(hey, be careful put that box over there…) (Did anyone see the box full of metaphors?…I don’t know I guess I would say it looked like…) (Janie…someone tell me that Janie was packed and the box clearly marked)…(No, I don’t think this blog is a spacious as the last…don’t ask me….)

Oh.  Hello.
Still in the move transition-state.  I trust you all got through the week,  it did get a little dicey for a while there, Doctrine in transition-wise so to speak.  If you checked-in at one point mid week, you would have found one of those beginner blog themes with a desperate plea to ‘come back, don’t get scared please come back’. (Save that, it will be worth something someday on the collectors market along with Howard the Duck action figures and Clifford Irving autographed copies of Me and Moe.

For those of you who did not get the Memo, the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) has moved from a WordPress free blog to what is called a ‘self-hosted’ blog.  The free blog was very nice and gave us the platform to get the Doctrine out of our heads and into the world.  It was a user friendly and a simple to operate blog platform, and did I mention it was free?  But it had  limitations, mostly regarding the kinds of ‘programs’ that we could use on the site.  These limitations were not onerous and it was a low maintenance blog.  But eventually, the need for features and tools that could help the Doctrine grow outweighed the convenience of the free blog.

So here we are.  Self hosted (we pay to be online), but cost (should be) offset by being effectively unlimited in the kinds of things we can do with the site.  The list includes more useful polls and questionnaires, features and applications that can be utilized.  All of this will take time, so while we get comfortable in our new digs, we are trying to keep the ‘look and feel’ of the blog as close to the original as possible.  Clearly the layout is different, not too different, but not the same. (Did I mention it was different?).  At some point we will start to work on the look and utility of the blog, (hey maybe a contest! which theme is the prettiest).

(hey! hey!  watch the couch there, no that is clearly marked PLATES, so it does not belong here… it belongs there) (whats that noise? coming from one of the boxes!  damn I gots a feeling you-know-who is packed up in there, shit  lets hold off a minute before we un-pack our favorite high school student, yes?)

My apologies, I just re-read the last Post (I do enjoy reading them) and realized that I promised everyone that we would start of the Case Study series with this Post.
Damn.  Not gonna happen, unfortunately.  Too much moving in, figuring out what goes where, what the new buttons do (on the ‘Dashboard’ where I am writing this from), that sort of thing.
‘Fraid that unless Roger comes through with something today, we will be talking about the move and what to expect.  Promise to get to the new stuff as soon as possible.
On that note, a shout-out to MJ, who wrote asking where the Doctrine was. I re-stated my offer to help her write a Post (she is such a roger), and maybe if we all give her a hand, let’s git her up on the stage…(slow applause)…’come on up’…grace us with some rogerian words of comfort, learning and intrigue’…

While we wait for her to make up her mind…I see Slovenia in the HOUSE!!!  Sloveniiaaannnnnnssss!
Hey, guys good to see you made the transition.  You know what I would totally love?  A Post that includes an Interview with a Slovenian.  Seriously, that would be a good thing. You can have a choice of who poses the questions, etc (look at old Posts see what we have done with Interviews.)
But, I really would like to see that.

So, got to unpack.   (Hey who packed ‘the Janitor’?  in what box?…Labeled ‘BAGGAGE FROM THE PAST’  very funny!  lets see, pull this tab, cut this tape.…)

Yes!  Mr. B  would you be so kind as to…I know it was a little confined…no, packing characters together in a box would not be…appropriate.
…Would you be so kind as to find us a video to get out of this short little Post?  Yes upbeat and old would be a good combo, will leave the choice in your capable hands.

So watch for changes and fun and a Questionnaire and the start of the Case Study (featuring Downspring#1) and of course much, much more from those madcap little scotts that we like to call Ms. AKH and Glenn.