Morning Peeps,
BE CUDDLY...IT JUST WORKS
Ken-Dogger: "Hey Snickers, who's your bud?"
Snickers: "People let me tell you 'bout my best friend, He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
People let me tell you bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy."
Ken-Dogger: "Snickers, dude, I thought I was your best friend."
Snickers: "Dude, you are...But this guy here, he's cuddlier, and right now, that works..."
THE CONTENT MAY VARY, THE STRUGGLES REMAIN THE SAME
Morning Calculated Risk Takers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Wolfie
Wolfie: Dude, you’re headed back there aren’t you?
KD: Yep, going back to Vegas baby…and Baseball
W: First time in a while, bet you’re stoked.
KD: I am Wolf, yep, Mikster and I gonna venture out.
W: You know Delta’s in town…
KD: Yep, remaining vigilant while accepting some risks
W: So, Life as normal
KD: Yep, same psychological struggles, variable content…
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cleo, what up?
Cleo: Man, that’s a lot of pills
KD: Oh, those are my supplements, keeps me going.
C: Glad you’re doing the right stuff now.
KD: Why is that?
C: Bro, don’t ya know…. As you age in the USA, they pump you full of meds, then more meds, and then more meds.
KD: A secondary medication covers the effects of the primary med.
C: So, it’s just a matter of filling up?
KD: All about consumption Cleo, all about consumption…
WHY PUPS, YOU ASK...BECAUSE THEY ROCK OUR WORLD
You, you there...You can try to resist, go ahead, but you know, and I know it, you're gonna pick me up and I'm gonna rock your world.
That's the way...Of the World...
(Do you believe this guy, posting this on a #caturday)
FOR THE SANCTITY OF IT...
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Butkus, we’re not in Vegas anymore, you can change.
Butkus: I kinda like the look.
KD: We didn’t party, but we did attend a really nice wedding.
B: What made it so nice?
KD: Well, Vegas weddings can be wild affairs, but the officiant made this special.
B: How so?
KD: He wove the history and institution of marriage into it.
B: And the sanctity?
KD: That too…
The scene opens with Ken-Dogger walking into the kitchen seeing this sight...
Ken-Dogger: "Mongo, what with the outfit dude?"
Mongo: "KD, I just get this swashbuckling thing down a little more and I'm takin' on the persona of BEAGLE ZORRO..."
Ken-Dogger: "Mongo, certainly appreciate the effort, what are you planning to do?"
Mongo: "Dude, I'm learning how to fight cause I'm takin' back this country from this degradation, and you peeps seem like lambs headed for the slaughter..."
...and FLYING MACHINES
Ken-Dogger: "Rufus, what in the name of things held dear do you have on?"
Rufus: "Dude, it's my biker outfit. I see how those lasses look at you when you're on the Indian, I'm thinkin' I'll rock a sidecar..."
Ken-Dogger: "Rufus, you look like something out of a dystopian sci fi movie, it's a motorcycle, not a flyin' machine..."
Rufus: "Dude, I've seen the way you drive that thing, you make it a flyin' machine..."
Ken-Dogger: "True, Dude, very true..."
STUFF WORTH PROTECTING
Ken-Dogger: "Scooter, what's up with the suit?"
Scooter: "Dude, it's Monday, who do you think puts bread on the table round here?"
KD: "I told your Union guys to hold out for social security..."
Scooter: "KD, our Union guys got hung up on the social part, thought it was just about licking..."
KD: "Scooter, it's about NOT taking a lickin'...Big, big difference."
IT WILL NEVER GET US THROUGH...
Morning Money, more or less,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Doobie
Doobie: Did you see they have outbreaks at the Olympics
KD: I did, but you knew it was bound to happen.
D: I thought they had protocols in place.
KD: Apparently, the virus doesn’t follow protocols.
D: Tell me again why we’re holding Fan-Less Olympics?
KD: Money Doobie, it’s about the money…
D: And you know what, money isn’t going to get us through this.
Morning Peeps,
MORNING?? OR AFTERNOON ARMY??
Ken-Dogger: "Fluffy, hey boy, you gettin' up?"
Fluffy: "Dude, it's O Dark Thirty, this is no time for cute little pups..."
Ken-Dogger: "Fluffer man, just gettin' you ready for Army training son..."
Fluffy: "KD, I'm training for the Afternoon Army..."
GET CONCERNED WHEN THEY START ORGANIZING
Ken-Dogger: "Okay, come on guys, we're ready for our group picture, this will be soooo cute...Come on, guys, what's up with Cooter?"
Shooter: "Well, dude, Cooter, we think got into some of your 'medicinals' last evening, he's been dozin' for a time now..."
Ken-Dogger: "Okay, reschedule, those 'medicinals' are wicked, he's out for a while..."
Shooter: "Better find a new hiding place, dude, we're organizing..."
YOU MIGHT BE LIMPIN' BACK...
Cletus: "Hey you, don't touch that, touch this...Let me just tell ya, if you're interested, we come as a trio, you're not takin' Bertha and Fay away from me, I hear what you all do to new arrivals in 'Merica."
Buyer: "Oh no, that wouldn't happen here..."
Cletus: "I'm just tellin' ya, if you come near here and ya got that look, you'll be walkin' over, but you'll be limpin' back..."
CHOOSING YOUR HILL...
Morning Hill Climbers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Colossus
Colossus: Hey Dogger, I was thinking about just resting inside today.
KD: Has been pretty hot out.
C: Way too hot bro…my paws burn, you’re probably not going to like me too much today.
KD: Why’s that?
C: Most likely, I’m gonna go in places you no want me to go.
KD: You gonna go there?
C: We all gotta choose what hill we’re gonna die on.
SOME LOOKS WORK...
Morning Warm-Hearted Souls,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Georgi the Corgi
GtC: (Why is he bothering me, I need to stay in bed)
KD: You ready to get up?
GtC: (Does it look like I’m ready to get up?)
KD: I’m getting up, I can’t lie in bed after I’m up.
GtC: (I’m sad for you Bro, I got this, the warmth soothes me…)
KD: I’ll let you stay in bed and rest.
GtC: (I gotta remember this look, for your warmth and mine)
DIG DEEP TO AVOID THE GATHERING GLOOM
Morning to Those Who Are Not Afraid of Seeking The Truth Or Understanding Your Past and How it Determines Your Future,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cicero
Cicero: Morning Bro, got a question…How will we learn now in schools?
KD: What do you mean? Oh, you’re talking Critical Race Theory aren’t you?
C: Yep…as I understand it, if something causes you stress or concern, we don’t teach it?
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RELATIONSHIPS, THEY GET REAL
"Oh, you're getting all clean, you'll smell so fresh..."
"Ken-Dogger, you get that soap in my eye one more time and the shit will about to get real, you feel me player?"
"Come on, Snuffles, it's just a bath..."
"Let me explain the concept of shit gettin' real..."
AND THEY CALL IT DOGGY LOVE, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE...
Looks like DOGGY LOVE
MEET CHAZ
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chaz
Chaz: Hey Dogger, let’s get this walk in…
KD: It has been hot, best to do stuff before it gets unbearable.
C: Let’s go to the park, see my buds.
KD: IDK, the parks full of people sleeping there.
C: Peeps sleep there?
KD: Yes, sometimes that’s all that they have.
C: Let’s still go, they probably need some doggy love.
KD: We ALL need doggy love.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS...
"I'm just gonna lay here and snicker. Why is that you might ask? Well, in the morning, right before my owner peeps awaken, I like to let out a 'smellie'...
They always accuse the other on this one, makes me smile..."
KISSING TRUCKS??
Morning Kissers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Scruff
Scruff: Morning, where is that truck?
KD: Huh, what are you up to now?
S: I’m looking for that International truck.
KD: and why, pray tell?
S: Bro, it’s International Kissing Day.
KD: Scruff, I think that means global kissing, not a truck per se.
S: Sheesh, what is it with messaging…Even special days now are unclear.
KD: Pretty sure we’re not doing a day for kissing trucks.
S: Really sure?
KD: Not yet anyway…
Morning Snuffers,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Prince
Prince: Hey Dogger, I’m just hangin’…
KD: Wanna go to the park?
P: Okay, but it is not as fun as it used to be. No one talks anymore.
KD: I know, it was nice when you could go and walk and just have random convos.
P: It’s getting to the point where saying hi is toxic.
KD: Everything does not have to be inflamed.
P: But a lot of peeps in the US are living off the inflammation.
KD: Then we’re gonna be snuffers and wipe it out.
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277