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
Ken-Dogger: Hey Georgi, what’s going on?
Georgi: Watching you do your breathing check dude.
KD: Hey, when the Health Professionals talk, I listen.
G: So how’d it go?
KD: Deep breathing checked, all systems a GO…
G: Good, hopefully you’re checking the RIGHT systems.
KD: Georgi, me too, but I think we’re going to find new systems.
G: New systems, new challenges…Sounds like a Dog’s Life…
KD: It’s the Life we’re living.
ORDERING CONFUSION
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: What tha...
Scruffy: Dude, don't ask, the Mrs. got it for me...
KD: Damn Scruffy, what's up with the hood?
S: I thought something was fishy when the Mrs. ordered from the Kinder Kennel Koats (KKKDOGS.COM) website.
KD: Wasn't there a pic?
S: There was, it just didn't capture the whole Imperial Knights vibe.
KD: Scruffy, that's their shtick...They don't appear who they are.
A Timeless Question...SIZE
Ken-Dogger: Okay Moose, watch me again...
Moose: What am I watching for again?
KD: I'm walkin', I'm showing you the steps you take...
M: Dude, we've got a framing issue...
KD: Framing?
M: Yea Dude, how is a little guy gonna teach a big fella like me how to walk?
KD: You CAN learn a lot from following others.
M: Let me know when you get the life-size replicas for training,
IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU JUST DO...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cooper, why the sad face?
Cooper: I see the leash out, means more training
KD: Training is good for the soul
C: Dude, listen, I get the whole master-serf thing, but the repetition…
KD: We’re massing practice so you know what to do.
C: Oh, like the stay command, how ‘bout you teach this to humans.
KD: We didn’t have time before Stay orders were given.
C: In an emergency, you don’t have time, you just DO.
SEEING WHAT WORKS
Ken-Dogger: Morning Salt N Pepa, how goes it?
Salt N Pepa: Dude, it’s a Stormy Monday.
KD: Yes, and Tuesday’s gonna be just as bad, and The Eagle may not fly on Friday.
SNP: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me.
KD: Wha…You’re a Blues Singer now?
SNP: Dude, this weather, this pandemic, we’re all tryin’ on new roles.
KD: Yes, we are, and finding a role that works.
SNP: Yes, I’m tryin’ to find some peace to keep it home with me.
Morning,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dinky, what ‘cha doing?
Dinky: Looking for Answers…
KD: I see you have books open, what are you seeking?
D: Trying to see if Peeps can learn.
KD: Well, of course they can, how would we progress if we didn’t learn?
D: Are we progressing?
KD: I see your point…We need to keep setting conditions.
D: We’ve set conditions, Peeps aren’t living to expectations.
KD: It’s a long, long road with many a winding turn…
D: And it seems to be leading us nowhere.
YOU GOTTA COME TO THE PLATE & BAT
Ken-Dogger: Hey Satchel, I see you got a baseball...
Satchel: Yep, it's the season, I know how much you love it
KD: I do Boy, it's the strategy, it's the never say never, it's the excitement of knowing you might be down, but never out...
S: Wow, interesting, are all games like that?
KD: Not all, but baseball teaches life...most team sports do
S: Dude, glad I'm on your team...
KD: I am too Boy, let's do this thing called life
S: Okay, batter up...
YOU ASK ME HOW HE KNOWS HE KNOWS
Ken-Dogger: I know Tito, creeps me out too.
Tito: Why, just why?
KD: Come on, humor the Mrs., She wanted you to enjoy today.
T: But creeping me out with this…This is Easter?
KD: No, this is commercialized Easter. All we got since we can’t come together and worship.
T: So what.
KD: Well, peeps might ask how you think God knows our devotion if we don’t come together
T: He knows, he knows it’s within our hearts.
IN SEARCH OF CLOSER MISSES
Morning Close Missers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Duffer, you look tired?
Duffer: KD, this driving is taxing.
KD: IKR, and I’m out here trying to hit a hole.
D: It looks easy on TV, why are you struggling?
KD: Well, those Pros on TV don’t show you their struggles.
D: They miss putts just like you do consistently.
KD: Steady…But their misses are closer.
D: So that’s what practice does, gives us closer misses.
KD: Sometimes Duffer, that’s all you get.
DOING THE SAFETY DANCE
Ken-Dogger: Morning Brucie and Juicy Lucy, what’s up Brucie?
Brucie: I’m laying something on Juicy here…
KD: Already this morning?
B: Dude, get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about safety
KD: Oh, do tell
B: I was reminding her about where it’s safe to place her tongue…
Lucy: Yea, so butt out…We’re doing the safety dance
B: Trouble is until you can guarantee more are safe, we aren’t traveling far.
KD: Neither am I Brucie, neither am I.
STANDING TALL, FOR SELF AND OTHERS
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Cato, what are you doing?
Cato: Standing tall Dude…
KD: Yes, but why?
C: I see you standing at the crossroads Bro, not knowing which path to follow.
KD: I know which path, it’s the one which methodically gets us through.
C: So now you know why I’m standing, I’ll stand by you.
KD: And I’ll stand by you, won’t let nobody hurt you.
C: That’s the spirit, even in our darkest hour, Standing Tall…
Ken-Dogger: Morning Kit, it was bound to happen.
Kit: I knew it when that sewing machine came out, what are you getting?
KD: Mikster is making me CV protection.
K: Am I to assume that’s what this is?
KD: Not exactly, she’s following a pattern for my stuff
K: I like it when peeps follow patterns, it gives predictability.
KD: True Kit, and it reminds us of order in our world.
K: We need order, now most particularly
KD: Another reason to bring back Home Ec, bringing order to chaos.
PEACEFULLY COEXISTING...IF WE LET IT.
Morning FOK (Friends of Ken)
Ken-Dogger: Hey Yeller, what’s up?
Yeller: Dude, new season…
Basketball is done.
KD: No, we still got the Pros, oh, I see your point.
Y: Time to move on to Summer Fun…
KD: No gloves?
Y: We’re goin’ Old School Bro…
KD: Baseball is Life Yeller, the Game teaches so much.
Y: Does it teach Peaceful Coexistence because we need that?
KD: It will if we let it, but you gotta let it.
WE'RE STUCK IN THE TWO STEPS AND PLOP PHASE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, you watching Daddy work?
Roscoe: Yep, it's hurtin' my eyes
KD: This activity is? You'll get used to it as you get older
R: I'm growing into that?
KD: Well, not exactly, but there will be things for you to do...
R: Could it wait until I get beyond the two steps and plop part of development
KD: We can wait...
R: Sheesh, milestones are there so development can happen....humans always want to speed things up.
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: I know Willie, they didn’t do it.
Willie: Yep, The Zags had no zig.
KD: Sad really, lost a perfect season. Hopefully, the team remembers the season and not just this game.
W: Sentimentally, Gonzaga had our hearts.
KD: Yes, and now some hearts hurt while others exult.
W: It’s gonna be about picking up the pieces now.
KD: Always is Willie, always is…
ANOTHER CAITLIN EFFECT
Morning again Ballers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jabbar
Jabbar: Big game tonight, will Bears or Zags prevail?
KD: Sentimentally, I’d like to see Zags complete a perfect season.
J: Same here, but I want a stellar game, like the Women yesterday.
KD: Women put it to the NCAA in how they played.
J: They don’t take a back seat to anyone.
KD: NCAA found out, when you suppress, you fail to progress.
J: Let’s hope Women get their just dues.
SOMETIMES, IT'S THE WATCHING WHAT DOES YOU IN
Ken-Dogger: Chauncey, we got get up bro...
Chauncey: Yeah, I'm on it...
KD: Dude, it doesn't look like you're on it
C: You threw me off today, you never sleep till 6 am
KD: I know right, what happened?
C: You must have needed it Dude
KD: I must have, guess loading 90 bags of mulch will do that to ya
C: Dude, I'm hip, I got exhausted just watchin'...
CONTINUING YOUR FITNESS JOURNEY
Ken-Dogger: Well, HELLO Brutus…You’re looking motivated
Brutus: I gotta catch up…I saw you cranking out those pushups
KD: I DO like screwing with the young bucks, but your form?
B: I admit I need some refinement, that’s why I’m catching up.
KD: I’ll tell you a secret, you never catch up to someone else. You only continue your own journey.
B: Then what am I doing?
KD: Pushing to new limits for yourself, it’s what we all do.
MARCH...THE MONTH OF MADNESS
Ken-Dogger: Some games huh Mr. Happy?
Mr. Happy: Sheesh, second one was a nail-biter.
KD: And last second shot, Coach said he knew…
MH: It’s March, it’s Madness…No wait, it’s April
KD: Women’s game today, then Men’s tomorrow…
MH: And this AZ Coach is rather saucy…
KD: You don’t get to this level taking a back seat.
MH: Just a shame there are losers here, they’ve won so much.
KD: That’s why it’s Madness Mr. Happy…
WHEN WE LIVE TOGETHER, IT'S UP TO ALL OF US...
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chas, what’s going on?
Chas: Dude, sheltering-in-place…We’re all doing it.
KD: No…we ARE NOT, that’s part of the problem.
Chas: Okay, I’m doing my part, up to authority to police the rest.
KD: It is, and they’re up to the task to maintain order. So why the extra gear?
C: Just in case they’re not up to the challenge.
KD: It’s not up to just them, it’s up to all of us.
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