Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
I will begin this Post by stating, without the slightest fear of contradiction that it is never dull here at the Doctrine! Self-referential, inside joke(y), semi-private conversation(al), maybe…but dull? No, no and no!
Can we help it that there are at present only about 6 ‘people’ who submit Comments, make suggestions, proffer criticism? Huh, can we? Yeah, you’re goddamn right we can’t! We are all doing our best to get the message out about the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers and while there may be some small, little, hardly-noticeable-amount of room for improvement to how we present this blog, we are quite proud of all our efforts here. Thank you. We have been hard at work at this blog for nearly a year and a half now ( damn! how many Posts is that?) and we see a lot of progress in most areas.
Except one.
Area.
That needs improvement.
We are talking about the number of Comments from Readers, maybe frequency of Comments is a better way to put it. In other words, how often there is a Comment from a person who is not either:
- a Progentior (3)
- a Downspring (5)
- a Friend of the Doctrine (10)
Not a very large number? No, no it is not. But it is about a Seventeen Hundreths Increase over the last 18 months. So I think it is safe to say we are all happy with that order of increase.
The Problem? Who said there was a problem? Oh, yeah! thats right. The reason for bringing the issue up now, at this particular moment? End of the year, of course…silly.
The End-of-the-Year Week is almost without exception full of Posts that strive for:
- Introspection
- Critical Reflection
- Metric-centric Reflection on 4Q progressive Action Item Implementation
Can’t say with any real certainty that it is true in all cultures, but pretty sure that in (this) current Western Culture, the Last Week of the Year is traditionally the Week of Milestones and (past year’s) Accomplishments. We tend to get all, “so what have we accomplished in the last year? Newspapers run their, Stories of the Year or a Obituary of Famous People ( “Look Whos not Talking Now”! )
The Official Blog of the Wakefield Doctrine is no exception! In this final week of 2010 we are walking around asking ourselfs, “What did we do really well, what produced the most intense feeling of suckation and what do we hope to do next year”?
(Actually this last item is a Post in and of itself, customarily the much more, the Last Post of the Current Year. (Hold that thought, wait a minute!…thats what we need glenn to write a Post on! Damn. glenn!! yo!! NO! shit!! don’t answer outloud! Do not look around your office, just keep reading this…act like nothing funny is happening…(ha ha) glenn, dude… look in your email after 1:00 pm this afternoon. Instructions to follow.)
What have we Done the Best? in this, the Year of the Pancreas? We have continued.
We’ve had days of with very good, thought-provoking Posts and well-written Discussion-inspiring Comments. We had months of a-post-a-day writing jag, producing some fairly odd Content. We had a new blog geek, hell we may have even changed the very look of the blog site itself!1
We have really had a busy year in 2010! What am forgetting? I know! Bullet Points!
- the Wakefield Doctrine went out on it’s own, webhosting-wise. We left the shelter of the free, ‘no-you-can’t-do-that’ free blog hosting of WordPress.com
- self-hosting and therefore independent a lot of potential became available to us, we immediately went with music videos with every Post!
- got our first blog Consultant…which was helpful at first but then we got (client)down-graded and assigned to some whiney geek who tried to call us lame….goodbye!
- got another Consultant…(have we done a Post yet on how clarks build others up beyond realistic expectations and then stand back and act surprised when they let us down)?
- well, we do/she did/our fault/whatever
- found a really good looking “theme’ (which is the overall style of the blog) called Branford…liked it a lot and, of course, had to change it! (jeez! they put us in charge of these things?)
- Hats! (and) Right of Hat!! Joanne was the first and because of her initiative is the proud title-holder to the District of Columbia! and Mel (part of “Michigan”) and DS#1…parts of EF EL AY
I could go an and on…and probably will, but I was trying to make a point at the beginning of this Post. What was it…oh yeah…Encouraging Readers to Comment.
Readers! Yes I mean you. We know you are out there. Do us a favor and let us know what you think of this here blog here.
I know that facebook has little icons that show a ‘thumbs up’ to help people express their approval. Very clever. But since we don’t have any of those, what we need you to do is this:
at the bottom of this Post is a ‘Leave a Comment’ place, why don’t you go ahead and leave us a little Comment. No, this Post! It does not have to be well thought out, no you really shouldn’t need to think about it. There is not a test. Just put in your name and email and then write something to us. The email address? No one sees that except for me when (your Comment) comes in for “Moderation”. Thats the function that I control that glenn is such a big fan of…I look at everything that comes in and then hit: approve.
So, go ahead and do this for all of us here at the Doctrine. CY? Terri? Doung? Mel?, Jason? Ronin? Kino? all you FODs come on guys we’re counting on you.
…’Kay Mr. B?…lets get these feets a-movin…
1. Have we mentioned anything about my little, really-not-such-a-big-thing, (don Juan thinks it is the way to go), problem with remembering the Past? Didn’t huh? Well, I kinda don’t bother paying attention to things after they happen. Actually an old habit, clouding one’s personal history it’s called. Totally believe in it! Has really helped in the last few years…but not so good when writing a Year-In-Review Post like this one! Oh well. Whataya gonna do?
* Hey, figure it out yourselfs! Do I look like ‘the google’? I’ll bet the Progenitor roger gets it right away. Alright, one hint: Blue Oyster Cult
About clarkscottroger
My favorite Elvin Bishop song! I used to get ripped every Saturday at a dive in North Kingstown called The Teepee. We talking 1974-1975. There was a band there that did this song so well. Brings back memories of some very enjoyable blackouts—I know, a lovely conntradiction in terms. Got laid a lot out of that place. My buddy did the owner’s girlfriend one time. Next day the dude shows up at our apartment with a fucking knife. Good times, man. That was the bar where I once ran into my eighth grade best friend. He was by then wearing super-long hair. A real hippy. Had this girlfriend with him. Me and the girlfriend ended up smooching all night, big wet tongue jobbers–with my 8th grade “buddy” two feet away. Ain’t I a peach? Used to be a fight every Saturday night in that cesspool. That song brought back a lot of hazy memories. For WD purposes, the 8th grade buddy was a roger. The girlfriend was a clark. The owner was a scott. HIS girlfriend was also a scott. My buddy, who “did” her was a roger. For a brief and inglorious time, that toilet was the center of my life. Maybe I’ll write a song about it someday. Probably not–too much fucking work.
…rrrng! rrrng! “Hello?”
…”RCoyne?”
…”Yes”
…”Downspring#1 here. You know – at the Wakefield Doctrine?”
…Yeah, how are you doing?”
…”Um, alright. Was reading today’s Post. I could be wrong here but I think you are the best person to address the issue of the Post Title.”
…”Give me a little bit of time….I won’t let you down.”
…”Thanks! See ya later?…”
HEY! Glenn, baby. I know you don’t wear your glasses all the time. (scotts share the same optometrist). But which ones do you wear most often?: 1) “Tunnel Vision for Daytime”, 2) “Myopia Only at Night” or 3) No more than 45 Degrees of Variation”.
To borrow a line from a popular holiday movie – “you see (George) Glenn, you have been given a great gift…”
Yup. Cryptic is an understatement but I have confidence in you. The “gift” is both immediate and evolving.
Write the words. I’ll wait.
P.S. Fuck you
Cryptic? No. I know exactly what you mean. No…No, I don’t. So, I’m thinking the glasses metaphor must have something to do with a lack of “range” of writing topics—no? Sex, drinking and music being my main topics. Did I mention sex? The “great gift”….hmmm…Not at all. Not a clue. You clarks can be so obscure. Are you talking about “strings” and “timelines”? Scuse me while I take a nap.
P.S. Fuck you right back–with love and respect.
Message for G. Zilla
Re: Rinji news, etc.
From the LAGP ( League of Ancient Guitar Players)
Sir; Please proceed at once to Tokyo. Destroy completely. Do not fear the reaper.
Once complete, proceed to the TeePee Lounge in N. Kingstown RI, destroy completely.
Once again, do not fear reaper. I say again, do not fear reaper.
Head Coverings are properly re-oriented…
(DownSprings? thats why he is progenitor and you are not, yo)
oh yeah, “Immediately find shelter please!”….binyons
Greetings from the Grand Rapids South Chapter of F’s O.D. ! I (in accordance with corporate policy as dictated by our home office in Oslo) wanted to wish everyone at the Doctrine a very happy and productive New Year. May this coming year bring you peace, high quality of life, and decent snow shovels. I’ve been stalking/sneaking around your posts as part of my early morning ritual (deep thoughts, trying on head wear, reading your blog) recently, and am hoping to keep up with you more this year.
(Still working on “project” by the way. To the point in script where grizzly blogger convinces everyone that he’s lost his mind. Not a stretch at all).
The person in the Driveabout Tours office said I should come here to make my Dashboard Reservation for this Saturday’s Wakefield Drive. I hope I am not too late! There was mention that the Progenitor roger would also be making his Dashboard Reservation.
Ms. AKH? Have you confirmed your front seat reservation?
Unfortunately my seat will have to given to another traveller. Most regretablly I will not be joinging the gang as I have to work. But I look forward to a full report.
Good to ‘see’ you Mel… we all enjoyed the marathon photos…and of course the fine hat (on your damn head)! We are thinking about summer apparel, something in a tee shirt…so maybe in the Spring we will be adding to the Fashion Center.
Nice lighthouse, in your Right of Hat photo claiming (I assume) all of “Michigan” (Thats the one shaped like Florida, right?)
Don’t be surprised if we send you an invite to join us in Wakefield on one of our drives some Saturday evening in the Spring. We have done this a couple of times and it is as strange as you would hope it would be…will send email.
…oh! before you go! some blond guy left a message for you, here:
“Hvis du ikke gjør disse menneskene oppfører seg, må Ingrid komme til arbeidsplassen din, trenger du ikke ønsker at …”
hope it is good news.
Can’t get over it. I opened the Doctrine today and still got a huge stomach ache. Not as much as on December 28th but it’s still there.
I have been of the opinion for quite some time that the stomach is the bellwether to the brain; the body always knows(first). I first viewed the picture with a jumbalaya of shock, a smattering of a smile, a smidgeon of sadness and a whole lot of…..wtfaidwml.
The smile/sadness is for the recent loss of Alex, better known in his last years as Ted. He is the dog with the big smile, a clark, like myself. He, uncharacteristically for a clark, always loved having his picture taken. This was the first Christmas without him in 15 years. On the other side is Harlee, gone now for almost 6 years and Ted’s mentor and companion for the first 10 years of his life. She was scottian to a tee.(fortunately she was able to scout for a suitable body and “visits” us on a regular basis via Zoey)
2 out of the 3 are now gone. So what of the 3rd “person” in the picture? Obviously this question is self directed but here is the point: the Wakefield Doctrine, the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers is what it is. If you are a new reader hopefully you will take some time to explore the pages within this blog and discover that it can be a useful tool. One that provides a relatively simple approach to “re-assessing” or “looking differently at” oneself/others. If one is inclined to do so. (scotts may or may not be inclined to consider anything smacking of “self-improvement” or “enlightenment”.) It may be strictly a clarklike thing but I am still not convinced of that.
I have garnered some unexpected results from reading and participating “in this here blog here”. It has been fun, educational, challenging, scary in an occasional self affirming way but above all it has served as a reminder….
(how strange is it…) that this thing of ours is evolving into some sort of fucked up extended family with genuinely-effective tools to improve one’s one life.
Some people have religion (mostly rogers)
Some people have neighborhood groups (all them under-utilized scottian females…with the scottian guys to borrow your tools)
But clarks, we join all and are a part of none…(at least to the extent that we enjoy the actual benefits of joining a herd or a pack or a group).
You will find here a place to be able to see everything…everything that you tried to see in other places but because they were for scotts or for rogers…the reflection was distorted.
…plus we gots hats! (for your damn head. yo)
I will also be employed at that time. However, try me at 555-5555, if the place isn’t on fire I should be able to check in.
“extended family” hmm… i kind of like the sound of a “dysfunctional family” in a fun kind of way which is not detrimental to any members (blood or not). but would that not defeat the entire purpose of the Doctrine? afterall we all know who we are and where we stand. it just sounds more entertaining. but having said that i suppose that i have just answered my own question. yes? no? maybe? yeah, the Wakefield Doctrine as a dysfuntional family is a contradiction of terms. an oxymoron.
p.s. chime in any time with a moron joke (scott)
i mean glenn. duh. now i’m really gonna hear it
I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for your eloquence, AKH. I don’t care what anyone says. YOU are NOT an oxy…
gee… thanks glenn. since i won’t be able to attend tomorrow night happy new year!
Saturday – who’s bringing the basketball?
(Progenitor clark, insert comment here: fine, I will…that reference is to a defunct* timeline. )
*defunct timeline: reference to historical fact, event or memory fragment beloning to a life sequence that has be abandoned, usually due to forward moving change. yo
Insertion? check! Operative words are “forward moving”. If acceleration(forward) is achieved change does result.
(OK, guys, then leave the ball(s) at home)
I look forward to meeting the Progenitor roger in the dashboard for what is hopefully an informative and enjoyable driveabout. (the Wakefield Doctrine live, Saturday night driveabout #……..)
Ms. AKH? I assume you shall be riding shotgun?