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 Donner, you down?
Donner: I am, unsure why, just down right now.
KD: A lot of peeps are down now, voting consequences, you know.
D: I do know, it's a bummer. But you know, there's still silver linings out there and still a fight to make.
KD: I think peeps are still licking their wounds, they're not ready for the next steps.
D: Guess, I'll work on my down and build it to Up.
KD: Guess, we all should work on seeing the UP.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Cleo
Cleo: Is it still? You're a late arrival today.
KD: IKR, I did sleep in; I never sleep in. Must have needed it.
C: You humans crack me up. You think there is some larger goal out there other than loving, eating, getting petted, and sleeping.
KD: We do get deluded.
C: Keep it simple my brother...
KD: And a KISS to you to Cleo.
Ken-Dogger: Well, well, someone's happy this morning.
Clyde: Dude, you know, I've got emotional range.
KD: Wow, emotional range, please, go on.
C: Well, it just seems a lot of peeps are morose and sullen lately, they've forgotten there's a range of emotions out there.
KD: No, they've tasted reality.
C: Perhaps so, but it's a good reminder to let peeps know there is still a wide-open range out there.
KD: Good to know, Clyde, thanks for the startle.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Hogarth
Hogarth: Hey Dogger, morning to you. I was just thinking about things I never got over.
KD: Wow, that's pretty heavy this early, you mean like politics and stuff?
H: Politics? Who can figure that out? Naw, Dogger, I mean the real stuff. I never got over why the banned Wooly Bully.
KD: That was another case where peeps didn't understand so they banned.
H: Hmmm, seems easier to ban than understand.
KD: Tis true, Hogarth, tis true.
Ken-Dogger: Morning Sly
Sly: What up Dog
KD: You seem to be looking around a lot this morning, what gives?
S: I'll tell ya what gives...That new guy keeps picking some weirdos for his cabinet. I'm just hoping I don't get picked.
KD: Why is that?
S: Dude, I only know how to eat and walk right now, not much qualification for anything. Seems that's what gets you in the candidate pool.
KD: You're not far off, I'll keep you out of sight.
S: Keep me off the books.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Clyde
Clyde: That's your greeting, hey? Come on, what's the deal?
KD: Getting ready for a long two years in the USA.
C: These pundits sure can put a damper on life, can't they?
KD: They can, they do, they will...not sweet alternatives now.
C: We've still got each other, we're still breathing, we've got resources.
KD: Resources and cliches...We're playing one game at a time.
C: We're taking one day at a time.
KD: Together...
Ken-Dogger: Hey there Petie
Petie: Morning Dogger, I'm looking for someone to bite this morning.
KD: Whoa, doggies...what hellacious rage today.
P: Well, I'm upset, and peeps aren't letting me be upset.
KD: You want to wallow in your sorrow, is that it?
P: I want time to let it resolve...it needs to breathe.
KD: Let's give it some time then Petie, we've got that.
P: Yes, Dogger, yes, we do.
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: What up Coltrane?
Coltrane: Stuff seems awful quiet...
KD: You mean you aren't hearing celebrations and dancing in the streets like in 2020?
C: Nope, seems different, quieter this time.
KD: Is it quieter, or have we just shut ourselves out of the noise?
C: You mean we don't always see the totality?
KD: I mean we don't always see the totality.
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.
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