Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
How is it nearly Christmas? On the plus side, less than a month before Winter ends. Photos are called for…
(But first: thanks go out to Dyanne for continuing to be the host of this weekly bloghop. (Vegas still has the point spread 42 on the over-under, that she remains happily overseeing this weekly celebration of all things gratitudinous.)
My Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) for this week:
1) Una
2) Phyllis
3) the Wakefield Doctrine (sine qua... well, you know, this is all about the Doctrine)
4) writing ‘the Whitechapel Interlude’ (from the Order of Lilith) and ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘ (from our Ian Devereaux series)
5) Six Sentence Story (Where stories, like fireflies, gather to draw encouragement from the literary-flashes of others.)
6) work project. Making progress on the Live 20 minute weekly real estate briefing ….show. Being live, practice/rehearsal is a funny thing. The more you do, the less the fear of running out of things to say. Ironically, anxiety increases in the face of the challenge to make whatever we do, sound spontaneous. Interesting. And, for those of us who are Readers of the Doctrine, the more impressed one can’t help to be about the idea. (“You’re a clark, right?” Yes. Yes I am. “And you are deliberately putting yourself into a situation which is nothing but scary, as it contains elements that you, by predominant worldview, are totally averse to?” If you put it that way, sure. “Everyone knows clarks hate the sound of their voice on a recording. Being the original photo-phobes, it’s a given that virtually all records of family gatherings, neighborhood picnics, summertime company outings are attributable to the clarks… they are the original ‘Not pictured.” I will concede that point. “So why? More to our point, for the new Readers who might (lol) be clarks, how can you sound so non-hiding-under-the-bed as the big day approaches?” Well, to bring in my (tertiary) rogerian aspect, this live real estate show can serve as a demonstration of the self-improvement value of our little personality theory. If I can do it, anyone can.
7) Saturday Night call-in. Cynthia and Denise were there… you should call in sometime… its fun and interesting and an opportunity to learn more about the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers. The topic was the Doctrine mixed in with current events. Surprise befell us when we discovered that one of us had not yet had the pleasure of watching a certain motion picture. ( Hint 1 )
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (For anyone still on the fence. Send in one (two, if they’re short) and we’ll post them right here. See how they look, up in the bright light.)
9) the Internet for allowing access to information and ‘records’ from our pre-digital past. Not that this benefit is unearned, I paid good money for my Leon Russell ‘albums’.
10) Secret Rule 1.3 (From the Book of Secret Rules (aka Secret Book of Rules), this particular Rule provides relief (as our jurist Readers might say) for those of us who, despite strolling through the old ‘hood of Items 1 through 4, sometimes stumble as the goal seems so distant. Our Founderess (‘Jazak Lizzi Khayran‘) surely recognized this when the BoSR/SBoR first showed up on the scene. Like the protagonist from an old movie about high school marching bands (?!!@@?), we can hear, “Tell you what, this is an exercise in appreciating gratitude,” (Foghorn Leghorn voice-over here: Thats a hint, boy! I say a hint, can you see that?), “its not about how many as much as it is about the effort. And, speaking of effort, once the last Item is in sight, that sudden feeling of gratitude at the completion of another TToT is totally qualified to serve as 10).”
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A delectable, “eclectible” TToT!
I can’t wait until December 21st! The days will get longer and spring will be around the corner or 3.
I too am grateful sis has accepted the baton and marching with the TToT each week.
Hey, now, just because I haven’t seen the Princess Bride…although not sure how it got missed over the lifetime, lol, I will make an effort to watch before too many Saturday Night Call Ins have passed :D
Much luck with the work project!
Denise…INCONCEIVABLE! Now, you must find out more about the six-fingered man. Go ahead…we’ll wait. 😂😂😂
Thanks, sis! And I have never seen Princess Bride, either. Tried to watch it the other day and was bored out of my mind. Made it maybe 20 minutes in. I shall live the rest of my life knowing I haven’t missed a thing!
less than a month to Summer
as you can see above, the majority of participants in this ‘hop agree, ‘You should watch the movie.’
Fun post, Clark. Always fun to learn about the “clerkliness” of clarks. Clarkety, clickety, clack…we’re unique unto ourselves…with the understood notion that that uniqueness will be acknowledged and appreciated by others. And if it’s not, we’ll go off and write out our frustrations.
thanks Cynthia… as much as we understand that we are inherently unique, it is good to be able to identify with other clarks… huge, in fact.
Una seems to be eyeballing a turkey leg.
i have trouble believing you will run out of things to say on your live show.
She does have a certain instinctual sense of prey…lol
Funny you should say that, my time with the writing thing here in the world of typation has served me well on the new project. While we are not attempting to script it, have a structure to the 20 minute episodes is a good. Plus, my associate is a scott. So I’m not the slightest concerned that anyone on the other side of the screen will nod off.
Dang it…autocorrect sometimes makes me nuts. That should read, “clarkiness of clarks” lol
everyone able to get your comment made the correction in their heads
Princess Bride, Wizard of Oz, and the Tin Man are definitely worthy stay at home Thanksgiving movies.
I love the Princess Bride. It’s one of my favorites.
There’s a Maine company, HistoryIT, that digitizes archival information. It’s fascinating.
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Welcome to the TToT and the Wakefield Doctrine… was a fun movie.
Princess Bride is a favorite around here. And we all know that making yourself do what you fear is good for growth, and because of this here theory, we more readily understand why.
I suspect clarks all like the movie because we’re all suckers for whimsy and word-play… yep, the Doctrine is quite the useful perspective.
have an excellent week ahead
Princess Bride is a Win Win for both the Clark and the Roger here.
When I first saw the photo with Phyllis and Una I thought that the green print on Phyllis’s shirt was a fancy crown that Una was wearing. HaHa
It sounds like your work project is moving right along, even if it does mean putting yourself through something that isn’t your comfort zone. Who knows, you may come to enjoy listening to your recorded voice. Well that may be going a bit too far, but you never know.