James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper on this Indigenous People Day to dwell on the special thrill of finding a stone artifact from a previous civilization. There is a field in central Wisconsin where the keeper has enjoyed this experience a number of …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Old Hollywood: The Legacy of Kirk Douglas
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Known for his distinctive cleft chin, stony-edged stare, devil-may-care grin, gruff voice, and rough-edged demeanor, Kirk Douglas was often cast as a tough guy—sometimes bad, but mostly good. From his role as Jonathan, the ruthless movie producer in The Bad and the Beautiful to Jack Burns, …
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Kickass and Pack Position
Photo from mila-del-monte via Pixabay By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shared with the keeper and Phyllis yet one more example of what it means to be older members of a “together” pack when son Mike and granddaughter Sarah delivered grilled cheese sandwiches and chili, and stayed to help with furniture moving and official …
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Kickass and Love a Dummy
Becker1999 from Grove City, OH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper takes a journalistic handoff from the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson who wonders how stupid America can get and still survive, and runs with it by suggesting not only an answer to Eugene’s question, but …
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Kickass and Credit World
Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing the incredible growth of the credit industry as new banks spring up on hot real-estate corners everywhere, and the credit union gang does a major overhaul of its lavish facilities. The stats on the credit card load carried …
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Kickass Gets Sunburned
Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, having inherited from his Norwegian mother, light skin very vulnerable to sun damage; and having grown up when the only “sunblock” was to stay in the shade; and having suffered youthful sunburns so severe his skin peeled …
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Applied Science
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter We’re a country that loves its heroes, especially superheroes. We love those guys like nobody’s business. Over the past decade or so, we’ve been inundated—absolutely permeated—with them. There’s the Marvel Universe, the D.C. Universe, Spiderman, Superman, Thor, Black Widow, and a plethora of …
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Kickass Embraces Duelling
Illustrator not identified. From a painting by J. Mund., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, while sympathizing with the keeper’s frustration at the lack of ways for an elderly citizen to be politically relevant, is not sure that the keeper’s embrace of dueling is the answer. But in the …
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Kickass Out From Under Porch
Photo by Max Sandelin on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, having joined the keeper in crawling through the dirt under the public communication porch, as revealed Sunday by the 60-Minutes whistleblower, reports that he—the keeper, finds it impossible to stay under there with his mouth shut—Surprise, Surprise!—and will resume ranting on some of the following …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to the Perfectly Strange
Film Review of Nine Perfect Strangers Photo by Papaioannou Kostas on Unsplash By Geoff Carter The opening sequence of Hulu’s Nine Complete Strangers is reminiscent of classic murder mysteries like And Then There Were None or Clue. A varied assortment of characters, including a dysfunctional family, a disillusioned writer, an alienated couple, an irrepressibly cheerful middle-aged woman, a wise-cracking misanthrope, and a secretive …
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Kickass Crawls Under the Porch
Dusan Bicanski, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, not knowing where else to go, is crawling under the communication porch to nap in the cool dirt with the dogs that long ago concluded that their barking at the mailman made about as much sense as …
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Kickass and Norwegian Glibness
Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, citing for authority the fact that he had a Norwegian mother, passes along the inside dope on the romantic tryst between the Capital Square statues of Hans Christian Hegg and Miss Forward. Both statues were reportedly removed …
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