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
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, some baseball last night huh?
Roscoe: Eh, I was struck by something different.
KD: Okay, I’m waiting…what?
R: Well, they were talking about low batting averages, and then the dude said, we’re 16 games in…To a 162-game season.
KD: Yes, about a 10th in…
R: And peeps are already screaming about teams or players underwhelming.
KD: Peeps always look for trends
R: Peeps need to extend their trendlines…We’re making mountains out of molehills.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, OPPORTUNITIES WERE MISSED
Ken-Dogger: Whoa Buster, you need to stand down…Now.
Buster: Chill Bro, haven’t done anything.
KD: We’re actually in a Stand-Down now.
B: Wha…?
KD: We’ve pulled America from operational status until we win this battle.
B: Oh, you mean Shelter-In-Place?
KD: Nope, it’s more, it’s a chance to think deeply about what we become?
B: That scares a lot of peeps.
KD: Tension creates more discovery than comfort, we’re working through it.
A Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Hey Fernando...oops, didn't realize you were still sleepin'....
Fernando: What Dude, I'm up now...
KD: Buddy, just wanted to tell you, it's raining outside now, can't take you out...
F: KD, not cool dude, not cool...
KD: Sometimes my exuberance gets the better of me...
F: I'm steppin' in places he won't want me to later...
REVISITING OLIGARCHIES
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bernie, what you lookin' for?
Bernie: Dude, the redacted Mueller Report...
KD: Don't think you'll find it there, it's getting released today, and I don't think you'll see that much print.
B: You mean, there's gonna be a lot of cross outs
KD: Apparently, in Today's America, you get to choose which crimes get exposed...
B: Wow, that happens for everyone?
KD: No, just the rich and powerful few...it's what we call an Oligarchic Democracy
STOP THE ARROWS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chewy, you all hunkered down this morning?
Chewy: Yep, too many arrows slinging…
KD: Meaning?
C: Peeps screaming on the right, peeps screaming on the left…It’s nasty
KD: Crises bring out the best and the worst in peeps.
C: So I’m going to hunker for a while.
KD: You may have that luxury, our Leaders don’t…We need careful, controlled action now.
C: Careful, controlled action? I’m gonna be hunkered down for a while aren’t I?
KD: Yep
Morning Peeps,
DON'T LET POWER CRUSH YOU
Ken-Dogger: Hey Clyde what’s your glide?
Clyde: I was just thinking about the women in Afghanistan.
KD: Oh, you mean Biden’s pullout?
C: Yep, gains of the last 20 years may be lost. So sad…
KD: What is sad is the subjugation, the ‘lording’ of one person over another.
C: What is so threatening about women?
KD: I’m not sure it’s the women, I think it’s more the fleeting stability of power.
C: Does seem like Power crushes…
KD: If you let it…
FALL GUYS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Attila, why are you at the window?
Attila: I was looking for someone…
KD: Did you find them?
A: Not yet, they don’t look like the usual suspects.
KD: Usual suspects?
A: Dude, you’re doing all this training and new routines, and I’m not fully getting it. Just thought it would be good to have a fall guy.
KD: Or you could simply accept that things aren’t going well, and change…
A: You thinking this is all on me?
KD: It is Attila, it is.
We ALL need some ME time
Ken-Dogger: Morning CC Ryder, what have you done?
CC Ryder: Dude, chill…I’m just getting your attention.
KD: What’s up Bud?
CCR: I need some ME time…
KD: ME Time?
CCR: Well, we’ve been lock downed, frankly, you’re getting on my nerves a tad.
KD: You know what, that’s a good point, we do need our own space at times.
CCR: That’s right, ME Time…And I’m tellin’ ya, this is more than a phase.
LIVE the life you are living
Ken-Dogger: Hey Georgi, what’s going on?
Georgi: Watching you do your breathing check dude.
KD: Hey, when the Health Professionals talk, I listen.
G: So how’d it go?
KD: Deep breathing checked, all systems a GO…
G: Good, hopefully you’re checking the RIGHT systems.
KD: Georgi, me too, but I think we’re going to find new systems.
G: New systems, new challenges…Sounds like a Dog’s Life…
KD: It’s the Life we’re living.
A Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Okay Moose, watch me again...
Moose: What am I watching for again?
KD: I'm walkin', I'm showing you the steps you take...
M: Dude, we've got a framing issue...
KD: Framing?
M: Yea Dude, how is a little guy gonna teach a big fella like me how to walk?
KD: You CAN learn a lot from following others.
M: Let me know when you get the life-size replicas for training,
Morning Peeps, good to remember
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cooper, why the sad face?
Cooper: I see the leash out, means more training
KD: Training is good for the soul
C: Dude, listen, I get the whole master-serf thing, but the repetition…
KD: We’re massing practice so you know what to do.
C: Oh, like the stay command, how ‘bout you teach this to humans.
KD: We didn’t have time before Stay orders were given.
C: In an emergency, you don’t have time, you just DO.
Salt n Pepa knows
Ken-Dogger: Morning Salt N Pepa, how goes it?
Salt N Pepa: Dude, it’s a Stormy Monday.
KD: Yes, and Tuesday’s gonna be just as bad, and The Eagle may not fly on Friday.
SNP: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me.
KD: Wha…You’re a Blues Singer now?
SNP: Dude, this weather, this pandemic, we’re all tryin’ on new roles.
KD: Yes, we are, and finding a role that works.
SNP: Yes, I’m tryin’ to find some peace to keep it home with me.
Hope it starts ...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dinky, what ‘cha doing?
Dinky: Looking for Answers…
KD: I see you have books open, what are you seeking?
D: Trying to see if Peeps can learn.
KD: Well, of course they can, how would we progress if we didn’t learn?
D: Are we progressing?
KD: I see your point…We need to keep setting conditions.
D: We’ve set conditions, Peeps aren’t living to expectations.
KD: It’s a long, long road with many a winding turn…
D: And it seems to be leading us nowhere.
MORE HELPERS, LESS CONFLICTERS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Petie, you're up early...
Petie: Yea Dude, working on #pups4peace
KD: Wha...I do that
P: Come on, you know we're the inspiration
KD: You do have a point
P: May I help you?
KD: Yes you may, helping makes little work of big tasks
P: Yep, world needs more helpers, less conflicters...
KD: Yes we do, let's roll...
ALWAYS AND STILL A BALANCING ACT
Ken-Dogger: Hey Nellie, looks like you’re already moving this morning
Nellie: Well, it looked like you were going to stay in bed
KD: IKR, I am sleeping longer, but what are you doing?
N: Practicing my balancing, I see you working on it too
KD: Yes, a lot more to balance now in our lives
N: But it’s still the same act of balancing isn’t it?
KD: Yes, yes it is…
FOCUS ON LIVING THINGS
Morning Nauts,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Tojo, you’re happy this morning.
Tojo: I am Bro, Mikster surprised you yesterday.
KD: Well yes she did, but that’s almost everyday.
T: Copped tickets for Tuacahn didn’t she?
KD: Yep, we’re going to see Starship tonight.
T: But Grace and Marty and Jorma aren’t with them anymore.
KD: Bands change, music lives on…That’s what matters.
T: Well then, we need to focus on the living things.
KD: We are, we’re just phasing it back.
WE'RE NOT READY
Morning Racers and Trainers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Pablo, what ya doing?
Pablo: I’m training for the race.
KD: Race? What Race?
P: Dude, all last week at those SCOTUS hearings, they kept dancing around RACE.
KD: I thought it was more about being soft on crime?
P: Naw, it was RACE.
KD: That’s not the kind of RACE you train for…It’s the kind you deal with…
P: When do we start dealing with it then?
KD: We don’t seem ready yet.
Even in the Pandemic, we phased humanity
Ken-Dogger: Morning Felix, let me get you out
Felix: Please do, and oh yea, morning, I’m feeling a little cooped up
KD: That’s an understatement, we all are…
F: You guys feeling a little dog-like with this shelter in place huh?
KD: Yep, stopping the spread, they’re letting prisoners out.
F: Wow, what about immigrant detainees?
KD: Dude, come on this is America, we only phase humanity
FINDING THE TOOTING BALANCE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Poncho, what’s got you freaked?
Poncho: Bro, I farted and it woke me up.
KD: Stop, you’re making me snicker.
P: I’m serious Bro, I’m a scared tooter.
KD: Must have been a pressure build up, you do know your body is a series of pressure gradients.
P: I do now…So tooting is a way to keep the pressure off?
KD: It’s a way to achieve balance.
P: Wow, you’re going with that?
KD: Yep, balance in all things Buddy, in all things…
TEAMS GROW HEART
Morning March Madness Mates,
Ken-Dogger: What’s up Ce-Lo?
Ce-Lo: You see this, I’m pooped
KD: Why so? It’s early in the day.
CL: Dude, I was practicing playing defense like St Peter’s plays defense.
KD: I see, no wonder you’re pooped.
CL: How do they do it? Play ferocious defense like that.
KD: They build up their muscle heart.
CL: Wow, multiplies the effect, doesn’t it?
KD: How so?
CL: It makes others grow their hearts too…
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