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

note from Future…now Past: I read all the Posts published as of 7:06 am EDT before  continuing with this version of my TToT, which I should add for the sake of faux accuracy was written late last night. Damn! I now remember why I don’t like to write a Post in more than one ‘sitting’ and why I avoid reading the other Posts (in a given bloghop). Other than vanity and ego, I can’t recall what those reasons are… ha, ha. In any event, Regular Readers know that Saturday tends to be more of a work day than the weekdays are, at least in terms of my having access to a computer throughout the day. As they say in the journalism business,  ‘lets run with the cat in the tree’* so, since time keeps on slippin into, either ‘the future’ or ‘darkness,’ I will continue this Post, already in progress:

I will be grateful if I manage to write a list that will: a) be consistent with the spirit and the intent of this bloghop and 2) offers an insight into how I am affected by those who participate in this here bloghop here (1);

That I have expressed what everyone knows is going to be turned into (one of ) my 10 items, should not be a distraction from the true motivation that I am sorting through as I write these words (2);

I would describe what is going on here is that I seem to be trying to do a totally non-planned Ten Things of Thankful list… although I suspect that I’d be mis-using the term ‘stream of consciousness’ if I were to apply it to this Post. I’d be totally grateful if someone would be kind enough to copy-paste a definition of the term in the Comment section below… don’t worry about causality or anything like that… if the definition contradicts what I am writing, so be it…I’ll still feel grateful that someone cared enough to go to the trouble (3);

You know, I tend to get pretty self-conscious about my writing, especially when I veer off the rhetorical highway, like a literary Clyde Barrow trying to escape capture by Frank Hamer… but, at the moment two forces are at work on me: the belief that the other participants will recognize my ambition towards good-natured fun and the TToT hostini will feel that a little of the outré  will help attract new writers who might be tired of the normal, professional writing that is endemic on these pages if that is the case, I will be happy and grateful (4);

As I approach the peak of the list of ten (as I might picture the halfway point of ‘Number 5’), I am grateful that this Post will cure my co-hosts of their belief that those weird Posts (of clark’s) are really refreshing (5);

Hey, since it’s morning, I have a new perspective to add to this S.O…. (where was I?)… C!  Post. I woke up in the middle of the night from an amazing nightmare, totally old-school horror!  I will put lol here, because as clarks reading this know, we (clarks) find much about our world interesting, including nightmares. As to how I am grateful?… I gotta claim a twofer here… I am grateful that I got over it (the post dream creeps that has your skin crawl as you force yourself to get up and go to the bathroom and then the kitchen… just to speed up the re-set from the dream) and I am grateful for the reminder of the perspective it reminds me that I have… that is is all about here and now. Not about how well I might do at work or at blog writing or at home, it is about what I am at the moment. I accept that this ‘mindfulness’ is a never-goal, that it is a helpful and constructive reminder to live in the moment… (6) and (&)  (7);

Today, this being one of those frickin two-step Posts, I did read everyone’s Post and I will simply say, ‘damn!’  but that’s all I’ll say on the subject! (For the benefit of new participants, I will say that this word is meant to have a certain Martin Lawrence inflection), one of awed admiration for words well arranged. (8);

I will reserve my thoughts on the other Posts for my Comments in each respective entry that makeup this week’s TToT, I will express my un-alloyed enthusiasm for the increasing conversation that is appearing in this bloghop on weekends. I’m convinced that anyone who enjoys blogging would totally enjoy what Lizzi and (my fellow-ette) Hosts do each and every week… so, if you are reading this first, I will say, “Hey! you see a Comment thread that makes you: happy, sad, mad or glad? jump right in yo. we good with that.” (9)

Seeing how I went and promised certain gifts and inducements  to those who might join us this weekend (I believe I offered to pen 2 items for anyone joining us for the first time, but so far no takers…whew!) (tentative 10)

Wakefield Doctrine Video Brunch tomorrow morning (9 or 9:30 EDT…depends on Lizzi and Michelle start availability)  I will make another attempt to get you people to Wakefield  Dyanne?  zoe?  Stephanie?  Melanie?  come on! you’ll love New England at this time of year… clear skies (if it’s not raining) and ocean vistas.