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It’s that time of the week, amigos! Tomorrow night  is Saturday Night Drive night!

For our newer Readers, the Wakefield Doctrine  Saturday Night Drive is a feature of this blog that you will find no where else!  Really! We are not lying to you. We are speaking the truth to you. But don’t just take our word for it! Lets use a chart to illustrate this fact, and as we all know, Charts Don’t Lie!

  All those other blogs out there the Wakefield Doctrine
     
Quality of Format/Presentation From fair to very good …hey I write these things first thing in the morning, it’s only caffeine not amphetamine
Organization of content Sometimes they even have different fonts for headers, sub-topics even comic sans day, once in a while(Hey! They said headers  huh huh,…thank you scott)
Freshness and appeal of topics Usually very good, comprehensive analysis of subject matter … well, we got funny pictures
Originality Hardly ever (‘cept for Mel over at the Spatula) Step aside, we gots your originality,    right here!
Thought provoking Content …yawnnn ..did you say something? It’s the frickin theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, yo
Live call-in blog What? You do what? Nah…nobody does that! Saturday 8-8:45 EDST1-218-339-0422(when prompted) 512103 #
Do you really? Call-in? Live? Isn’t that against some blog law or something? Damn straight we do!
Who is on the line? Line? What line? This is a blog! I write this from my basement bedroom in my parents house, Damn Downsprings is who and even a Progenitor or two
You’re re joking, right? Yeah, you must be jokin No suh! True, it’s all true
Cost! It must Cost something to call? Jeez, I spent my allowance on HALO MVI (‘enemies in Study Hall”) Nada, nothing, free, no charge….dial ‘an smile!
Which is the best of blogs! Pass… Step right up!! Call in

You know what you have to do…if you are real interesting on the phone, we might vote you a Wakefield Doctrine hat (for your damn head).

(one more thing, just read an article that be sayin I should link Posts to Posts, like this link back to a February Post. let me know if it works).

Mr. B? some music, if you will…

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the envelope, please!

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

The votes have been tabulated, and the  Winner of the “what should Mel play as a theme song on his new podcast, whatever the heck a podcast is” Contest  is….

(with 42.86% of the Vote !!)  

The Police -’ When the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around’

 

*Democracy in action*The peoples have spoken* Set my People Free* I had a Dream.*A day like any other day*

 

The Wakefield Doctrine if:

  1. you have ever found yourself thinking, “now why on earth would they act like that?”
  2. you have ever said to yourself, “I know they are capable of being so much more, why would she sabotage her chances for a happy life?”
  3. you have ever found yourself reacting. “goddamit, if he can’t control his impulses, then why should anyone put up with that kind of behavior?”
  4. you have ever made a resolution, “that is the last time I let them walk all over me”
  5. you have ever decided, “enough of this wishy-washy thing, I am going to go in and tell that boss exactly what I think of him”
  6. you have ever felt, “I really enjoy his company, but it’s painful to see the others laughing when he leaves the room”
  7. you have ever confided in a friend, ” I know she likes to think of herself as a rebel, but she doesn’t know how much it costs her at her job”

The Wakefield Doctrine will:

  1. provide you with a tool
  2. provide you with an opportunity to see the world that the other person is seeing
  3. provide you with look into the brain of the person whose behavior is so puzzling
  4. provide you with a look at yourself, as others see you
  5. provide you with an understanding of the impression that you make on people
  6. provide you with the path towards a future that is different from the one you currently are on
  7. provide you with the choice to live as you want to

The Wakefield Doctrine is:

  1. a unique theory of personality
  2. a fun people-watching game for you and your friends
  3. a good way to replace your bad habits with good ones
  4. the best way to lose weight
  5. the best way to build your physique
  6. something to do when it looks like all your friends have left you
  7. the most effective way to understand the behavior of the people in your life, at home, at work, at school and at play. Family and friends alike, you will know more about them than they know about you

 

 

Speaking of  ”..They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band”   Listen to this:

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( .. this must  have so been the Baroque equivalent of ‘La Grange’ )

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and the Contestants are:

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As surely everyone knows by now, Friend of the Doctrine Mel has a new feature coming up over at the Spatula, specifically, a podcast!
Now, despite the fact that we (here at the Doctrine),  are still sort of struggling with complex issues like spellcheck and proofing-out  those jammed togetherwords,  we have volunteered all of the resources of the Wakefield Doctrine to help Mel find the perfect theme song/background music for the upcoming  p ’cast.

With all due modesty, if there is anything we do real good here at the Doctrine,  surely it is listenin to music and (videos and such). To that end, we have  scoured the internet for music and are posting our suggestions, our way of trying to help Mel find the perfect theme music.  So,  Look, Listen and Vote,  we will forward the results to “Michigan” (state motto, yeah? well Prince used to live really close to here! ). 

So the Wakefield Doctrine Brotherhood (…ok and Sisterhood) of blog-readin, music-listenin, video-watchin Search Committe proudly presents the following Nominees:

When the World is Running Down  Police
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Smurfs Theme Song
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Dolly Madison
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Wilco Sky Blue Sky
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Weezer  Perfect Situation
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(don’t ask…)
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Mr. B! Where are those AV  folks with my portable Poll?

Congratulations!! You made it through this “Post” and as a reward for clearly demonstrating:

  • a) perseverance,
  • b) genuine interest in everything you Doctrine guys do or
  • c) hey, enough with the multiple choice schtick, I was just looking for the exit from this train wreck. 

In any event, you have earned the opportunity to be among the first of Readers to “Ask a DownSpring”!  Thats right, next Saturday between the hours of 7:50 and 8:45  (thats Eastern Time Zone, binyons) you can call in to the Wakefield Doctrine and ask questions! While we drive through the actual Wakefield!  Just call this number:    1-218-339-0422  and when prompted! punch in:  512103#   (thats an actual pound sign you have to put in at the end of the passcode)

Yipee!

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3 Personality Types + 3 Money-Making Ideas + the Wakefield Doctrine

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

...too easy, don't even bother

A lot of ground to cover, so as we say in the backroom, “bring on the blockquotes!”  We will try to make this brief, we have a small amount of material to spread out in a way that makes it look like a regular Post, so lets get to it.
You are probably saying to yourself at this moment, “Hey! I thought that the Wakefield Doctrine was a serious and thought-provoking blog, what with their totally cool take on the three personality types. I was looking forward to learning more about those creative, introspective, endearingly shy clarks! And what about more on scotts, which as personality types go,  all I need to do is find my Jack Russell terrier.  I enjoy reading this blog and learning  how,  the scottian personality types have the natural spontaneity, guile-less charm of a 6 month old baby. I even felt in the mood to read about those rogerian people, god knows they are all around and you can’t swing a sleeping scott without hitting two of them. So what’s up with the Get Rich and News Parodies?”

Dear Reader, sorry for the interruption in what you all have come to expect from the Doctrine.  But, to step on my own lines, we are in Sweeps Week.  And that means hits and ratings and visits and anything else that will convince the Powers that Be that the Wakefield Doctrine continues to be read by strangers and followed by fans.
So please bear with us as we will be doing one, maybe two more Posts that include keywords in the Title and ‘the content’ will be more focused on the amusing and be more relevant to the lives of today’s blog enthusiasts,  (we will soon get back to Posts that make sense to no one other than the author and his 6  or 7 loyal friends who are like totally appreciated.)

So first to the Economy! Following is a Secret to Earning Quick Bucks…sure to be meaningful to those of you speed-reading blogs before they can cut off your cable service.

Blogging for money is another money making idea that actually works. Blog is a simple platform that looks much like a website. The only difference is that blogs are always updated with fresh content while websites are not. No matter where you live, in this era of internet, you can setup a blog within hours and start making money from it. By monetizing your blog with Google AdSense and Affiliate Programs, your blog will become a money maker for you. I know a decent number of people who are making money from blogs. I too make some extra income monthly from my blog and I advice you to start too.  …unknown practitioner of the Wakefield Doctrine, probably some roger.

That was very helpful. Be sure to try it.  Now on to our second feature Current Events!

Courtesy of Yahoo ( “where if the news doesn’t sound scary, we will make up titles and add pictures!”) News.  The Wakefield Doctrine continues in it’s efforts to find the niche (stop laughing  scott, you should have your mind washed out with metaphorical soap…or is that allegorical detergent… ) that will get us the kind of popularity that  Mel gets over at the Spatula  (motto: “well, Doctrine guys if you wrote funny and entertaining articles that would pass a 6th grade English composition test, you might get a lot of visits too…just kidding, luv you guys, watch for the Spatula After Hours, cable TV show coming soon!” )

But since this is Sweeps Week on the Internet, we will try one more News Parody, Doctrine-Style!  Ripped from the monitors of today’s news sites….the Doctrine  News for the People Smart Enough to Ignore all the News!!!

‘Jihad Jane’ Terror Suspect Pleads Guilty

PHILADELPHIA — A suburban, possibly endurban woman who was the live-in caretaker for her boyfriend’s elderly father, who now as a widower had to move in with his son, despite the fact that no one thought it was a good idea, calmly told a U.S. judge, who was filling in for another judge Tuesday, even though he was supposed to work on Thursday,  last week that she had worked feverishly, but was sure to take aspirin and drink plenty of water online under the name “Jihad Jane” or as some of her friends called her, Crusader Colleen in support of Islamic terrorists, Muslim moderates and Arabian activists and moved overseas to further her plan to kill a Swedish artist, and part time student who had offended Muslims, amused Protestants, and barely got the attention of Catholics

Colleen LaRose, 47, but in person looks like a scary 37, faces the possibility of life in prison which tends towards the boring, after all what kind of life is it when your entire wardrobe is orange,  after pleading guilty to four federal charges, including conspiracy to murder a foreign target, conspiracy to support terrorists and lying to the FBI, exaggerating to the CIA, dissembling to the Defense Dept. and making up stories to the Mossad.

LaRose, who spent long hours caring for the father, also was building a shadow puppet life online from 2008 to 2009, unless you count the time the computer was offline, which it was a lot, the internet provider was so bad you really should consider it 2008 and 2009 and parts of 2010. According to prosecutors, LaRose “worked obsessively on her computer, spending months at a time in Farmville trying to communicate with, recruit and incite other jihadists, until she realized that her crops were being sabotaged by “facebook friends” using screen names including “Jihad Jane,” “SisterOfTerror,” and “ExtremeSister4Life,” “Happy2BHere,”.

Well, that wraps up another soon-to-be-classic Wakefield Doctrine Post.

Mr. B would you provide us with some music that makes no sense together on the same Post?

(One of the three Carter sisters that are standing is a clark, do you know which one?) (no, not that one…)

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and started to fly in the infinite sky

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

This site is dedicated to presenting what we have come to call the Wakefield Doctrine. A ‘homepsun’ theory of personality, the Doctrine (as it is often truncated in name) offers a unique, useful and fun way to look at the behavior of the people in our lives. Sometimes referred to as a ‘theory of personality’, the Wakefield Doctrine is more of a ‘shorthand’, a codex quare infernum sunt sicut agens,  if you will, that has evolved over 20 or 30 years of observation of the human condition.

Here at the Doctrine, composed as we are of a number of… highly disparate personalities ( …hey he called us disparate…whats dat mean…bet its somethin dirty…) as often as we butt heads over means and methods employed to present this theory of personality, we nevertheless remain  inextricably bound by the truth of this thing of  ours, in that we all share in the traits of the three forms, clarks, scotts and rogers and it is only the preponderance of one (set of traits) over the other that causes one person to smile sweetly and invite the other to a false level of intimacy while a minute later another (of us) is capable of pushing away the group and ingratiating themselves into a group that had heretofore been reviled.

Go figure.

What I started to say, we are always trying to move on, grow and develop. So for the fun of it…lets try to be Mel!!1

 

 

Fox Sports chairman calls for shorter NASCAR races

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Fox Sports chairman David Hill believes NASCAR races need to be shortened to fit into a three-hour broadcast window.

Hill said Monday night the length of races — many stretch well into a fourth hour — is one of the problems that’s contributed to NASCAR’s sinking television ratings.

“I think the racing is far too long,” Hill said during Charlotte Motor Speedway’s annual media tour. “There is more diversion, more opportunities for stuff than any other time in man’s history.”

Hill said the ideal for Fox would be a four-hour broadcast window, with 40 minutes of pre-race coverage and 20 minutes of post-race coverage. Asked if he’d push NASCAR to shorten any of its races, Hill didn’t miss a beat.

“NASCAR doesn’t negotiate,” he deadpanned.

…Hostage Negotiators were flown to Charlotte as satellite photos indicated a dramatic increase in the traffic heading into the city. “Mostly F10s and quite a few Camaros”, remarked imagery specialists, when asked about what the photos indicated. Tent cites have begun to spring up in the suburbs around this  city often described as the  ”Mecca of race car drivin and such”  In Washington, the White House (…”thats right! it’s call the White House and it always has been called that, so shut up!”…) announced yesterday that is is monitoring the situation, but plans no action at the present time. When one reporter asked, “Will President Obama go there to speak to the NASCAR-istas?” the terse reply was,  “yeah, right!”

Well, that was…fun…kind of interesting.
Mel, dude! Hats off with the topical Posts…they lot harder than they look. Not only do you have to take the time to find a story, then you got to clip it from the source (like boning a fish, leave it looking like the original, minus it’s structure!). Then,  getting the photos in place, (that took about twenty minutes right there)…and finally, if that were not enough,  you need to write something (quote) original (unquote) something funny has to go after the story!! Like thats gonna happen every other day. Damn.
I think I best be leavin the topical stuff to Mel, the prospect of a future in which I spend my time cutting and pasting news stories from Yahoo News just to get something up here, nah… one day has been quite enough, thank you. Besides, I suspect  that the target demographic for the Wakefield Doctrine is not gonna have Yahoo on their Twitter account. Just a hunch, but given today’s experience trust me when I say, you do not want to spend your excess free time at Yahoo News! You know Fox News? and their whole politico-cultural-reactionistic mindset?   Yahoo makes Fox look like the Berkeley Free Press, (except not as subtle).

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1) Mel, the creator and author of the excellent Spatula in the Wilderness…. (co-Protagonist in the soon to be completed screenplay for a totally indie film Project…working title: Oh, blog!  Part 1)

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