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Geoff Carter
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I am a novelist, blogger, and retired educator.
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Wind Chill Factor by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, shivers with the keeper and Phyllis and everyone else as the winter of 2026 uses the irritating “wind chill factor” to report flexing its cold muscle.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog

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The Problem by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
Today, government is indeed the problem, but not because of what Reagan said believed. It’s not because of regulations on business and industry, and not because his claim that government had become a ...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Volunteers by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in saluting the countless people out there everywhere who really define what it means to be a human being, and specifically an American human--a...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass Sues Himself by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper following Phyllis’s lead in doing some ancestry work and finding that he may be eligible for a “return-to-sender” trip to Norway.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass Delivers a Piano by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis noting that ICE agents are reportedly tormenting the Wisconsin Native American citizenry apparently as suspected immigrants.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of "Marty Supreme"

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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Film Review of "Marty Supreme" « The Pen in Hand Blog
From the first scene of Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet) working his schtick in the shoe store to the frenetic scenes of the table tennis tournament to the final denouement in the hospital, it felt li...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Minnesota National Guard by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper went through Army basic training under a newly activated New Ulm, Minnesota National Guard unit in 1950 at Camp Rucker, Alabama.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Theater Fire by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares a quandary with the keeper and Phyllis and everyone else--trapped in a burning theatre of the absurd with only doubtful response to their shouts of “FIRE!”
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January 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring BIll Stokes

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Kickass and January School Morning by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, on this snowy, cold January morning, joins the keeper and Phyllis in watching the flow of students headed to a variety of schools over along Gammon Road.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Help for the Elderly by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper and Phyllis’s adjustment to accepting age-related considerations with grace and appreciation.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog

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States of the Union by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
In fact, federalism has worked quite well—until recently. The equity of powers guaranteed by the Constitution has kept everyone honest (at least relatively)—up until now—but these checks and balances ...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Shoes and Socks by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper is ever anxious to follow the dictates of nature through the aging process—if running poses a balance issue, don’t run; when your vision fades, get glasse...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and WORRY Suggestions by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis searching for things to divert thinking away from the cruel absurdity of the government killing off the citizenry.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring The Fabulous Dadbots

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Dialogues on the Religious Write: Ground Zero-Gate « The Pen in Hand Blog
I present below a gift link to an essay recently written by a University of Oklahoma undergrad for her gender studies class. The students were asked to read a scholarly article on a topic related to g...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and "Put Down" Decision by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reminds the keeper and Phyllis of that time at the shelter when the “put down” decision is made for whatever reason—injury, old age, homelessness, friendlessness, contrary a...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of "Wake Up Dead Man"

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The Pen in Hand Guide to the Movies: Review of "Wake Up Dead Man" « The Pen in Hand Blog
"Wake Up Dead Man" is a wryly witty and entertaining film. The murder mystery is engaging and well-written, the characters are paragons of the genre, and the direction is sharp and crisp. This film al...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and NEW Commandments by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis on this Sunday morning in a review of the ten commandments as written by the POTUS for use by the ICE recruits
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January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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What, Me Worry? by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be working with the keeper and Phyllis as they put the finishing touches on the revised charter of the “What, Me Worry?” club as membership applications pour in.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and "Seeing is not Believing" by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, will try to help the keeper and Phyllis as they grapple with the “Global Sensory Collapse” whereby what you see, hear and smell is not real, and you need to wait for instruc...
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January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Nightmare Creation by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper waking up at 3 am to fabricate his own nightmare about the lovely females who are such important parts of his life and who live in the Minneapolis area.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The World at Risk by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
But what I think—and what the American people think—doesn’t seem to matter to our present administration. President Trump and his cronies are playing an all-too serious game of world domination whethe...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and Tech Defeat by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper attempting to draft behavior standards for the elderly who get caught in a tech trap, and for those who would assist them.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog featuring Bill Stokes

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Kickass and JANUARY 6th! by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, signs on with the keeper and Phyllis for yet one more day—JAN. 6, on the crazy spinning rock where the following conditions prevail...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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The Pen in Hand Blog

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Oh, Christmas Tree by Geoff Carter « The Pen in Hand Blog
And then, come January 2nd—or maybe a little later for some households—they are unceremoniously (and literally) kicked to the curb and left to lay on the dirty street slush like a nasty old drunk. I l...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Kickass and Presidential "Lie Library" by Bill Stokes « The Pen in Hand Blog
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis running into a problem with the introduction of their Corrupt Presidential Kidnap Plan whereby corrupt presidents from around the world kidnap...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM