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
EVENTUALLY
#pups4peace
"Ma, I got the front legs right, back ones, not so much...
okay,okay,okay, cut the treat in half, I got it half right...
What, you never heard of successive approximations?"
LOVE COMES WALKIN IN
Morning Love Walkers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Tucker
Tucker: Bro, how do you know?
KD: Know what?
T: Bro, when you’re in love, I got questions deep within my eyes
KD: Well, then you sense a change, nothing feels the same
T: My dreams are strange, will love just come walkin’ in?
KD: Some kind of Alien waits for the opening, and then simply pulls a string, you’ll know…
T: I’m open, I’m letting love in…
KD: Love comes walkin’ in.
(Homage to Van Halen)
We REFLECT, it's up to us to make something of it...
Morning Reflecting Ones,
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.
BY ALL MEANS, We should all have KILLER MOVES...
"I know, I know, there is cute, and then there is me, this lovable cute-as-a-button beagle...
Oh yeah, this crossing the paws thingy, killer move, just killer, gets 'em every time, I consider it my 'go-to' move when in doubt..."
STOPPING THE WRONGS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chelsea, a question?
Chelsea: Morning, why yes, what are reparations?
KD: It’s making amends for a wrong which has been done.
C: Is this what these protests are about?
KD: Partly, I think they’re really more about stopping the wrongs.
Seeking atonement is the next step.
C: Are we going all the way back to Native Americans?
KD: We should…but we really need to commit to stopping the wrongs.
C: I’m committed, let’s get this ended.
CLARIFYING THE NEED
Morning Those Who Hunger and Thirst,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Spot, I’m hungry.
Spot: Are you sure? At your age, you misinterpret.
KD: Well, I feel hungry…
S: And I feel with my paws, it doesn’t mean I’m grabbin’…
KD: Sheesh, can I get a break?
S: Bro, is it hunger or is it thirst? There’s a difference.
KD: Can I hunger for thirst?
S: You can, but it’s a different remedy.
KD: Best to clarify the need before getting to the fix.
FEELING THE WARMTH OF MOTION
Morning Dancers,
Lucky: Let it lift you off the ground, starry eyes and love is all around
Ken-Dogger: Lucky, singing already…
L: I fell like dancin’, I wanna dance the night away
KD: It’s been a while…
L: We really don’t take enough opportunities to dance.
KD: But there aren’t many places to do that?
L: You can dance anywhere, with music or not…it’s about the warmth of motion
KD: It does soothe…just watch the feet.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Mr. Fluffers, we're going to have to get you a new outfit.
Mr Fluffers: Dude, I like the look, the colors highlight my whiteness.
KD: But that's just it bro, these colors excite in the wrong ways.
MF: Stars and bars and red, white and blue...that can be bad?
KD: Yep, it's more than colors and shapes, it's the collective meaning of it all.
MF: Damn, you humans have a tendency to muck things up with your meanings...
KD: We do, but we're working on it..
MF: Finally
SLEEPERS?
Nope, not happening, not gettin' up, not now, not next hour, maybe not today...
I'm a puppy, oh the randomness of youth...
ARE WE REALLY SEEKING RESOLUTIONS?
Ken-Dogger: Morning Ollie, why the sad face?
Ollie: Was just thinking about that ‘No Regrets’ statement.
KD: Huh?
O: Yep, WH says they have no regrets about clearing out peaceful protestors.
KD: Wow, guess this means the whippings will continue…
O: Oh, you mean no regrets leads to no resolution?
KD: ‘Bout the size of it, and no resolution seems to be what carries the day now.
O: Yep, right into the arms of therapists, right into their arms…
SUFFERING VICE CHANGE
Morning Friends,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dagger
Dagger: Stop it, stop it…
KD: Stop what?
D: This mixture of white and black, I wanna be monochromatic.
KD: And why is that?
D: White peeps don’t like my black, and Black peeps don’t like my white.
KD: Sounds like it is their problem…
D: It truly is, but they make me suffer for it.
KD: It is easier to make you suffer, than to have them change.
BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY WATCH
Pup 1: "Do you smell that, what odoriferous smell.."
Pup 2: "I know right, smells like victory..."
Pup 1: "Dude, you gotta stop watching Apocalypse Now..."
Pup 2: "Dude, you gotta stop using words like odoriferous..."
WATCHING WHAT WE SAY
"Someday Ma, someday, you see that pasture there, I'm gonna run all over that bad boy, gonna make that pasture my bitch..."
Ma: "Wha, where'd you hear that..."
"Daddy, Ma, you wanna hear the other things he says..."
Dad: "Junior, you're gonna want to pipe down now..."
The DRAMA of Adjustments
Ken-Dogger: Morning Zach, Jack, and Mac
Zach: Dude, we've got an emergency
KD: State your emergency
Jack: Dude, you see this box? Way, way too small
KD: Okay, we'll get a bigger box, not sure that's an emergency
Mac: Should we make it a National Emergency, seems that's the only thing that spurs action now.
KD: Well, no, that won't help either...Most times, it's just adjustments need to be made, doesn't call for all that
Z: Some just like drama I guess
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rocco, you gotta game?
Rocco: Yes, just pick up now though…the Bigs are off-limits
KD: Such a shame we don’t have baseball now.
R: Well, the players and the owners can’t seem to figure things out.
KD: Yes, and while they bicker, fans just sit and wait.
R: You going to a stadium once they start playing?
KD: Doubt it, but I’m high risk, others may go, it’s just can we remember the love of the game?
R: Love of the Game? Oh, you mean before greed and power took over.
Morning Peeps,
We CAN BE cool with each other
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jasper, what up?
Jasper: You remember that big barkin’ dog Mad Max down the street?
KD: I do J, why?
J: Well, every time we walk, Max just barks and barks and barks, it’s tiring.
KD: IKR
J: So I moseyed down there and we spoke. Turns out he’s just protecting his turf.
KD: So you told him you’re not a threat?
J: I did, turns out talking through it, led to us being cool with each other.
KD: Imagine that…
WAITING FOR YOU HUMANS TO CATCH UP
"This is rich, these adults bark commands, want me to sit, want me to roll over...
I'm so quick, they missed it.
Most times, I'm just waiting for the humans to catch up..."
"Why am I hurrying?" "Silly you, I just heard they're promoting a remake of 'The Flying Nun', and well, ya know they're gonna need a dog.
Dogs get all the laughs these days...
Only safe humor in America now..."
(APOLOGIES FOR PHOTO RIPOFF)
KICK 'EM
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Bluto, what you doing?
Bluto: I was just thinkin’, I could have been an actor, but I wound up here.
KD: Well, you DO look good, and you’re not clear, whisper in my ear…
B: What? You want dirty laundry?
KD: Well, you’re not the bubble-headed bleached blonde…
B: And you don’t seem to know what’s going on or how far it’s gone…
KD: Guess we just keep eating our dirty laundry…
B: Kick ‘em when they’re up, kick ‘em when they’re down.
"Head, Head, would you wake up...Did you ever see such a cranium?"
(Homage to 'I Married an Axe Murderer')
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