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
IT'S ALWAYS AN ACT OF BALANCING
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 THE LIVING THINGS
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 STILL AREN'T READY TO DEAL WITH IT
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.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Pecos
Pecos: Riddle me this Dogger, what’s a disposition?
KD: Well, it’s a mindset, a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
P: Wow, all that.
KD: Yep, all that. But why are you asking?
P: Some peeps just seem cheery a lot, some always seem down.
KD: Ahh, you’re thinking there might be some control and will there, huh?
P: I’m just thinkin’…
LEAD A LIFE FULL OF ADJUSTMENTS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Myles, why the look?
Myles: You’re not folding enough.
KD: Huh?
M: Life is unfolding too quickly now, you need to fold more.
KD: That’s not exactly how it works. Life unfolds whether you like it or not.
M: So you can’t change that?
KD: You can’t, you can only keep making adjustments.
M: Hmm, good to know…
REMEMBERING WHEN WE HUNKERED DOWN, SOME OF US ANYWAY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Herbie, what’s going on?
Herbie: Glad you’re holding me bro…
KD: Yes, the touching and holding feels good doesn’t it?
H: Yes…wow, there’s still a lot of activity going on.
KD: I know, people are making major adjustments to their lives
H: Doesn’t happen overnight does it, but it does fray the nerves
KD: Hopefully, the fraying lessens soon, but the hunkering continues...
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Rocco, what up?
Rocco: Well, I’m thinking I might need a double.
KD: You’re what?
R: A double, you know, another me.
KD: Another you, well, what in the tarnation for anyway?
R: Well, there are times when I don’t want to own up to stuff. There are times when I just need a break.
KD: YOU need a break?
R: We ALL need a respite at times.
KD: Let’s work on balancing things, body doubles are for the gilded.
WHEN WE FOLLOWED PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Little Suzie, why the long face?
Little Suzie: Dude, oh yeah, morning…Waiting for you to go on the beach
KD: The beach is closed.
LS: What you mean Willis? Waves are still crashin’, sun’s still shinin’, girls still showin’
KD: Just makes the mouth water doesn’t it
LS: It does
KD: But we’re not going, Governor closed ‘em and we’re honoring it.
LS: Yep, following guidance will get most of us through this
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.
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