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
BE PUPPY CUTE, IT WORKS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bucho, you better be careful under the tree.
Bucho: I got this...The Mikster's cool about this.
KD: Really, you got that on high confidence?
B: Yep, listen here's the deal...I'm cute, no wait, I'm more than cute, I'm puppy cute
KD: ...AND, you think that wins the day?
B: Hopin' so...and just in case, I've got ribbons and bows on, you can't go wrong with ribbons and bows...
NAMES HAVE MEANING
Ken-Dogger: Hey there UPS, what’s wrong, you’ve got that look?
UPS: What look?
KD: Well, like you’ve done something bad…
U: Moi…oh no, just chillin’ here, by the way, why do you call me UPS?
KD: You’re brown and UPS is brown so it fit, also I figured if I called you that, I could just say U and you’d come, I could say U P and I’d be taken to the accident site, and if you heard U P S, you’d know I found it…
U: Oh…good to know
REMEMBER WHO IS NECK
Morning Heads and Necks,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Brin
Brin: Hey Dogger, I’m just wakin’ up, but a question…
KD: Don’t you want to finish waking up first?
B: Naw, done it before, it’s muscle memory now…How do I get to be a Head?
KD: Wha…
B: You know, head of the household, I want that role?
KD: Whoa, means you’re takin’ a mate, and starting a family.
B: Got it, I want to be the Head, the decider.
KD: Just remember, you might be the Head, but the woman is the NECK.
IN SUPPORT OF MORE MUTTS
Morning Mixed Breeds,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Django
Django: Morning Dogger, how did I get like this?
KD: What is this?
D: Well, kinda hard to say, but I’m mixed.
KD: Oh, you mean you’re not a purebred.
D: Yep, guess my dad was a rover…but it has taught me acceptance.
KD: No kidding, more accepting, maybe we need more mutts in the world.
D: Bro, there isn’t enough time…
KD: Django, let’s just use the time we have.
LET ME PLUMP, LET ME PLUMP, LET ME
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bella…
Bella: Yo Bro, tis the Season…
KD: Yes, it is getting to be that, what are you most excited about?
B: All of it Bro, it’s just filled with activity…Truth be told, It’s the Christmas baking I love.
KD: Whoa, can’t tell that.
B: What do you mean? Oh, the poundage…Yes, haven’t missed meals lately.
KD: Should be an interesting year, peeps going into the Plumping Season already pandemically plump.
B: Plump this, pass the cookies…
FOR THE BANNERS
Morning Structured Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey BG
BG: Dude, morning, what’s a schema?
KD: A what?
BG: a schema, not a scheme, a schema
KD: Oh, well it’s a framework for storing your info.
BG: So, it’s a classification method?
KD: Yes, something like that…it helps you make sense of your world.
BG: See, therefore I don’t worry about banning books.
KD: Why’s that?
BG: Dude, they’re focused on content, not structure…They can never ban all the content.
DON'T MISBEHAVE INTO COOLNESS
Ken-Dogger: Okay, thanks guys...oops, he did it again.
Petie: Did what?
KD: Bowser had his eyes closed again...
Petie: C/mon Bowser, every freakin' year dude, every freakin' year
Bowser: Can I help it if I have a blink response when photo'd?
KD: Maybe shades next time Petie...
Petie: Well then, it's gonna be shades for all, Bowser is NOT misbehaving into COOL
WORK TO DO
Ken-Dogger: Morning Roscoe
Roscoe: Dogger, I was thInkin’ of younger days when living for my life was everything a dog could do…
KD: That’s changed?
R: Well, I was never told about the sorrow…
KD: Some days you get sorrow, some days you get joy
R: How will I know which one I’m getting?
KD: Here’s a hint, most days you get to choose it, you can direct it…
R: So it’s my work to find the joy?
KD: Bro, each of us has work to do…Internally and Externally
R: Let’s get to it.
WRAPPED
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Frisco…
Frisco: Hey Dogger, I was listening to my Spotify Wrapped playlist.
KD: Oh, you have a playlist?
F: Yep, I call is Pup-tunes for Peptides
KD: My, my, you’re into peptides…
F: Well, you know I stretch before walking, I also build my amino chains for my skin.
KD: But you’re so young, why you worried about your skin?
F: Bro, health routines start early, get them down and it’s easy sailing.
KD: Good to know, Frisco, good to know…
TIS THE SEASON
Morning Gratitudinous Celebrators,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Nikita
Nikita: Hey Bro, you remember when Mikster was talking about gratitude the other day?
KD: I sure do, being thankful…great message, why do you ask?
N: Well, it just seems this ought to be the time of year when we see a lot of it.
KD: You’re not seeing a lot of gratitude?
N: Not yet…
KD: Well, guess that’s something we all need to work on…
N: Tis’ the Season…
B IN MOMENT
Ken-Dogger: What up Gertrude
Gertrude: Hey Man, I was just thinking of Christmases past…
KD: They are special aren’t they?
G: Yep, family getting together, exchanging gifts, and just being blessed.
KD: It’s gonna be a little different this year.
G: IKR, peeps gotta be cool about gatherings, probably some sadness.
KD: You know, we often want what we think we miss instead of being in the moment we have.
G: And we’re gonna make more special moments.
KD: Yes, yes we are…
CUTENESS...IT DOES A BODY GOOD
Ken-Dogger: Hey Pascal, we gotta talk
Pascal: What up bro?
KD: You saw me working in the yard yesterday, you didn’t help a lick…
P: Love your observational skills dude
KD: Well, things are gonna change or heads will roll
P: Really, you never heard of cuteness
KD: Cuteness?
P: Yep, It’s a pup’s ‘get out of jail(work) free’ card, and it works
KD: Yes, yes it does little buddy.
THE EGGNOG OF THINGS
Ken-Dogger: Is someone having trouble getting up this morning?
Butch: Rum, Rum, Rum your boat, gently down...
KD: Wait a minute, wait a minute, I thought it was row, row, row your boat?
Butch: Dude, Eggnog changes things...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rocco, what you got goin' on today?
Rocco: Dude, UPS man said I could help during the season.
KD: REALLY? They wanted you to step up?
R: Yep, seems I rock this whole 'brown' thingie...
KD: You do, but you know there is more to this than just lookin' good, there's some heavy lifting
R: UPS man needs to be more forthcoming
KD: Yes, but they DO need our help during the season...it's what we should do to spread our joy.
WHAT IS CHRISTMAS IN YOUR BOOK?
Ken-Dogger: Morning Clay, how you doing?
Clay: Fine Dogger, but I’m searching…
KD: What for?
C: Dude, Christmas is coming up, you guys have been super good and sweet to me all year, I want to get you two something.
KD: So you think I should take you shopping?
C: How ‘bout it…
KD: Well, we are blessed, we have much…But you give us gifts daily
C: How?
KD: You just love us, and we love you…That’s Christmas in my book.
Morning Wondrous and Noble Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Killer
Killer: Hey Bro, you know I don’t like that name.
KD: IKR, you don’t look like a killer.
K: Then why?
KD: We just knew you were gonna be a Ladies’ Man.
K: Wow, and you used Casanova already? So, words can have two meanings?
KD: Often Killer
K: How do you know which one someone uses?
KD: You gotta converse with each other…
K: Simple as that?
KD: Simple as that…
FESTOONING...NOT FOR THE WEAK
Ken-Dogger: Hey Brutus, you’re lookin’ rather festive this morning…
Brutus: Dude, I’m not liking this…
KD: Come On buddy, humor the Mrs., she gets all excited during this time of year
B: I’m cool with dat, but the festooning…
KD: Really? Festooning?? You’re getting ridiculous
B: Dude, just matching my look…
KD: Okay, I’ll work on her, maybe get some more manly man stuff
B: Either that bro, or these things are going on my manly parts…
KD: I hear that…
NOT COMPLETELY WRAPPED
Spot: Morning Ken
Ken-Dogger: Hey Spot, well would you look at that, getting into a festive spirit I see
S: Yep, saw the Mikster wrapping and thought I'd give it a try, what you think?
KD: Awesome sauce Boy, you nailed it...and I see you left a little spot at the base of your spine just like in Goldfinger.
S: Yeppir Dude, Bond, Spot Bond...shaken, not stirred, nor completely wrapped.
KD: That completely wrapped part, I can believe that...
IT FREES OR IT ENSLAVES
Ken-Dogger: Well Dobber, what you got yourself into this morning?
Dobber: This corner, they're closing in...they have me surrounded
KD: Dude, the cats tell me you've made up some stories about them
D: I may have taken some liberties with the telling
KD: The truth always comes out
D: Not before I exhaust all other possibilities
KD: Dobber, know this...the truth will set you free or enslave you, the choice is yours...
KNOW LOVE...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Buddy, how's it going this morning?
Buddy: Going well KD, I'm gonna stay right here with you.
KD: Why is that? You're not going off to play?
B: Naw, I want you to know how much I love you.
KD: Buddy, I know, and you know I love you too.
B: I do, but I always think I don't give enough back.
KD: You always give love, you know no other way...
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