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

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (from the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules):  “…[a] list that, you know, in your heart-of-hearts, simply can’t make any sense to anyone but the most logic-/CMS-/Sister-Catherine-grammar-class-deprived-Readers, who will not only immediately click to another website, but will, to be on the safer and prophylactically prudent side in terms of preventing further degradation of better judgment turn off the power to whatever device being used and storing it in a dark, cool place for several hours….” quid pro forma, op. cit. c. 2021-2022

9) the Secret Book of Rules/Book of Secret Rules (aka SBoR/BoSR) a feature of this bloghop that, in all due modesty, in and of itself sets Lizzi’s creation apart from all the other gratitude ‘hops in the blogosphere

8) Hypograts another stand-out element of the BoSR/SBoR that gets it elbows and hands above the crowd… like an ‘onside kick’ in football, if one were to describe how the thing is executed, many would walk away, muttering things like, “You want to get 80 yards in that direction, but you’re going not really try...” or “Sure, count on the opponent, who has only to run out the clock to win…do your best to put the ball in their hands”

7) music vids as aids to understanding the written word, better, music with a) attractive people or 2) little animated figures who accomplish more in increasing your enjoyment a work of classical music than a busload of music appreciation teachers driving the class to the beach, which also has an amusement park across the street from the ocean.

6) not one, or even two… But Ten (10 / dieci / zehn / kymmenen / dek / tekau / عشرة) Hosts (technically, co-hostinae) which is like saying, the more…the scarier? Current hostina: Dyanne

5) encouraging linkation to other places other than the site the hypothetical Reader has deliberately, or worst-case scenario, been completely hood-winked into opening by a throughly charming photo of a dog who, even from the static and at-a-distance medium of a photograph, (a fricken digital photograph, at that), conveys a sense of the potential that all life possesses to connect with everything else and, in doing so, offering, what is arguably, the key to a fuller appreciation of all that the world and the people who make it up, have to offer.

4) Linking to fictional people in imaginary worlds leading lives that are limited only by the skill of the author, which is akin to wearing a skin diver’s wet suit (appropriately fully of water) and walking in a desert… (or something) err well, see for yourself whichever one of the following does it for you and don’t forget to ‘follow’). Places like the Six Sentence Story, ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘, ‘the Whitechapel Interlude‘ or, even, the 20 Minute Real Estate Briefing.

3) the Wakefield Doctrine (the guide to enhancing our understanding, appreciation for how we relate ourselves to the world around us and….the people who make it up)

2) Phyllis

1) Una

music (like we’re gonna forget that)

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