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
PEACEFULLY COEXISTING...IF WE LET IT.
Morning FOK (Friends of Ken)
Ken-Dogger: Hey Yeller, what’s up?
Yeller: Dude, new season…
Basketball is done.
KD: No, we still got the Pros, oh, I see your point.
Y: Time to move on to Summer Fun…
KD: No gloves?
Y: We’re goin’ Old School Bro…
KD: Baseball is Life Yeller, the Game teaches so much.
Y: Does it teach Peaceful Coexistence because we need that?
KD: It will if we let it, but you gotta let it.
WE'RE STUCK IN THE TWO STEPS AND PLOP PHASE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, you watching Daddy work?
Roscoe: Yep, it's hurtin' my eyes
KD: This activity is? You'll get used to it as you get older
R: I'm growing into that?
KD: Well, not exactly, but there will be things for you to do...
R: Could it wait until I get beyond the two steps and plop part of development
KD: We can wait...
R: Sheesh, milestones are there so development can happen....humans always want to speed things up.
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: I know Willie, they didn’t do it.
Willie: Yep, The Zags had no zig.
KD: Sad really, lost a perfect season. Hopefully, the team remembers the season and not just this game.
W: Sentimentally, Gonzaga had our hearts.
KD: Yes, and now some hearts hurt while others exult.
W: It’s gonna be about picking up the pieces now.
KD: Always is Willie, always is…
ANOTHER CAITLIN EFFECT
Morning again Ballers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jabbar
Jabbar: Big game tonight, will Bears or Zags prevail?
KD: Sentimentally, I’d like to see Zags complete a perfect season.
J: Same here, but I want a stellar game, like the Women yesterday.
KD: Women put it to the NCAA in how they played.
J: They don’t take a back seat to anyone.
KD: NCAA found out, when you suppress, you fail to progress.
J: Let’s hope Women get their just dues.
SOMETIMES, IT'S THE WATCHING WHAT DOES YOU IN
Ken-Dogger: Chauncey, we got get up bro...
Chauncey: Yeah, I'm on it...
KD: Dude, it doesn't look like you're on it
C: You threw me off today, you never sleep till 6 am
KD: I know right, what happened?
C: You must have needed it Dude
KD: I must have, guess loading 90 bags of mulch will do that to ya
C: Dude, I'm hip, I got exhausted just watchin'...
CONTINUING YOUR FITNESS JOURNEY
Ken-Dogger: Well, HELLO Brutus…You’re looking motivated
Brutus: I gotta catch up…I saw you cranking out those pushups
KD: I DO like screwing with the young bucks, but your form?
B: I admit I need some refinement, that’s why I’m catching up.
KD: I’ll tell you a secret, you never catch up to someone else. You only continue your own journey.
B: Then what am I doing?
KD: Pushing to new limits for yourself, it’s what we all do.
MARCH...THE MONTH OF MADNESS
Ken-Dogger: Some games huh Mr. Happy?
Mr. Happy: Sheesh, second one was a nail-biter.
KD: And last second shot, Coach said he knew…
MH: It’s March, it’s Madness…No wait, it’s April
KD: Women’s game today, then Men’s tomorrow…
MH: And this AZ Coach is rather saucy…
KD: You don’t get to this level taking a back seat.
MH: Just a shame there are losers here, they’ve won so much.
KD: That’s why it’s Madness Mr. Happy…
WHEN WE LIVE TOGETHER, IT'S UP TO ALL OF US...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chas, what’s going on?
Chas: Dude, sheltering-in-place…We’re all doing it.
KD: No…we ARE NOT, that’s part of the problem.
Chas: Okay, I’m doing my part, up to authority to police the rest.
KD: It is, and they’re up to the task to maintain order. So why the extra gear?
C: Just in case they’re not up to the challenge.
KD: It’s not up to just them, it’s up to all of us.
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...
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