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

Sometimes people, new to the Doctrine will say, ‘hey it’s clever and all, but all in just three groups and it’s kinda too hard to learn, never be practical.’ To which I say, ‘no, you’re totally wrong!’ thereby providing evidence of the efficacy of the Wakefield Doctrine as a tool of self developing oneself. A (relatively) short time ago, I might have responded to this fairly aggressive statement with something that began with, “yeah, but…” had a lot of third person pronouns in the middle and ended with, “you think?”

Below, in block quotes, is an example of the fun of the Doctrine at work. So after coming up with the subtitle, I decided I should check up on the etymology of the word ‘gimmick’, visited my usual sources, etymology.com and a few of the others. No surprises. Just as I was about to come back and get to work on the List, I spotted a listing for a site called ‘Wordwizard’ (it had a feather next to the title, which I think was supposed to be a quill) and a subtitle of ‘for lovers of the English language, switch accessibility mode on’ The site itself was more of a submit your thoughts on (the etymology of words) and the expert host would respond. But that’s not what stopped me and made me grateful for the Doctrine. The following exchange, clearly on the topic of the etymology of the word ‘gimmick’, at the top of the page was,

(Reader John) “I’ve run into “origin unknown” everywhere I’ve checked on the word “gimmick”. I thought it might have come from the early 20th century after General Motors Company used “GMC” as their company letters. Lot’s of new mechanical marvels were introduced at that time by car companies and I thought people might have generalized them gimmicks (GMCs).
Any other thoughts on the subject?”

(site Host) “John, GMC is a good stab at a folk etymology, but I’m afraid that there is enough known about the origin of the word to know that that one isn’t true.“

My first thought, actually my second thought as I reacted to the person’s too-plainly illustrated predominant worldview, was, damn what a Doctrine!

Enough about the first 10 minutes of TToT Post writing. I am totally being a 15 year old with my profligate approach to the (unfortunately) finite day’s supply of words! I better settle down and get this done, as I need to get over to Findingninee to read and comment….( gratitude associates itself with the following):

1) Finish The Sentence Friday,  my very first bloghop and the place/activity/interaction where I met most of the ‘people’ I know today… at the time hosted by Stephanie Sprenger, Janine Huldie, Kate Hall and, starring   Kristi Campbell   as    Kristi Campbell   (and co-hostinae Alyssa ) 

2) Six Sentence Story on Thursday, with zoe and them

3) the Gravity Challenge and all the Graviteers:  christine, val, lisa, kristi, sarah and… joy!    (ok… so think ‘Graviteers’, in place of Rocket Man and Rocket Women…. (lol, talk about a construct spinning out of control….)

4) Una  for reminding me each day to not worry about shit that hasn’t happened yet and, instead, to enjoy what’s going on around me, even the annoying things.

5) Phyllis for demonstrating that there is no upper age limit to finding and enjoying the wonder inherent in life, all too often left behind, once we leave (or are dragged, kicking and screaming out of) childhood and mature into adults… wonderment-challenged adults

6) speaking of serials (well, that was back in Item 3… the Rocket Man thing (my own re-edited memory of the past has the term Rocketeers, hence, Graviteers)…but the fact of the matter is that as a young clark, I often went to the movies on a Saturday afternoon and watched the serials that ran before the Feature films… and thereby acquired a sense-experience that has never left me, i.e. going into the theatre with friends on a bright, sunny and pleasant Saturday afternoon and, after the serial and 2 movies, coming out into early evening. …a momentary disorientation in time (and therefore, to my young clarklike mind, place, the world itself was distinctly different).

7) now, speaking of Serials.  Blogdominion  Chapter 15 is due on the stands this Sunday!  Last Week’s Chapter 14 was well received and, by all accounts, an enjoyable read. (Phyllis’s Comment/review-ette simply said, ‘Steamy‘  Do not fall too far behind! )
In Chapter 15: Sister Margaret Ryan attends the reading of Father Noonan’s Will, Detective Maribeth Hartley meets Ed Willoughby at his Office at Omni Corp and they are interrupted by a visit from none other than Diane Willoughby. Stephen Eddington leaves his grandmother’s to meet Anya for a glimpse into the future that she appears to be offering him and Tom Fearing is finding a wall solidifying behind him as he tries to deserve the wonderful life he has. Read all about it! (Remember Chapter 0 is the Prologue and that’s where you’ll meet almost all the characters.

8) the Wakefield Doctrine  (sine qua on, binyons, sine qua non)

9) vidchats, yo…. last night’s was what vidchats are meant to be! the regulars where there (including Kerry, who since the start of this year, has become very much one of the crowd on Friday Nights) and new person Abigail! (who seemed to enjoy herself and fit right in with the mutants that hang out at Café Jetson on Fridays)

10) SR 1.3

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