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MondayReprint™ -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 24, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

Two Gold Stars today: a) to whoever shouted out, ‘Ya shoulda been doin’ that Trademark shit from the second post here!’ and 2) ‘Too bad your tertiary rogerian aspects is so weak!!! and c) ‘Starting with that 2 answers schtick’

Be that as it may. At least the phrase/name, ‘the Wakefield Doctrine’ is somewhat protected.

But, as often happens, this warm-up to a RePrint has triggered a thought as to a useful topic.

So I was talking to a scottian friend last week. (New Readers? There is a certain affinity that exists between male clarks and scottian females that is quite instructive and useful. It might even have an inference in today’s discussion. But, if you want to know more, you can either do like everyone else and read a buncha posts or write in a Comment your question. Maybe we’ll answer it.)

The topic we ended up discussing* was the Wakefield Doctrine’s value in the matter of self-improvement. This, btw, was a higher frequency topic in the early years. We enjoy the fact that, from last week’s conversation, it remains as pertinent as it was back in the early years.

So, she, (my friend), said something to the effect “So-and-so is going through a difficult time. I wish I had her capacity to leave the future to itself as she is, I’d be stressed out as hell trying to do something.”

We agreed with her. Such is the nature of our scottian brethren. But that choice of words triggered my response: ‘If you want those qualities, you must start with realizing that you already have them. It’s just a matter of accepting them’.

the Wakefield Doctrine maintains that we, all of us, grow up and develop our ‘personality types’ in response and reflection of our personal reality. Wether we find ourselfs in the reality of the Outsider (clarks), the world of the Predator (scotts) or the life of the Herd Member (rogers) doesn’t matter. We practice and refine the social strategies suited to our world. We call this our predominant worldview. In a cool sense, we say, your personality type is perfect! For the world that you grew up in. An Outsider doesn’t benefit from moving fast, they want to avoid immediate attention. A Predator does not succeed by stopping (frequently) to introspect on the reason they are chasing this Prey at this Moment. The Herd Member does not need to surprise anyone with their opinion on this or that, they, (everyone else), are already on the alert for a forthcoming insight on the efficacy of a given action.

The thing of it is: while we have one predominant worldview, ‘the other two’ are always there. Dormat** Discrete** Deferential**

(lol)

Gotta wrap this up… The cool thing the Wakefield Doctrine offers to those who would self-improve themselves is that, no matter what the: ‘improvement’/’I-really-want-to-be-able-to’/’Why-can’t-I-be-more-like’ we do not need to learn it. We have it within ourselves already. This is huge. Most times, people be, ‘Sure you can do that. I don’t have a clue how you could do it. I’m not likely to learn that anytime soon. I’ve been this way my whole life.’

Well. You’ve had the potential to relate yourself to the world around you as would a clark/scott/roger all along. You just haven’t practiced. (As, see above, is quite appropriate.)

… now, we do realize that scotts and rogers are pretty much good enough at what they do to not to need a Wakefield Doctrine Self-Improvement Program.

Thing of it is, if you’re you’re a scott or a roger and you’re still here, guess what? Your secondary aspect is clarklike. And, being that, a part of you are thinking: ‘Ya know, if we took this to heart, maybe we’d have an edge’ or ‘Those Doctrine people do seem to have something… besides, change a couple of nouns…who’s to know?’

There you have it. The Wakefield Doctrine Guide to Totally Fun and Efficacious Self-Development. Imagine for a second, your relationship to the world around you and the people who make it up is that of:

the Outsider (clarks)
the Predator (scotts)
the Herd Member (rogers)

…ever thang else will take care of itself.

*(lol Three Gold Stars if you’re a New Reader and you just shouted, ‘The fricken Doctrine! What else!?!?)

** Doctrine jokes from way back… ask the old Reader next to you

’cause of the ‘joke’ ‘maybe we’ll answer your comment’ the following:

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 23, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is our (weekly) contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Banned in more than seven countries (and two kingdoms), Bloghop #1 on UNESCO’s inaugural ‘Ten Most Subversive Weblogs’ (in early 1999) and a favorite haunt of Andy Warhol. Needless to say, the TToT has been the darling of Free Thinkers, followers of Madame Blatavsky and fans of Shirley Jackson. The latter, taking as oblique encouragement of their own little blogs, the immortal phrase, ‘Whatever walked there, walked along’.

But, as Leslie Neilson would point out, ‘That’s not important right now…’

What is (important) is the exercise in cultivating an additional perspective. A perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up that is sensitive to those people, places, things and events (both real and imagined). By doing so, we accomplish two things: 1) enhance our capacity to see the world as others are experiencing it and b) realizing the positive energy at the expense of the negative (ref: our resident positive-from-seemingly-negative maven, Mimi.)

Out list for this here week, here:

1) Una (Sunday Napation)

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) Lawn-to-Be: last week

6) Lawn-to-Be: this week

7) the Unicorn Challenge fun-in-two-hundred-words

8) something, something

9) the RAILING REPAIR! (this is a stupendous undertaking by virtue of the CAP locked title.) Before photo:

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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“And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.-the Wakefield Doctrine- It’s no accident about Friday-night

July 21, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to jenne and ceayr‘s bloghop, the Unicorn Challenge.

The rules are simple. Write a story inspired by the photo of the week. Keep it to (or under) 250 words. Pretty simple, isn’t it?

It isn’t. But here’s the photo and our take. Be sure to read and comment at all the entries and tell ya friends.

The hillside grew to his right with each sneakered-step. The level ground, worn into the primordial hill did not threaten, nor did it ignore. It merely became more and more unavoidable.

The center of the lane, at first step, a broad thoroughfare. It offered adventure and companionship; surely, to the young there can be no more direct expression of the gift of life. Not yet ten, the sources of instruction in the world beyond home are few in number. Catechesis, surely the more effective, just behind sordid cautionary tales from big kids.

The grass growing in the lane evidenced an increased vitality. The beginnings of an inchoate dissonance began to grow as the hillside loomed, the shoulder of a friendly adult blocking the heat of the sun and the view of home.

The cabin, set into the hill, looked interesting and, in a certain way threatening; unfortunately experience in the most important contexts, i.e. life, does not favor the young.

The door was open, curiosity elbow-wrapped caution around the a young neck and darkness ate the boy’s innocence.

~~~

“How was your day?”

The loving words of his mother filled the kitchen with welcome and taught the boy the first lesson of Sin: ‘Participation is nine-tenths of condemnation’.

“OK”

And the second, even more insidious wisdom: ‘What they don’t know can’t hurt you’.

“I think I’ll just go to my room and read until dinner.”

* says it right here: (God said, ‘What Day is it? Friday?!?! Lets get this party started!)

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [an Ian Devereaux Six]

July 20, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise, ruled by a single… rule? To use the prompt word and keep it to six sentences in length.

To get you back into the story, here’s where we left off : Previously on…

(quick note: as we mentioned to Frank in our Reply to his Comment today: “…serial Sixes do offer the opportunity to learn/practice/develop what(ever) skills.” So, this week I kept tripping over a draft Six for the Ian Devereaux series. ikr? Why would we let it sit there, getting stale? That business of ‘staleness’ in fiction, i.e. a near-final draft, is interesting. Remind us to address it next week. You know the old saying, ‘Writing begets writing”.)

This week’s prompt word:

CONSOLE

“Now that I think of it, this is the first time you’ve had me at your house.”

Rising on an elbow, Leanne Thunberg’s head occluded the overly-bright face of the atomic clock on the 1960’s stereo console that stood, like a time-traveler in a lock-room mystery, against the opposite wall; it clearly offered information, but not a scintilla of advice.

“If it wasn’t half-past passion, I might be inclined to sit you down for a little adult / teenage-regressive chat about relationships,” settling back, her head making an eyelash-soft landing somewhere between my face and shoulder, my talent for inference hinted that she might be waiting for a response.

“Look, first let me say, you’re one of the most intelligent and educated women I know,” a tactile semaphore of the light stroke of an eyebrow on my upper-right pec suggested I qualify my assertion so I quickly added, “… the most intelligent and educated woman I’ve ever been naked with.”

Like five patriotic, but thoroughly-inept diplomats, the nails of her right hand stopped their downward slide and decided to take the shortcut to my attention, digging into unsuspecting external obliques; she regained the floor in our debate.

Despite the darkness of my bedroom, I could feel her gaze grasp the sides of my head and her smile direct resources of a less subtle nature to other parts of my body; as my old elementary ed. teacher said on the first day of class: “In the struggle between education and intelligence, if you bring a chair into the cage, you might as well bring a whip.”

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine- [a Rue DeNite Six]

July 19, 2023 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

Hosted by Denise. Rule by a limit on sentences to Six.

We rejoin Rue in the present as she and Rocco are finishing lunch.

This week’s prompt word:

CONSOLE

A salt-and-seaweed zephyr, pushed by the passive-aggressive wings of three sea gulls suicide-diving at a half-croissant tripped a memory, catapulting Rue’s mind into the past; fortunately she returned as quickly as she left, but not without evidence of a certain emotional whiplash.

Rue DeNite stared at her companion, searching for signs of assessment or, more concerning, re-assessment; resisting the urge to put her hand to her head, years of practice controlling what the world saw of her, she instead, with a shyness tinged in stale anger, offered a self-deprecating smile, “…a stage and all the…”

“…Men and women merely players,” Rocco completed the line from ‘As You Like It’ and, seeing a growing suspicion in his charge’s eyes, laughed ineffectually and hastily continued, “Sorry, let me redo that, in character: ‘Dey have they’re exits an’ entrences; An one guy will play a lotta parts’.

“I take it your real name isn’t Rocco,” Rue added, alert to any sign of gender-mandated console on what might easily be interpreted as her being at a loss; choosing to ignore a slight flush of self-consciousness, Rocco replied, “About as much as your’s is Rue.”

Glancing at her Longines La Grande Classique, “We’d better get back to the hotel, I believe our host Cyrus assumes he’ll be entertaining me tonight, keep your phone on vibrate, if you don’t mind.”

Pushing her chair back with her right knee, Rue extended her hand, “Kasia”; Rocco, bending at the waist in order to lift his own chair back silently, rose with her, took her hand, “Michael”.