SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO GROW THROUGH

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Ken-Dogger: Aww, it’s nice to get out and walk, hey Beto…
Beto: Jury’s still out…
KD: What do you mean? It’s a glorious day…
B: The day is cool, wasn’t talkin’ ‘bout that…
KD: Well, what then?
B: Textures bro, textures…
KD: Textures?
B: Dude, this wetness, these overnight webs…other dogs’ droppings, it’s enough to…
KD: Okay, okay, okay…Booties?
B: Naw, I’m gonna tough it out, some things you just gotta grow through.

Morning Life Lovers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Yeyo, you singing?
Yeyo: Love is all around us, and so the feeling grows…
KD: That’s odd
Y: What, love being all around?
KD: Yep, there’s so much death now, and now the kids.
Y: That’s why I’m singing about LOVE, it must be LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
KD: If it were abuse, the Government would step in, so it can’t be abuse.
Y: It must be LOVE harming these kids then…
KD: LOVE isn’t supposed to kill, but that’s in a LOGICAL WORLD.

BLESSINGS

Morning Peeps...Count Your Blessings

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Ken-Dogger: What’s up JR?
JR: Just wondering, am I blessed?
KD: Wow, heavy stuff for a Sunday…Let’s see, you’re merciful, you’re pure of heart, and you’re a peacemaker, the big 3.
JR: I feel it but sometimes I also feel cursed.
KD: Jesus himself said, “Every tree is known by its’ own fruit.”
JR: So, I’m a cherry?
KD: No Silly, it’s what you give…
and you give mountains.
JR: I’m blessed…

EVERYONE SEEKS BALANCE, EVEN THE ANIMALS THE IMMIGRANTS EAT

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Ralph, what the…
Ralph: What?
KD: What’s up with the suitcase my buddy?
R: I’m out of here, going where I get attended to…
KD: What do you mean? We attend to you, you’re fed, walked, and loved.
R: But you are buying new stuff, going to new places, things are changin’.
KD: Yes, they are…So you want more love?
R: I just want balance Bro…
KD: Don’t we all Ralph, don’t we all.

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Chief, thanks for coming with me.
Chief: Solemn times Bro…Remembering the Fallen.
KD: Yes, 9/11…23 Years later, took a while for the full tally.
C: Full Tally?
KD: Americans tragically died that day, but the lingering effects of the attack weren’t all felt then.
C: So, we’re still experiencing them?
KD: That attack confronted our values, it split us, and we divided.
C: So, the effects might stop?
KD: When America values peeps over money and things, they might.

OBSTACLES...YOU OVERCOME 'EM

Morning Overcomers,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Donner, what ya doing?
Donner: Dude, I’m staying out of the way…You peeps have been wild
KD: Come on Donner, we haven’t been that cray-cray.
D: I’ve never seen so many wheels go in so many directions.
KD: The independent suspension does make driving over rock easier.
D: It did seem like there were no obstacles…
KD: There were, we just maneuvered successfully
D: Maybe more peeps just drive side-by-sides

PUPS SAY THE DARNEST THINGS...

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Ken-Dogger: Bello, what are you doing?
Bello: I’m practicing…
KD: And just what are you practicing?
B: Politicking…”Un-American; Stupid; Sleepy; Creepy.”
KD: That’s not politicking, that’s name-calling.
B: Tell that to the Pols…They keep it going.
KD: Naw, tell it to the People, they allow it to happen.

WHO DAT?

Morning Do-Bees,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Clifford, you’re looking a little beat.
Clifford: Dude, this pace…How do you keep it up.
KD: Well, you just put one foot in front of the other.
C: So, what’s up today?
KD: UTV West Rim Tour with one of our fave guides, Hope.
C: I thought you called her ‘Katie’?
KD: I did, she looks like a Katie…
C: You look beat, should I call you Beater?
KD: Okay, Hope it is…that springs eternal.
C: Enjoy the day…

FROM OUR LABORS

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Jinxie, just what are you doing?
Jinxie: Dude, I’m workin’ here…
KD: But, It’s Labor Day, a work holiday.
J: A work holiday, what’s that?
KD: A day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers.
J: That’s why I’m working…
KD: Why?
J: In America, we don’t really celebrate that anymore, we only celebrate the winnings of a few.
KD: You’re right, go ahead, work on…

MORE COWBELL

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Ken-Dogger: What's up Domino?
Domino: Time is the essence, Time is the season, Time ain't no reason, Got no time to slow
KD: Dig It
Domino: Time everlasting. Time to play b-sides, Time ain't on my side, Time I'll never know
KD: Dude, Burn out the day, Burn out the night, I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong or what's right
Domino: I've seen signs of what freezing their eyes went through
KD: More Cowbell

VETERANS ARE WINNERS

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Chesty, why the look?
Chesty: Worried about you bro…
KD: Really, why?
C: Well, he called your brothers-in-arms losers and suckers.
KD: I heard that, pretty rich coming from a draft-dodger, but it’s sad.
C: What do people get from name-calling?
KD: Guess it makes them feel better than someone else…
C: Name-calling is for LOSERS…
KD: I’m a VETERAN, that’s a winner’s name in any country.

Morning Peeps,

WHEN DIXIEE ROAMED THE WEST...

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Ken-Dogger: Dixiee, what you doing bothering me this early?
Dixiee: Hungry, Bro…
KD: But I usually just take you out and you go back with your momma.
D: I hate being predictable.
KD: Oh, you do, do you? Well, routines help build habits.
D: Dude, I’m 12…I did habits, I’m breaking new ground.
KD: Not sure the West is ready for that…
D: Get ready World, Dixiee Breaks is coming yo way…

GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'

Morning,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Moochie, you singing?
Moochie: (War) h'uh, Yeah!, (What is it good for?), Absolutely (nothin) uh-huh
KD: You watchin’ Rush Hour again, don’t you love those bloopers?
M: No Dude, I’m sending a message...War ain't good
KD: What’s that?
M: We need to press Edwin Starr’s War in all languages, maybe peeps will get it then.
KD: We’re going to have to focus on commerce for peace and good.
M: I hear that, I’m pressin’ records here.

ADAPTATION = STAYING ALIVE

Morning Adaptors and Adjustors,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Snoop
Snoop: Yo Dog, how you doing with the plants?
KD: Huh, not sure what you mean?
S: Well, you’re in a new environment, more heat, less water, are the plants thriving?
KD: They’re adapting, and we’re adjusting spaces. Full-sun plants are often not full-sun plants here.
S: Adaptation and adjustments…
KD: It’s what keeps us all alive.

THE ROAD, SOMETIMES...GETS STRETCHED

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Bopsie: Two of us wearing raincoats, Standing solo in the sun
Mopsie: You and me chasing paper, Getting nowhere on our way back home, We're on our way back home, We're on our way home
Bopsie: We're going home???
Mopsie: You and I have memories, Longer than that road that stretches out ahead, and if you don't start remembering more, that road home will keep stretchin...Feel me, playa
Bopsie: Feelin' ya, girl...

NOW MORE THAN EVER...STAY THE COURSE

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Max, good boy…
Max: I got a good boy already, what did I do?
KD: You’re finding your way, you’re looking out for obstacles…but you’re finding your way.
M: Yes, I’m staying the course…
KD: That’s right, wish peeps would learn from you…there may be obstacles, but you need to stay the course.
M: Instead of being the first one to jump off or seek advantage?
KD: Yes, stay the course for all of us, not just some…

SPECIAL EDITION #pups4peace

Dog trivia

National Dog Day may be a (fake) US holiday, but love for dogs—and breeding them—is an international phenomenon.

We’ll give you a breed, and you have to name the country it originated from.

Akita
Corgi
Great Dane
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Samoyed
Dalmatian
Pug

s: Morning Brew

LIMITS???

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Boris, I see you’re ready to help.
Boris: We entered a new zone yesterday.
KD: A new Zone?
B: Dude, you put together that equipment base all by yourself.
KD: After the NordicTrack, I didn’t have the heart to ask the Mikster for assistance.
B: …and She wasn’t coming out to help anyway.
KD: Yes, well that…And I’m seeing some limits to my learned helplessness.
B: Good thing you picked the easier task.
KD: Dude, balance in all things…balance in all things.

SEASON OF LOVE?

Morning Colorful Ones,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Wally
Wally: Get down on it, if you really feel it
KD: Wha…Kool & The Gang this morning
W: Dude, tryin’ to get my groove on…It’s the season for Procreation.
KD: Well, damn, let’s get down on it then.
W: If you want me off this wall, I need more color. I gotta stand out.
KD: We could all use some more color in our lives.
W: And dancin’, we need more dancin’…Groove is comin’.
KD: Groove on Wally, let the season flourish.

THEY ALWAYS WANT THE INTUITIVE ONES

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Scruffy: Lean on me, when you're not strong, And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on...
Muffy: For it won't be long, Till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on...
Scruffy: Please swallow your pride, If I have things you need to borrow, For no one can fill those of your needs, That you don't let show
Muffy: Dude, I thought you were more intuitive...