Attribution: Image by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be napping today as the keeper and Phyllis conduct a book launch in the Vista West community room for Ah, the Women!, Bill’s latest novel about women taking over the world to save it from the outrageousness of the male libido. 1:30 …
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Kickass and the Like-Me Element
Attribution: Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, confident in the knowledge that he is “liked” to the extent that the keeper and Phyllis tolerate his presence and would probably feed him if he had a stomach. All of which goes to make the point that all people and dogs …
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False Imprisonment
Attribution: Paul Goyette from Chicago, USA, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter We’re not supposed to be a country that imprisons innocent people. It states in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” and that “among these are Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness” and that it is the …
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Kickass and Message to Bob Shepherd
Attribution: Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be sending a message today to his old friend Bob Shepard on the occasion of the opening of the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. Bob would have a typical Chicago comment of ironic Black pride …
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Kickass and Ailment Complaints
Attribution: James McTaggart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, lies low today as the keeper works to develop his “Ailment Complaint Guide” for use primarily in elderly environs but also useful for all ages in responding to the ubiquitous “How are you?” in even casual encounters. The following card …
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Kickass and Tobacco Spitting
Attribution: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, tries to be helpful as the keeper goes off on a Monday morning tangent and wonders where the tobacco industry located the spittoons at the POTUS birthday party on the White House trash dumping area? …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Obsession”
Careful What You Wish For: Review of Obsession ★★★1/2 Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter In past reviews, I’ve written a fair amount about the renaissance of the horror genre in today’s cinema and these modern filmmakers’ expansion of the traditional genre tropes to include issues of social and cultural importance. It’s not just …
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Kickass and Display Letters
Attribution: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog is assisting the keeper and Phyllis with the international garage sale today as it offers the specialty item of 18 outdoor display letters with the following advertising: “For sale: 18 outdoor display letters. Lightly used in a bogus scheme to destroy …
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Kickass and Radio Ban
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper was told yesterday in discussion prior to a radio interview that the word “kickass” could not be said on the air as it was considered profanity and might be offensive to some listeners. This news caused the keeper to briefly consider …
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Kickass and Good Genes
Photo courtesy of Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in wishing the keeper’s “little brother” Orville a happy 91st birthday and noting that he and their sister Norma now at 93, and the keeper flirting with 95–on the upcoming 9/11, the three of them represent a genetic handoff …
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Kickass at Madison Square Garden
Attribution: Zakarie Faibis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, as a Madison, WI resident has never had occasion to visit Madison Square Garden in New York, but the keeper has, once, when the Democrats gathered there in 1973 to nominate Jimmy Carter as their presidential candidate. The incident may …
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Circularity
Attribution: Photo by Galina Nelyubova on Unsplash By Geoff Carter A couple weeks ago, some old college buddies and I got together to go to our annual Brewers’ game outing. We keep in touch mostly because we exchange emails that inevitably spiral into discussions about politics, sports, and other sundry subjects, but we’ve known each other for decades. …
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