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
Pups Memory
Morning happy peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Hector
Hector: Hey, What’s the name of the game?
KD: Wha…?
H: I just wanna know, is it the sound of my voice and my smile?
KD: I’ve gotta feeling you’re giving me no choice on this.
H: My smile or the sound of my voice?
KD: It’s both Hector, the name of the game is love…
H: Well shucks, got scads of that…Hope you feel the same way too.
MUSKRAT LOVE...It works ya
Ken-Dogger: Well Sam, looks like you did the town last night and did it right
Sam: I did Dude, Susie and I did the jitterbug down at Muskrat Land and we shimmied too
KD: And you whirled and you twirled and you tangoed
S: Yes, it felt like Muskrat Love...
KD: Did you ask Susie to please be your missus?
S: Dude, I did, she said yes, why do you think I'm played out?
KD: Love works ya dude, it just works ya...
Remembering Joan A
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Muffer, you look pensive.
Muffer: I am not in love, but I’m open to persuasion, East or West, where’s the best for romancing?
KD: Not sure, wow last night special?
M: She took me dancing, cross the floor, cheek to cheek…
KD: Bet you really moved, and really danced
M: Did Bro, she sang me a love song with a little dedication…
KD: Once more with feeling…
M: Love and Affection, bro…
(Homage to Joan Armatrading)
You WILL get off the treadmill eventually
Morning Workers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Peaches, you ready to face the day?
Peaches: Naw…I’m still moseying around
KD: It’s a long weekend for many…
P: What’s that?
KD: They are times when the weekend is more than two days.
P: Maybe we should go back to defining a weekend.
KD: We’re retired, we can designate the day anyway we choose.
P: Is this a prelude to Heaven?
KD: Not sure, but it sure beats staying on the treadmill.
The Story Lines remain the same... A PM
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Edgar
Edgar: Hey Dogger, there’s a lot of shite happenin’ now
KD: IKR, Ukraine, Ottawa, IOC…it’s crazy
E: All that is going on?
KD: Yep, right under our noses…All this turmoil and angst
E: But that’s not what is bothering me.
KD: Well then, what is it?
E: Kim and Kanye, are they going to get along now?
KD: …and you know, there will be some who will treat that as the Story of the Day.
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Midnite, you all ready?
Midnite: Practicing my verses…I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
KD: Oh, going for the tried and true, I like it
M: You know I love you, I always will, my minds made up by the way I feel, there’s no beginning, there’ll be no end, and on my love you can depend
KD: You got it down, who’s the lucky lady…
M: Not sure, wanted to get my rap down first, then I thought I’d search
KD: It’s today, Midnite, it’s today…
Morning Peeps,
A V-Day PM
Happy V-Day Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Lolita, that’s a look…
Lolita: It’s V-Day, got my roses on…
KD: It is that, time to let those you love know you love ‘em.
L: So what’s it gonna be boy?
KD: Do you mean how am I gonna celebrate it?
L: Exactly…
KD: Well, I’m going to shower her with love and affection…
L: So, you’re soap?
KD: No, I’m a boy standing in front of a girl telling them you love ‘em.
L: Wow, a LOVE DAY, we need lots more of ‘em.
Pups memory
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rollo
Rollo: Can we lay up today?
KD: Lay up?
R: Well, I mean, can we take a break today from the training?
KD: I guess we can, am I runnin’ you ragged?
R: It’s just after you mass all this practice, you gotta distribute it a little.
KD: You reading the research on training?
R: Naw, I just learning more of your trigger words.
KD: Ok, today’s a Lay Up Day…
Pups memory
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Olaf
Olaf: Dude, I was snickering, they think you’re intense.
KD: Where?
O: Those guys you work with at the resort, they say you’re too intense when you work.
KD: Really, I’ve only learned to work one way…110%, Army did that to me.
O: It’s not a bad problem, but throw in some chill…
KD: I can chill, it’s just finding that right balance.
O: Bro, life keeps throwing you storylines, it’s up to you to cast it correctly.
Ken-Dogger: Guys, one at a time, how do you think I can make out what you want?
Phil: You listen to us...
KD: But if you're both barkin' at the same time...
Jill: What? You can't keep track?
KD: I can keep track, but normally one person speaks, then the other speaks...
P: We've been watching you peeps lately, everybody's talkin' at once too...
KD: That's true, listening occupies less of the public space anymore
J: Hey Phil, glad we're pups bro, glad we're pups...
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Clyde, you better be careful…
Clyde: Shucks, almost there…
KD: Hey, weren’t there more cookies here?
C: Dude, I DO have to say I’m sorry for not doing more to stop myself.
KD: How noble of you after the fact…
C: Hey, It’s working for the Astros, it’s working for World Leaders
KD: You mean cheating and then asking for forgiveness
C: Yea, funny how remorse works after you’re caught…
Pups memory
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Don’t start Mowgli…
Mowgli: You see my quandary.
KD: You don’t like your Buddy?
M: Is this some sick joke? Is this my mini-me?
KD: No, just wanted you to have company when we leave you home.
M: Dude, get me real company or I’m coming with you.
KD: Feel the same way Mowgli, plush toys are for show.
M: And you know me, I’m for Go, Go, Go…
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Crusoe, what’s going on?
Crusoe: I heard complaints
KD: Complaints?
C: Yes, peeps fussing about how I act and do things, they can go pound…
KD: Whoa boy, so you’re gonna talk with them about it?
C: Yep, I’m gonna talk alright…see this here?
KD: Yep, why the gun?
C: Emphasis, bro, emphasis…
Morning Achievers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Nikita, you running?
Nikita: I am Bro, doing what you do.
KD: And what is that?
N: You practice, you develop your skill.
KD: Well, it’s achieving mastery; I always thought if you’re going to do something, do it well.
N: Well…hence my running, I want competence.
KD: We set a goal and we work a plan, and we achieve competence.
N: Hey, I’m already seeing growth and improvement.
KD: When you set upon the right course, good stuff happens.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Killer, What we got going on here?
Killer: I’m looking for a Man who calls himself Bucho.
KD: Bucho? What’s with the guitar?
K: Dude, It’s easier to pull the trigger than to play guitar, easier to destroy than create.
KD: So the guitar’s a decoy?
K: Yes, destruction often comes packaged as goodness.
KD: Yes, it does, and we often don’t know its goodness until after the destruction starts.
K: My challenge becomes yours…finding the goodness before the destruction.
Gerry?
Gerry?
Gerry Mander?
Morning Voters,
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Petie?
Petie: Morning Bro, I’m looking for Gerry…
KD: Gerry, who’s Gerry?
P: Gerry Mander, you know, that kid whose shape keeps changing.
KD: Oh, that Gerry…You think it’s a person?
P: I don’t know what it is?
KD: Well, suffice it to say, it’s what both political parties do to negate voting.
P: But I thought this was a democracy and voting counted for something.
KD: So did most of the rest of us Petie…
ARE WE THE DAMNED TOO
Ken-Dogger: What up Vito, you ready for the weather?
Vito: Yea, let’s get on with it…
KD: Thought you liked the rain and getting ready for it…
V: Dude, I’m damned if I do, and damned if I don’t
KD: How so?
V: Gets my paws all yucky, but I gotta go out there to relieve myself, see the quandary?
KD: Damn, I see your predicament…
V: Guess I’m damned…
KD: Aren’t we all, bro, aren’t we all…
Pups Memory
Morning Huggables,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Scratch, why the look?
Scratch: Dude, your morning routine…it cracks me up
KD: What about it?
S: Well, you never stretch like I do, and you aren’t picking up on the clues.
KD: What clues?
S: You see this face, this is my HUG face, it means HUG ME.
KD: Oh, and this is distinguished from other faces?
S: Not particularly, if in doubt, just HUG ME.
KD: Is this the start of #hugs4peace?
S: Oh Boy, what have I wrought?
NEEDS
Morning Fellow Rascals,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rascal, you ready to do more rascal stuff…
Rascal: Dogger…Hey, why did I get the name Rascal?
KD: You’re a sheepadoodle Buddy, I didn’t want you to be a meek doodler.
R: WTH, what’s that?
KD: It’s something I didn’t want you to be.
R: So naming trumps genetics?
KD: No…But that’s why I was preppin’ you for doing rascal stuff.
R: And whose needs are we dealing with?
LATE ARRIVALS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bella, what ya looking at…
Bella: You Bro, seein’ if you’re up.
KD: I did sleep well over time, didn’t I?
B: Dude, even the Mikster was up…It was freakin’ me out.
KD: Messed up your routine, huh?
B: Not just that Bro, she’s got a head start on the day.
KD: Oh my, we ARE in a pickle.
B: Buckle in Dogger, the ride has begun.
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