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
Another Joyful PM
Ken-Dogger: What Champ?
Champ: I was just thinking of our talk yesterday.
KD: Oh, that contentment lives here.
C: Yes…but I don’t see contentment.
KD: Yes, not everyone is uber happy, but we can help them along?
C: Well, I bring joy, what you got?
KD: I got joy too…I guess there’s more than just having it, you need to spread it too.
C: Let the spreading commence…
KD: I’ve got that joy, joy, joy…Down in my heart and I’m spreading it to you, and you, and you
A Joyful PM
Morning Joyful Reflectors,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rollo
Rollo: Hey Bro, why the smile?
KD: I was just thinking of past Christmas Joy…
R: Dude, you watching the Hallmark Channel again?
KD: No…just how your joy changes as you get older
R: You into reflecting today?
KD: Well, it’s that time of year…Time to figure out some stuff.
R: But, it’s also time for JOY…pass the cookies.
Morning, a PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Guys, you wrapping yourselves in Ol' Glory this morning?
Bruiser: Dude, we're military, we don't go in for such trappings...
KD: Well, what then?
B: Just a reminder, the last day for mailing packages to deployed service members is December 18th, some deadlines have passed.
KD: Good to know, I need to get a care package together...
B: Dude, don't forget the Greenies, MWDs (Military Working Dogs) need love too...
A Seasonal PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Felix, you resting?
Felix: Naw, I'm a little worried.
KD: Worried during the Holiday season, why so?
F: Dude, I'm wondering if I'm on the Naughty list or the Nice list.
KD: Well, how has your year been?
F: I'm trending Nice, but there has been some slippage, and I just saw this Felix NaughtyDog thing...
KD: That's Feliz Navidad, it's Merry Christmas in Spanish...
F: Oh, can't be too sure of yourself these days...
An Army-Navy PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Basil, why the long face?
Basil: Dude, did you see the score, our boys got trounced…
KD: Oh, you mean Army-Navy, yes, they did, couldn’t stop Navy QB
B: Army should’ve put me in, I could’ve bitten the dude
KD: Ah, but then it wouldn’t have been fair and square
B: And that’s what those boys represent?
KD: It’s called winning with honor, sadly, it’s a dying code
B: That’s a shame, they’re the only wins that matter
A Pups Memory, working today...
Morning Nature Lovers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dobie
Dobie: Morning, is it safe?
KD: Oh, you mean the weather, yep, the storm’s over.
D: This one is…Is this Mother Nature speaking to us?
KD: It seems so, she seems angry.
D: I’d say, she’s given us hints how to live, yet we refuse to listen.
KD: Is this why she’s speaking louder now?
D: Yep, but she needs to develop a hand-slap upside our head.
KD: IDK, the hand-slaps haven’t worked thus far.
Pups Memory
#pups4peace
Ken-Dogger: Okay, jackets on, I think we’re ready, Come on Flo, Jo, Mo, and Taint…
Pups: barking in unison
KD: You guys are all ready for the rain aren’t ya?
Flo: Dude, you spent 20 minutes putting our slickers on, WE ARE READY…
KD: Okay, okay…I just don’t want you to catch cold
Jo: We get it, but sometimes our bladders don’t
Mo: Yes, sometimes, like right now…Get me outside
Taint: Some pups need lessons in self-monitoring
KD: Don’t we all Taint, don’t we all…
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rebel, sad day isn’t it?
Rebel: Yes it is Bro, my boy Coach Leach died.
KD: One helluva loss for Football…
R: One helluva loss for Humanity…
KD: He was One of a Kind, called people out on their bullshit, yet he was kind and loving.
R: Wow, there are peeps like that?
KD: A Lot of Peeps are like that, we don’t hear those stories much.
R: The Mike Leach story needs to be told…Winning with Dignity and Style.
KD: I’d be happy to teach that lesson.
Morning Whole Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chow
Chow: Hey Dogger, I’m doing my stretches
KD: I hear that, mobility is a good thing.
C: Sure it, keeps me moving.
KD: Looks like some parts move more than others.
C: Funny you should say that I was focusing more on my Gestalt.
KD: Oh my, I can see some parts you don’t want a focus on…
C: I’m about my wholeness, not my bit parts…
KD: And I appreciate your fullness, that’s how I experience you in the first place.
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Wilbur, you ready to go outside?
Wilbur: Sure am bro, I needs to pee…
KD: Wilbur, it’s pretty cold out, you want a sweater?
W: Dude I got my coat on…Always
KD: But you wear that coat inside too, don’t you get cold when you go out?
W: It’s just to pee Bro, I’ll keep warm…Besides I look at you and I get warm
KD: Me too Wilbur, you warm my heart
W: Yep, just like a Love Coat, I warms ya…
Morning Peeps, working today, a Pups Memory for ya
Ken-Dogger: Hey Guys, already tussling today?
Chewy: He called me Red.
Bacca: Well, he called me Blue.
KD: Sheesh, you guys too…Stop the name calling, you’re more than that.
Chewy: Wha…
KD: You guys have more to offer than just labels, can’t you see that?
Bacca: Dude, I only see things in red and blue.
Chewy: Me too…
KD: Then we’ve got some learning to do, you’re missing the spectrum and the growth.
Morning, A PM for Ya
Morning Peeps of Wonder, Peeps of Night,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Gertie, what are you doing?
Gertie: I’m trying to get out of here.
KD: Where to?
G: I see food over there, and I want to get it before my mates do.
KD: So why are you the priority?
G: Dude, you see this belly, it’s what I call my ‘IT FACTOR’, it’s gonna get me my new home.
KD: Okay, wouldn’t want to be in the way of the IT FACTOR.
G: Dude, we all have one, up to you to find it.
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey there, Sasha, you having some fun in the snow this morning?
Sasha: I am, it's a kick, I've been frolicking for a while.
KD: I know, I've watched you kickin' that snow all over the place.
S: Just one problem, I can't find my way home...
KD: Sasha, you just create a path, I'll help...
S: Thanks Dad, you always help me thru the rough spots
A Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Hey guys, what up?
Hanz: Dogger, check this out…
KD: What?
Franz: Yes, every day at the same time, these creatures across the street blow up.
KD: Guys, you’re being silly, those are Christmas decorations…
H: What brings ‘em to life?
KD: Hot Air…
F: But then, it’s the weirdest shite, they blow it out in the morning.
H: Yes, where does the hot air go?
KD: Back into the Humans…
Morning Intentional Ones,
Ken-Dogger: What up Rocco?
Rocco: Dude, penning a letter to Santa.
KD: Really? And what are we relaying to Santa.
R: Well…Tellin’ him about my good stuff.
KD: And the bad stuff?
R: Why you always focus on my failings? I’m telling Santa about my intentions.
KD: Your intentions?
R: Yes, intending to be good while recognizing I’m a DOG.
KD: Christmas with Reality…Intentionally
Another PM
Morning Cheerful Ones,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Slick
Slick: Morning, I was thinking about gifts and gifting
KD: Oh…this should be interesting.
S: Granted my sample is small, but it just seems that gifts are a struggle.
KD: They can be, trying to figure out the right stuff.
S: It’s just so commercial, is that the right stuff?
KD: No, it’s really about sharing JOY and LOVE.
S: What does that cost?
KD: Nothing, Slick…costs nothing.
Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Hey Butch, what ARE you doing?
Butch: I’m trying to get up over this chair…
KD: Would you like some help?
B: Dude, I got this, you want me to be independent don’t you?
KD: Well…yes, but you need your ZPD right?
B: ZPD?
KD: Yes, your zone of proximal development, it’s when…okay, it’s called support in your growth
B: You do that?
KD: With love buddy, with love…
Morning Besties,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, it’s that time…
Roscoe: What is that?
KD: The time of the year when we get LISTS.
R: LISTS?
KD: Yes, best albums, best photos, best videos, best best…
R: And what do you think?
KD: I used to know most of these things, now, not so much…Funny how that changes
R: So, what list are you tracking now?
KD: BEST DAYS…and you know what, I make it EVERY DAY.
R: That’s something I can lick to Bro…
A Meaningful PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Dash, why is your hand up?
Dash: Umm, morning Dogger, I have a question…
KD: No hands here, but what’s your question?
D: Bro, what is the meaning of life?
KD: Wha? You’re laying this heavy shite on me in the early morning?
D: Dude, chill…it’s a simple question
KD: A simple answer then, the meaning is to LOVE
D: Thanks, just wanted to know…
A Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Hey Falco, what is that?
Falco: Dude, you’ve never seen a brace?
KD: Oh, well, yes I have…But why now?
F: I’m not healing, I need extra protection so I can heal.
KD: Putting on an assist so you can help yourself get better. Where the heck did you learn that?
F: Certainly not from you Humans…You want to turn assists for all into assists for some.
KD: Yep, right into the Christmas season, how ‘bout that.
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