Attribution: Photo by Nataliya Melnychuk on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is not much help to the keeper as he investigates what is apparently a genetic quirk on his father’s side of the family that manifests itself in a fondness for goats. As a boy growing up out on the North Dakota prairie the keeper’s …
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Kickass and Weather Forecast
Attribution: Gus Polly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis will be filling in from time to time for some of those dedicated experts who are being fired by the Musky Money Monkeys who now infest and manage the WHITE White House. Starting with …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Film Review of “The Apprentice”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo ★★★1/2 The Art of Greed: Film Review of The Apprentice By Geoff Carter One of the timeliest films to come out this year was The Apprentice, a biopic of Donald Trump’s life as a young man and his subsequent career as a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman. Even fans of Donald Trump might find …
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Kickass and Lost Hour
Attribution: US Government, resolution enhancement by user JRaber, Cropped by user Marketdiamond, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, on the trail of a missing hour, turns it over to the keeper and Phyllis: The Missing Hour “We lost an hour, we know not where, But we know this, it …
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Kickass, State Supreme Court, and Musk
Attribution: Fine Apples, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in observing the ongoing auction of Wisconsin’s supreme court as Elon the musk is the current high bidder in the April 1st election and obviously wants the state’s highest court as a trinket to display in …
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Kickass and 75-Year-Old Compliment
Photo by Phyllis Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, obviously understands the “Good boy” compliment but is not sure about the keeper’s reaction to what was intended as a compliment to him when a young woman said, “You don’t look a day over seventy-five.” Perhaps the compliment is in a class with the …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Dead Friend Zoe
Attribution: Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper and Phyllis in their updating of the list of political absurdities that define life as a “Badger.” Add to the long-standing MINORITY REPRESENTATION in the legislature, the fact that Wisconsin is one of only two states where the tax structure makes it …
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View to a Drowning
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In November of 2024, a disturbing incident was reported at the River Ouse near Yorkshire, England. According to the Sun, a man had fallen in the freezing water and a crowd gathered to watch as he struggled in the water, seemingly drowning. No one moved to assist him. Members of …
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Kickass and State of the Union
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper and Phyllis that the longest State of the Union speech in history warrants the shortest Kickass response in history: “BULL—-!” See more at… The Bill Stokes Author Page
Kickass and Relating to Chickens
Attribution: Roy E. Plotnick, Jessica M. Theodor & Thomas R. Holtz Jr., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has concluded his research on which came first the chicken or the human and in keeping with the benevolence of great scientists before him is ready to …
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Kickass and “My Dead Friend Zoe”
Attribution: Photo by Chris Murray on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, does not do movies, which he regrets after listening to the keeper and Phyllis rave about the recently released “My Dead Friend Zoe” which was created, written and produced by the keeper’s grandnephew Kyle Hausman Stokes and is currently in local theaters. It is …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Sing Sing”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Hard Time: Film Review of Sing Sing ★★★★1/2 By Geoff Carter Prison films have been a Hollywood staple for years. I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, The Birdman of Alcatraz, The Green Mile, Cool Hand Luke, The Shawshank Redemption, and many, many more have all tried to depict the struggles, …
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