TROUBLE SPAWN
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
PROFITS MORE THAN PEEPS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Satch, well, well, well…
Satch: Thanks, I look well don’t I?
KD: Looks like a whole lot of snatch there…
S: Wha…? Oh the money, right, I’ve cornered the poo bag market
KD: Wow, even you…You promoting scarcity then?
S: Yep, funny how it motivates peeps to buy
KD: Not really, it’s just people choosing profit over people, thought you might avoid it
S: Naw, I just want mine first
KD: Sadly, so do a lot of others
BEEN TELLIN' YA THIS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WHOLE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Juno, what’s this?
Juno: 1 on 1 Bro, your ball.
KD: You’re challenging me? I’ve got skills…
J: Who you kiddin’, you’re a shrimp. Basketball is elevation.
KD: Oh, it is, then explain Spud Webb. Juno, it’s not how big you are, it’s how big you play.
J: Who said that, I know you’re not that profound.
KD: Charles Barkley, The Round Mound of Rebound.
J: He would…Your point?
KD: The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
OUR MOST BASIC LESSON...SHARING AND CARING
Morning Sharers,
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Flo and Jo?
Flo: I think I can safely speak for both of us, we’re a little freaked.
KD: Pourquoi?
Jo: Look at you all Frenchy this morning. Well, we saw you talking to that tree.
KD: Oh, you mean the Fig tree, it’s blooming. I was saying hello.
F: Are you nuts? Plants can’t talk.
KD: Ah, but they are part of our world, they are included.
J: Come on Flo, let’s get to sharing our world then.
IT'S ALL IN WHERE YOU FIND 'EM
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Willie, what cha doin?
Willie: Can't you see I'm digging?
KD: I can, but I'm wondering about the purpose of your digging...
W: Dude, it's a personnel search...
KD: Personnel search, how do you mean?
W: Well, the world is running out of useful politicians, thought I'd go searching for some more...
KD: But why in the ground?
W: Have you seen what they do? They have to come from the nether regions...
ROLL ON MORE HELPERS...ALWAYS NEEDED
Ken-Dogger: Hey Petie, you're up early...
Petie: Yea Dude, working on #pups4peace
KD: Wha...I do that
P: Come on, you know we're the inspiration
KD: You do have a point
P: May I help you?
KD: Yes you may, helping makes little work of big tasks
P: Yep, world needs more helpers, less conflicters...
KD: Yes we do, let's roll...
IT'S ALWAYS AN ACT OF BALANCING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Nellie, looks like you’re already moving this morning
Nellie: Well, it looked like you were going to stay in bed
KD: IKR, I am sleeping longer, but what are you doing?
N: Practicing my balancing, I see you working on it too
KD: Yes, a lot more to balance now in our lives
N: But it’s still the same act of balancing isn’t it?
KD: Yes, yes it is…
FOCUS ON THE LIVING THINGS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Tojo, you’re happy this morning.
Tojo: I am Bro, Mikster surprised you yesterday.
KD: Well yes she did, but that’s almost everyday.
T: Copped tickets for Tuacahn didn’t she?
KD: Yep, we’re going to see Starship tonight.
T: But Grace and Marty and Jorma aren’t with them anymore.
KD: Bands change, music lives on…That’s what matters.
T: Well then, we need to focus on the living things.
KD: We are, we’re just phasing it back.
WE STILL AREN'T READY TO DEAL WITH IT
Morning Racers and Trainers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Pablo, what ya doing?
Pablo: I’m training for the race.
KD: Race? What Race?
P: Dude, all last week at those SCOTUS hearings, they kept dancing around RACE.
KD: I thought it was more about being soft on crime?
P: Naw, it was RACE.
KD: That’s not the kind of RACE you train for…It’s the kind you deal with…
P: When do we start dealing with it then?
KD: We don’t seem ready yet.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Pecos
Pecos: Riddle me this Dogger, what’s a disposition?
KD: Well, it’s a mindset, a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
P: Wow, all that.
KD: Yep, all that. But why are you asking?
P: Some peeps just seem cheery a lot, some always seem down.
KD: Ahh, you’re thinking there might be some control and will there, huh?
P: I’m just thinkin’…
LEAD A LIFE FULL OF ADJUSTMENTS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Myles, why the look?
Myles: You’re not folding enough.
KD: Huh?
M: Life is unfolding too quickly now, you need to fold more.
KD: That’s not exactly how it works. Life unfolds whether you like it or not.
M: So you can’t change that?
KD: You can’t, you can only keep making adjustments.
M: Hmm, good to know…
REMEMBERING WHEN WE HUNKERED DOWN, SOME OF US ANYWAY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Herbie, what’s going on?
Herbie: Glad you’re holding me bro…
KD: Yes, the touching and holding feels good doesn’t it?
H: Yes…wow, there’s still a lot of activity going on.
KD: I know, people are making major adjustments to their lives
H: Doesn’t happen overnight does it, but it does fray the nerves
KD: Hopefully, the fraying lessens soon, but the hunkering continues...
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rocco, what up?
Rocco: Well, I’m thinking I might need a double.
KD: You’re what?
R: A double, you know, another me.
KD: Another you, well, what in the tarnation for anyway?
R: Well, there are times when I don’t want to own up to stuff. There are times when I just need a break.
KD: YOU need a break?
R: We ALL need a respite at times.
KD: Let’s work on balancing things, body doubles are for the gilded.
WHEN WE FOLLOWED PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Little Suzie, why the long face?
Little Suzie: Dude, oh yeah, morning…Waiting for you to go on the beach
KD: The beach is closed.
LS: What you mean Willis? Waves are still crashin’, sun’s still shinin’, girls still showin’
KD: Just makes the mouth water doesn’t it
LS: It does
KD: But we’re not going, Governor closed ‘em and we’re honoring it.
LS: Yep, following guidance will get most of us through this
TAKE YOUR SHOT...YOU NEVER KNOW
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Mr. Big, some games yesterday huh?
Mr. Big: Dude, had me soaring…One and Done Baby
KD: Yep, that’s the intensity of this tournament…
MB: Kinda mirrors the life of these kids too, one shot…
KD: For some, that’s all they’ll get, just one shot.
MB: But how do they know when that shot is?
KD: That’s the intensity Mr. Big, you never know…
GROWING THE LOVE FIX
Ken-Dogger: Well Dr. Beagle what do you think it is?
Dr. Beagle: Tell me your symptoms again...
KD: Not much sleep, increased agitation, frenetic behavior...
DB: 2 out of 3 and I'm thinking you're a puppy...
KD: But what about the sleep?
DB: Dude, I can give you something for that, what else?
KD: That's it, damn you're good
DB: I am, all my patients become puppies, it's the Love Fix
KD: Hoping your practice grows
Morning Peeps,
LOVE...MAKE IT A QUEST
Ken-Dogger: Hey Georgio, you have a question?
Georgio: Naw...
KD: Your paws up, thought you had a question...
G: Okay, I was thinking, why do people hate?
KD: Lots of reasons, some peeps can't seem to find a place for their sorrow
G: I don't get it, there is so much love to give...
KD: I know, to me it's an orientation
G: To me, it's my quest...
MORE CARING
Happy StPD,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Poncho
Poncho: Hey Cisco, I mean Dogger
KD: it was pretty cool getting flowers yesterday from Farmer’s Dog.
P: Yep, Mikster had her eye raised.
KD: Yep, I was checking my email/texts for clues.
P: But Dixiee’s food company, that’s some orientation.
KD: It does reinforce their whole network of caring.
P: We need more caring networks…
KD: We do need more peeps who care, the care networking will come after that.
P: Hope so Bro, hope so.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Precious, you resting?
Precious: I’m tryin’ to, what’s all this activity?
KD: Oh that, we’re self-quarantining, we’ll be here more often
P: Cool, I’m playing more, I need some extra rations for that.
KD: Really?
P: Dude, we’re going to have to renegotiate some things
KD: I knew it was a bad idea to let you watch the NFL draft, all life is not transactional
P: Ah yes, but the life we live is negotiable…so I’m working it
KD: I like the way you work it…no diggity.
IT'S THE INDIFFERENCE...
Morning Rescuers,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Butkus, this is rich…
Butkus: What? Oh, the kickin’ back?
KD: Yes, the kicking back already, why so?
B: Bro, just chillin’…Waiting for American Rescue Plan to kick in.
KD: I hear there’s money already there left over from #45.
B: Heard that too, over a trillion.
KD: Damn, wonder why they didn’t use it to help Americans?
B: It’s called callous indifference…
KD: No, it’s called shameful.
SAY HI TO PI, or as I do, STAY HI ON PI...
Ken-Dogger: Dude, would you stop staring?
Dude: Wha?
KD: It's a constant thing, you never stop...
D: I'm pi
KD: You're pie?
D: Not that pie, this pi, I'm a constant...
KD: Oh, I get it, it's PI Day
D: You get me now?
KD: I get you, sometimes I can't take you...
TROUBLE SPAWN
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