Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) a unique, productive and totally fun way to understand the behavior of those around us, at home and at work and at play…

Regular Readers will recall several Posts in which we talk about how, according to the history of the Wakefield Doctrine it (the Doctrine, not the history), is the result of three people becoming friends and the interactions and dynamics of said three eventually coalesced in what we now know as the theory of clark, scotts and rogers. Well that is true, sort of. the Progenitor roger wrote a decent piece in an early Post called “A Pre-history”  in which he tells the story of the “origins” of the friendships of the people who have lent their names to the “theory” behind the Doctrine. At the time that Post was written,  it was still believed that  the Doctrine would be the expression of three minds, the clark, the scott and the roger. But that never really happened.
For reasons not yet clear,  having  these Posts (and this blog) be written from three perspectives (clark, scott and roger) never came to pass.
This is a fact that I am only now coming to accept. (Guess which of the three I am, lol). But it is not really critical nor are there likely to be any earth-shaking changes to the blog or the Posts or the Wakefield Doctrine…just a change  as I try to write  something that allows Readers to see not only the ‘fun’ of the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers but also the value of the Doctrine,  for those interested in using it.

You may or may not detect more of a direct “voice” in Posts going forward. Not  that the collaborative approach is being abandoned,  just that I will not be trying to to be write as if there were three personalities sitting at this keyboard here. (why, yes you are correct! how very astute!).

So, enough of the ‘behind the scenes’ crap.
Still the same topic, you betcha.
Still the same people, from dem rascally DownSprings and maybe even a Progenitor or two and of course, the kids of Mill Fill High.

What is best for the Doctrine is and always will be the guiding principle.  To sell the idea more, rather than just put up what sometimes amounts to a facebook page with music. Until today, the underlying thought regarding presenting the Doctrine to the world as a blog,  was that all efforts should be directed towards  attracting readers, rather than simply promoting the site. The “build it and they will come” principle.  It can be seen now that there is no small amount of conceit underlying that approach. Not that conceit is a bad thing,  we have not totally abandoned that  philosophy. DownSpring glenn once asked, “what was the greater purpose of the Wakefield Doctrine’.  Many of us took that (question) to mean, what did we think was the greatest utility of the Doctrine to those who come into contact with it’?
I am thinking that maybe a little less  greater purpose and a lot more  fun might be the correct path for us. As we are using it, ‘fun’ as in a  “hey we got this thing, like a game that you might play with your friends when you were a kid or with when you used to hang out in high school or even college and talk about everything and anything”  that kind of fun. Nothing  life changing,  but definitely something that you and your friends had and hardly no one else did.

You know, something like that.

Just thought I would mention that today. (You know this is not  the last you will hear of that, lol)

Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day? This thing has a use for them whats wants to use it. This thing is fun for you people who want to take advantage of it. It is easy to learn, simple to use and hardly anyone knows about it. There are probably 95 people in the world today who know about clarks, scotts and rogers (meaning the visitors who come here, by accident and otherwise, and become Readers and/or remember shit real good). They are out there. Kind of an inside joke but defined by a group that is not really definable.

• We have Mel in “Michigan”, who, if you go to the St Joseph Marathon in September, you might see him in the race with a Wakefield Doctrine hat (on his damn head)
• There is Jason out on the West Coast of the United States of America who wears the hat on his travels and is not afraid to answer the question, “Hey what is it with that hat, and why do you keep saying ‘damn’? Huh? Why?”…and he will answer you…
• Pixieblonde (…long, long story) lives somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, has a hat and has young humans who, I am lead to believe have taken to wearing the hat, which means there will always be an incoming freshman class at Mill Fill High School (school motto: “we are young, you are not…eat your hearts out!”)
• DownSpring#1 is to be found in the sub-tropical state of Florida, which will forever be associated with Lou Reed (…came in from Miami, FLA, thought she was James Dean for a day…”) but Lou is not such a hit I suspect down in that part of the werld. She wears her hat (on her damn head) and looks for the path (said the Joker to the Thief)
• MJM wants a hat but has not written a Comment requesting one…
• glenn has one… but has still to contend with an overly developed scottian nature and so would only use the hat as bait (picture one of those fucked up, totally depths of the ocean, angler fish with the thing dangling from it’s (damn) head in front of a mouth full of teeth…like how stupid does a lifeform have to be to fall for that one?)
• the Progenitors are, at present hat-less, hat-deprived lifeforms…
• and there are Slovenians, due back for the Fall semester who will, no doubt be clamoring (“hrum”)  for hats (I can hear them now,”nam klobuki (za lastne prekleto glave), prosim!)

I think you get the pitcha…

So write a Comment, tell me that everything needs to go back to the way that we think it was or not was…