Attribution: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper has an answer to the question of “What kind of religion do you get if you put a half dozen writers in a converted church and pass around a mic?” The Black Earth Library set it …
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Kickass and the Author Fair
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper will be joining five others tonight for the Black Earth Public Library “Local Author Fair” 1022 Blue Mounds St., beginning at 6 p.m. and featuring Andy Giesler, Peggy Prilamen Marxen, Patricia McConnell, Kathy Stoltz, Jeff Nania and the keeper, who …
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Kickass Rides the Elevator
Attribution: Photo by Derrick Treadwell on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in lamenting that among the annoying ups and downs foisted on a considerable portion of their “Independent Living” age group is the elevator. Perhaps not as insidious as the so called “smart phone” that assumes a brain take-over for …
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The Orange Plague
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Over the last eight years, we have seen a widespread and pernicious sort of moral blight that has infected the very heart of our country, which is the doing of one man: Donald J. Trump. Trump lies, he bullies, he cheats, he denigrates women, he deceives, he does …
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Kickass and Phyllis’s Postcards
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is awed by the “VOTE” postcard efforts of Phyllis and her Vista West friends. Tomorrow is mailing day for 800 hand-written postcards headed for registered voters in North Carolina and other locations with the message that who you vote for …
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Kickass Goes to the Wizard
Attribution: Author Lyman Frank Baum Illustrator William Wallace Denslow, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis, on recently driving Wisconsin roads, were forced to conclude that based on the many political signs promoting a demented “wizard,” they had somehow entered the Land of Oz …
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Kickass and Hooked-up Dogs
Attribution: Hhoefling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is on another recycled, long-ago grouse hunt with the keeper, this one up in the northwest where the keeper and the other hunters, all carrying shotguns, stood in the farmyard with their new farmer friend who planned to join the hunt. The …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of “Tuesday”
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Death Be Not Proud: Review of Tuesday ★★★★☆ By Geoff Carter There is no greater mystery than death. Its inevitability, its ubiquitousness, its power, and the question of life afterwards are awe-inspiring and fearsome questions. It is the last great unknown, and conversely, the one final certainty. The depiction of Death …
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Kickass and Phyllis’s Family
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis are freshly returned from a weekend get-together with Phyllis’s family at a weekend rental on the shore of Lake Sinissippi near Hustisford where good food was feast-like, the conversation was punctuated by frequent laughter and a good time was …
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The Pen in Hand Guide to Horror Films: The Next Generation
Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter (Revised October 17, 2024) The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and there’s a chill in the air. Frost is on the pumpkin. The leaves are turning color. All this means one thing—Halloween is just around the corner. And that means horror …
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Kickass and Grouse Hunting
Attribution: Henry Thomas Alken , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper using this bright Oct. 18, 2024, to jerk his memory machinery back 50 years or so to the days when he and John Lawton wallowed in the glory years of ruffed grouse populations across the state. …
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Kickass and Helping Kamala
Attribution: Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 – 1935), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper, ever anxious to be relevant, is volunteering to assist Kamala as she does her best to refute the outrageous fairy tale claims that will obviously be forth coming from the Orange leader …
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