Happy Fifth of July! See yesterday’s Post as to how you might win a hat (for your damn head)*, otherwise this will be a bit of an informal entry in this thing of ours. Given how the Doctrine surely serves as a ‘jeez this job sucks, I gotta take a break’ escapism for many of our regular Readers I trust that with a day off they will find other things to do. Things that are so intrinsically rewarding and entertaining that they will not need us. So today let’s just kick back and talk shop.
Good to see you back on the beat, Ms EKG…err AhK…AKH! yeah that’s it Ms. AKH. We’ll give you a minute to get all caught up…as you see there as been some discussion on the topic of what the hell good is this Doctrine from your (fellow) pack member glenn. Been fun. And he makes a point that is taken, i.e. we must keep moving not pound away at the same point, at least not too much. The last part of yesterday’s Post is a clue as to the path we might take, which would be to find real life situations and describe them in terms of the Doctrine. (Not real clear…)
Otherwise, just keep writing these Posts here, will continue to get something new each day until there is a better reason to stop (than there is to continue). The progenitor roger is still pluggin’ away at the the Secessionista fairly interesting project…DownSpring#1 still doing the edit thing, which is fortunate as the need (for editing) increases rather than decreases as counter-intuitive as that may sound. Joanne is off on vaca I heard…and I forgot to get her a hat (for her damn head) to wear in other parts of the werld.
Let me say at this point, if anyone is travelling… take the hat and take photos of yourself in strange and exotic places…(RI doesn’t count…strange yes, exotic nah). If anyone knows anyone going on a trip, then let me know and I will get you a hat (for you) to make that person wear. Got to get the word out. Same goes for friends and/or relatives…if they will listen to you or if they like to wear hats (therefore are male rogers or female clarks) then let’s get a hat for their damn heads.
Sent a hat to Mel at the Spatual…got to remind him of his promise to send us a photo of the hat in “Michigan”. S peaking of Mel, he is supposed to run some kind of marathon in September, have been in touch, maybe do a couple of Posts covering the event. (Not too soon to brush up on your running/self-improvement/Doctrine metaphors!)
Hey! read this early today and write something ‘conversational’ and I might plug it into (this here Post here). I’ll make it look like there is a real conversation, real ‘shop talk’ going on, as opposed to me sitting at this fuckin computer pretending you idiots are here actually contributing input…(hey don’t be shy…sit over here) (…sorry scottian aspect coming to the surface…) (That’s right glenn, there is a scottian (as well as rogerian) aspect and it is a part of my self and it is a part of your own selfs, the only difference is that I can see these things as assets and not as liabilities.) That plus the fact that I have (an endless) supply of parentheses, the better to hold these little tete ‘a tete(s). (Hey! he said tete ‘a tetes….that guy is funny.)
Other “news”: Janie is still on her Grand Tourette of Europe (we have Britney to thank for that little bon mot)…she will be away for the Summer but I expect that we can do more than a few Posts based on her ‘Post Cards”…grand tour of Europe…interesting history
Beginning in the late sixteenth century, it became fashionable for young aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and above all Rome, as the culmination of their classical education. Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years. Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentleman scientists, authors, antiquaries, and patrons of the arts(Source: The Grand Tour | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Rogers have difficulty “talking shop” due to their highly emotional and herd-like quality. “Talking shop” always seems to lead to focus on one or more individuals, many times in a derogatory manner. People are “called out” or made fun of for their weaknesses (usually behind their backs) and this, in turn, upsets the members of the herd, making it a difficult position to be in for a roger. To them (the rogers) the world is a good place. They enjoy the company of others similar to themselves. And when a friendly discussion among peers turns ugly the rogers become agitated. Their rose-colored glasses become cloudy so they may be inclined to leave the discussion and return to the more comfortable pastures with others like themselves. Emotional discomfort does not work for a roger. Now a scott, on the other hand, couldn’t give a shit what anybody thinks about them. They are the outspoken ones who thrive on being the center of attention in any type of social conversation. Scotts live to go in for the kill and are quite comfortable, if not excited, talking about others. For a scott, talking shop is shepherding a herd of rogers. Meanwhile the clarks are on the outside quietly observing. They are, for the most part (in this discussion), ignored by the scotts who do not want to take the time to figure them out. Talking shop is the perfect opportunity (for a scott) to pick out and prey on the weaker ones of the herd because inevitably it is the weaker ones who become the prime focus. They (the scotts) become the “leaders of the pack” taking over the conversation and using it to their advantage. Don’t be fooled by that big smile and pat on the back. They are using their stealth hunting mode to determine which ones are slim pickins’.
“…For a scott, talking shop is shepherding a herd of rogers.” Interesting observation, makes me think of the (old) Ponderosa restaurant chain. Back in the day, it was interesting to walk in a cafeteria type line and make food choices (like school but with a selection)…hadn’t thought about ‘talking shop’ in those terms.
And to amplify the point you make above, it is the perfection of the world that interfers with the roger effort to ‘talk shop’, which in fact, is an externalization of the social structure of the workplace.
You win a hat (for your damn head).
Now being a downspring who already has a hat you may choose to receive the hat for a foreign head. A non-scottian hat (for some else’s damn head) if the extra person is not a scott, is quite permissable, with one requirement…
the newest head support (for one of these damn fine hats) must provide a photo of said hat being worn in a recognisable locale. So that we might display it in the Fashion Center.
Let us know…