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
SPREAD 'EM OUT
"Ma, I get this whole acculturation thing and this puppy training, I think I now understand why holidays are spread out."
"Ma, how are we doing on seltzer water?"
There ARE Many...
Morning Seekers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Melo what’s up?
Melo: They call me Melo Yellow, quite rightly
KD: A little Donovan this morning…
M: Blasting out my pipes yo…And what is an Electrical Banana?
KD: It blasts out pipes too…
M: Wha?
KD: Apparently, this was a reference for a vibrator.
M: A what?
KD: A pleasure tool…
M: I thought I was a pleasure tool.
KD: There are many…
From 2020...WE STILL NEED AN INTERDEPENDENCE DAY
Ken-Dogger: Morning Cleo, all ready for Independence Day?
Cleo: You know it Bro, the parade, the picnic, the celebrations, the fireworks…
KD: But they have all been cancelled.
C: Wha? You mean peeps can’t get together?
KD: Yep, seems Americans don’t like following rules anymore.
C: Oh, the Freedom without Responsibility Movement continues…
KD: Yes, it does, maybe we should have called this INTERDEPENDENCE DAY.
JUST KEEP STROKIN' IT...
In times like we are now experiencing daily in America, we all just need a hug and some strokin'...
I'm strokin' to the right, I'm strokin' to the left, I'm strokin' to the one I love the best...
I'm strokin'...
REMEMBERING WHEN WE LEANED ON EACH OTHER...FOR SUPPORT
Well, we all need someone we can lean on, and if you want it babe, well you can lean on me...
NEIGHBORS??
Ken-Dogger: Morning Max, you ready for a walk?
Max: Yes Dogger, see my neighborhood…
KD: It’s nice to check up on your neighbors, keep track of your surroundings.
M: Yep, and a lot more peeps home now.
KD: We’re retreating to safe spaces and places, our neighborhoods.
M: Will you all try this reopening thing again?
KD: Most definitely, but perhaps we’ll get it right when we treat everywhere as our neighborhood.
M: That’s cool, won’t you be my neighbor…
WORDS HAVE MEANINGS, SOMETIMES...MORE THAN ONE
"Dude, stop it, I'm your sister..."
"I know that, I was using you as a test strip..."
"A Test Strip?"
"Yes, Dad was watching this channel, por-something I think, and this dude had this exact signature move...He said, let's test this and strip...I was just shortenin' the process..."
Ken-Dogger: Morning Kevin, strike a pose.
Kevin: Just stop, you know what I’m doing.
KD: I think I do, but fill me in.
K: I’m waiting for my sustenance.
KD: Oh, you depend on me for sustenance, don’t you?
K: I do, it’s a complementary cycle, we need each other to make it.
KD: When I help you live, it helps me live, from the joy.
K: Not sure why helping joy doesn’t fill the world.
KD: Peeps think they can do it alone Kevin.
K: The world is nothing if it is not interdependent.
STAYING WET
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Butkus, get in here…
Butkus: (he just looks over…)
KD: Come on Boy, get out of the storm.
B: (Looks my way and starts walking inside, gets to house)
KD: Let me get you dry, what were you doing just sitting there?
B: Feeling HUMAN…
KD: Huh…
B: You guys are in a storm, and you don’t know when it will let up…So I was seeing how it felt to stay wet.
KD: Wetness reigns…
STILL AFTER THIS?
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Napoleon?
Napoleon: Did you hear about that 200-foot section of Pictured Rocks Cliff falling into Lake Superior?
KD: Not until now…Cliffs are sandstone, they are always eroding, this stuff happens
N: It is getting damn hard to know what natural occurrence is anymore.
KD: We are going to need to figure it out.
N: You humans have great problem-solving skills.
KD: If solving problems is what you are after…
N: That is what we need to figure out.
WILL HOPE AND ACTION KEEP WINNING THE DAY?
Dharma: Hey Bro, just waiting for you to get up.
Ken-Dogger: Whoa, you been up for a while?
D: Yes, I’m been pondering…
KD: Pondering? Do tell…
D: This whole black and white thing…what gives?
KD: Seems it easier to hurt than to help, peeps see differences as weaknesses.
D: So much potential, it’s just sad…
KD: It takes messages of hope and action…nothing less.
D: Let’s see if you guys are up to it.
SOME THINGS...YES, YOU'LL JUST KNOW
Ma: "Brutus, stop it, stop it right now..."
Brutus: "Stop what?"
Ma: "You know what, that shit-eatin' grin, REALLY?"
Brutus: "Ma, just call me the Joker, I had it made permanent..."
Ma: "But how will I know when you're upset?"
Brutus: "You'll know, believe me, you'll know..."
Morning Supporting Supporters,
Ken-Dogger: That’s right Checkoff, you’re getting it.
Checkoff: And this is how I’m supposed to get around?
KD: Well, that and running.
C: I’ll learn how to run too, that’s cool…and I’ll get there.
KD: Wow, you’re pretty stoked this AM, what gives?
C: Support…
KD: Tell me more…
C: When you’re supported, you can take more risks and you can grow.
KD: Sounds like we need to pass this on to others…
C: When peeps start to look, they will see…
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
Morning Life Cyclers,
Lahtay: Hey Dogger, what’s a cycle?
Ken-Dogger: You mean to ride?
L: Naw, you were talking the other day about completing your first cycle.
KD: Oh yes, it’s a series of events regularly completed in the same order, like months of the year.
L: So, you’re figuring out what the year gives you?
KD: Yep, what we can grow and what we can discard.
L: Adjustments?
KD: The true ongoing cycle, life is a series of adjustments.
Morning Healers and Perspective-takers,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Terry, What?
Terry: Dude, this sittin’ around, what is becoming of you?
KD: I’m doing some healing and something else.
T: All ears, they’re darn cute ears I might add, but all ears Bro…
KD: Doing some perspective-taking on my training.
T: Like being injury-free?
KD: Impossible standard, but assessing risks better is not.
T: Worthy goal Bro, worthy goal…
KD: Small steps Terry, small steps...
PROVIDING COMFORT...IT'S A CHOICE
"Hey, Clyde.."
"You know Bowser, sometimes you're more than a brother, sometimes you're my pillow..."
"Clyde, I'll always be your bro, and your comfort when you need it, it's what Jesus would
have me do..."
"Bowser, you know it dude...providing comfort is a choice"
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bruno, why the sad look?
Bruno: Dude, I am tired, no, very tired of hunkering down.
KD: Me too, we’re trying to go through phases but peeps aren’t listening.
B: It’s that great American spirit of rugged individualism…
KD: But getting over this pandemic will take unity, not individualism.
B: We’re going to be hunkered down longer aren’t we?
KD: Yep, but some peeps will have great tans in those ventilators won’t they?
B: Even near death, peeps value looks over life.
THE LIBRARY...ADVENTURES BEGIN
Theo: Dude, what can I get into today?
Ken-Dogger: What do you seek?
T: Adventure Bro, I gotta explore
KD: There are all sorts of adventures, can you tell me more about what type of activity?
T: Well, I’m not sure, I wanna run and jump and climb and run some more.
KD: Sounds like we need to focus.
T: That would be good, let’s go focus.
KD: How ‘bout we go to a Library, an adventure to find adventures.
T: Let’s go, let the Library adventures begin.
Ken-Dogger: What up Brutus
Brutus: Dude, what the heck is a WILD TANGENT?
KD: It's kinda veering off in a strange direction, why do you ask?
B: Something about @Alfred and something that Jman @th3j35t3r don't want you to do.
KD: I think it has to do with coding...
B: So, it's just something that helps the Dude keeps this place in order?
KD: Yep, Jman's a freak on Order...
B: We should all be...
THE LINEUP PROVED DEFINITIVE
#pups4peace
Officer: "Ma'am, is this your crew?
Ma'am: "Why yes they are sir, why do you ask?"
Officer: "Ma'am, it seems there was a ruckus down at Kelly's Tap Room, and your pups were seen there..."
Ma'am: "See for yourself..."
Officer: "How 'bout I talk with the 2nd from the right..."
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