—a kind of sadness attached to the task. …
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Kickass and Health Necklace
Sarahmirk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, has been trying to assist the keeper in coming up with a situation for men that would compare to the one for women whereby they–women and girls, are forced–by men-written laws, to have a rapist’s baby, or one sired by any one …
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