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Wednesday… the Wakefield Doctrine 30 Minute Radio Hour at 4:00 EST … oh, yeah! and a look at a classic Christmas song… Doctrine-style

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

What a strange and interesting business all this blog writing is!

In the space of 4 years, I have gone from, “write about the Wakefield Doctrine online? as a blog? as if what I’m thinking about is going to be interesting to the total stranger”  to  ” so, you say there are 900 million people in the blogosphere? …that means, (1/2 of 1% tomorrow morning, carry the 7 subtract…) 45 Thousand Hits!!  to  “I don’t care if anyone reads about the Doctrine, I just enjoy the writing”  to  “screw this, no one cares! why the hell didn’t I take up golf?”  to  “holy smoke! a caller on Saturday Night says she thinks the Doctrine is interesting and has some questions” to  “sure, everyone gives away Tee Shirts, it’s sound marketing!”  to  ” a Radio Show? Going on the ‘air’ for 30 minutes a week is good for me? … to show that the Doctrine is a useful tool for self-improvement?  I suppose....”  finally to  “hey! this is an old Christmas Post  lets just re-print it!  What do you mean, not fair?”

…I’ll bet you thought that ‘Winter Wonderland’ (music by Felix Bernard, and lyrics by Richard Smith) was just some old 1940’s, ‘your parents and girls like this song’  kind of Christmas Carole, now didn’t you?

Yesterday morning  one morning, a couple of years ago, I heard the call of the Wakefield Doctrine  (‘…time to write another post’).
At just about this time (that early December morning),  the weather forecast mentioned something about snow later in the day, which from what I could see out the window at my desk was totally believable.
All of a sudden I heard the phrase ‘sleigh bells ring, can’t you (something something) them’  in my head.  Accompanied by just a light hint of the music, that damn catchy music.

To ‘the Google’  and I have the whole story. The actual title of the song, the complete  lyrics, even a link to an mp3.  I listened to an audio clip of the song and that starts the ‘mind-worm’*, and now I’m totally stuck with the song playing in my head.  I immediately realized that my only hope of not having a Christmas Carole plying in my head all day long, is to write a Post about it and put it out on the internet ( this being the virtual reality version of letting the cat who has been scratching and making noise to be let outside, peace and quiet…let the neighbors enjoy the noise).
So I scanned the lyrics for any reference to ‘the sleigh bells’ ( the song fragment that was still cycling in my head) and the line “Later on we’ll conspire” just about jumps out of my computer monitor!

(… a pause, a sip of my coffee, looking over the brim of my cup,  I read all of the lyrics. …. What have we here?)

This classic Holiday song, ‘Winter Wonderland’ very much has my attention.

The lyrics! It is the lyrics that have me, reading and I begin to smile  (I am liking this Richard Smith guy, get weird much, Richard?  thank you! my friend, you’ve just handed me today’s Post!)

Here are the lyrics to this delightful Christmas song:

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We’re happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland. (“ok, nothing strange, it is, in fact, some  fairly attractive imagery, …sort of what we remember about the song.”)

Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland. (“…still safe, expanding the imagery, including local fauna maybe in order to stress seasonal climate changes, …safe …safe.”)

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown (“…?!!?”)

He’ll say: Are you married? (“Who exactly are you asking and who the hell is ‘Parson Brown’?”)
We’ll say: No man,

But you can do the job
When you’re in town.(“…wtf !? The ground is beginning to feel decidedly spongy.”)

Later on, we’ll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we’ve made, (“Yes! The plans! tell about the Plans…tell us about the Plans George…”)
Walking in a winter wonderland.

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he’s a circus clown (“No, there is absolutely nothing funny/charming/cute about a circus clown made of snow, standing alone, not moving…yet”)
We’ll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down. (Other kids? How old is this person, I mean, he’s talking about marriage for god’s sake!”)

When it snows, ain’t it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We’ll frolic and play, the Eskimo way, (Yeah! sure,  eat still warm animal flesh, kiss with our noses and give birth on an ice floe. Merry Christmas, you weird, carole-singing, 27 going on 13 year old)
Walking in a winter wonderland.

One of the main reasons for the ‘re-mix’ Post is that today is Wednesday and Wednesday is the Wakefield Doctrine 30 Minute Radio Hour Day.
For reasons that I trust will be made clear to me at some point in time, I have taken on the challenge of doing what amounts to a 30 minute Live Post!   …on BlogTalkRadio at 4:00pm EST

In any event. Have a good Wednesday wherever you are, I am including a music video, so you can have the song stuck in your head.

(I have to go now, there is a circus clown with coal for eyes and a carrot for a nose on my front lawn and I think he is upset.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K05JWjA0atc

 

*mind-worm: a song (or worse) a fragment of a song that plays in your head, constantly until you want to scream  “…are you listening?”

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Well, what exactly do you want to know? Whether I am a clark or a scott or roger? If you have to ask, then you need to keep reading the Posts for two reasons: a)to get a clear enough understanding to be able to make the determination of which type I am and 2) to realize that by definition I am all three.* *which is true for you as well, all three...but mostly one

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  1. Have a great day Clark. I understand about busy days those are usually my Saturdays. Nevertheless loved your replay Wednesday. You take on that classic song was hilarious and thank you for that this morning :)

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Janine

      …sorry about the mind-worm, but I thought, what the hell, I enjoyed reading the Post again (although in the interest of full disclosure I did edit the original Post pretty heavily) but it’s a good way to start a day

  2. Molly Molly M. says:

    Those lyrics make sense to me…
    Of course, I received my first serious marriage proposal when I was 16, from a 15 year old… He continued proposing every 6 weeks or so for the next 4 years (until I married someone else). In the end, he married his high school sweetheart. She still thinks she has the best catch in the world, and I’m still glad I told him no.

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Molly

      …fine, so who the hell is Parson Brown!! lol (you have to admit, it’s an odd mix on lyrics/imagery conspire* eskimo way )

      * ok, ok rhymes with Fire

  3. Molly Molly M. says:

    Obviously, he is the traveling minister — the one every young couple is waiting for in the spring.

    If you are unfamiliar with the concept, try reading “The Nine Brides And Granny Hite” by Neill Compton Wilson.

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Molly

      …you’re not from around here, are you? lol (the thing I totally like about this whole blogosphere thing is the ability to see the world through the eyes of others… i.e. traveling ministers.. in this part of the country, less distance more static resources does make you think about the idea of how different the world looks when you live in a small rural town/a large metropolitan city/a home in the prairie

  4. Cyndi says:

    One of these days Ima gonna get faster internet because I have such a hard time watching videos. :\
    But congrats on the 45K! That’s SUPER fantastic. And yes, the Doctrine is fascinating. As a fellow clark you’ll understand why the word “fascinating” leads me to say, “live long and prosper.” HA!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Cyndi

      why yes, yes I do (know the reference). The video was fun (in case you couldn’t see it) it was Ozzy and Jessica doing Winter Wonderland, good version!

  5. Cheerful and funny….enjoyed the scattering of thoughts and lyrics today. Have a great day!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Melanie

      Glad it was enjoyed, even the Doctrine takes a day off every now and then to doing something simple and fun (like the Post).