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
TAKE YOUR SHOT...YOU NEVER KNOW
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Mr. Big, some games yesterday huh?
Mr. Big: Dude, had me soaring…One and Done Baby
KD: Yep, that’s the intensity of this tournament…
MB: Kinda mirrors the life of these kids too, one shot…
KD: For some, that’s all they’ll get, just one shot.
MB: But how do they know when that shot is?
KD: That’s the intensity Mr. Big, you never know…
GROWING THE LOVE FIX
Ken-Dogger: Well Dr. Beagle what do you think it is?
Dr. Beagle: Tell me your symptoms again...
KD: Not much sleep, increased agitation, frenetic behavior...
DB: 2 out of 3 and I'm thinking you're a puppy...
KD: But what about the sleep?
DB: Dude, I can give you something for that, what else?
KD: That's it, damn you're good
DB: I am, all my patients become puppies, it's the Love Fix
KD: Hoping your practice grows
Morning Peeps,
LOVE...MAKE IT A QUEST
Ken-Dogger: Hey Georgio, you have a question?
Georgio: Naw...
KD: Your paws up, thought you had a question...
G: Okay, I was thinking, why do people hate?
KD: Lots of reasons, some peeps can't seem to find a place for their sorrow
G: I don't get it, there is so much love to give...
KD: I know, to me it's an orientation
G: To me, it's my quest...
MORE CARING
Happy StPD,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Poncho
Poncho: Hey Cisco, I mean Dogger
KD: it was pretty cool getting flowers yesterday from Farmer’s Dog.
P: Yep, Mikster had her eye raised.
KD: Yep, I was checking my email/texts for clues.
P: But Dixiee’s food company, that’s some orientation.
KD: It does reinforce their whole network of caring.
P: We need more caring networks…
KD: We do need more peeps who care, the care networking will come after that.
P: Hope so Bro, hope so.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Precious, you resting?
Precious: I’m tryin’ to, what’s all this activity?
KD: Oh that, we’re self-quarantining, we’ll be here more often
P: Cool, I’m playing more, I need some extra rations for that.
KD: Really?
P: Dude, we’re going to have to renegotiate some things
KD: I knew it was a bad idea to let you watch the NFL draft, all life is not transactional
P: Ah yes, but the life we live is negotiable…so I’m working it
KD: I like the way you work it…no diggity.
IT'S THE INDIFFERENCE...
Morning Rescuers,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Butkus, this is rich…
Butkus: What? Oh, the kickin’ back?
KD: Yes, the kicking back already, why so?
B: Bro, just chillin’…Waiting for American Rescue Plan to kick in.
KD: I hear there’s money already there left over from #45.
B: Heard that too, over a trillion.
KD: Damn, wonder why they didn’t use it to help Americans?
B: It’s called callous indifference…
KD: No, it’s called shameful.
SAY HI TO PI, or as I do, STAY HI ON PI...
Ken-Dogger: Dude, would you stop staring?
Dude: Wha?
KD: It's a constant thing, you never stop...
D: I'm pi
KD: You're pie?
D: Not that pie, this pi, I'm a constant...
KD: Oh, I get it, it's PI Day
D: You get me now?
KD: I get you, sometimes I can't take you...
The Waiting is the Hardest Part...
Morning Time Bending Friends,
Ken-Dogger: I’m tired, Wha…
Fluffer: Hey There Dogger
KD: Who are you?
F: I’m the Ghost of Daylight Savings Time.
KD: There’s a Ghost for that?
F: Dude, you don’t know the half of it…
KD: Can I get back the hour you stole?
F: It comes back in the Fall…
KD: That long?
F: Geez, you Humans, no one does delayed gratification anymore.
Sometimes I cluck, sometimes I...
Morning Springers and Chickies,
Ken-Dogger: Whoa Nellie, good run…
Nellie: You know it was, you see me panting
KD: I do, did I push you?
N: Dude, you’re always pushing
KD: I need to remember you’re still a pup.
N: And you need to remember you’re not a Spring Chicken.
KD: Okay, I do need to vary my training.
N: Learning is never a straight path…
KD: Cluck, cluck.
CUTENESS...It CAN be Functional
Ken-Dogger: Hey Max
Max: Hey Dude
KD: We got a big day today
M: Ummm, why's that, thought I was just hangin' out
KD: Max, we got sled training today...Never too early to start
M: Dude, LOOK AT ME...Look at all this cuteness, you actually think someone is gonna put me on a sled team?
KD: Well, I'm a purist and you need to be functional
M: My brother, cuteness IS functional.
GIRDING FOR CAMPAIGNING
Ken-Dogger: Morning Nanook, you singing?
Nanook: Keep on rockin’ in the free world
KD: Into Mr. Young this morning I see
N: Yep, learning campaign songs, but sometimes they’re tricky
KD: You mean getting the words down?
N: No, I mean the message…Rockin’ in the free world over all this squalor?
KD: Some peeps get verses, some just get the refrain
N: They miss the point, but they reinforce theirs don’t they?
KD: It’s a campaign, it’s what they do…
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT COMMUNITY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Porgi, what’s up?
Porgi: Just coming over, you look like you need someone to pet.
KD: How did you know that?
P: Dog-tuition Bro…we sense stuff.
KD: Bowser yesterday, now you today, it’s a conspiracy…
P: Yep, it’s a dog-love community conspiracy, the best kind.
KD: So you think your Pack Love will do the trick?
P: You ever see dogs in Dog Town Parks, we do community like no other.
KD: Ready to learn Porgi, ready to learn.
GETTING TO THE MADNESS...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Max, what are you up to with the crew?
Max: Dude, play practicing…
KD: The Crucible?
M: Really? We’re practicing basketball plays, it’s March you know…
KD: Oh, that’s right, it’s tournament time…And you’re putting in new plays?
M: Yep, these one-and-dones, short memories. It takes time to build a team…
KD: Adds to the Madness doesn’t it?
M: Well then, let’s get to it…
DOGS KNOW
Morning Loving Friends,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bowser
Bowser: Hey Bro, Neighborhood Dog Watch sent me over.
KD: Word’s out?
B: Yep, news travels fast in Dogland, especially when we lose a matron.
KD: Yep, Dixiee was making this corner her own.
B: And she was cool with all of us, that’s rare.
KD: We’re getting on…Takes time.
B: Bro, we got the love covered, just pet us when you need some more.
KD: Tell the guys thanks from Mikster and me, and Dixiee
thanks you too.
POWER IS AFOOT
Ken-Dogger: Hey Max, morning
Max: Hey Dogger, you workin’ again?
KD: I am Max…another day, another sniff of a freshly mowed green.
M: Would you stop, there’s significant shite afoot.
KD: There’s power afoot, nothing more, nothing less.
M: When will this avoidance behavior stop? There’s stuff to do.
KD: When we get about doing stuff, not destroying it.
M: You don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction?
KD: No, just more avoidance…
Dixiee has been gone 3 years now
Morning Loving Friends,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Petie
Petie: How you doing? I know yesterday was rough letting Dixiee go.
KD: You don’t know, you think you’re ready, but you’re not.
P: That dog loved you LOTS.
KD: She did, stole my heart.
P: You two were inseparable, what you gonna do now?
KD: I’m going to remember, going to laugh, and I’m gonna find stuff to appreciate.
P: Honor and Remember…
KD: She has a hallowed place…
Treasure the love we have, we should treasure the life we live...
Ken-Dogger: Bailey, c'mon, what are you doing up there?
Bailey: Dude, just hangin' out...
KD: But you're on one of mommy's nice decorative bowls.
B: Dogger, I'm hip, it's about reverence...
KD: Reverence?
B: I've seen how you handle that bowl, you are gentle and careful and soft with it
KD: Well, it's a treasured piece
B: Hence, my reverence comment...I'm treasured too
KD: Yes, you are buddy...
BEING OF SOUND MIND AND ONE ACCORD
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Buttons, a question?
Buttons: Yep, it’s March…
Flowers, Spring coming?
KD: It will this month, maybe we’ll actually enjoy this Spring.
B: You’re vaccinated now, will make it more enjoyable for you.
KD: And more vaccine becomes available, we can overcome this.
B: Great, all we need to do now is act in one accord.
KD: You just spoke our biggest obstacle, acting in one accord.
B: Do you want to beat this or not?
LIFE EVENTS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Dino, you crooning this morn?
Dino: I’m not talkin’ ‘bout movin’ in, and I don’t wanna change your life…
KD: Whoa, Dino, that song gets people a tad excited…
D: Why so?
KD: Well, Boy, it’s about differing needs being met in ways which may not be reciprocated in kind.
D: Huh?
KD: Listen, the Dude wanted a little somethin somethin, and she took offense to it…
D: Oh, so it’s like Life…
KD: You’re learning quickly Dino…
TO EVERY DAY...TURN, TURN, TURN
Ken-Dogger: Morning Tito, why the smirk?
Tito: You’ll see…
KD: (slips on spilled water) What the…Did you?
Tito: (chuckles)
KD: Tito, not cool…You’re always joking, thinking all is in play
T: Pulling pranks and telling fibs is fun…
KD: Yes it can be, but what about when you need to be serious?
T: Oops, hadn’t thought of that…
KD: Most pranksters don’t.
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