TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
A RONA Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: (Answering Phone) Hello, hey Agador…
Agador: What up Dogger, how’s Dixiee?
KD: She’s doing okay, like we all are…how ‘bout you?
A: Hangin’ in…Wondering if Dixiee can come over and play?
KD: Not sure that’s a good idea, RONA you know…
A: Don’t I know it, we’re quarantined here, I think it’s safe.
KD: The inner circle might be safe, it’s the outer ones that concern me.
A: Me too, just wanted you to know this affects our lives too.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jacques, what up?
Jacques: Dude, I’m checkin’ out that guy over there. He’s been hitting his head against the wall for quite some time.
KD: Really?
J: Yep, you would think it would hurt.
KD: It must hurt.
J: But it continues, IDK and I’m guessin’ here, but perhaps you reach a point beyond hurt, where pain doesn’t matter. Maybe he’s there…
KD: He must be, hopefully, it doesn’t start paining the rest of us.
J: Perhaps, that’s the point.
A PM from 2019
Ken-Dogger: Hey Malph, Hey Ralph
M&R: (Staring intently)
KD: Guys, why the stares?
M: We heard you're bringing back pups
KD: You heard right...
R: Do you know what you're doing dude? You know this is hyper-partisan world now
KD: Yes, I know that, and what do you think counters division?
M: No clue, pray tell...
KD: Love and Love and Love and Love
R: So you're saying all we have to do is love?
KD: That's about the size of it...
M&R: Dude, step aside, we got this...
Another, another PM
Ken-Dogger: Well, well, look at this family Dixiee.
Dixiee: Is this what you call a blended family?
KD: Sure does look that way, guess Mom and Pop genes kept shifting dominance
D: So true, wonder who will get picked first for new families?
KD: It doesn't matter really, as long as they're loved
D: Like I am loved in my family
KD: Xactly, cheesehead, xactly...
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Kato
Kato: Hey Dude
KD: What are you up to?
K: Practicing poses...Haven't you heard #pups4peace returns to prime time
KD: You're kidding me right?
K: No Dude, for real...We sensed a disturbance in the universe, we need to help
KD: Kato, How are you going to help?
K: Dude, doggie love, it's killer, doggie love...
KD: Yep, believe you are right, release the tongues...
K: Comin' at ya, bro....slurp
Morning Peeps, a Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Clyde, good morning, reading already?
Clyde: Not exactly
KD: You have 3 papers there, what are you finding?
C: Well, there’s coverage in 2 I do not like; only 1 gets it.
KD: Gets what?
C: My story, my truth, my life, my loves…
KD: You know…It isn’t always about you.
C: When did that start?
KD: Clyde, we need to talk…
Another, another PM
Pup#1: Shh, here he comes, maybe he won't see us...
Ken-Dogger: Morning guys, you ready for today's lesson?
Pup#2: I hate to ask, what is it?
KD: Today's lesson is on decency, choosing to show love and respect to others.
Pup#3: Don't worry guys, we got this...Tongues and tails, remember tongues and tails
KD: Comes easily to you guys, humans not so much
Pups in Unison: Tongues and tails, Dude, tongues and tails
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Hogarth, What we got going on?
Hogarth: Got my thinking cap on Bro
KD: Oh, pray tell…
H: I’m in Puppy College, I’m bettering myself
KD: What are you learning?
H: Basic Democratic Principles…You know, differentiating between fact and opinion.
KD: How’s it going…
H: Not bad, but we’ve got some humans monitoring the class, they keep muddying the waters.
KD: And they will.
A PM
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey RB
RB: Dogger, you know that VAX ad where it says, ‘Stick it to your enemy’, unsure that’s best message rnow?
KD: IKR, We’re the USA, we love using war terms.
RB: Yeah, I heard America comes together in War and Disaster.
KD: Not sure that adage works anymore…We just ended a 20-year War and we’re in a pandemic disaster.
RB: And I’m not seeing signs of Togetherness.
KD: I’m not either…
RB: The USA will just have to find new misery to motivate it.
A Balancing Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Fifi, what ARE you doing?
Fifi: Working on my balance Bro.
KD: Um, why?
F: Well, they keep talking about living in balance on TV.
KD: I think they’re referring to emotional balance…
F: Emotional, not physical?
KD: Yep, centering yourself…When you do, the center holds.
F: You know what, this looks easier to do.
KD: Believe me, it is Fifi, it is.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rollo
Rollo: Riddle me this Dogger, so, you’ve had the election, now what?
KD: Well, they’re still tabulating the results.
R: And then?
KD: And then, we’ll find out the winners, and who is in control, and then we’ll get into analyzing the results.
R: Oh, the review of the results. And this leads to doing something?
KD: Not now, it only leads to more review.
R: But don’t we need action to get stuff done?
KD: We do, hopefully, somebody will figure that out.
A Friday the 13th Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Hey Felicity, you’re looking pensive.
Felicity: Friday 13th Bro, looking for my lucky bone.
KD: In 2020, we had two of ‘em, this is the last one this year.
F: You sure about that?
KD: I really don’t think it can be contested.
F: Are you sure?
KD: Well, unless someone decides to skip a day, but that would be bizarre.
F: Dude, 2020…
KD: I get your point.
There are RULES in this House, Mostly Mikster's Rules...Mine don't seem to hold
Ken-Dogger: Well, would you look at that. What the heck is going on?
Corgi #1: We call it the Mikster effect.
KD: The what?
Corgi #1: Yeah, the Mikster effect...We know you gotta change the toilet paper, we're giving guidance on whether it's over or under.
KD: Dude, it's 3 to 3, what guidance is that?
Corgi #1: Dude, you're on your own...We KNOW the Mikster's rules, you're on your own.
Another PM
Morning Happy Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chelsea
Chelsea: Hey Bro…You ever see these slapping competitions?
KD: I watched a video the other day, strange stuff.
C: IKR, dude just waits to get slapped, and then it’s returned.
KD: I guess it’s a game of escalation.
C: You mean the violence keeps ramping up?
KD: It does
C: Well, when does it stop?
KD: Only when there’s no one else to slap.
C: Hey Dogger, where’s the Kissing Booth?
KD: Now, you’re talking Chelsea
A Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: What the…Butkus, you have some explainin’
Butkus: I’m gearing for a fight
KD: A fight, who you takin’ on?
B: All comers…I just want to have a fight
KD: But don’t you think we need healing now…
B: Screw healing, it’s only the fight that matters, makes me tough.
KD: No, it just makes you weak.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Clyde
Clyde: Ruby lips, you make my song, Into the night and saved by The light of a love so strong, You can count on me
KD: Whoa Clyde, a Little Starship this morning?
C: Dude, I was motivated by love.
KD: Love?
C: Yep, it’s Love, love you can count on, that’s what Love is.
KD: Well, you can count on me to see you through.
C: I know this, I’m a Dog, Bro…We got the LOVE thing down.
A Veteran's Day PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Guys, you getting ready for the parade?
Kutter: What parade?
KD: Guys, it's Veteran's Day, a day we celebrate veterans who have helped keep America safe and free.
Slasher: And we can be in it?
KD: Darn tootin'...You guys earned your stripes
Guys: Darn tootin' we did
KD: Today, we celebrate all military who keep us safe and free, thanks Guys
Guys: Thank you too Dude, you served too...
Morning Peeps, A Pups memory
Morning 🌄 Joyful Ones,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Sluggo, you hear the news?
Sluggo: No, what’s up?
KD: The economy is coming back, all signs show improvement
S: Wow, this ought to make peeps happy
KD: You would think…
S: There’s a question about feeling good?
KD: Yep, a lot of peeps don’t cotton to JOY right now.
S: It’s just sad when emotions get locked.
KD: It is Sluggo, truly sad.
Remembering an Election PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rocco
Rocco: Hey Bro…Nice speeches from Biden and Harris last evening
KD: Yes, a Unity message, nice to hear…
R: Well some heard it as unity, others…Not so much
KD: What’s it gonna take?
R: What do you mean?
KD: To become a United States again…
R: You gotta want to be united, that helps.
KD: And that is our hope, let’s get to work.
Another Pups Memory
Morning Mind Openers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Sly
Sly: Dude, what lesson am I learning today?
KD: Wow, into learning already, well, let’s see…you’ve got rollover down
S: I’m not talking the easy dog stuff, I want philosophy
KD: Whoa, philosophy? Your mind ready for all that wandering/wondering?
S: It needs to be, trends afoot to stop that wandering/wondering.
KD: You’ll never get a mind to stop…
S: Peeps will keep trying until the ‘killing’ stops.
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017