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of nails and hammers, saws and wood…what does the Wakefield Doctrine have for the ‘casual’ Reader?

May 30, 2012 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers).

You know, of all the rhetorical questions that we have stuck up there in the Title Line, this is, unless I’m mistaken* the first time we have addressed the casual Reader of the Wakefield Doctrine by ‘name’. Of course, many, many Posts are written thinking in terms of a momentary, rapidly closing window of attention, only because it seemed to be the realistic approach to getting the message out to the scotts and rogers who might happen by our little blog. But, to realistically expect to ‘draw in’ the deliberately casual Reader, it now occurs to us that of the three personality types, and their respective writing styles, the one that comes to mind are is am  rogers!

Let’s just say that, in terms of writing styles, the rogerian style is the one we should employ in order to capture the attention of the Casual Reader. As initially counter-intuitive as this may be to the clarks reading this, think it through!   (Go ahead, we’ll wait…)

In fact, this being a faux-Tuesday, lets just offer some suggestions for the best writing style to capture the Casual Reader’s attention.

  • clarks try for a snappy, pointed kind of writing style, this approach is intended to attach information to the Reader, whether they pay attention or not, sort of like those prickly plant things you get on your pants when you walk through fields of tall grass
  • scotts when writing a story, are dynamic and hard to ignore (in fact, they pose a definable risk to anyone who might even think about ignoring them)…but like the howling of the coyotes in the night, all you have to do is turn up the volume on the TV and they are drowned out and no longer hold your attention.
  • rogers…their thing is real damn simple, they tell a good story. While you might be successful in not being drawn into their audience (like watching the ripple in the pedestrian traffic in a city, the eddy that forms around panhandlers) once you let yourself start…they (the rogerian storytellers) will hook you with the promise of adventures and tales of people who seem a lot like you (and maybe a little more) and then again…rogers lose themselves in their own stories and sometimes forget that there needs to be a point
Our more advanced DownSprings will probably be able to tell us about what it is in the worldview of a clark that makes, their initial choice in-correct and at the same time, identify the  aspect of the rogerian worldview that makes them such good story-tellers. We can only hope…

 

* yeah, I know…as if **

** lol

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When you eliminate the tedious and boring, whatever remains, no matter how stupid, must be the fun! Life, distractions and the Wakefield Doctrine

May 29, 2012 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers).

Two things that conspired to put my fingers into ‘find-the-words’ mode this morning:

  1. a ‘wall posting’ of some near-total stranger ( aka ‘a Friend’) on ‘the Facebook’
  2. a random (‘yeah, right!) thought about the fun of this Doctrine thing, nothing specific or in particular…something about Janie Smith and, at the same time, the fun when someone at work identifies someone as a clark or a scott or a roger…(someone with only a cursory knowledge of the Doctrine, my reaction is always a surprised laugh)

So this person on ‘the Facebook’,  Ana Lovelis (go ahead and like her page) wrote something about taking ‘an invisible pill’ and I immediately laughed and identified with what (I thought) she meant! So being the retiring and reclusive clark, I put a Comment on her comment ( “shh, the bait is in place…we must all remain quiet, act normal and see if they get curious“). In any event, it reminded me of the fun of this thing of ours. The other thought, about Janie and the kids at Millard Fillmore High, evoked a bit of fond reminiscence  of that period in the development of this blog.
So, lets consider the way(s) that this Wakefield Doctrine can help you today! If you play your damn cards right you will totally manage to have fun, be amused, find a diversion, secure entertainment, be constantly distracted and otherwise not get anything productive accomplished:

…first off look around the place you are at (work or school or home), there is a least one roger…real close, when you are in a store, a supermarket or such…the girl with the most stuff in her hair? thats your  clark …you can talk to her…but only persist if you can get her to laugh within the first 3 three things you say… you want to have some scottian fun today? find a group of rogers  (yeah, like that’s hard to do, lol) they are everywhere at lunch they are the group who though they are sitting together a table, there seems to be one seat left open! thats for you, scott  (Note: you ‘advanced’ clarks?  go ahead try and sit down they will let you only if you don’t ask!)…you scotts don’t have to be told how to have fun with rogers but you might want to know how to flush out the clarks!…they will be more fun than a barrel of….  now, don’t think we have forsaken our rogerian friends, they just want to have fun…roger, yo!  for a truly interesting time at school  when the scott comes over to your little group?  laugh ‘out of sync’  (seriously!) just watch how the scott (male or female) is working your little group and laugh just as the laughter of your herd mates is dying down.. don’t worry you will know when the scott decides you are more fun than anyone else is…

OK everyone…like Alice sez, ‘schools out!’

 

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Hey! Here’s an example of what we might use as a way to reach ‘the young people’…the Wakefield Doctrine and it’s 3 personality types, damn it!

May 28, 2012 By

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This Saturday’s ‘Saturday Night Drive’ found DS#1, progenitor roger and Ms. AKH in attendance.

In the course of the conversation we decided that the Doctrine needed to expand our appeal to bring in the masses. This, of course, took us to the topic of popular culture and how we might frame the Wakefield Doctrine in terms that anyone could relate to and, therefore get something of value. Unfortunately, some of us have sort of not been glued to our TVs and iPhones and iPads and iMagazines and iFriends and subsequently we had a difficult time finding topics of a pop culture nature upon which to apply the Doctrine. ( I will spare you the gruesome details of the conversation…suffice it to say, mention of ‘the WB’ evoked “yeah!! Road Runner!!”  and all efforts to find a ‘movie’ that everyone had seen found us solidly on the leading edge of the 1990s!)

So the decision was made to try to see if we couldn’t use ‘the youtube’ to download interviews of famous/popular actors and actresses and edit some Commentary on top of….

Fortunately we did one of these Commentary on Interviews already. But no one in the car could remember it…so here it is again.

An Interview of Kristen Stewart on the Regis (“no, he’s not dead!”) Philbin and Kelly Ripa… the captioning is a bit rough, but you should get the idea.

 

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Another Holiday! Can you spot the clarks, scotts and rogers?! the Wakefield Doctrine shows you how!

May 26, 2012 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

 

 

We are beginning a weekend. In this writer’s culture it is a major Holiday, (the) Memorial Day Weekend. It is also what we refer to as a ‘gateway holiday’, it’s preliminary enticements…it’s ‘harmless buzz‘, if you will includes:

  • Indianapolis 500 car race…33 cars drive 500 miles by turning left on a 2.5 mile ovular track, while many people are watching from behind steel-reinforced wire fences
  • First Day of Summer…sort of, technically the first day of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is June 21, but given the value of knowing Summer has started… it will do
  • scotts seize the meteorological opportunity to wear as little clothing as possible
  • rogers look forward to 3 months of what amounts to ‘groups synchronized fun’, aka picnics and cookouts!
  • clarks enjoy Summer, if for no other reason than given the sheer volume of the fun, some is bound to get on them
  • …even though it is Summer, we will be catching up with our 3 Job Seekers, ‘the clarklike guy, Emily, and ‘that scottian fella’
  • we will be visiting Fort Worth, Texas in the middle of June! If you live there and need a Wakefield Doctrine Tee shirt, be sure to let us know
  • if we are on the road for business we know that a Treaty of Tordesillas Road Trip will be part of the trip

Memorial Day Weekend Contest!!  Send us your favorite activity that involves one of the other personality types and why you enjoy it! (..if you are a clark  then your fun with a scott or a roger, if you are a scott….etc)

(what? promised to show the Readers what?  damn!! that’s right we did…shit, thought I was done for the day!…hold on, hold on, they might still be listening to the music vid… music from a car commercial?!? you’re kidding, tell me you’re kidding… )

So how do you spot the three personality types in the Summer Holiday Season?

  • follow the trail of empty charcoal lighter fluid cans… the guy standing over the grill with a match yelling, “hey kids wanna see something cool?” … this is your scottian personality type.
  • the fellow with the chefs apron, barbecue utensil tool belt who is standing in the doorway of the house looking at the outdoor temperature dial saying, “well honey, for the best tasting steak, the temperature/humidity index really should be no more than…” this is your rogerian personality type
  • the person putting the food that the guests brought in bowls and serving trays saying, “no, I don’t mind…sure you can take this out to the patio, I’ll just stay here and get a start on the dishes” this is your clarklike personality type
  • the person standing at the picnic table, keeping everything covered with saran wrap, closing the tupperware lids and saying, “no, you cannot go swimming, it has only been 40 minutes” this is your rogerian personality type
  • the person sitting in the chair, watching the volleyball game who seems eager to play but every time someone leaves the game, is heard to say, ” nah…won’t don’t you get  glenn..he really is good at this” this is your clarklike personality type
  • the person taking off her clothing by the poolside who can be heard (but not seen because of the crowd around her), “I hope this bathing suit is not too revealing, I just bought it and haven’t had a chance to wear it anywhere” this is your scottian personality type

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Video Friday Episode…(er…wait a minute, 1 goes into 18 (ha ha, great joke! (cut it out!), now carry the 6…got it!) Episode Eleventeen!! the Wakefield Doctrine

May 25, 2012 By

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Back to our series of unformative Videos in which you, the Reader* are given a direct insight not only into what is going on ‘behind the scenes’, but also the low-down on up-coming events (and such)! God! I wish I was you, so I could feel the anticipation as the mouse arrow hovers over that sideways triangle, not knowing what you will hear!

 

Of course, this is not really a podcast. Friend of the Doctrine “Mel” over at Mostly Reachable has the real deal in podcasts. He has intro music and supporting graphics and photos (and his photos make sense and are relative to the content, as opposed to our photos, which tends to get reactions like. “Dear sweet god! that can’t be real!?” or “Now why on earth would those people feel it necessary to post that picture…it’s downright disgusting!”). G0 there and listen.
…And if you can’t leave a Comment here, at least leave Mel a Comment! I don’t get you people! read, read, read….is it all that too much to ask?   (oh yeah …tell ‘im the Doctrine sent ya’)

 

* or in this case, the Listener

 

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