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But seriously folks, this Post-writing gig, while fun, satisfying and totally ego-enhancing gets to be a grind.
So today we will have a Contest! Today is the start of the:
The First Annual  ‘Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) Hey! I Can Write a Better Post than That Contest’!**

In any event, the rules of the Contest are simple. Write us a Comment with a brief description of your idea for a Post,  we will re-print all the entries in a new Post and everyone in the blogosphere gets a Vote!  The entry with the highest Vote wins and that person gets to write a Post and get it published on the Wakefield Doctrine! Now some of you might be thinking, “sure, we come up with a great idea and write a great Post and you get all the traffic and Reader Comments, how fair is that“?  You know you might have a point there, but why don’t you go ahead and read all the other Posts in the Doctrine and count up the Comments. In any event, you get a damn byline, what the hell do you want?
As to Reader participation the last Post was a pleasant exception. Nearly everyone had some interesting Commentation….(btw), it has been brought to my attention that some of the clever sayings created by us here at the Wakefield Doctrine are beginning to appear out there in the real world. People! we want to know when that happens, no  make that we need to know when that happens! Just yesterday, a scottian woman I work with told me that she heard the expression, “Yes. Yes I did hear that” on some TV show. Of course, since she heard it on television she insists that we did not coin that expression here at the Doctrine! If anyone hears mention of the Wakefield Doctrine or the theory of clarks, scotts or roger in general and/or expressions specific to these Posts, i.e. “he is such a roger“…”what a clark“…”not too scottian, is she?” out in the real world, please for Jethro’s sake write to let us know.

Enough of that, back to the Contest. hey glenn!! this Contest? “some Rules may apply“. Why doncha let the Readers know about rules that may apply? We want your ideas, we need to expand our horizons, to break out of this fuddy duddy rut that certain DownSprings are insisting we are in, here at the Wakefield Doctrine, now sit up straight in your chairs, no laughing or giggling and pay attention.

All of this ‘out with the old’  attitude can be laid at the feet of those two rogers, Mel and the (progenitor) roger. At the start of this week, Mel has been posting some decidedly accessible Posts…all about feelings and happiness and gratitude and stuff…(for you new Readers, Mel is a Friend of the Doctrine and writes a blog, Spatula in the Wilderness. He used to be an actual wielder of said implement running a kitchen in a hospital in “Michigan” But recently he changed jobs, went corporate but his blog is still most excellent. Did notice however, that Mel responds to Comments even quicker than before, ‘hey Mel, fun having access to the net all day long, no? Now get those reports on my desk!’ )(lol)

So Readers! Send us you Post topics.

Two Post ideas that I really would like to try. One is from the progenitor roger: “Ten Important Things in My Life that I have Forgotten” and my own contribution: “That First Band/Album That changed the course of My Life.”

Ten Important Things in My Life that I have Forgotten

1. the first girl I had a crush on
2. what happened to that girl/crush
3. who I bought my first car from
4. when it was that I first started thinking about the Wakefield Doctrine
5. my High School Graduation (I did not forget the post-ceremony party….wish I could)
6. what happened to my (childhood) belief in religion
7. the last time I played music on stage
8. the first time I realized that I was a little… different?/weird?
9. what the most fun I have had that was not inextricably tied to a significant mental/emotional/physical price
10. why the fuck I thought this was a good idea

You know, I think I am skating closer to the edge of personal involvement with this 10 things I forgot idea, what say we just call it a day.
Mr. B if you….what? Contest Prizes? damn! you’re right…lets see…what can we give out…(lol, ’cause Western Union is too old a reference)…I got it!  a nearly free hat (for the first 5 entrant’s damn heads)!

** (or as the Progenitor roger would have it the First Annual WDTOCSARHICWABPTTC… actually  it sounded better over at the Depression Concession).

No, glenn there is no connection between this choice of video and Robyn Hilton (damn you google! clarks cannot impress anyone anymore with obscure references.)