REMEMBERING the COMMON GOOD

Morning Common Good Friends,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Spats, what up?
Spats: Researching Bro
KD: Researching what?
S: The Common Good, it’s been lost, I’m looking for it.
KD: The Common Good, you mean the concept of doing good as opposed to doing right.
S: Exactly, it’s like losing self in service to others…Dogs get it, what’s the problem?
KD: Humans…Low selves live to be right, being good is an afterthought.
S: Oh, ‘nuf said.

Morning Evolvers,

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Poncho: What’s it gonna be boy?
Ken-Dogger: Huh?
P: The Gratitude Jar, what you putting in this week?
KD: Oh that, sheesh…EVOLUTION
P: Whoa, lay it down Bro…
KD: Poncho, I’m evolving, particularly with golf, but I’m grateful for development, growth, and progress.
P: Did you know, in Chemistry, evolution is the giving off of a gaseous product?
KD: That’s what I’m not grateful for now, bad chemistry.
P: That's the thing about evolution, we can change.

Morning Peeps

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Ken-Dogger: Hey there Roscoe

Roscoe: Hey Bro, what up?

KD: Thought I’d do some baking.

R: Wow, yummy, love it when you bake Bro…

KD: I’m looking through my recipes.

R: Recipes?

KD: Yep, they tell me what to do.

R: You mean to tell me there are directions for some of this stuff?

KD: Imagine that, when you want to get specific results, you follow a recipe.

R: Shhh, don’t say that too loud, others might catch on.

DO IT, BUT DO IT WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS

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Ken-Dogger: My, my, you two cuddling?
Bopsie: Yea, Petie seems over that macho thing now...
KD: He was being all macho-like?
B: Yes he was, you know how they do...
P: If I don't exert myself, how will I become the dog I was meant to be?
KD: Exertion is cool, it needs to be done with love and kindness...
P: Dude, hence the cuddling...

IT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN

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Ken-Dogger: Alf, bro, I’m already laughing…
Alf: Don’t appreciate the humor dude…
KD: Listen we ALL go through it, the femmes…They like dress up
A: Dogger, I’m already over the dress up…This cart thing though
KD: IKR, you wanna be swaggin’ your stuff don’t you?
A: It’s the emasculation, it’s makin’ me weak…
KD: Alf, there are times when I think it is all part of the plan…
A: Perish the thought…

FRIEND JOY...YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU FIND HERE

Morning Friends

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Schultz, you seem happy.
Schultz: I am Bro, you have friends visiting.
KD: Yep, it’s really great to see friends again, to share stories, and make new adventures.
S: You know, with all life has given us recently, we can still appreciate friends.
KD: Always Bro…You enjoy seeing your buds too.
S: Yep, and that’s cool, it’s the JOY experience.
KD: Yep, it IS all about finding the JOY…FRIEND JOY

IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE SELF PM

Morning Monitors,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Chief, I’ll be with you in a minute
Chief: What’s up?
KD: I gotta write down my exercises and training.
C: And why?
KD: Well, it’s called self-regulation…I’m monitoring my growth.
C: Whoa, and it’s called regulation…Why does it seem so rough.
KD: Peeps are into deregulation, as if individual stuff was all that mattered.
C: You can’t be together unless you’re regulated.
KD: That’s why it’s starting with myself.

FOR THE FLORIDIANS

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Einstein
Einstein: Hey Dogger, a question…
KD: Wait, let me find that on my lesson plan.
E: Huh?
KD: Well, it’s like this, I’m only allowed to teach you certain things now…So, it follows you’re only allowed to ask questions that are on the lesson plan.
E: But….But….But, how will I know the questions before I am given new learning?
KD: Don’t know, not my problem, I’m focused on teaching the plan.
E: And I’m watching my learning years go by…

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Spry
Spry: Morning Dogger, a question.
KD: And…
S: Why you call me Spry?
KD: I thought it fit, you are vivacious.
S: I’m a pup, it’s an expectation.
KD: Interestingly, when I looked up Spry, it’s an adjective used especially for old peeps.
S: Umm Dogger, I’m not old.
KD: I am, and I need reminders. So when I call your name, I think energetic, sprightly, vigorous, animated, and playful.
S: You wanna keep doing all that?
KD: Spry, I’m gonna frolic until I drop.

SAFE CONVERSATIONS

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Shane, you enjoying the day?
Shane: I am, getting a read on the weather…
KD: Wow, are you becoming a weather buff?
S: Naw, I’m just learning the nuances of weather so I can talk with my peeps about it
KD: Really, why the weather?
S: It’s the only thing one can discuss anymore without a partisan argument
KD: Yep, sure is a nice day isn’t it?
S: Yep, it is…

CONSIDERATION

Morning Peeps and Other Judges,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Wolfie
Wolfie: Dude, it ain’t right.
KD: What’s not right?
W: Peeps see me and they get scared, it ain’t right.
KD: IKR, they don’t even try to get to know you.
W: It’s just sad they don’t take the time to get to know me.
KD: People judge, it’s what they do.
W: Wow, so many judges, so little judgment.
KD: Seems we need more consideration.
W: All around Bro, all around…

AA PM

Morning Trainers,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Bella, what ya doing?
Bella: I’m practicing my winkin’…
KD: Eye won’t stay down?
B: Nope, it’s not listening…I ain’t seein’ what I’m seein’.
KD: Guess you’re going to have to train one of ‘em.
B: You think the other one might be easier?
KD: Ah, you’ve hit upon the struggle…they both require training.
B: Well shucks…guess there is no getting around self-discipline.
KD: You either do it or you don’t.

Another PM

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Chuckles, morning…what up?
Chuckles: I think I’m having vision issues…
KD: Oh, now I get it…Glasses improve that?
C: Well, I’m not seeing things differently even with the glasses
KD: Why were you thinking you had issues?
C: Well my perceptions seem to be way different than many
KD: Seeing the same thing doesn’t always mean perceiving the same things
C: I’m hip and now we’re gonna through AI into the mix
KD: A fun time for all…

Pups Memory

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Ken-Dogger: Fido, you look a little worried today.
Fido: Dude, I am, you know, baby it's cold outside...
KD: Okay, is this turnin' into a sexual thing?
F: No bro, baby it's really, really cold outside...
KD: I know, I hope all our buds are inside
F: Hope so too, in extremes, we need love and warmth
KD: My boy, everyday, we need love and warmth...

IT'S ALWAYS THE EASIER CHOICE

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Sylvester, what are you doing?
Sylvester: Dude, reviewing some meanings…
KD: And what are you finding out?
Sly: Well, when you look at the root word sanct, it means holy…yet when peeps say sanctions, they usually mean punishment, is that holy punishment?
KD: No Buddy, there are two definitions for sanctions, punishment and authorization
Sly: Wow, seems like we’re focused on punishment
KD: It’s the easier choice…

WARMING HEARTS

Morning Tender Friends of the Light,

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Ken-Dogger: What ya doing Uri Noam?
Uri Noam: Bro, I’m fighting…
KD: Hmm, looks like you’re warming that…
UN: No Bro, it’s that song…you know the one you were listening to
KD: Which one?
UN: Child is born with a heart of gold, the way of the world makes his heart grow cold…
KD: Oh, The Way of the World by Earth, Wind and Fire…
UN: That’s what I’m fighting, the way of the world, by warming hearts…

NO CHARGING REQUIRED FOR THIS APP

Morning App Users,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Trixie, what’s goin’ on?
Trixie: I’ve fallen and I can’t get up…
KD: Really?
T: Naw Bro, just messin’…commercial watching again.
KD: I saw where one of my workout apps is changing their format.
T: Cool, making it more personal?
KD: Yep, individual tailoring…Maybe you should develop an app.
T: Got one
KD: You do?
T: It’s a Lick, no charging required.

A PM

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Ken-Dogger: Aww, beautiful morning, let's go down to the pond.
Henri: I'm cool with dat, let's go.
KD: Henri, just what are you doing with that koi?
H: I'm gonna give her a kiss, you kiss me and I like it, thought I'd pass it around.
KD: But she's not a dog?
H: She's a living thing, she needs love and hugs and care, just like the rest of us.
KD: Yep, guess we're more alike than different.
H: Dude, say that louder so more humans will get it.

Another PM

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Ken-Dogger: Oh my, someone's still sleeping this morning....
Chester: zzzzzzzzzz
KD: So peaceful there, wonder what Chester's using to sleep well?
C: zzzzzzzzzzzzz
KD: Wonder if I should wake him to see what he's using?
Naw, that would be mean...
C: zzzzzzzzzzzzz
KD: I'll give him a few more minutes, why should I be up on my own, and besides pups can sleep standing up...
C: zzzzzzzzzzzz

Busy week, nothing left...A PM

Morning Lovers and Other Taskers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Zander, it’s Saturday…
Zander: Dude, I’m hip, you’re working too…but what was that other thing?
KD: What thing?
Z: That list, what is up with that?
KD: Oh that…Well, the Mikster reminds me I get more done when I have a task list.
Z: Am I getting one?
KD: You think you need one?
Z: Let me see, eatin’, playin’, lovin’, sleepin’…Nope, I got this.
KD: Lovin’…should be the top of all of our lists.