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
YOU ASK ME HOW HE KNOWS HE KNOWS
Ken-Dogger: I know Tito, creeps me out too.
Tito: Why, just why?
KD: Come on, humor the Mrs., She wanted you to enjoy today.
T: But creeping me out with this…This is Easter?
KD: No, this is commercialized Easter. All we got since we can’t come together and worship.
T: So what.
KD: Well, peeps might ask how you think God knows our devotion if we don’t come together
T: He knows, he knows it’s within our hearts.
IN SEARCH OF CLOSER MISSES
Morning Close Missers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Duffer, you look tired?
Duffer: KD, this driving is taxing.
KD: IKR, and I’m out here trying to hit a hole.
D: It looks easy on TV, why are you struggling?
KD: Well, those Pros on TV don’t show you their struggles.
D: They miss putts just like you do consistently.
KD: Steady…But their misses are closer.
D: So that’s what practice does, gives us closer misses.
KD: Sometimes Duffer, that’s all you get.
DOING THE SAFETY DANCE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Brucie and Juicy Lucy, what’s up Brucie?
Brucie: I’m laying something on Juicy here…
KD: Already this morning?
B: Dude, get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about safety
KD: Oh, do tell
B: I was reminding her about where it’s safe to place her tongue…
Lucy: Yea, so butt out…We’re doing the safety dance
B: Trouble is until you can guarantee more are safe, we aren’t traveling far.
KD: Neither am I Brucie, neither am I.
STANDING TALL, FOR SELF AND OTHERS
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Cato, what are you doing?
Cato: Standing tall Dude…
KD: Yes, but why?
C: I see you standing at the crossroads Bro, not knowing which path to follow.
KD: I know which path, it’s the one which methodically gets us through.
C: So now you know why I’m standing, I’ll stand by you.
KD: And I’ll stand by you, won’t let nobody hurt you.
C: That’s the spirit, even in our darkest hour, Standing Tall…
Ken-Dogger: Morning Kit, it was bound to happen.
Kit: I knew it when that sewing machine came out, what are you getting?
KD: Mikster is making me CV protection.
K: Am I to assume that’s what this is?
KD: Not exactly, she’s following a pattern for my stuff
K: I like it when peeps follow patterns, it gives predictability.
KD: True Kit, and it reminds us of order in our world.
K: We need order, now most particularly
KD: Another reason to bring back Home Ec, bringing order to chaos.
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?
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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