Ken-Dogger: What up Brutus
Brutus: Dude, what the heck is a WILD TANGENT?
KD: It's kinda veering off in a strange direction, why do you ask?
B: Something about @Alfred and something that Jman @th3j35t3r don't want you to do.
KD: I think it has to do with coding...
B: So, it's just something that helps the Dude keeps this place in order?
KD: Yep, Jman's a freak on Order...
B: We should all be...
THE LINEUP PROVED DEFINITIVE
#pups4peace
Officer: "Ma'am, is this your crew?
Ma'am: "Why yes they are sir, why do you ask?"
Officer: "Ma'am, it seems there was a ruckus down at Kelly's Tap Room, and your pups were seen there..."
Ma'am: "See for yourself..."
Officer: "How 'bout I talk with the 2nd from the right..."
KEEP ON RUNNING
Ken-Dogger: Whoa Benji, where’s the fire?
Benji: There’s no fire, I’m running and exercising.
KD: Keeps you in shape and makes you strong.
B: It gives me balance.
KD: Balance from exercising?
B: Dude, we’re part mental, part physical, we need to balance the two.
KD: Yes, we do…maybe that’s our trouble now, too much mental.
B: Dude, that’s why I run…
FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION
Owner: "Come on buddy, you got this, you're sitting, this is sitting, good boy..."
Hogarth: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, keep it up...This training thingy goes both ways ya know, you REALLY wanna do this?"
Hey Balancers,
Ken-Dogger: Don’t give me that look Clarice
Clarice: My, my, my, how’s your boo-boo?
KD: It’s comin’ along…talk about leaving it on the road
C: Stop, almost spit my coffee Bro…What do you think it was?
KD: I was pushing myself and I went too far and I took a spill. Mikster has me in training timeout for my own good.
C: Balance in all things, you know that.
KD: I do, and sometimes the journey gives us reminders.
C: The journey gives us signs, up to us to read ‘em.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Yeller, you playing already?
Yeller: That’s a fact Jack…I’m enjoying life
KD: Wow, what a concept, enjoyment…
Y: I’ve found I can abide by it.
KD: You can can you? It sure beats the alternative.
Y: IKR, what’s up with all this Anger Bro?
KD: Some peeps revel in it, and then they burst.
Y: Love and enjoyment never seem to burst, do they?
KD: Not in a bad way Buddy, not ever in a bad way.
Your Father's Son
Ma: "Young man, you've got some explaining to do..."
Roscoe: "Ma, I was a helpless pawn..."
Ma: "Roscoe, it was a first date, how could you?"
Roscoe: "Ma, guess you might say I'm a member of the Shallow Resistance..."
Ma: "You are your father's son..."
IN LIFE, IT'S THE SMALL WONDERS...
"Ma, this is incredible..."
"What's that Junior..."
"I've run all the way across this yard and I haven't stepped on my ears once..."
"Small wonders Junior, small wonders..."
OPEN SPACES
Ken-Dogger: Uh Oh Beast, this doesn’t look good.
Beast: What? I’m looking stuff up.
KD: Like what exactly?
B: Use of adverbs in English, it’s overworked now.
KD: Well, they do provide emphasis to our words.
B: Yes, but they’ve also started diminishing arguments. We aren’t disturbed, we’re deeply disturbed. You just want to say ‘how deep was it?’
K: We’re in a world now where words are more salad than substance.
B: Yep, words just fill the open spaces now.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Scratch
Scratch: Remember Plastics my boy…
KD: Come again…
S: I was just remembering The Graduate. You know, encouraging Ben to go into plastics.
KD: Yes, that was the new hope, wasn’t it? We didn’t handle the waste issue well.
S: I was just thinking of that relative to our water, you know, like keeping a supply.
KD: It’s up to innovation at this point, we blew past nature’s fixes.
S: Let’s get to innovating…
KD: We will, once we release the shackles of the past.
LET'S STAY TOGETHER, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S STAY TOGETHER, NOW, NOW PEOPLE
"You guys cut it out, you're always lovey-dovey, damn, you're brother and sister..."
"We know, this is what we are...family..."
"Until someone breaks us apart..."
BALANCING...
Morning Balancers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Snoop
Snoop: Got a question…Balance, it covers a lot right?
KD: Not sure I get what you’re asking?
S: Well, climate is heat in versus heat out and now peeps are saying we have an Earth energy imbalance.
KD: Yes, that’s true….
S: So we need to get back in balance, just like in eating, just like in activity, just like in emotional energy.
KD: Pretty much…
S: Okay, I’m getting in tune with this balance thing then.
KD: Hope more do…
GET YOURSELF A CUDDLING BUCK
Ken-Dogger: Morning Buck, oh, sorry, didn’t realize you were still sleeping.
Buck: zzz
KD: So nice to cuddle in bed huh? Not sure why I’m asking you a question while you’re sleeping. So glad you’re comfortable in your surroundings. Maybe, if we keep working for more justice and more equality in America, more peeps will get comfortable.
Buck: zzz
KD: We can do this; we just build a little more comfort each step of the way. Keep on cuddling Buck.
CENSORSHIP...EVEN IN THE ANIMAL WORLD
"Ken-dogger, did I hear you say STATE FAIR?"
"Dude, it's not for another month, and to tell you the truth, I think their dog acts are booked..."
"Ken, dude, CENSORSHIP, all my life, CENSORSHIP..."
"Dude, tell it..."
MANDE LANGUAGE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Mandingo, what up?
Mandingo: It’s Juneteenth Bro, a day of joy…a celebration of freedom
KD: Yes, it is, took two years to spread the word.
M: But wait, why am I called Mandingo?
KD: Well, since you have black and white on you, I thought I’d honor the Mande language.
M: Wow, how’d you know that?
KD: Looked it up, amazing what you find when you open your mind.
Ken-Dogger: Happy Juneteenth
Snoop: Is that how you say it? It’s a Happy Day.
KD: It is…it’s when Freedom become real for many formerly enslaved.
S: It’s important we commemorate days like these.
KD: Yes, it is, and also important we remember the struggle of many to make it happen.
S: Took a Civil War didn’t it?
KD: Actually, the War was an event, it was the movement which made it happen.
S: We need more movements…
KD: Let’s celebrate what has been achieved and build for more.
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277