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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful bloghop (TToT).

Foundered in 1873 by L. Rogers (née Lewis) it is one of the premier examples of the blog genre: grat-blog. The theme, purpose, intent and ultimately, manifestation of it’s utility and value to each participant is the introspective appreciation of those elements extant in (the author’s) reality that engendered, progendered and holds up (to the mind’s eye): “This! See this person, are you aware of this thing?!?! What part of the world around you are you not appercieving the presence of the more than mundane!!??! What are you crazy/stupid/dumb?!?!*.

So lets get started! We have a driveway to shovel. (not really, but it is a beautiful early March day out there.)

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine ¹

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop  Doctrine Pick-‘0-the Week: ‘Mystery and Adventure. It’s a Six‘  (by) Denise

5) the Unicorn Challenge ‘corn in the morn’ week Selection: ‘Here and Now‘ (by) jenne

6) Me’n Tom’s Serial Six Story ‘...of Heroes and the MisUnderstood’

7)  (1)  that footnote down there? (this kind of writing is emblematic of the driving force behind this here blog here and the three thousand plus posts (Shout-out to Nick for the emojicating the mention of how many of these frickin’ things they is). and, …and as demonstration that despite how minor my tertiary aspect might be, there is always the possibility of improvement. and this, in point of fact, is the goal of the (practice of) the Wakefield Doctrine: to maintain fully-developed  predominant, secondary and tertiary aspects in dynamic balance.)

8) something, something

9) will survey the yard today (grat: don’t care if I’m spotted in the woods with a winter coat, knit watch cap and an axe (little project-ette: dig out a stump in the road to the cottage)

10) Secret Rule 1.3

*  the Wakefield Doctrine’s ‘Everything Rule’ holds that all three personality types are capable of exhibiting less than admirable mental, physical and emotional states… (you were well on your way to getting the vibe from our cutaway, all italicized and such, right?) Well, for the three** here is how it is manifest:

• clarks (the Outsider) ‘crazy’  example: ‘Sure, Miss. C. The ink has dried on your grad degree, you have several years of inconsequential work experience and now, through no fault of your own other than a tenacity that would shame a deliberately over-fed bulldog, you have a formal interview for the job you have dreamed of. Double down on the streaks of random hair-color, polish those jump-boots to a mirror shine that shows off the cosmetic metal-work that you’ve dotted your head with… oh, and don’t forget to be late!!‘ That is just crazy.
• scotts  (the Predator) ‘stupid’ example: ‘What? No, we don’t think that guy in the entrouage of suits touring the factory laughed at your joke. Of course it was funny. Why yes, even an investor looking to fund the owner’s desparate effort to keep the family-run place open for one more generation. Maybe he’s not in a good mood. No, driviing a forklift up to the group is not a demonstration of manufacturing skill they would be impressed by.’ That’s plain stupid.
• rogers (the Herd Member) ‘dumb’ example: ‘OK, that is a valid point. Your date should appreciate the insight into the efficacy of how she does her job. Yeah, the one that earned her the SVP position. No doubt she would value your suggestion, because doing things right makes the man. Well, she might not know that inviting you up to her penthouse at the end of your first date might not be proper protocol or the fact that you know how business behavior begins and ends with…‘ Well, that was dumb.

** you totally have to ask about the rogerian reaction to our little appellation designating the Herd Member’s less than optimal state

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*due to the demography of out readership we will indulge in a repeat-within-the-week music vid

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