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
WE JUST STOP ACCEPTING CHALLENGES
Ken-Dogger: Hey Butkus, you stretchin’?
Butkus: Hey, morning routine, you know…Didn’t see you in garage much yesterday.
KD: Well, I worked some and then I hit my driver on the range.
B: Ate up with it aren’t you?
KD: I’m in a fun phase, it’s all new, it’s fresh learnin’…
B: Great motivation there…
KD: I’m likin’ the challenge, it’s invigorating.
B: Maybe peeps don’t get old, they just stop accepting challenges…
WRITING...IT'S A PROCESS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Wolfie, you singing?
Wolfie: In 1814, we took a little trip, we took some bacon, we took some beans…
KD: Oh, Battle of New Orleans this morning?
W: Yep, brushing up on it…
KD: You considering a rewrite?
W: We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming…
KD: Wait, you’re gonna need a rewrite there…They just let them in.
W: We fired our guns but they were already in the lines?
KD: Keep writing, you’re not there yet.
Morning Again Peeps, I went back to sleep...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Yvette, you just hangin' out?
Yvette: Nope, I'm preppin' the camper...
KD: You are, and where do you think you're headed?
Y: Headed to America's National Parks...
KD: Hate to tell you but ANP's campgrounds are closed.
Y: Trump again?
KD: Yep...
Y: Well, we're still goin', someone needs to protect these national treasures...
KD: You're right, let's roll...
DO ME A FAVOR...OPEN THE DOOR AND LET IT IN
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chester
Chester: Hey Bro…What we gonna do today?
KD: Well Buddy, I’m not sure…A special walk?
C: I’d be cool with that.
KD: You seem really happy this morning.
C: I am Dogger, just being alive, having my family here, and a special walk. What more could I ask for?
KD: Glad you’re good with the simple things…
C: Bro, you can find JOY anywhere, you just gotta be willing to let it in.
SHAKING, NOT STIRRING
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Hans, you playing?
Hans: Not really, I’m avoiding…
KD: Wha…?
H: Yeah, some bad karma in the world in the Middle East, we’re gonna need to be careful where we play for a while
KD: So right Hans, we’re going to need to look out for each other
H: Yep, tensions high right now, KD, you got my back?
KD: I do Hans…I always do, taking care of each other…it’s our bond
H: You’re right Bro…Bond, Ja…naw Dude, just shakin’ ya, not stirring…
WHERE ARE WE ALL THE SAME?
Ken-Dogger: Morning Salvatore Dalimation
Salvatore D: Hey Bro, got a question.
KD: And?
SD: Why do some peeps pick on others?
KD: Usually, it’s to demean, or it is a way to make the pickers feel superior.
SD: Wow, why does one feel like they need to be better than others?
KD: Some kind of shortcoming they feel…
SD: I thought we were all the same in God’s eyes…
KD: Salvi, that’s just the commercial.
BONDING...IT DOES A BODY GOOD
Ken-Dogger: Morning Scruffy, what is up?
Scruffy: Dude, I was just thinkin’ about Taxi Driver.
KD: The what?
S: You know, that Scorsese thing about relationships.
KD: About bizarre relationships, where you going with this?
S: No, I was more thinking about Travis feeling so alone in a populated city.
KD: Lots of peeps feel lonely, even in crowds.
S: Well, we need to build connections, they bond.
KD: Bond away Scruffy, Bond away…
Ken-Dogger: Hey Clyde, what has your interest?
Clyde: America Bro…Such beauty
KD: It is spectacular, there is so much to appreciate
Clyde: No matter where you are, you can find beauty in the land.
KD: So true, hopefully we can protect it.
C: Why wouldn’t we do that? Why wouldn’t we save this beauty for all Americans?
KD: All Americans? Not sure that’s the goal anymore.
C: That’s sad, all this beauty, all this country…
KD: Yes, and we seem to want to trade it for one hollow man.
MOVING TO BETTER FILTERS
Ken-Dogger: Hey Alfie, you look like you have some Pet Sounds on this morning.
Alfie: Naw, bro, jammin' to some Earth, Wind and Fire...
KD: Reasons?
A: I'm gonna listen to music in 2019, gettin' away from the cacophonous voices...
Oh, you meant the song Reasons
KD: What's it all about Alfie? Is it just for the moment you live?
A: Naw, more simple...puttin' in better filters.
Morning Peeps,
From 2021...Much better games yesterday
Ken-Dogger: Hey Lucky, you ready for more football?
Lucky: Yep, some awesome games yesterday.
KD: Yes they were, two teams got spanked.
L: You would think there wouldn’t be that much disparity at this level.
KD: Does seem odd, but…
L: But what? Reflective of the growing disparity in America?
KD: Yep, The Haves get more while the Nots get chores…
L: College Football meets Trickle Down…
KD: It ain’t working here either.
IN 2024, I RESOLVE TO...
Ken-Dogger: Hey guys, you working on your Resolutions?
Mike: Yea, look at Ike's list...
Ike: Yea, got some good ones but I'm not sharing...
KD: C'mon Ike, don't you want to share with us so you can guide us to success too?
I: Nope...Can't...BIG DATA, don't ya know.
KD: Big Data?
M: Yea, Ike's right, as soon as we tell ya where we're headed, we're tracked...
KD: Okay, just whisper...we'll keep them secret
CUTE DOESN'T GET YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bucho, what up?
Bucho: Just about got this…
KD: Got what?
B: This rolling over thing…I can get my front rolling, but my back seems to lag behind.
KD: Keep working it, it will come.
B: It’s frustrating going through this development.
KD: Yep, can be…but it’s part of life.
B: So cute isn’t going to get me through, I’m going to have to do stuff on my own?
KD: Welcome to the Way of the World.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cletus, what you watching?
Cletus: WW84 again…Read some reviews, trying to see what others see.
KD: COVID-19 kinda changed our movie viewing didn’t it?
C: For theaters for sure…I think the critics are behind it.
KD: Why so?
C: Peeps weren’t reading their reviews, peeps were forming their own opinions.
KD: Forming their own opinions, what lunacy!
C: IKR, pretty soon we’ll start seeing peeps develop independent thought.
KD: Maybe there’s hope, Cletus, maybe some hope…
Morn,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bruno, something bothering you?
Bruno: You see that piece of expensive timber; I can’t get over it.
KD: Oh, you’re still small, I see the problem. Want me to move it?
B: Well…Yes, I need to keep moving.
KD: You know…When you’re stuck, I’m not always going to be around.
B: I was starting to wonder about that…You mean some obstacles I’ll tackle on my own.
KD: Yep…
B: I better learn some strategies then if I want to get through…
KD: We all do Bruno…
THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE...
SIZING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Ralph, you look comfortable...
Ralph: I am, I can lay all over this, this...what exactly is this?
KD: Well, it's a bed, a little big for ya, but hey at least Aunt Clara remembered you...
R: Yep, guess I should accept those things I can and thank the good Lort that she didn't knit me a sweater...
KD: We might have lost you in a sweater...
R: Perish the thought, dude, perish the thought...
AIN'T GOT TIME FOR NOTHING ELSE
Ken-Dogger: Wow, just wow...
Dixiee: What's that Dude, what's a wow this AM?
KD: Well, look at our pups, all in a row in the snow...
D: Damn KD, better get out of bed and grab a sled...
KD: Dixiee, they watch 1 Snow Dogs movie and they think they're groovy...
D: Better get 'em tied up, you know they're pups...
KD: Heading out to snap 'em out of it, ain't got time for this shit!!
JUST BE NICE TO ME
Ken-Dogger: Hey Shakes, what’s going on?
Shakes: Feeling a little sad to tell you the truth…
KD: On Christmas weekend, you’re feeling sad?
S: Yep, I can feel it draining…
KD: What’s draining?
S: That Christmas spirit, it crested two days ago, and now it’s falling again.
KD: Wow, what must we do to keep it up?
S: You’re still talking Spirit right? OK, then…We just need to be nice.
KD: That’s right, just be nice to me…it’s a simple task.
THE PLEASURE OF LONG LASTERS
Morning Lasters,
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Krypto, what up?
Krypto: Bro, did you hear that speech from King Battery? It brought a tear to my eye.
KD: Didn’t hear it…
K: It was inspiring, talkin’ ‘bout lasting long for the boys and girls. Keeps their toys goin’
KD: It sure helps the parents out doesn’t it.
K: It’s an important lesson, long lasting leads to increased pleasure.
KD: In toys?
K: In most things Dogger
KD: Good to know, Krypto, good to know…
Ken-Dogger: Malph, you better get out of there.
Malph: What you mean, I’m just chillin’.
KD: You’re under the tree and you’re messing gifts up.
M: I thought they were mine…
KD: Interesting you only tore open the ones with the weird taping.
M: The nice ones were so beautiful…
KD: And you didn’t want to disturb them?
M: No, I knew weird ones were from you…so the selection followed.
KD: You do know me Malph, Merry Christmas…
M: And to all the peeps who follow us, Merry Christmas.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
MC & HH Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Donner
Donner: …And so this is Christmas, well how do you do?
KD: Well, this is Older Christmas, it’s not like this everywhere.
D: Really?
KD: Lots of homes buzzing with activity, and sharing, and love.
D: So, you experience that differently now?
KD: Now, we don’t often see it, but we very often hear about it.
D: So, Christmas is about activity and sharing and seeing and hearing love?
KD: You got it.
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