KEEP ON RUNNING

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Ken-Dogger: Whoa Benji, where’s the fire?
Benji: There’s no fire, I’m running and exercising.
KD: Keeps you in shape and makes you strong.
B: It gives me balance.
KD: Balance from exercising?
B: Dude, we’re part mental, part physical, we need to balance the two.
KD: Yes, we do…maybe that’s our trouble now, too much mental.
B: Dude, that’s why I run…

FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION

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Owner: "Come on buddy, you got this, you're sitting, this is sitting, good boy..."

Hogarth: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, keep it up...This training thingy goes both ways ya know, you REALLY wanna do this?"

Hey Balancers,

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Ken-Dogger: Don’t give me that look Clarice
Clarice: My, my, my, how’s your boo-boo?
KD: It’s comin’ along…talk about leaving it on the road
C: Stop, almost spit my coffee Bro…What do you think it was?
KD: I was pushing myself and I went too far and I took a spill. Mikster has me in training timeout for my own good.
C: Balance in all things, you know that.
KD: I do, and sometimes the journey gives us reminders.
C: The journey gives us signs, up to us to read ‘em.

LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON

Morning Peeps,

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Yeller, you playing already?
Yeller: That’s a fact Jack…I’m enjoying life
KD: Wow, what a concept, enjoyment…
Y: I’ve found I can abide by it.
KD: You can can you? It sure beats the alternative.
Y: IKR, what’s up with all this Anger Bro?
KD: Some peeps revel in it, and then they burst.
Y: Love and enjoyment never seem to burst, do they?
KD: Not in a bad way Buddy, not ever in a bad way.

Your Father's Son

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Ma: "Young man, you've got some explaining to do..."
Roscoe: "Ma, I was a helpless pawn..."
Ma: "Roscoe, it was a first date, how could you?"
Roscoe: "Ma, guess you might say I'm a member of the Shallow Resistance..."
Ma: "You are your father's son..."

IN LIFE, IT'S THE SMALL WONDERS...

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"Ma, this is incredible..."
"What's that Junior..."
"I've run all the way across this yard and I haven't stepped on my ears once..."
"Small wonders Junior, small wonders..."

OPEN SPACES

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Ken-Dogger: Uh Oh Beast, this doesn’t look good.
Beast: What? I’m looking stuff up.
KD: Like what exactly?
B: Use of adverbs in English, it’s overworked now.
KD: Well, they do provide emphasis to our words.
B: Yes, but they’ve also started diminishing arguments. We aren’t disturbed, we’re deeply disturbed. You just want to say ‘how deep was it?’
K: We’re in a world now where words are more salad than substance.
B: Yep, words just fill the open spaces now.

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Scratch
Scratch: Remember Plastics my boy…
KD: Come again…
S: I was just remembering The Graduate. You know, encouraging Ben to go into plastics.
KD: Yes, that was the new hope, wasn’t it? We didn’t handle the waste issue well.
S: I was just thinking of that relative to our water, you know, like keeping a supply.
KD: It’s up to innovation at this point, we blew past nature’s fixes.
S: Let’s get to innovating…
KD: We will, once we release the shackles of the past.

LET'S STAY TOGETHER, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S STAY TOGETHER, NOW, NOW PEOPLE

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"You guys cut it out, you're always lovey-dovey, damn, you're brother and sister..."

"We know, this is what we are...family..."

"Until someone breaks us apart..."

BALANCING...

Morning Balancers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Snoop
Snoop: Got a question…Balance, it covers a lot right?
KD: Not sure I get what you’re asking?
S: Well, climate is heat in versus heat out and now peeps are saying we have an Earth energy imbalance.
KD: Yes, that’s true….
S: So we need to get back in balance, just like in eating, just like in activity, just like in emotional energy.
KD: Pretty much…
S: Okay, I’m getting in tune with this balance thing then.
KD: Hope more do…

GET YOURSELF A CUDDLING BUCK

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Buck, oh, sorry, didn’t realize you were still sleeping.
Buck: zzz
KD: So nice to cuddle in bed huh? Not sure why I’m asking you a question while you’re sleeping. So glad you’re comfortable in your surroundings. Maybe, if we keep working for more justice and more equality in America, more peeps will get comfortable.
Buck: zzz
KD: We can do this; we just build a little more comfort each step of the way. Keep on cuddling Buck.

CENSORSHIP...EVEN IN THE ANIMAL WORLD

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"Ken-dogger, did I hear you say STATE FAIR?"

"Dude, it's not for another month, and to tell you the truth, I think their dog acts are booked..."

"Ken, dude, CENSORSHIP, all my life, CENSORSHIP..."

"Dude, tell it..."

MANDE LANGUAGE

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Mandingo, what up?
Mandingo: It’s Juneteenth Bro, a day of joy…a celebration of freedom
KD: Yes, it is, took two years to spread the word.
M: But wait, why am I called Mandingo?
KD: Well, since you have black and white on you, I thought I’d honor the Mande language.
M: Wow, how’d you know that?
KD: Looked it up, amazing what you find when you open your mind.

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Ken-Dogger: Happy Juneteenth
Snoop: Is that how you say it? It’s a Happy Day.
KD: It is…it’s when Freedom become real for many formerly enslaved.
S: It’s important we commemorate days like these.
KD: Yes, it is, and also important we remember the struggle of many to make it happen.
S: Took a Civil War didn’t it?
KD: Actually, the War was an event, it was the movement which made it happen.
S: We need more movements…
KD: Let’s celebrate what has been achieved and build for more.

INTERVENTIONS, THEY COME IN PHASES

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"Dude, she said stop barking..."
"I was gonna stop, could you let go?"
"Dude, it's called Level II intervention...don't make me go to III..."

FROM 2020, WHEN CORNERED

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Amari, I got you now.
Amari: You do, I’m caught, you’ve got me in this corner, I’m giving up.
KD: Come on Amari, you used to fight better than this.
A: I just can’t deal with the weight of it anymore. And throwing your hands up in defeat is so easy to do.
KD: You’re right, we’ll pass 120,000 American dead today and our hands are up too.
A: Guess we’re all gonna be cornered.
KD: ‘Bout the size of it, Amari, ‘bout the size of it.

FOR THE COLLECTIVE SAVE

Morning Global Savers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Koufax, you’re lookin’ worried
Koufax: Dude, this heat…record-breaking
KD: And now they’re shutting down a hydroelectric plant in California
K: Why’s that?
KD: Low water levels, we’re in a drought too…
K: Sheesh, we’re getting into survival mode aren’t we?
KD: We better, the issue is do others see it as survival.
K: Hope so, hope it brings us together for a collective save.
KD: I do too, Koufax, seriously…

DUDES, THEY'RE ALWAYS LAYING TRAPS FOR US...

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"Brutus, come on, I can handle it...Does that dot make my ass look bigger?"

"Dude, it's a trap, don't answer that..."

SIZE...THE LAST FRONTIER

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Ken-Dogger: That’s a good boy Roscoe, great catch
Roscoe: I’m really getting good, aren’t I?
KD: You are, we might be headed to the minors soon.
R: Minors?
KD: Yep, fans will be looking for something to replace local baseball.
R: And you think Dogs catching Frisbees is gonna catch on?
KD: Well, we’re going to need activities which don’t require high fan attendance nor athletes who require adulation.
R: Cool, I gotta develop my touchdown celebration.
KD: Yep, sports imitate life…

MAKE SOMETHING OF YOUR LIFE...

Morning Reflecting Ones,

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Ken-Dogger: What up Pepper?
Pepper: The changing of moonlight to sunlight, reflecting on my life…
KD: Whoa Pep, pretty heavy this AM
P: The greetings of peeps in trouble fill my mind
KD: There is so much sorrow, and sad tomorrows
P: Bro, why I’m reflectin’…I’m changing, changin’ everything
KD: We’ve had a year to reflect.
P: Up to Us to make something of it then.