Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine ( the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers )

Remember how we have been saying that, as people come across our website and learn about the Wakefield Doctrine, they will be joining us in our efforts to show the world a  better personality theory?  Funny thing about that… 

“Hey!  Yeah! thats right, You!!  Welcome!!!!  Yeah, I said welcome! You got a problem with that?!?!   …thank you for your attention.”    

Alex, yo  sit already. 
We first met  Alex Crabtree   at ‘the Facebook’.  With Friends of the Doctrine (FOTD)  such as  Clairepeek and Nell Rose and Seven Ravens, while we still exchange emails and write Comments on (each other’s) Posts, ‘the Facebook’ allows a certain ‘quick-on-the-run’ form of communication.   That we hit it off with Alex,  is not so remarkable… that he was fascinated by the Doctrine barely is worth mention, …even the fact that our Mr. Crabtree is a skilled and accomplished writer, with a following of no small accounting  is not what should have you sitting back in your chair. That this Wakefield Doctrine has enabled/empowered/encouraged a rather ….diverse…group of people  to inveigle an (otherwise) intelligent, mature and accomplished adult to send us a photo of his Wakefield Doctrine hat (with supporting damn head) claiming ( by Right of Hat ) a famous local landmark as his own,  wellll  that should totally, frickin’  blow your mind.  
The thing about this Wakefield Doctrine thing of ours is that it totally works and has a practical value. Alex is a perfect example. He is clearly not a person who is shy and retiring,   he is quick with the repartee and does not appear overly concerned about what people may think of him.  In other words, he a scott!  Our point is, with the Wakefield Doctrine, we non-scottian people knew exactly what to do when we first met Alex: 

•  laugh,
• push (the other guy) back even harder
• ….and have fun! 

Damn, it works.
Turns out that not only is Alex a scott, but he got mad writer skills. Convincing and engaging, his work ranges from telling tales of his-18-year-old-self   to painting a picture that forces you to appreciate the inherent attractivness of the homely parts of  life.  Good stuff. He spends a lot of time over at a place called Extreme Writing Now ,  you should stop by, tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya. 
So, in the spirit of the scottian worldview ( i.e.  direct…direct  and then,  direct) lets give Alex the flo:

I am a man with a pen, a laptop, two hounds, a head full of drug forged memories from the 1970’s and 80’s, a bitter ex-wife, a stack of abused  spiral bound notebooks, a love of people- as long as they don’t come within fifty feet of me (something to do with that mess back in ’08 resulting in the rest of the world filing a restraining order against me), six wheels, a penchant to create bizarre lists, a deep and disturbing distaste of coconut, an unhealthy and lengthy man-crush list, more head scars than Cher has ex-husbands, an odd number of dimples when I smile, an appreciation for the power that affords a single strawberry to topple most third world nations (America has far too many staunch prudes for that to work here- but someday…), a taste for tequila, a hankering for key lime pie, and the love…

( Well said, Alex.  No, you cannot go to your local National Guard and make them give you the keys to an M1 Abrams, …doesn’t matter if ‘ you’ll spring for the gas’… just sit for a minute, we’re almost through here… No, I don’t think that she was staring at you….sit! )
So the Wakefield Doctrine is pleased to put  the citizens of the State of Ohio ( Ohio-ians(?) Ohioeenas, Ohio-enizens)… on notice that there is a new scott in town and “y’all best  mind ya manners, eat right and pay attention”.

Welcome Alex Crabtree

 Hey!  you can hear Alex and all the rest of the DownSprings every( well most every, pretty much every, if they call in  then you can…)  Saturday Night Live!!  Just figure out how to call in and you can ask Alex or Molly or DS#1 or even AKH  a question!!  And they have to answer you!!  (Really, they do!)