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: Morning Ajax, what up?
Ajax: It's about to go down...
KD: Wha...just cause the Mikster's home? You think that changes my behavior?
A: Yep...
KD: Well, there ain't as much 'change' as there used to be, I've lost a little giddy up.
A: 'Bout time, was wondering when that shift was occurring.
KD: That shift tends to be more bent when the Mikster's home.
A: It's called accommodation, it does a married body good.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bonkers, what ya doing?
Bonkers: Well, I've been walking around, and I've got this stuff stuck to my paw.
KD: Huh...
B: Huh, that's it, Huh?
KD: What do you want me to do?
B: You could get me unstuck. I don't understand how some stuff sticks and some doesn't. And I don't get why I need help to get unstuck.
KD: Sometimes, It's what we do which gets stuff stuck. It's also why we need each other to help us to the right togetherness.
B: I'm cool with dat.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Eloise, you're looking regal.
Eloise: Why thanks Dogger, I'm just hanging out. I'm practicing calmness.
KD: Calmness, there is such a thing?
E: We come by it naturally, we sense it.
KD: So, you're telling me it's always there, you just gotta allow it to happen.
E: Boy, you know it's true.
KD: I'm enjoying these talks.
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Theo, what are we going to get into today?
Theo: Dude, this is cool, you're going to start doing stuff again.
KD: I gotta keep going, I'm searching for some JOY.
T: Heretofore, you have found JOY in many things. You're going to find it again.
KD: I think so too, might be tempered JOY initially, but we'll get it full-blown, won't we?
T: Yeppers, Dogger, Yeppers.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Roscoe, what's up with the look?
Roscoe: Dude, a little worried about you.
KD: Last few days have been a little shocking Roscoe, trying to figure out how to adjust.
R: You're closing peeps off too, you think that's wise?
KD: I need some time to figure out how to get close again.
R: I think it's called trust.
KD: Yep, not big on that right now.
So, one thing I can do creatively is new editions of #pups4peace.
I have been wantonly using old ones which showed up on FB memories, but since I'm off that evil website, I've lost that supply.
So, let me find some JOY in new editions.
KEEP TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT
Morning Peeps,
ADJUSTMENTS
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Teacup
Teacup: What up Dog?
KD: Dealing with time changes, bodies will be adjusting…
T: We adjust daily, it’s just one more…
KD: That’s a good point
T: What’s that?
KD: Life being a series of adjustments…
T: Seems some are more monumental than some others…
KD: I guess it also means it’s more chances to get it right.
VOTING IS PRO-CHOICE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chex, what are you doing?
Chex: Dude, I saw you checking your voting roster and practicing your selections.
KD: Voting is the hallmark of democracy Chex, everyone should be voting.
Chex: Dude, that's why I'm practicing.
KD: Chex, sorry man, dogs can't vote. Regrettably, all citizens can't vote, but those who can, should.
IT'S FUNNY WE LOOK AT LIFE THAT WAY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Justus, that’s a look.
Justus: Well, I was wondering about clouds blocking the sun
KD: Clouds getting in your way?
J: Yes, and dreams and schemes and circus crowds
KD: It’s funny we look at life that way…
J: But now old friends are acting strange, they say I’ve changed
KD: Today, a lot will change…
J: It’s life’s illusions we’ll recall, we really don’t know life at all.
(Homage to Joni M)
Ken-Dogger: What cha’ doing?
Rocco: I’m bending these bananas, it’s strength.
KD: A test? Did you know Gandhi once said, “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
R: Indomitable will? Well, you’ve seen what I’ve done thus far.
KD: Umm, bananas are already bent some, how much WILL was necessary?
R: Strength gave me capacity, but it was WILL which pushed me through.
KD: I think we need both, we just need to summon them at the same time.
REACH OUT IN THE DARKNESS AND YOU MAY FIND A FRIEND...
I THINK IT'S SO GROOVY NOW
Ken-Dogger: Duke, what you got there buddy?
Duke: She's my new special friend, my brother
KD: Wow, Duke, just wow, you DO know kittens/cats are your natural enemy.
D: Yes, why yes, I do
KD: So how'd you two enemies become fast friends?
D: I reached out, my brother, I just reached out...
COULD WE JUST OPEN ONE CAN OF WORMS AT A TIME?
Morning Opportunity Seekers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Kita
Kita: Dogger, this great resignation is puzzling.
KD: IKR, lots of job openings.
K: Well, seems the pandemic widened eyes for many, they saw opportunity.
KD: Peeps want choices, like working from home.
K: They want to get paid for working from home? Who’s gonna mention this to housewives?
KD: Kita, could we just open one can of worms at a time.
There ARE Scarier days...
Ken-Dogger: Whoa, just a minute there Snickers, you got your costume on already?
Snickers: Yea man, love this day and costuming...This is the scariest day in America
KD: I know, I used to think that too, but then I remembered Election Day is next week.
Snickers: Scarier day isn't it?
KD: Yep, it is...
YOU JUST GOTTA STAY WHERE LOVE IS...
Ken-Dogger: Hey Buddy, aww, I'm sorry didn't realize you're still sleeping
Buddy: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
KD: Dude, I'm keepin' you there with your Cuddles. If I awaken you, you'll only see Americans debating which side's hate is more vitriolic.
Buddy: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
KD: Sleep on Dude, love resides here...
Ooh, in time it could have been so much more
Ken-Dogger: Hey Dolly
Dolly: Hey Bro, was just thinking about time.
KD: Huh?
D: Well, it’s the same 60 minutes in an hour, but you all seem to experience it differently.
KD: You mean time doesn’t pass the same for all of us?
D: Doesn’t seem so, some are frazzled, some are unfazed in the same time period.
KD: So, you’re saying it’s a choice how you view the time you have?
D: It’s a choice how you use your time, hopefully a conscious one.
Baseball is LIFE
Ken-Dogger: Dixiee, would you look at Truck sleepin' there...
Dixiee: Now that's cute, tucked in there with his baseball, was a great season
KD: It was Baby Girl...And the best team won, doesn't always happen that way, but this year it did
D: Just shows you what a little bit of chemistry can do huh?
KD: Yep, it does, it's always in the blending that you become better than yourself...
GETTING BACK TO DECENCY AND CIVILITY
Morning Civil Ones,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Terry
Terry: Is this how we’re going to live now, peeps yellin’ at each other daily.
KD: Seems so, I can’t imagine carrying around all that anger.
T: So what’s up?
KD: Getting my booster today, early in the morning.
T: Wow, doing your part?
KD: Doing the part I think I’m supposed to, part of being civil, and I’m around peeps more now too.
T: If we’re going to do society, let’s do it civilly.
STRETCHING
Ken-Dogger: Hey Cleo
Cleo: Morning Bro
KD: You’re all laid out.
C: I am, doing my stretches…
helps me get ready for the day.
KD: Cool, stretching is good for the body.
C: I’m hip Bro, I stretch all the time…It protects me and it helps me grow.
KD: I know, when I stretch myself I find new ways of doing, new ways of knowing, and new ways to keep my health.
C: Now you see why I stretch?
KD: Yep, stretching…good for the body, mind, and soul.
C: Dude, pass it on.
PLANNING GUIDANCE
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bruno, what up?
Bruno: Dude, looking for that movie with Jack.
KD: Which one?
B: The one where he’s a Marine Colonel and orders the Code Red
KD: Okay, and why?
B: Well, remember when he says “You’re damn right I did”
KD: Yes, Ol’ Jack thought he had moral authority over regulations.
B: Well, you might want to remind those peeps who held planning meetings for a coup.
KD: Good point, thinkin’ you’re right doesn’t make it so…
APPRECIATE THE GIG YOU GOT
Ken-Dogger: Don't even...
Dixiee: Would you look at that Dude, my 'bro' has his own place.
KD: Hey Baby Girl, you really want your own place?
Dixiee: Naw, I kinda like my gig, and sleeping in bed with my two fave peeps, that's killer.
KD: Thought you might say that.
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