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
THE NATURE OF THE SEXES
Ken-Dogger: Morning Guys, you two playing already?
Jack: heck yes Bro, we play so we can grow…
Jill: Yeah, it’s just funning…What would you have us do?
KD: Well, I want you to grow, but I’d like you to get along too
Ja: And you think this is not getting along?
KD: Well, I DO get concerned when it gets too rough
Ji: I’ll let him know if that happens, it’s genetic…You DO remember I’m the femme
KD: (Nodding to Jack) Yes, we do…
HASTN'T HAPPENED YET
🌄 Americans Coming Together,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dixiee big games today.
Dixiee: Who you rooting for?
KD: I have my faves, but don’t want to jinx them
D: it’s tough, all four teams you’ve rooted for…
KD: Guess I’ll just root for sportsmanship and achievement.
D: Wow, American values..how novel
KD: We should find examples everywhere, helps us come together.
D: Let’s make coming together what Americans do…
SOME TASKS ARE SISYPHEAN
Ken-Dogger: I can’t wait to hear this one…
Hidalgo: What? Oh this…I’m Super Hidalgo
KD: Well, well, no sense of worth issues in you then…
H: Nope, I’m digging this cult of personality you Humans got going on…
KD: Actually, these cults are leading to our demise
H: That may be, but I’m looking good, isn’t that what matters?
KD: No, it isn’t, but getting others to figure that out is Sisyphean…
SPEEDING THROUGH IT
Ken-Dogger: Hey there, Petie, you're in pain aren't you boy?
Petie: (moans)
KD: Don't worry fella, we're gonna get you back on the good side of pain
Petie: Dude, there's a good side?
KD: Yes sir Petie, all goodness requires movement, you're trending in the right direction
P: A direction?
KD: Yep, your trendline projects wellness and pain relief.
P: Okay, got the direction thing, could we work on the speed thing?
HOW CORPORATIONS ADJUST...
Ken-Dogger: Ralph, come on man, what is up?
Ralph: Dude, I’m practicing…
KD: For what?
R: MLB took our technology, I’m goin’ old school for new sign stealing…
KD: I thought they banned sign stealing…
R: No bro, just the technology, since baseball is life, they wanted the stealing to continue, they just want it to follow rules
KD: Oh, so we can legitimately bet?
R: Not really, more like so peeps can legitimately steal by the rules…
3 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED TO TURN THE CORNER
Morning 🌄 Winners,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Schultz, are we winning?
Schultz: Winning what?
KD:Winning the Pandemic War…
S: Peeps have been fighting for almost a year…
KD: it’s been diffuse…Are we a nation-state or are we a nation of state-nations?
S: We’ve got a new ‘General now
KD: Yes we do, let’s make winning happen.
S: Yes, let’s roll…
WATCHING AND WAITING FOR A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH...
Morning Pacers and Adjusters,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Theo
Theo: Hey Bro, can we slow down a tad?
KD: We have been doing a lot lately, haven’t we?
T: You have Bro…I just watch and I’m tired.
KD: The pace of life has changed with this work.
T: You get a reprieve this week visiting Cali…
KD: That’s how you deal with pace, you keep adjusting.
T: Whatever works Bro, watching continues to tire me.
WE'RE IN BITING TIMES
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Sal, what’s with the bag?
Sal: Headed to Davos dude…
KD: You’re what?
S: I’m going to Davos, I’ve listened to the science and it’s compelling
KD: But Greta went there, she’s there now, it doesn’t seem to matter
S: These blokes ain’t listening to words, I need to put some teeth into it…
KD: Gripping?
S: No, Biting, we’re going for more senses…#painmatters
DOGGIES DO WHAT HUMANS WON'T DO...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Buster, uh oh, what’s up?
Buster: Morning, I want food and then a walk…
KD: Aren’t you a little demanding this morning…
B: I’m figuring out you have to be forceful
KD: To get stuff done?
B: No bro, to help Earth, walking reduces our carbon footprint
KD: And I’m helping with that?
B: Yes you are, we’re going to make this work, if humans don’t save us, dogs will…
A PROBLEM OF SCALE
Ken-Dogger: Fluffer, you okay buddy?
Fluffer: I saw something...it startled me
KD: What was it buddy?
F: Not sure, would you check it out for me?
KD: Okay Fluffer...Look it's a centipede, just movin' along, it won't hurt you
F: Dude, it's a problem of scale, he might look small to you, but those legs...
KD: It's always a problem of scale, wish more peeps would get that.
F: Thanks Dogger...knew you'd give me peace
COOPERATE TO GET THROUGH
Morning Cooperators,
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Slats, give me five…
Slats: Giving 5, cause I’m alive…
KD: So what are you doing?
S: What’s it look like, I’m training Bro…
KD: How’s it going?
S: It’s a struggle, my peeps don’t want to cooperate.
KD: Well, in OCS, we learned cooperate to graduate…
S: And if my peeps would just cooperate, we’d get through this…
KD: And if my peeps would just cooperate…
Ken-Dogger: Hey Shep, what ya doin'?
Shep: Streets full of people, all alone
Roads full of houses, never home
Church full of singing, out of tune
Everyone's gone to the moon
KD: Wha...you dreamin'?
S: Eyes full of sorrow, never wet
Hands full of money, all in debt
Sun coming out in the middle of June
Everyone's gone to the moon
KD: You're right, Long time ago, Life had begun
Everyone went to the sun, now not so sure...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rascal, Katie got you in her grip?
Rascal: When blackness was a virtue, and the road was full of mud, I came in from the wilderness, come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm
KD: How did you know Katie was gonna give you shelter?
R: Not a word was spoken between us, there was little risk involved
KD: So, you imagined a place where it’s always safe and warm
R: Righto Dogger, she gives me shelter from the storm
KD: And that’s all you need…
BW would have been 102 today
HB2U Betty White...
Snuggles: 2000, zero, zero, party over, oops, out of time.
Ken-Dogger: Snuggles, Prince this early?
S: So tonight, I’m gonna party like it’s 1999.
KD: What is up?
S: Bro, it’s for Betty…
KD: Betty, what Betty?
S: Betty White, she’s 1999 today.
KD: Snuggles, she’s 99…sheesh
S: Okay, okay, I was a little off.
KD: Rough order of magnitude of a thousand years…
S: Estimation – it’s a dying art.
COME TOGETHER, RIGHT NOW...OVER PEACE
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Lovie
Lovie: Hey Dogger, I see people stoking hate last night
KD: Yep, when that’s all you got, you stoke hate.
L: Why do some peeps find it difficult to love?
KD: Perhaps they feel unloved
L: They’re gonna feel more unloved if they keep stoking hate.
KD: It IS making the distinction pretty clear, we can come together or we can get pulled apart.
L: I’m coming together…right now
KD: Yes, let’s come together.
WHEN BREXIT WAS A BIG DEAL
Ken-Dogger: Hey Felix, sporting the Union Jack today?
Felix: Yep, Helping Theresa on her BREXIT...
KD: Oh really, guess you missed the vote huh?
F: There was a second referendum?
KD: Not yet...it's coming, maybe no-confidence vote first
F: Damn, shit's gettin' real...Governing ain't what it used to be is it?
KD: Nope, and it won't get easier, we need solutions, not promises
F: Right, more fantasy...
NATURE...It's a Therapy
Ken-Dogger: What Cleo?
Cleo: Just checking you Bro, you seem tense lately.
KD: A lot to be tense about right now.
C: Yep, I DO believe you can get caught up in it.
KD: The anger, the acrimony, the toil on all of us.
C: I’m sensing it’s overwhelming…
KD: It can be, but you can’t stay in it.
C: Is this why we’re walking so often these days.
KD: One of ‘em, but mostly it’s the nature therapy.
CEMENTING LOVE...DOGGIE STYLE
Ken-Dogger: OMG, look at you Dash.
Dash: Wha…?
KD: Hugging Cato, how cute.
D: IKR, and we’re supposed to be enemies.
KD: Not sure enemies, you just usually don’t get along.
D: That’s why I’m huggin’, shows we can.
KD: You might not want to do a chokehold around the neck.
D: Bro, I’m controlling the hugging until Cato gets it.
KD: You sure Cato’s gettin’ this?
D: The hugging stops when the love cements…
KD: Let’s get to cementing then…
Morning Walkers and Bonders,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Luca, you ready?
Luca: I am Dogger, let’s do this…
KD: Let me get your stuff on, gotta keep you safe out there.
L: Love how you care for me Bro.
KD: Love how you care for me Luca.
L: How so?
KD: Well, walks soothe, and they help us bond
L: And I get cuddles from the Ladies
KD: Where is that leash?
IT AIN'T LEMON
Ken-Dogger: Hey Thor, we got snow...
Thor: Yippur, Dude...playin' all day
KD: You want me to get the flavored bottles so I can make some sno-cones for ya?
T: Awesome Dogger, what you got?
KD: I got cherry, grape, lemon...
T: How 'bout all three?
KD: How 'bout just the first two, your brothers have been out here...ya gotta watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow...
T: It ain't lemon?
KD: It ain't...
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