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

The Contest: Write a Post with the phrase, ‘a dead balloon is a dead balloon‘ in the Title. ( No other limitations or requirements imposed.)

The Prize: a DVD of the movie Tin Man

The Author of the Post that is judged by the  Readers and (secret) Judge to be the best, most interesting, clever, funny and/or cool  will receive a DVD  ‘Tin Man’  (which is the totally excellent re-telling of the Wizard of Oz)

Posts can be submitted starting April 1, 2012 (yes, we know) and received no later than 04/13/2012… Final Decision on April the 17th!  Sent by email or comment or chat (at the Facebook) and we will Post your Post (ha, ha) to the Doctrine and/or ‘the Facebook’.

...(!!) You know how we talk about the DownSprings and Friends of the Doctrine?  They are what makes this thing move forward in an increasingly effect direction….anyway  Molly and Ms AKH have made the very constructive suggestion that maybe it would be better to have you send us a link to your Post instead of emailing the content. That way, we will do a Post with Entries  a little about the author and the Title of the entry and a link back to your own site.  sound like a (better) plan.   Want to thank Claire very also, she has been my initial advisor, but sometimes I don’t hear suggestions the first time. 
Anyway, stay tuned and send them links in, yo 

How much fun will that be?

A lot of damn fun, that is how much fun it will be!
The Wakefield Doctrine is not just about understanding why people behave the way they do…it is about understanding how we (our own-damn-selves)  behave.  And…and…  oh, yeah!   it’s about understanding the fun in life… appreciating the fun… having fun!

And who doesn’t enjoy a little contest?  ( I am so glad you asked that question!)

The three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine and Contests:

Pie Eating:

• Winner: scott
• Loser: clark

Pie Baking ( and all other cooking contests, except for Barbecue):

• Winner: roger (male or female¹)
• Loser: scott

Barbecue

• Winner: scott ( for hottest sauces)
• Loser: scott (for burning down the staging area when he uses a gallon of gasoline to ‘turn dat fire up a notch’ )

Three legged Race

• Winner: scott and a roger
• Loser: clark and either one

Count the Jelly Beans in the Jar

• Winner: roger
• Loser: scott

Scavenger Hunt

• Winner: scott
• Loser: clark

Arm Wrestling

• Winner: clark 
• Loser: roger

So send in your Posts for entry into the Contest!

1) so there’s a difference? ²

2) …come on…it’s a good natured joke… I can say that ’cause I have a rogerian aspect