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
AGAIN THIS YEAR, HE STAYED AWAY FROM THE ROASTER
Ken-Dogger: Morning Clive, you know it’s Thanksgiving right?
Clive: I do Bro, gonna watch the Mikster cook all day long
KD: And smell the smells?
C: Particularly the smells, they MOVE me…
KD: Can I lay some advice on you about today?
C: Sure Bro…
KD: You MIGHT want to change how you’re lying around, and definitely stay away from the Roaster
C: Thanks Bro, Happy Thanksgiving everyone
STILL WASHING AWAY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jocko, what up?
Jocko: Checkin’ out the moon Bro and getting ready for the Beaver Moon.
KD: Beaver Moon, those two words aren’t usually used together.
J: Bro, it’s a partial eclipse Silly, where is your mind?
KD: Oh…tell me more
J: It’s from the Algonquins, it’s a November Full Moon, and Sunday Night we get an eclipse.
KD: A full eclipse would help us wash 2020 away.
J: Dude, it’s just partial, we aren’t that lucky.
FIGURING OUT ENOUGH
Morning Seasoned Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Gilberto, what is up?
Gilberto: Thought I’d take Lucy for a spin…
KD: Umm, you know it’s like in the 30s out there.
G: Oh, no…didn’t factor that in. Maybe just necking on the porch then…
KD: Really? Not sure why you’re confused…
G: Dude, there are no discrete seasons anymore, we roll from one to the other.
KD: Does seem that way, consumption drives us…
G: Maybe we need to figure out what we have is enough.
FAT AND BLOATED
Ken-Dogger: Morning Flo, Morning Jo…You look how I feel.
Flo: Hey Dogger, I be full.
KD: Umm, Flo, it is I am full.
Flo: You too? What about Jo?
KD: Jo looks as full as you and I do.
Jo: Guys, have you seen the moon this morning?
KD: No, why?
Jo: Moon must have been thanksgiving too, it looks flat and bloated this morning.
Flo: It’s just seeing the earth’s reflection…
KD: More so today, than most other days…But you’re right, the Earth remains fat and bloated.
COME DANCING...
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Tom-Tom
Tom-Tom: Quite a spread the Mikster laid out yesterday.
KD: It was, I’m still stuffed…but it was also great conversation with family and friends.
T-T: I hear that.
KD: It’s nice to share laughter around food, brings joy to the stomach.
T-T: It cracked me up when Ken and B.A. started dancing.
KD: It made me think perhaps we don’t get old; we just stop dancing.
T-T: Dude, you gotta keep dancing in your life.
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL...PARTICULARLY IF IT'S A MALE NEEDING DIRECTION
Ken-Dogger: Petie, how you doing this fine morning?
Petie: Well, I've been out walkin', I don't do that much talkin' these days...these days I seem to wander a lot
KD: Hey boy, just remember all who wander are not lost.
P: Dude, but I was, I wandered and I freakin' got lost.
KD: You were in our neighborhood; we didn't you just ask?
P: Dude, you get that I'm male right?
THOSE PUPS
Ken-Dogger: We-ee-lll Snookums, what we got goin' on?
Snookums: KD, I heard you talking about driving back home today, thought I'd help.
KD: Snookums, it can be a little treacherous out there today, big driving day in America.
S: That's what I'm talkin' 'bout...Let me at 'em, I'll get us home in no time.
KD: Buddy, that's what I'm afraid of...How about you let me take the first shift
S: Okay, Ken...I'll keep practicing in the back...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chief, Happy Thanksgiving, you protecting us?
Chief: Thanks, you too, I am and watching peeps come home to family.
KD: We still can’t get many families together.
C: And, just so you know, we still have security issues within/between nations.
KD: There are Peeps who stand guard for the USA, they’re standing guard now. The US Military…
C: Yes, Bless them for the protection they provide.
KD: Amen…
C: And give ‘em some extra turkey and taters, you know…for the effort.
Praise Millicent...She knows
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Millicent
Millicent: Morning…Dude, what are you doing?
KD: What do you mean?
M: Your training, it’s all over the place…
KD: IKR, I don’t know if I’m training for biking or golf or what…
M: What you gonna do?
KD: I must focus on results, looks like it’s back to the books
M: All you know on training and you’re going back to books?
KD: Knowledge is built on firm understandings, not by fly-by marketers.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL...BALANCE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Petie.
Petie: Hey Dogger, have you seen this #givethanks?
KD: I have, great sentiment…
P: Yep, it is.
KD: Why the cape Petie?
P: Well, you know I’m white and black. Some peeps think I’m too white, some think I’m too black…The Cape balances me.
KD: And the balance helps how?
P: Bro, if I’m not balanced, won’t my #givethanks be unbalanced?
KD: So #givethanks helps both of us?
P: See how this works…
The Most Beautiful Word in the English Language...GRACE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Grace
Grace: Morning, hey, why did you call me Grace?
KD: Well, you were born on Thanksgiving that year and, well, Thanksgiving is full of grace, a uniquely American religious holiday.
G: What religion?
KD: American religion, we don't celebrate just one, but we give grace to all, and grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues
G: And I do ALL of that...
KD: Yes you do Grace, yes you do.
We ALL have Standards to meet...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Slay, why the stare?
Slay: Dude, I’m watching you…
KD: Oh, you checkin’ on me, seeing if I’m doing your breakfast right?
S: I am…Can’t be too sure…we have our routines
KD: Yes we do, and your stare keeps me on track?
S: Owner training, bro…Owner training
KD: How am I doing?
S: Just keep mixing, I’ll let you know…you’re trending up
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Boo-boo
Boo-boo: Hey Dogger, what’s today’s word?
KD: Oh, well, it’s anfractuous.
BB: An…what?
KD: Anfractuous, it means circuitous…
BB: And we needed another word for circuitous?
KD: Boo-boo, it’s Latin…blame their flowery nature.
BB: I’m not into blame Bro…I kinda dig the new word. Let’s go on an anfractuous walk.
KD: If we know where home is, we can do anfractuous walks.
House Cleaning
Ken-Dogger: I know, I know, we'll get back inside soon...We need the house spotless for our guests.
Dixiee: Like when?
KD: I think tomorrow, or the day after is Turkey Day, we'll be allowed back in then. Apparently, we mess up the place...
D: Apparently so...and here I was thinking 'bout not shedding tomorrow
KD: Right...
(I use a lot of dogs here for pups, but this one was our girl, Dixie...)
ON BECOMING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Fritz, why the long face?
Fritz: I’m sad, I was hoping to become an Army Officer
KD: Well, I think you can still shoot for that, what do you think is the problem?
F: Well, I was born here, I’m an American, but I’m German heritage.
KD: So?
F: Just seems like you are no longer just an American, now you have subgroup ties
KD: We ALL have subgroup ties, what makes us American is we get over them
F: You’re right, let’s go practice marching…
KEEPIN' THE FAT MAN DOWN
Ken-Dogger: Lady, the Mikster is not gonna be real happy with you.
Lady: What? I'm just helpin' with the packing, Christmas is right around the corner.
KD: Well, we still have Thanksgiving to go before we start the Christmas season.
Lady: What can I say, I'm ahead of my time.
KD: Seems like always Lady, seems like always...
FROM THE PANDEMIC YEARS
Ken-Dogger: What is the commotion…Hello?
Grover (gesturing to other guests as spokesman): We were loud, sorry.
KD: Loud ain’t the half of it, what is going on?
G: Well, we know Thanksgiving is coming up, we thought we’d help.
KD: This is helping?
G: Dude, peeps apparently need graphic representations in a pandemic.
KD: You mean to remain safe in gatherings?
G: Yep, we thought we’d model it. STAY SAFE Peeps, we need ya.
KEEP SINGING, no matter what
Ken-Dogger: ...and they called it puppy love, just because we're in our teens
Dixiee: Mikki, he's singin' again...
KD: Someone help me, help me, Help me please...
Is the answer up above? How can I, Oh how can I tell them?
This is not a puppy love
D: Mikki, he's still singin'...
KD: The love pics make me wanna sing
D: That's funny, it's pure hell on my hearing...
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
KD: hey Champ, we had a great day yesterday.
Champ: News to me Bro, I was stuck here.
KD: Sorry Champ…Yes, we went back to Best Friends Sanctuary, saw the bunnies.
C: Whoa, you know those bunnies can get pregnant the day after they give birth?
KD: Let’s get back on track, we found a new road to Kanab.
C: How was it?
KD: Stunningly beautiful, made me realize you don’t need to go far to find beauty.
C: Yep, you just gotta know what you’re looking for….
Morning peeps,
Ken-Dogger: What up Theo
Theo: Dude learned a new word, tergiversation.
KD: Tergi-what?
T: Yep, in Congress there are a lot of tergiversationalists.
KD: Really? Do tell?
T: Well, it has 2 meanings, but both apply. The act of abandoning something or someone,
of changing sides; desertion, the act of evading any clear course of action or
speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation.
KD: I see what you mean.
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