Photo by C.Catutti By Carmela Cattuti Our history is probably the most important time line that we can explore. In fact, I would argue, it is imperative that we examine the past grounded in the present through a different lens. Some call unearthing the past “shadow work,” but I would frame it as excavating the …
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All Photos by Geoff Carter
Kickass and Manchin and Prehn
Joe ManchinUnited States Senate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has reached the limits of his tolerance for the likes of Joe Manchin lecturing desperate kayakers from the back of his $700,000 yacht; and Fred Prehn, the Wausau tooth-jerker, who refuses to leave the DNR …
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Kickass and Moving Help
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reviews the keeper’s allegiance to the verity that descendants are there for the use and convenience of senior tribal members, as Phyllis’s son Todd and two granddaughters—Alexis and Taylor, show up to assist with moving several bulky items over to future living quarters. The …
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Revenge of the Swamp Creatures
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter On January 20th, 2021, when Joseph Biden was formally inaugurated as our forty-sixth president, America—and the world—heaved a huge sigh of relief. Donald Trump, the man who had only two weeks before instigated an assault on the Capitol Building in an attempted coup d’etat, was finally removed from …
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Kickass and Phyllis the Artist
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, as one of the greatest time wasters of all time, managed to redeem himself briefly as he assisted Phyllis in installing a display of her photo-art in the gallery at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Middleton where it will be …
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Kickass and Earth as Garbage Dump
D J Shin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in acknowledging that planet Earth has obviously been designated by the rich one percent as the celestial garbage dump, and is rapidly being overrun by greedy rats and gorging fat cats to the point of being unlivable. …
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Kickass and Borealis Truth
Photo by Vincent Guth on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s discovery that next Monday’s rare display of the aurora borealis, which will be visible as far south as Wisconsin and New York, will include colorful indicators of the truth, heretofore denied to vast numbers of the populace who believe that if …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Old and New Hollywood: The Legacy of Clint Eastwood
English: “Copyright © by Warner Bros. Inc.” Photographer unknown., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Clint Eastwood has been a screen icon for the past sixty-six years. He’s acted in over seventy-two films, directed forty-five, and produced more than fifty, sometimes wearing all three hats during a single project. He has been responsible …
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Kickass Upgrades Booze Relationship
Photo by Anastasia Belousova from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, passes along the keeper’s observation that in the long, agonizing relationship between humans and booze, the advent of wineries is carrying the day; and it is being carried largely by women, which lifts it several steps up from the tradition of men hanging out in …
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Kickass and Fall Writing
Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that during the keeper’s long journalistic efforts to stay out of the city room and thus avoid editors and honest labor, he came up with a number of writing schemes built around seasons—“Spring up the Mississippi,” “Around Lake Michigan in …
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Kickass and Civilized Restraint
MuZemike, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is totally impressed with the restraint exhibited by the keeper’s species as the likes of Michael Gableman and Fred Prehn and Robin Vos do their taunting buffoon dances across the Wisconsin public squares largely unmolested by the citizenry. By comparable description, Trump’s …
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