FINDING CONTROL
Ken-Dogger: Hey Django, why the look?
Django: Dude, you see the 2021 UN report…Irreversible was used.
KD: Come on…What’s to worry about, peeps will see the report and do something about it.
D: What planet do you live on?
KD: Earth still, what is left of it. Report said climate is out of control.
D: Wow, you think Climate saw human behavior and decided to match it?
KD: Somebody somewhere needs to find that ‘control’ switch again.
D: And put a ‘governor’ on it.
BEWARE THE MARIACHIS
Ken-Dogger: Killer, looks like the Bday party took its toll...
Killer: Dude, first, don't talk so loud...second, you KNOW what happens when I hear the mariachis...
KD: Killer, yes I do, I simply thought you had moved beyond this behavior
Killer: Somedays you meet the challenges head-on, somedays you slide...Does this look like head-on to you?
KD: Killer, I hear that...
PUT SOME WIGGLE IN YOUR SCHWIGGLE
Morning Self-Talkers and Moon-Walkers,
Ken-Dogger: Beau, Shuh, you need to quiet down.
Beau: Oh, sorry Dogger, I was doing my self-talk.
KD: Your self-talk?
B: Yes Bro, my affirmations, my strategies for the day…
KD: Wow, you’re planning? But you sleep most of the day.
B: Sleep is a planned event in my world.
KD: So, your whole day is planned?
B: Not entirely, I leave some wiggle for my schwiggle…
KD: I don’t even want to know…
Morning Peeps, HB2ME
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dusty
Dusty: Morning Bro, someone’s big day?
KD: Yep, 74 Big Ones, I seem to be makin’ it.
D: I like the way you’re workin’ it.
KD: We’ve landed in a great place, and we’re continuing to learn…we’re blessed.
D: It sure has been easy on me.
KD: Maybe that’s the key, Life – keep it easy while you tame the hard.
D: Just keep taking it easy on me.
KD: You got it Dusty.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, what’s this…this pool of water?
Roscoe: Where?
KD: Right there, can’t you see it?
R: Oh, that?
KD: Yes that…
R: Dude, chill, it’s an ice cube.
KD: It’s no longer an ice cube, it has melted, you took it out of its protection.
R: Oh, that’s how that works…I was wondering why the ground seemed wetter.
KD: And it's gonna keep getting wetter if these global govts don't get their act together.
Ma: "What do ya think, Petie, you like momma giving you your bath instead of Daddy?"
Petie: "Ma, you see this eye?"
Ma: "Which one, you mean the left one, the one closed due to either water or soap or a combination of the two?"
Petie: "That would be the one I'm talking 'bout...Well, a little less soap and water and a lot more action"
Ma: "Goin' Toby Keith on me this morning ey…"
Petie: "Knew you'd get the subtlety..."
Ken-Dogger: "Benji, you ready for your walk? Looks like Mommy has you dapper today, dude."
Benji: "Say 1 more thing about this outfit and you're goin' down my brother..."
Ken-Dogger: "How's that leash feelin' little buddy?"
Morning Wheel Movers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Clive
Clive: The wheel is turnin’, you can’t slow down, you can’t let go and you can’t hang on…
KD: Whoa, what has you goin’ this morning?
C: You can’t go back and you can’t stand still, if the thunder don’t get us the lightning will.
KD: You know there’s two wheels…The Wheel of Life and your personal wheel.
C: So I gotta get ‘em in synch?
1/2
Spike: "Ken-Dogger, I was goin' for the punk look, how'd I do?"
KD: "Dude, you nailed it...Who's your stylist?"
Spike: "KD, trade secret man, if I tell ya, I gotta kill ya...trade secrets all the rage now ya know..."
KD: "Spike, you said a mouthful my hairy friend..."
JUST CULLING THE HERD
Morning Behavers,
Ken-Dogger: What up Snoop?
Snoop: Bro, stuff keeps changin’, I mean the guidance…One day it’s mask, then we stop, then we start again.
KD: IKR, everyone is not behaving well. If we were all behaving well, we might have better results.
S: So the right stuff isn’t changing?
KD: Not fast enough, we’re gonna do a second wave.
S: More culling the herd Bro, we’re gonna get to herd immunity somehow.
(dog pic won't post, damn, it was cute too)
A REMINDER, AND PERHAPS A PRIMER, ON THE LAST FASCIST REGIME IN THE USA FROM 2016-2020
Titan: "Dude, you're keepin' track of my papers right?"
Ken-Dogger: "C'mon man, do you think I'd lose them on purpose?"
Titan: "KD, I'm following the news also...Seems in 'Merica, they tend to lose info on those they throw in cages."
KD: "Titan, they're not dogs, we treat dogs humanely in 'Merica."
Planning will continue until morale improves
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chopper, stop barking, shh.
Chopper: Dude, let’s get going…
KD: Get going on what, it’s early, let me just have my coffee.
C: Bro, your office, there are boxes and cartons, and the TV.
KD: There’s a plan.
C: Wha? A plan?
KD: Listen, I learned a long time ago, when the Mikster says there’s a plan, there’s a plan, and I’m sticking to it.
C: Where’s your sense of adventure?
KD: My lifeline tells me it’s in the PLAN.
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."
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277