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“…cause I speak of the Pompatus of Love.” the Wakefield Doctrine and diversity of search terms, MommyBlogs and zombie hordes

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

The word pompatus (pron.: /ˈpɒmpɨtəs/), also spelled pompitous, is a neologism used in the lyrics of Steve Miller’s 1973 rock song “The Joker”.

Although Miller claims he invented the words “epismetology”… and “pompatus”, all of his song-writing demonstrates strong rhythm and blues influences, a 1954 song called “The Letter” by the Medallions had the lines:

Oh my darling, let me whisper
sweet words of pizmotality
and discuss the puppetutes of love.

The song was composed by Vernon Green as a description of his dream woman. “Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved”, Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes “to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children”.   ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompatus )

I was reading FOTD1 Amy’s blog, Adorable Chaos the other day. The Post was about the diversity in the terms Readers use to ‘find their way’ to her blog. Very interesting Post. ‘Chaos ‘is, I believe, considered a ‘Mommy Post’, which is a demographic of the blogosphere that has produced a fair number of the blogs on the Doctrine blogroll. (This includes one of the better MB’s, namely Janine’s blog ‘Mommyholic‘. Before you go and think, as I did initially, that the community of MB’s was a peaceful place, a source of gentle insight into the blessed work of raising families and young ‘uns and such, think again. Better yet, ever see the most excellent Russell Crowe movie, ‘Gladiator’? Like that, only not so pacifistic.
Go to Janine’s and look to the right of the page and vote for her wherever you see the chance. There will be a lot of chances to vote.  I won’t say zombie horde (with cute aprons and iPads and minivans), but our Janine is surrounded by talented women, all determined to write the sweetest chronicle of raising little children. And if you don’t get out of their way, you will regret it, lol  In any event, they have lots of Votes and Elections for the Best of the MBs. Vote for Janine wherever you see a chance.)

Back to Amy and her blog. She sort of falls into the M(ommy)B(log) category, but the Post I was reading spoke of never quite knowing what she might write about, on any given day. This was something I could identify with, as illustrated by this here Post here. (In my Comment to Amy), I mentioned the idea that even though there really is only one subject for the Wakefield Doctrine blog, there is an endless supply of topics for Posts.

Other Friends Of The Doctrine follow a similar pattern of seemingly being in one category, yet writing incredibly diverse Posts

  • Cyndi with photography in ‘the ‘tude’,
  • Melanie with effective workplace strategies (hey! the Doctrine probably should offer to contribute some helpful tips there) and her animal rights work, go read Scribbles n Smiles
  • Rich Rumple (not even going to categorize the blog, lets just say, ‘ya cain’t get no decaf there!’) and
  • Terrye who, if she were a person in real life, would come with a set of those warnings like on TV (…may produce… don’t worry…immediately consult…more than 4 hours… contact your Lawyer) excellent scottian female.

All in all, a hell of a bunch.

Back to Amy and her discovering that people have found her blog by searching, among other phrases:  what lipstick goes with everything,  introverts are funny and words are like eggs dropped from great heights.
Interesting bunch of Readers Amy has, no?

The other thing being discussed (In Amy’s Post) was word count, how there can be a tendency for count creep. I totally got that, as the average word count here at the Doctrine is somehow over 1000 per on average.

Anyway. The tie-in to the Wakefield Doctrine is this: all three personality types will see words in different ways, as having different values and even, different applications.

  • clarks see words both as serving as protective coloration and as a way to become part of,  clarks totally love  words, and given their natural creativity and near psychotic self-confidence in their intellects, do not hesitate to try to talk their way back to the company of man. Unfortunately, in the majority of cases, this serves to only further mark them as the Outsiders
  • scotts pretty much see words as lures, bait, enticements and kissing (without quite so much spit). scotts use the words at hand, in whatever manner they feel like, just because for a scott, to paraphrase an old advertising saying, ‘there ain’t no such thing as bad attention’  scotts hate being ignored
  • rogers use words, in a sense better than the other two. they are able to do this simply because rogers are ‘of the herd’ they represent the worldview of the majority, show me an author with 27 million seller books and I will show you a roger, they have a delightful talent for expressing ideas in comfortable, round-edged words…soothing, exciting comforting they invite you to join them in the experience that everyone knows and loves to hear about.

1) FOTD  Friends Of The Doctrine

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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. Thank you seriously for the shout out here and among such wonderful talented writers, as well. I honestly feel blessed and humbled to be a part of our group with you. Happy to read, comment an share as always!! :)

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Janine

      credit where credit is due, you are thriving in what, to me, is an incredibly competitive niche in the blogosphere …’fun and words for everyone!’

  2. Cyndi says:

    Thank you, too, for the shout out! I’m working on that award you bestowed upon me, LOL, and fitting it in with the Picto Project, LOL.
    And words? Someone said LOVE of words? Have you read my “about me” page? I have a LIST of my favorite words, including fuddyduddy and bombastic. I LOVE cool words. And creativity? I REVEL in it. I am such a quintessential clark. OMG…

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Cyndi

      I totally agree, but this Post is also offering us an interesting insight into the clarklike worldview. We all know how ‘psychotically self-less’ clarks are…so doing a ‘shout-out’ POst would so not be a surprise… but we (especially clarks with a strong secondary scottian aspect) also stay in the center of things. There’s an old Doctrine saying that you hear if someone tries to say that clarks are simply introverts and it is, ‘clarks do not want to be the center of attention, but will not tolerate being ignored’ you know what I mean? lol

  3. Terrye says:

    I just had a major paradigm shift – I’m not a real person? But, that bitch Blue Fairy said I’d be a real boy if I wished hard enough! Now I have to rethink my whole world….thanks a LOT, Clark! :)

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Terrye

      I had to write that, I have known too many scottian women in my time, you people scare me sometimes, hence the ‘real person’ personificationing that I did, lol Listen paradigmn shifting, it gets better with practice, trust me, I’m a clark

  4. Amy says:

    Thanks so much for the shout out and I’m so glad you got a kick out of my post! I find the whole “keyword terms” fascinating (and often mind boggling).
    Comparing mom blogging to Gladiator feels very accurate! :) Sometimes it’s all too much for me and I just want to hide away for awhile. I guess that’s the Clark side speaking!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Amy

      def on the clark aspect convincing you to step back, but the thing about clarks and hiding, we never quite lose sight of what we are doing….

  5. Words, words and… more words. For a clark, there can never be too many and none can be too strange. Well, yes maybe.
    Do scotts – nah don’t have to include them here – do rogers savor words in the same fashion as we clarks? There are many famous rogerian wordsmiths however their use of words differs dramatically from how clarks use words. (they’re all about creating emotional reaction(s))
    Self consciousness, needing to present a “perfect” thing and lack of emotion sometimes are the reasons a clark will stumble over words.
    It’s about communication. And how we relate to the world. rogers have an advantage over clarks for being “of the herd” and being the emotional ones or rather, emotion based. Most humans react to well ordered, emotion based words. Even clarks. LOL

  6. Rich Rumple says:

    Clark, I have a cup of coffee ready for you. Tis instant, but guaranteed to grow hair on your toes (should that ever be a desired result). lol
    I thank you for the shout out! You are only too kind, my friend. I like to describe it as a base of reality, blended with edgy sarcasm, and laced with a hint of humor. In other words, pretty much like myself. A mass of “who knows?”
    Like my blog, perhaps I am a combination of all three personas. At times, the ClarkRogerScott in me runs rampant, or full cycle amid the three. I can tell you that I am, in the astrology arena, a Gemini of the truest form, which would explain my plight.
    You are continuing to do well, sir! Another great edition has been recorded, received, and perused. Great job!

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:

      @Rich

      You are totally correct on seeing the characteristics of all three from time to time, the Doctrine assures us that we have the capabilities of all three, even though we do ‘pick one’ which then becomes our predominant worldview, aka personal worldview. This area of (the Doctrine) had incredible potential of self-development, but of course, the predominant worldview is the reality (for all of us) so it where our focus is…mostly.
      But, the Doctrine is nothing if not provacative. But here’s a curious thing about rogers, given a choice, rogers prefer brewed coffee to instant (relative to the other two).