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
STRIVING TO THRIVE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Max, smelling flowers?
Max: Spring you know, they’re blooming…it’s pretty cool
KD: I see that, blooming and growing
M: Hopefully, they thrive…I mean flourish
KD: Yes, let’s see how they do it, seems we’re all learning new ways to thrive
M: Hey, we should all be about striving to thrive.
KD: We are Max, we’re just still figuring it out right now…We’ll get there.
M: Dogger, I know we will.
WHY WE HAVE UMPIRES
Morning Ballers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Gaylord what you doing?
Gaylord: Dude, I’m doctoring the ball
KD: That’s right, baseball’s back, and you already need help?
G: Dude, doctoring gives me my good stuff
KD: But, that’s not playing by the rules.
G: Everyone cheats, where do you think I learned this?
KD: Wow, do I need to revisit the jumping off the bridge story?
G: Naw…I’ll stop, but what about them?
KD: Why we have umpires bro.
CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES
Ken-Dogger: Et tu, Brutus?
Brutus: Shite just got real and you’re throwing Latin on me?
KD: IKR, seems like a lot of peeps calculating now.
B: Yep, I’m so over the excuses…
Bro, it’s time for action.
KD: It is, and calculating risk.
B: I’m cool with my risk assessment, it’s those others aren’t doing that concerns.
KD: That’s the problem with containment, there are too few constants
B: Well, I’m constant on no risk.
KD: Me too Brutus, me too…
YOU KEEP ON LIVING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Fritz, you got your ball?
Fritz: Bro, perspective…Does this look like my ball?
KD: No, no it doesn’t, let’s get yours.
F: I wanna play, we haven’t played for a while.
KD: There’s been a lot going on.
F: Dude, I get it, but don’t we keep living?
KD: Yes, yes we do, I’m gonna wail on this ball.
F: Give it your all Dogger, give it your all.
MUSCLES SHOULDN'T HURT
Ken-Dogger: Hey Felix, why the look?
Felix: Practicing
KD: What?
F: Well, you know how so many peeps wake up aggrieved these days, just checkin’ it out.
KD: What do you think?
F: Bro, it’s a lot of work, just the muscles in my head alone hurt somethin’ awful.
KD: Maybe those muscles are being used for the wrong stuff.
F: I can tell you, I’m not using mine for that, got too much love in me.
KD: Well, let’s get it out, world needs it.
GAMES MIRRORING LIFE...
Morning Uppers and Downers,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Duffy, what the…
Duffy: IKR, check out this swing.
KD: Oh, you think your swing beats mine.
D: Dude, I’ve seen you swing, you need to keep that arm in.
KD: I know, there’s a lot to remember, but I did get a birdie.
D: Saw that…You keep going, you’ll get there.
KD: It’s a lot of ups and downs…
D: Another game mirroring life.
SETTING THE CONDITIONS, DOING THE DEED
Ken-Dogger: Hey guys, looks a little crowded in there...
Bruiser: Sure is, but we like how you carry us
Cruiser: We DO, saves our energy so we have more for play time
KD: Dude, it's not all play time you know, there are things to learn
Doozer: Like what?
1/2
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
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