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
Ken-Dogger: Morning Roscoe
Roscoe: Hey Dogger, hearing the White House is getting more manners…
KD: The Pardons? Don’t go there, it’s Christmas Eve.
R: Just sayin’…But tis the season for forgiveness.
KD: it tis…What do you want forgiven?
R: I’d like Santa to forgive me for going after Tiger the Cat.
KD: So, you’re gonna stop hounding Tiger?
R: At least till after Christmas, doesn’t forgiveness have a time stamp?
KD: Not supposed to…But it’s 2020, not ruling anything out.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Nick
Nick: ZZZZ
KD: Hey, you getting up? Maybe if you wouldn’t party so much at night…
N: (Doing downward dog stretch, then looks up) Bro, it’s exciting times….Christmas lights, partying, overeating, presents
KD: Well…That’s not what Christmas is all about you know
N: Dude, I’m hip…That’s why I was sleeping, after all that activity, I need to recoup…
KD: You’ll recover, and we’ll talk a little more about Christmas later
N: Okay, girding for excitement here…
Morning Peeps,
When you linger, let it be with LOVE
Ken-Dogger: Earl, stop it, would you just stop it...
Earl: What?
KD: You know what you're doing, cocking your head to one side, just showin' off your whole cuteness thing.
E: Oh that, yea, I know, works doesn't it?
KD: It did, that's why we got you Buddy...
E: Dude, let me let you in on a little secret, it still does...Cuteness lingers
KD: Earl, I'm hip, let it linger...
Plant LOVE, and then Let It BLOOM
Morning Boomers and Bloomers,
Ken-Dogger: What ‘cha doin’ Mr. Fluffy?
Mr. Fluffy: Admiring the flowers and the Amaryllis
KD: Yes, those bulbs turned into beautiful blooms.
MF: We should give more plants as gifts.
KD: Why’s that?
MF: Well, It’s a message of growth. Think about it, we get bulbs, it’s up to us to nurture it, water and feed and ‘clothe’ it, and love it and tell it you love it.
KD: And then it blooms…
MF: Yes, and then it blooms…
WHERE DO YOU FIND JOY?
Ken-Dogger: What’s with the noise?
Rocco: Aye, yi, yi, yi, I am the Frito Bandito…
KD: You’re what?
R: Frito Bandito, Bro…new image
KD: You’ve been watching Telemundo again, haven’t you?
R: Brushin’ up on my Spanish Jefe…
KD: You can’t fool me, you’re watching those voluptuous women in scant clothing.
R: Dude, ‘tis the Season to find our Joy…
KD: It tis...What time is that show?
CHRISMAS MEMORIES
Ken-Dogger: Hey Scooter, you dreaming about Sugar Plum fairies this morning?
Scooter: Naw, I'm just sleepin'...
KD: We're getting close to seeing Santa, only 5 days away.
S: That's cool, but I'm just gonna lay right here.
KD: I can't imagine you're not getting excited...
S: Dogger Man, I opened one eye and I raised one paw slightly, that's excited at 0400.
KD: Got it, Santa's still watching you know...
S: Cool, I'm still sleepin'...
SUSTAINMENT...THE FINAL FRONTIER
Ken-Dogger: Hey Poncho, that’s a look…
Poncho: Bro, I’m a little freaked.
KD: Well, what’s up?
P: I’m afraid we’re gonna get blitzed this week.
KD: Oh, you worried about this Omicron and its spread?
P: Well, that…yeah, but the real worry…
KD: Yes, what is it?
P: The Blitzing of commercials/texts/emails for Last Minute Shoppers…
KD: Yep, Christmas commercialism, the true sustainer.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dom, what up?
Dom: Hey Bro, I’m lookin’
KD: And for what?
D: I was looking for Will.
KD: Our godson Will, he’s in Colorado.
D: No, Silly, not a person…it’s a trait.
KD: Oh, like fortitude, strength, perseverance…
D: Yep, all that…We’ve got issues to solve, we’ve got solutions to try, we just don’t have…
KD: WILL
D: See why I’m lookin’?
Morning Peeps,
WHAT'S YOUR HOLIDAY DRUG OF CHOICE?
Ken-Dogger: Hey Mooch, you gonna help me bake today?
Mooch: Certainement, mon ami...
KD: What the hey?
M: I'm channeling my inner Julia Child, did ya catch the French?
KD: Oh, got it...Could you be a little more careful on the portions?
M: Certainement, pourquoi?
KD: Last time you went a little heavy on the sugar, took me two days for the sugar HI to exit...
M: Sugar, the Holiday drug of choice...
READINESS...FOR LOVE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bowser, you playin' in the gifts?
Bowser: Nah, i'm just thinking about gifting...
KD: Well, do tell...
B: It's just, well I'll say it...Sometimes we're given as gifts for the wrong reasons.
KD: Oh, you mean, like saving a marriage?
B: Yep, and similar reasons...We have a life to share, we only want love in return...
KD: Tell it...
B: We got love if you want it, but you gotta be ready for it...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Zeus, you ready to go see the lights?
Zeus: What lights?
KD: Christmas lights Bud, we’re gonna see how peeps decorate.
Z: Don’t they do some kind of Light Spectacle or something?
KD: They do, and they give you a map, so it helps the search.
Z: Wow, all this helping, what brought this on?
KD: Zeus, I believe it’s the Christmas Spirit.
Z: Bottle It Bro, we need to work on keeping this glow flow.
KD: It’s up to you and me Zeus to keep it going, it’s an internal thing.
MAY YOU LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE CONTENTMENT LIVES
Ken-Dogger: Hey Champ, now that’s a look.
Champ: What do ya mean?
KD: You’re smiling, are you also beguiling?
C: Explain beguiling…
KD: Are you trying to deceptively charm me?
C: Nope, just expressing contentment.
KD: Wow, where’d you learn that.
C: By living in this house, contentment lives here.
KD: Yes, yes it does…
The Journey started a little over two years ago
Morning Bench-markers and Testers,
Ken-Dogger: Petie, what are you doing?
Petie: You’re goin’, I’m goin’ too…
KD: My golf is cutting into our time isn’t it?
P: Ya think? So, I’m joinin’…
KD: Can’t Petie, we’re just adjusting times now, I’m playing the Champ Course today.
P: You ready?
KD: It will be fun, it’s just a benchmark.
P: What grade you think you’ll get.
KD: That’s the cool part, now I just do Pass/Fail.
SEEING SMILES AND SMILING EYES
Ken-Dogger: Morning Yeller, you’re looking excited.
Yeller: Dude, the anticipation…
KD: Oh, you mean the season…
Y: Yes Bro, the season of joy and giving, and children laughing.
KD: Children do get a kick out of this time of year, it’s nice to see smiles
Y: But you can’t see smiles this year, masks you know?
KD: You can’t see those smiling eyes?
Y: Yep, there ain’t no way to hide those smiling eyes…
Morning Peeps,
THIS CHRISTMAS, I GAVE YOU...WHOA, NELLIE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Nellie, what you up to this morning?
Nellie: I'm singing, "Deck the Halls with Balls of Holly..."
KD: WHAT?
N: "Deck the Halls with Balls of Holly..."
KD: Hey girl, I think it's Boughs of Holly...
N: I thought so too, but then ya just don't know what these songs say or mean anymore...
KD: I hear that, go ahead sing on...
N: Okay, don we now our gay apparel...
KD: Nellie, you sure can pick 'em...
KEEPING A TENUOUS HOLD ON REALITY
Ken-Dogger: Morning Dixiee, how you doing this fine morning? What's that concerned look on your face.
Dixiee: You seein' what I'm seein'?
KD: What's that Baby Girl?
D: Those dogs there on the cookie sheet, they weren't....
KD: Hold it right there BG, you think Daddy would bake your buddies?
D: Wasn't sure, sometimes reality is tenuous.
KD: Dix, they're just Christmas cookies, here, have one.
D: I'll pass, homies ya know...
THE MEANING OF THE SEASON
Ken-Dogger: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, WTH?
Nellie: Don't ask, just don't ask...
KD: But hey girl, what the hey
N: I know, I know, there's just so much controversy now over Christmas, thought I'd eliminate some...
KD: Nellie, that's the trouble, everyone wants to eliminate everybody else's stuff...
N: Seems like peeps need to stop doing God's job and start doing God's work...
KD: There, that's the meaning of the season...
GET TO THE SUBSTANCE
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.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dak…
Dak: Dogger, what is going on with the economy?
KD: Really? You’re concerned about that?
D: Dude, my stocks…But really, inflation up yet we’ve lessened the deficit by 17% from just last year.
KD: We’re in strange times, we haven’t done a pandemic before…
D: Well, we better start figuring it out.
KD: Who you kidding, we don’t figure anything out anymore, we just pass stuff along.
D: We’re getting to the point where pass-alongs don’t have pass-along catchers.
JUST WHO IS IT ALL ABOUT, ALFIE?
Ken-Dogger: Whoa, Nellie where you headed?
Nellie: Supreme Court Bro, everyone’s headed there…
KD: Everyone?
N: Well, okay…But I’m seeking redress.
KD: And for what?
N: I don’t make enough purchasing decisions, I’m inserting myself into the process.
KD: Is there a problem with purchases?
N: No, I just like being in the middle of stuff…
KD: So, it’s all about you…
N: Um, hello, duh…Go Nellie…
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