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
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Boo-boo
Boo-boo: Hey Dogger, what’s today’s word?
KD: Oh, well, it’s anfractuous.
BB: An…what?
KD: Anfractuous, it means circuitous…
BB: And we needed another word for circuitous?
KD: Boo-boo, it’s Latin…blame their flowery nature.
BB: I’m not into blame Bro…I kinda dig the new word. Let’s go on an anfractuous walk.
KD: If we know where home is, we can do anfractuous walks.
House Cleaning
Ken-Dogger: I know, I know, we'll get back inside soon...We need the house spotless for our guests.
Dixiee: Like when?
KD: I think tomorrow, or the day after is Turkey Day, we'll be allowed back in then. Apparently, we mess up the place...
D: Apparently so...and here I was thinking 'bout not shedding tomorrow
KD: Right...
(I use a lot of dogs here for pups, but this one was our girl, Dixie...)
ON BECOMING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Fritz, why the long face?
Fritz: I’m sad, I was hoping to become an Army Officer
KD: Well, I think you can still shoot for that, what do you think is the problem?
F: Well, I was born here, I’m an American, but I’m German heritage.
KD: So?
F: Just seems like you are no longer just an American, now you have subgroup ties
KD: We ALL have subgroup ties, what makes us American is we get over them
F: You’re right, let’s go practice marching…
KEEPIN' THE FAT MAN DOWN
Ken-Dogger: Lady, the Mikster is not gonna be real happy with you.
Lady: What? I'm just helpin' with the packing, Christmas is right around the corner.
KD: Well, we still have Thanksgiving to go before we start the Christmas season.
Lady: What can I say, I'm ahead of my time.
KD: Seems like always Lady, seems like always...
FROM THE PANDEMIC YEARS
Ken-Dogger: What is the commotion…Hello?
Grover (gesturing to other guests as spokesman): We were loud, sorry.
KD: Loud ain’t the half of it, what is going on?
G: Well, we know Thanksgiving is coming up, we thought we’d help.
KD: This is helping?
G: Dude, peeps apparently need graphic representations in a pandemic.
KD: You mean to remain safe in gatherings?
G: Yep, we thought we’d model it. STAY SAFE Peeps, we need ya.
KEEP SINGING, no matter what
Ken-Dogger: ...and they called it puppy love, just because we're in our teens
Dixiee: Mikki, he's singin' again...
KD: Someone help me, help me, Help me please...
Is the answer up above? How can I, Oh how can I tell them?
This is not a puppy love
D: Mikki, he's still singin'...
KD: The love pics make me wanna sing
D: That's funny, it's pure hell on my hearing...
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
KD: hey Champ, we had a great day yesterday.
Champ: News to me Bro, I was stuck here.
KD: Sorry Champ…Yes, we went back to Best Friends Sanctuary, saw the bunnies.
C: Whoa, you know those bunnies can get pregnant the day after they give birth?
KD: Let’s get back on track, we found a new road to Kanab.
C: How was it?
KD: Stunningly beautiful, made me realize you don’t need to go far to find beauty.
C: Yep, you just gotta know what you’re looking for….
Morning peeps,
Ken-Dogger: What up Theo
Theo: Dude learned a new word, tergiversation.
KD: Tergi-what?
T: Yep, in Congress there are a lot of tergiversationalists.
KD: Really? Do tell?
T: Well, it has 2 meanings, but both apply. The act of abandoning something or someone,
of changing sides; desertion, the act of evading any clear course of action or
speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation.
KD: I see what you mean.
NOT ABOUT THE TAKING
Ken-Dogger: Lucky Pierre, can’t wait to hear this…
Lucky Pierre: Dude, I was trying to get our Christmas lights up.
KD: Um Pierre, we haven’t even done Thanksgiving yet.
LP: We gotta get ‘em up before the other side does.
KD: The other side?
LP: They’ve got their symbols, we’ve got ours…We’re taking Christmas.
KD: These are not about taking, they are about giving…of Ourselves.
LP: Seems like we need to keep reminding ourselves of that.
KD: We do Pierre, we do.
SELF ON A SHELF
Morning Integrators,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Scooter
Scooter: Dude, I was just reading about Haskins, seems he still is not getting it together.
KD: What makes you say that?
S: Tomlin said he wasn’t ready to play.
KD: Wow, guess it takes more than just raw talent to make it.
S: It always has…I guess full integration is a pipe dream.
KD: Integrating the head, heart and mind is serious work.
S: Needs to be done…
KD: Yes, it does…
S: Hey, this year, let’s do SELF ON A SHELF…
AND THEY CALLED IT PUPPLY LOVE, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE
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,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Keebler, what up?
Keebler: Dude, thinking ‘bout peregrinating…
KD: Come again?
K: Well, I’m tired of sitting around here, I want to travel, you know, wander from place to place.
KD: So, you want to migrate.
K: No Bro, I’m peregrinating…I’ll keep wandering.
KD: Keebler, maybe you’re on to something…Peregrinators are more accepted than Migrants, aren’t they?
K: Maybe we start to look at Migrants as still Wandering.
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE FEATHERS AND WINGS
Ken-Dogger: Suzie, what the hell...
Suzie: What's VS?
KD: Well, it could be very special or very sincerely, give me a context.
S: Well, there's a website you have bookmarked, had girls and bras and panties on it.
KD: Oh, that's Victoria Secrets...
S: My, My...isn't it, thought I'd dress up today
KD: I'm on there for the feathers and wings
S: RIGHT....
Morning Peeps,
Looking for an Emotional Rescue
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.
KEEP WORKING THAT SMILE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Daisee, you got a big smile today...you gonna help Daddy work today?
Daisee: This looks like fun Daddy, how can I help?
KD: Go over there and start to push those leaves into this pile.
D: Dude, that looks a lot like work
KD: Yep, there's some
D: You see this smile, I'm a-workin' on this smile for a while, one task at a time...
IN THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, IT'S STILL JUST ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
Morning Resolvers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Little Bit, what’s up?
Little Bit: Bro, I think I may have a fever.
KD: Whoa, you sure?
LB: Well, I was hurling and then I was, well you know the other…it was bad.
KD: Well, we gotta get you better, you can’t hold a fever long.
LB: What you talkin’ ‘bout, peeps are in a fever pitch all the time now.
KD: That’s different…
LB: No, it isn’t…it all eats away at your health.
THIS IS FROM WHEN IT WAS JUST A DISPUTE, NOT AN INSURRECTION
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Felicity?
Felicity: What ‘s going on?
KD: Not sure what you mean?
F: The stall, we know the results, there’s been minute fraud noted, and yet we stall.
KD: Seems the other side has questions…
F: But why, they won races on the same ballot…
KD: Ah yes, but apparently not the right one, so they want a do-over
F: A Do-Over for the Comb-Over?
KD: Yep, all about vanity…
SOMETIMES, YOU JUST DON'T ASK...
Ken-Dogger: Whoa, Don’t even…
Chester: Don’t ask…
KD: Don’t tell…
Chester: We cool?
KD: We cool…
WE SHOULD GET BACK TO THE MESHING
Ken-Dogger: Bowser, what the hell happened here?
Bowser: Sorry Dude, got a little carried away with the paint.
KD: I'll say, what were you thinkin'?
B: Well, I saw the election results and it said the Blue got Bluer and the Red got Redder.
KD: …And you were trying to show your colors?
B: No Dude, I am showing America, we aren't entirely blue or red, we mesh, or at least, we used to...
IN a World of Specks, be a GOOD ONE
Morning Speck-tators,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Speck
Speck: Umm morning, why am I called Speck?
KD: Well, a couple of reasons, we knew you were so darn cute, we thought a humbling name might work. And then, we thought it would be a reminder to us how insignificant we all are.
S: What? I’m significant…
KD: We all are Speck, but we’re all still specks, matter of how you look at things.
S: You know what, I’m cool with it.
KD: So am I…
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