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: Hey Cletus, what you watching?
Cletus: WW84 again…Read some reviews, trying to see what others see.
KD: COVID-19 kinda changed our movie viewing didn’t it?
C: For theaters for sure…I think the critics are behind it.
KD: Why so?
C: Peeps weren’t reading their reviews, peeps were forming their own opinions.
KD: Forming their own opinions, what lunacy!
C: IKR, pretty soon we’ll start seeing peeps develop independent thought.
KD: Maybe there’s hope, Cletus, maybe some hope…
Morn,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bruno, something bothering you?
Bruno: You see that piece of expensive timber; I can’t get over it.
KD: Oh, you’re still small, I see the problem. Want me to move it?
B: Well…Yes, I need to keep moving.
KD: You know…When you’re stuck, I’m not always going to be around.
B: I was starting to wonder about that…You mean some obstacles I’ll tackle on my own.
KD: Yep…
B: I better learn some strategies then if I want to get through…
KD: We all do Bruno…
THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE...
SIZING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Ralph, you look comfortable...
Ralph: I am, I can lay all over this, this...what exactly is this?
KD: Well, it's a bed, a little big for ya, but hey at least Aunt Clara remembered you...
R: Yep, guess I should accept those things I can and thank the good Lort that she didn't knit me a sweater...
KD: We might have lost you in a sweater...
R: Perish the thought, dude, perish the thought...
AIN'T GOT TIME FOR NOTHING ELSE
Ken-Dogger: Wow, just wow...
Dixiee: What's that Dude, what's a wow this AM?
KD: Well, look at our pups, all in a row in the snow...
D: Damn KD, better get out of bed and grab a sled...
KD: Dixiee, they watch 1 Snow Dogs movie and they think they're groovy...
D: Better get 'em tied up, you know they're pups...
KD: Heading out to snap 'em out of it, ain't got time for this shit!!
JUST BE NICE TO ME
Ken-Dogger: Hey Shakes, what’s going on?
Shakes: Feeling a little sad to tell you the truth…
KD: On Christmas weekend, you’re feeling sad?
S: Yep, I can feel it draining…
KD: What’s draining?
S: That Christmas spirit, it crested two days ago, and now it’s falling again.
KD: Wow, what must we do to keep it up?
S: You’re still talking Spirit right? OK, then…We just need to be nice.
KD: That’s right, just be nice to me…it’s a simple task.
THE PLEASURE OF LONG LASTERS
Morning Lasters,
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Krypto, what up?
Krypto: Bro, did you hear that speech from King Battery? It brought a tear to my eye.
KD: Didn’t hear it…
K: It was inspiring, talkin’ ‘bout lasting long for the boys and girls. Keeps their toys goin’
KD: It sure helps the parents out doesn’t it.
K: It’s an important lesson, long lasting leads to increased pleasure.
KD: In toys?
K: In most things Dogger
KD: Good to know, Krypto, good to know…
Ken-Dogger: Malph, you better get out of there.
Malph: What you mean, I’m just chillin’.
KD: You’re under the tree and you’re messing gifts up.
M: I thought they were mine…
KD: Interesting you only tore open the ones with the weird taping.
M: The nice ones were so beautiful…
KD: And you didn’t want to disturb them?
M: No, I knew weird ones were from you…so the selection followed.
KD: You do know me Malph, Merry Christmas…
M: And to all the peeps who follow us, Merry Christmas.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
MC & HH Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Donner
Donner: …And so this is Christmas, well how do you do?
KD: Well, this is Older Christmas, it’s not like this everywhere.
D: Really?
KD: Lots of homes buzzing with activity, and sharing, and love.
D: So, you experience that differently now?
KD: Now, we don’t often see it, but we very often hear about it.
D: So, Christmas is about activity and sharing and seeing and hearing love?
KD: You got it.
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…
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