Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine: ( ‘three ways to see yourself on the way to a better life‘ )
The Contest! the Post Writing Contest, of course! The one where you write a Post with the phrase, ‘a dead balloon is a dead balloon’ in the Title and if it is judged to be the best of all the Posts that are presented, you win a DVD of a very good movie. You remember, now? Well there has been a slight change to how we are going to proceed, or more accurately, how we will be presenting the Entries to you, the Readers. (This is quite important, as we are going to rely rather heavily on the Readers to Comment and vote for and generally indicate which of the Posts should be judged, DVD-worthy.)
At first we thought, ‘hey, lets have people send their Posts here and we’ll ‘re-print’ them here, at the Doctrine here. But then, as I talk to the others ( Claire and Mel and AKH and Molly ) the proper way to proceed becomes more apparent: have the Contestants send in the links to their Posts (along with bio/author information) and present them on one Post with links to take the Readers to the… the reading places! Way makes sense! This approach is easier to present, one or two or three lines about the Author, and the Title of their Post ( all in hyper-link blue) and away we go!
That is the Latest! Enter your Posts and increase your chances of Winning significantly.
Other News: working on the Occupations/Careers section of the book, need to be sure we are totally representative of the world of jobs, as we will be discussing which of the three personality types have an Aptitude for which Occupations.
| Elementary School Teacher | Forklift Operator | Librarian | Psychologist | Physician |
| Lighthouse Keeper | Clergy | Farmer | Commercial Fisherman | Production Designer |
| Proof Reader | Artist | Museum Curator | Janitor | Waitress |
| Nurse | Direct Sales Person | Engineer | Scientist | Executive |
| Police Officer | Fire Fighter | Street Performer | Panhandler | Mime |
| General Contractor | Surgeon | Defense Attorney | Butcher | Lobster Fisherman |
| Rancher | Accountant | Dog Breeder | Dog Trainer | Chef |
| Waiter | CEO | Fast Food Service | Real Estate Agent | PR Aide |
OK there is a partial list, anyone with any suggestions or additions please feel free to do so.
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Yes, I’ll have a crack at the contest too. But here’s a trivia question- who’s singing this version of ” Manic Depression” ? And for extra credit…what time signature is it in?
Good questions. I know the answer to the first part of your question, but would leave the fun of the effort to answer to others.
I will admit to not know, at least simply by listening, the answer to the question of time signature.
Glad to hear you will enter the Contest. Remember the change to entry Rules: send us the link to your Post and also a little blurb (if you will) about anything you would care to say (about pretty much anything you care to Comment on) we will then Post the Title of your Entry (with a link) and introduce your offering. It will end up being about 3 lines in a Post on Thursday or Friday.
We hope to present on (Thursday or Friday) or even Saturday…all Posts received this week, that way Readers can sit back and read them and Vote!
so let me get this straight…what you are telling us is that Jimi wrote a waltz
Yes!!! 3/4 time. I remember back in high school days, some kid told me it must be in 5/4 time because you couldn’t count it. It took a very long time for that particular light bulb to turn on.
For the general public; the Tuesday music theory lesson…
Almost all music on the planet is in 4/4 time, also called ‘common time; four beats to a measure. Other time signatures are very seldom used, so for Jimi Hendrix to write something in 3/4 time in 1967…pretty amazing. Must have been the ‘good acid’ he was chewing on by then…3/4 is usually associated with Strauss- style waltzes, ballroom dancing, and early Gregorian chant. The monks believed that three beats in a measure represented the Holy Trinity, and that 4/4 left an extra beat in there for the devil to mess around with.
Geez…maybe they were onto something…
BTW, King’s X does a good cover of ‘Manic Depression’ too.
…not to mention the oxygen-deprivation effects of particularly long phrasing (speaking of mind-alteration)… them Monks had it on good authority that god, he be into the hypoxia thing… hey! did that make us kids semi-divine? ( Age:7-12 “Hey! clark!! sit in the chair, put your head between your knees, exhale as hard as you can 10 times and stand up real quick!!” “Sure, why not?”)