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
PASSION SHOULD BE SHARED
Ken-Dogger: Brutus, what are you doing?
Brutus: Dude, I'm kissin' my girl
KD: Not sure Daisee wants that kiss
Brutus: What you mean dude, she's captivated
KD: Brutus, more like captured you mean...
Brutus: I kiss passionately
KD: Might be good to let Daisee in on that before you do that move again
Ken-Dogger: Hey Killabrew, what up?
Killabrew: AL East Bro, have you seen this Wild Card race?
KD: I have, it’s amazing, one game separates ‘em
K: You play 162 games, and it comes down to one of ‘em.
KD: Gonna be tough on some players and fans because two of these teams are going home in a few days.
K: And two will live on, kinda models US capitalism.
KD: How so?
K: Well, we’re all in the game, right up until the end, and then only a few win.
KD: It’s apparently, the American Way…
FRIENDSHIP KNOWS NO BOUNDS
Ken-Dogger: Chuckles, who's your buddy?
Chuckles: People let me tell you 'bout my best friend, he's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
KDr: Chuck, you DO realize he's a cat.
Chuckles: People let me tell you bout my best friend, he's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.
KD: Friendship knows no bounds does it buddy?
Chuckles: Just need to be real, just need to be real, dude...
(Homage to Nilsson)
THEY JUST LOVE
Morning Lovers and Dogs,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Mooch
Mooch: Did you see? Did you see who moved in?
KD: No, I didn’t.
M: Well, young couple with the cutest little white poodle.
KD: Wow
M: Would you help me spruce up a little, got some courting to do.
KD: But she’s white, and she’s a different breed, won’t that be a problem?
M: Nope, Dogs don’t do color, we aren’t parochial on breeds, we just LOVE.
KD: Oh, to live in a Dog’s World.
MORE ALIKE THAN WE THOUGHT
Ken-Dogger: Morning…Fifi would you leave Jirrard alone.
Jirrard: I beg your pardon
KD: Well, I just thought she was being a little aggressive.
J: Did I look like I needed help?
Fifi: Oui, did he look like he needed help?
KD: Whoa, you two…So you’re gonna do what you’re gonna do?
J&F: Heck yes…Liberated.
KD: Liberated? There’s more to it than just doing what you want. Guess you’re more human than I thought.
KEEP GRINDING UNTIL YOU GET THERE
Ken-Dogger: Why the look, Smalls?
Smalls: Dude, what’s a daily challenge?
KD: Depends, if it’s a card game, you try to win; if a task, you try to accomplish it.
S: Wow, I see you do your solitaire challenge…just wondering.
KD: Oh, are you going to set yourself up for challenges?
S: Yep, I’m motivated…Today’s challenge is only sleeping 20 hours of the day.
KD: Getting ready to take it on?
S: Boy, I’m gonna keep grinding.
Morning,
#pups4peace
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chilly
Chilly: Pray tell, what is this, with the hand?
KD: We’re learning hand signals, this means stop.
C: Oh, it does, how cute, and what is supposed to happen?
KD: When I raise my hand, you stop.
C: REALLY, how cute, and are there examples where this works?
KD: Not currently, nobody stops anymore, they just drive forward.
C: Works for me…But if we all drive forward, won’t there be crashes?
KD: They will come, Chilly, trust me, they will come.
From 2018, when we were in the thick of the morass
Random Stranger: Hey Dude, your dogs look kinda spooked...
Ken-Dogger: Naw, bro, they just got done watching the Undude meltdown at the press conference
RS: Sheesh, they look destroyed...
KD: No different than the rest of the country, now known as BUFFOONS-R-US
KEEP 'EM SPECIAL
Morning Routine Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Brutus
Brutus: Ah, Dogger, a little help…I’m not that big.
KD: Maybe not in size, but in heart, you’re big.
B: You ready to start the week?
Get your routines started?
KD: You makin’ fun of my routines?
B: Dude, you’re so predictable.
KD: Routines keep me regulated, what’s the issue?
B: Are your routines becoming routine?
KD: When they do, I mix ‘em up…routines should never become routine.
THERE ARE FORCES AFOOT
Roscoe: Okay Juul, watch how Buster stealthily goes up and gets us a cookie
Juul: And this is how we train?
Roscoe: Yep, this is Doggie training son
Juul: Would you look at that, Mommy liftin' Buster clean out of that area...And no cookie
Roscoe: I did NOT see that coming...important lesson - there are forces in the world beyond your control
Juul: Got it
BEING SPECTACULAR SPECTATORS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chelsea…
Chelsea: Hey Bro, look at me.
KD: You having fun rolling in the leaves?
C: It’s my fave Fall thing.
KD: Wondering what kind of change we’ll see this year in Utah?
C: Not sure, do you think it will be spectacular?
KD: Nature does spectacular all the time…We just don’t always see it.
C: Well then I’m spectating the spectacular…
WHEN YOU RETURN, BRING THE PRESENT.
Morning Presence Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Paulie, okay to say hello today? We’ve been back…
Paulie: Whoa, you’re asking permission? That’s a first…
KD: Come on P-Daddy, cut me some slack.
P: Well, what did you bring me?
KD: There will be no money, just some tangibles, like love and affection.
P: No presents?
KD: You’re nothing if not persistent, just this…Live in it-the present, make every day count.
P: That is our present.
WEST END PUPS
Spot: Since you went away I've been hanging around, I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
Dot: You went away, it should make me feel better, but I don't know, oh
Spot: How I'm gonna get through, baby, what have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this
Dot: How I'm gonna get through, baby, what have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this, how I'm gonna get through, baby
(Homage to Pet Shop Boys)
Morning Peeps,
BELIEFS...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Roscoe, what are you doing?
Roscoe: Staring at a horse…
KD: A horse? That doesn’t look like a horse.
R: What do you think it is?
KD: Looks like a tulip to me…
R: Huh, I’m saying it’s a Horse.
KD: Okay, but I think you’re mistaken.
R: Hey, if peeps can believe whatever the Hell they want to, so can I…
KD: And there you have it.
BALL OF CONFUSION, even the dogs know
L'il Wayne: People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Jazzy J: Round and round and around we go, where the world's headed nobody knows.
L'il Wayne: Great googa mooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you, just a ball of confusion that's what the world is today
Jazzy J: Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
Ball Of Confusion that's what the world is today
(Homage to Temptations)
EVER MY LOVE...You can thank me for the Earworm later
Tate: You say you fear I'll change my mind, and I won't require you, never my love, never my love
Sade: You say that stuff now, but...
Tate: How can you think love will end, when I've asked you to spend your whole life, with me (with me, with me), never my love, never my love
Sade: Uh huh, I hear ya, spend the rest of my life huh, gotta ring?
Tate: I'm bleedin' my heart to a capitalist...sheesh
(Homage to The Association)
TRUTH...You can feel it
Ralph: I bought a ticket to the world, but now I've come back again, why do I find it hard to write the next line?
Ken-Dogger: Ah, could it be there is an assault on truth right now?
Ralph: I want the truth to be, I want the truth to be said
KD: (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi), I know this much is true
Ralph: (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi), I know this much is true
KD: Truth is something you feel Dude, something you feel...
(Homage to Spandau Ballet)
Plato: There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep, for such a simple man
Ken-Dogger: Plato, dude, you're kinda heavy this AM my man...
Plato: Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned, I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am
Ken-Dogger: Dude, you're a pup becoming a dog
Plato: Whew, this thinkin' stuff is hard...
POPS
Lady Day: Hey Dogger, you okay?
Ken-Dogger: Yes LD, but a little sad, My Dad would have been 103 today.
LD: He led an exceptional life…WWII vet, first college graduate in his family, and went on to be a big deal in Education.
KD: Yes, a stellar life…He accomplished much.
LD: What do you like to remember about him?
KD: His humanity…He never forgot how his struggle to succeed is everyman’s struggle.
LD: I hope I’m remembered for my dogmanity.
KD: You will be Lady, you will be.
DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU NEED TO LIVE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Fifi, how goes it?
Fifi: Good, you made it back, I was worried.
KD: Naw, interfacing with govt. isn’t that bad.
F: But the Deep State dude, they gonna get ya…
KD: It was licensing, govt. has to do some stuff to ensure safety.
F: You mean govt. can be good?
KD: Yes, when it focuses on serving and protecting vice dividing.
F: That’s right, don’t tread on me…
KD: Well then, don’t fear what you need to live with others.
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