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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 6, 2026 By clarkscottroger 9 Comments

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

Part Tue in our impromptu series, ‘How Real is Personal Reality, Really?”

We once came up with a scenario involving a clark, a scott and roger that, grounded in the ‘real’ world, served as an illustration of what we mean by personal reality.

Can’t find it among posts in the archives.

Guess we’re just gonna have to write it again.

(Yeah, who was that who muttered, “Good Luck Finding the Original Author”? Extra credit to that Reader! But that’s an entirely different post)

Picture a large town/small city. Large enough for sidewalks and fire hydrants but small enough for there not being a classroom science film strip: Blood, your body’s superhighway’… moderate traffic with maybe 30 percent available parking on the street where our scene takes place.

Our three Illustratinum* are standing on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street from a restaurant. The restaurant is part of a city block, meaning no parking lot in front of it, simply a row of large, plate glass windows in the wall that runs along the sidewalk. Until, that is, the last third of the facade. The entrance is set back from the sidewalk, creating something of an alcove. There is a line of people waiting to get in. From where the next-to-enter patron is standing (the line’s final order created by stanchions with red velvet ropes strung between), it continues along the sidewalk at least twenty-three people in length. Some of the people are reading the Day’s Menu, (pasted to the inside of one of the plate glass windows), others are talking and a handful are simply waiting for the social peristalsis to bring them to their desired goal. Lunch in a popular restaurant.

Our MCs: a clark (Outsider), a scott (Predator) and a roger (Herd Member) are standing, shoulder-to-shoulder, facing the restaurant and the line of would-be diners.

All of this is to set up the question (the answer being the proof) of ‘What is Personal Reality and Is It (really) Real?’

Certain presumptions about our scene: all three agreed to meet for lunch, the choice of restaurant and the time.***

The question, based on a good understanding of the three predominant worldviews (aka personality types) of the Wakefield Doctrine:

what is the clark thinking
what does the scott want to do
how does the roger feel about everything (starting with the long line)

One hint:

clarks be thinking, ‘Shit.. any chance to get these two jamokes to accept Burger King as a substitute venue, if not, how about arranging for the fire alarm to be tripped’
scotts is way, way smiling at the prospect of a hunt (think wildebeest, gazelle and flock of overweight chickens having a convention), zeroing in on the weakest (read:uncertain and hopeful) person among those on the sidewalk for the first attempt cut in line
rogers beaming, Life is surely good and his/her role here and now as the center of most wonderful, spontaneous Herd is assured, can’t wait to share the joy with all the people who turned out for his/her arrival

There ya go!

*faux¹ Latin for the three characters who represent the principle being illustrated

1) French for ‘come on! you can get it from the context’, Readers!**

**credit for the line goes to the writers of ‘The Good Place’ Tahani to the group about some British idiom

*** total extra credit to any thought balloons rising focused on ‘agreed’? ‘choice’? and ‘time’? lol

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 5, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

So, how real, really, do we mean when we speak of the role of personal reality in the experience of the three predominant worldviews: clarks (Outsiders), scotts (Predators) and rogers (Herd Members).

Like, real real or just real real?

Like the old saying, “When the Teacher grows complacent, a remedial Pupil will appear.”

from our frequent correspondent, Frank, a Comment last week (in response to Friday’s post.)

2 + 2 … hmm … quick? I’ve got a master’s degree in math. In base 3, it would be 11. In base 4, it would be 10. In base ten, it would be 4.
But good point about mixing all of them together. I’ll stick to being a clark. That gives me an outside view of the world.

(Fortunately, short of having a (forget the term used, back in the day, for the week that teachers had off…teacher’s convention or something) we have Mimi to refresh our… vocation (Doctrinistically-speaking that is):

“The situation is different if you see it from every angle. Having an imagination helps, I think, you can imagine what it looks like to “the other two.”

ahh… better now.

So! Given that it’s taken us as long as it has (185 words +-) to get to thesis statement stage, what we’ll do is set up the question (inherent in Frank’s underlying assumption) and continue the theme through the rest of the week. (Well, ceptin’ for Thursday which is Six Sentence Story day)

Firs the set up’

The Wakefield Doctrine is predicated on the central tenet that we, all of us, live our lives in what is, (to a small but definite degree) a reality that is personal. Our posts have a…no! Wait! Lets follow our original plan for this subject, i.e. not to try and write it in one post.

Damn! Sorry, yo. Went looking to find the post in which, by having a clark, as scott and a roger go out to lunch together the personal (in personal reality) is made clear if not obvious. Unfortunately, we could not find it. Lesson (Chapter Minus 23) Do Not Devote More Time to Saving Time Than Would Be Required to Complete the Task the First Time.) lol

But we did find a good description of the three predominant worldviews (aka personality types) of the Wakefield Doctrine.

Our ‘personality types’ are simply a label for the most appropriate style, based on the nature of the world we encounter.

the Outsider(clarks) realize immediately that they are not only different, they are not included in the world shared by everyone around them. They learn to blend in to the background, the better to observe those who apparently know something that they do not. This curiosity is not idle, it is critical. If the clark missed a lesson that others obviously learned, then either they were excluded or they were unforgivably absent. Neither is something they want to advertise and both are reasons to devote most of their lives to learning whatever they don’t already know. clarks think.
the Predator(scotts) start moving as soon as the lights come on because, in the world of the predator, it is all about eating or being eaten. They notice everything in the world around them that is important and necessary. If it moves away, chase it. If it moves towards you, run or stand and fight. The world is full of life and conflict, which kinda are one of the same. To live is to be in motion. scotts act.
the Herd Member(rogers) feel at home, even among strangers because the world is complete. What it is is all that it is. They have the feeling that while there are many things to be learned in life, there is a Right Way to do things. They see the world and feel a part of it. Even the bad things are connected, and, provided they are allowed the time and resources, they will learn the Right Way to do things and show others what they have learned. It’s important, because in a Herd, there is no center. However, there are always others surrounding them. The only Good is to influence as many in the Herd as possible. rogers feel.

We will continue our ‘How Real is Personal Reality in the Doctrine’ theme with tomorrow’s post.

Now, to share an earworm a little tuneage from the late, great Stephen Foster:

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 3, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

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

Every week, since March of 1954, we have linked up with this here bloghop here. Nothing, not even the Sabin vaccine could prevent us from typing a list of 10 (Ten) people, places, things and events that had imprinted, (however temporarily), on us an experience of the psycho-emotional state referred to, in the popular press, as gratitude.

You, (imagined Reader), should join us. It’s fun, interesting and beneficial to a body. And, seeing how the Doctrine never forgets, our offer of two free Grats to anyone linking up for the first time this week still stands. (Some terms and conditions may apply.) Contact someone (who won’t laugh, “You did what??!”) and we’ll hook ya right up.

For the Wakefield Doctrine, our list this week includes:

1) Phyllis

Una breaks the Time-Barrier (we can only wish)

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) of late have been making an effort to… increase…improve the state of… nurture (arr! not that) work on our tertiary rogerian aspect… to the point of getting out there (in the blogosphere) and visiting places we don’t normally get. At the risk of putting a value on a thing that no longer applies, i.e. inherent value to a blog/site from having a visitor… here are some of the places we have, of late, enjoyed visiting/reading: Laura (‘Riddle from the Middle‘) Suzette Benjamin (‘Suzette B’s Blog‘) and ‘Tails Around the Ranch‘

5) (we appreciate Andrew’s totally getting the concept of hypo-grats without having to subject himself to a looong explanation from your Host. Good Work!)

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop where Serial Stories start their lifes

7) something, something

8)…speaking of hypo-gratuity the photo at the top of this post? Yesterday’s front yard. (hey! that’d make an excellent title to a story! all we gotta do is write the rest.)

9) Speaking of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro shout-out to Misky for her skilled meta-ing of everyone’s favorite Café & Bistro and totally open-ended the metaphorical virtual hangout… she’s done a couple of fun story-ettes using (one of) the alcoves in said SSC&B. cool

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

ok… one more, a little more…err mainstream (Warning! Way, way more likely to spark a earworm than the previous tunage)

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Week’s Wrap Up -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 2, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

Comments:

Mimi (on Wednesday’s Post)

It all depends on the source of your hope.

Our Bible study group tonight was talking about our Scottian female member and one noted if she sits on the couch, it only seats two instead of three because she seems to take up more space, not physically but presence wise. Someone else overheard this and noted she takes up the whole room, and she really does, and we love her and wouldn’t have her any other way.

I concur. Love the sense of a person with presence. scotts do that quite naturally.

Frank (on the Second Six of the week)

Nice phrase: “time-clogged senses”

Also, nice tale of crossing the river to the other shore.

Frank, hold that thought! Actually, hold both those thoughts. (Reader: our correspondent, Frank, has a remarkable proclivity for anticipating lines of thought/story narrative/wild supposition that is rather curious. In this case, he has hit upon a new project of ours. The telltale? Citing: “time-clogged senses’. (As Vincent Vega says, ‘To be continued…’)

Finally, Misky (Warning! Warning! Craino-over-sufficiency Danger Will Robinson!) To the Second Six.

That is an amazing piece of writing. Well done.

Thank you. (One of the better rogerian expressions is also one of the oldest. meant to reference a state of not-entirely unpleasant states of self-consciousness and is quite apt to my initial reaction to her compliment: ‘My head swelled-up and my face fell.’ (ikr? ya can’t make this shit up).

oh..kay!. we’ve reached the limit of both our desire to increase the capacity to feel further development of our tertiary rogerian aspect.*

Time to get ready for the final Doctrine post of the week, the TToT.

You, (inferred Readers and slow-to-click-away wanderers), are invited to stop in this weekend. The TToT (Ten Things of Thankful) is a gratitude bloghop with a difference. It’s fun, challenging and worth your time to check out.

Hell, if you like the idea of linking your own list of ten(ish) things that’ve incited the experience of gratitude but are concerned with it being too much, the Doctrine’ll spot you two Grats… (to get ya started)…inquire within. some restrictions may apply, nothing bad.

*New (and newish) Readers: While we, all of us, develop our ‘personality type’ from coping with one of three personal realities, (the Outsider, the Predator and the Herd Member), we never completely lose the capacity to ‘see’ the world(s) of ‘the other two’. They, (the non-predominant worldviews), can have an effect/influence on our lifes. Using myself, (your Curator), as an example: I am a clark (predominant worldview of the Outsider) with a strong secondary scottian aspect and a weak tertiary rogerian aspect. As such, in certain situations, (oh, we don’t know…say writing a blog), we can be all kinds of direct and aggressive and ‘Hey! You! Read this!!’ That is the ‘benefit’ of a secondary scottian aspect. Our tertiary aspect, that of the Herd Member…more of a work in (reluctant) process. The inclusion of Misky’s compliment is totally at odds with my predominant worldview. But, hey, no pain no gain, right binyons?

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Whensday, Whensday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 30, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

Ah! Wednesday!

Resonating the attitude of the sullen member of grammar school society who sufficiently ingratiates themselves to the teacher and are selected to ‘watch the class’ for the occasional hypo-teacher mornings/afternoons.

It is said, ‘Pride goeth before the fall’ Sure, true enough,

What they don’t say is ‘Hope lights the path right up to the cliff’s edge.’

What does this have to do with either ‘the Wakefield Doctrine’ or Whenaday?

Don’t tell anyone, but it’s kind of an unintended* test for new Readers.

We often wonder, (as recommended in books about how to research the market for your new book), about those who come to this blog and stay around.

Couple of quick and easy assumptions about the more recidivist among you out there:

you’re a clark (and theyfore ‘get it’ right out of the gate)
more than that, there are some (visitors) who are exceptional. not only in absorbing the principles of this thing but are able to extrapolate further insights afforded by this alternative perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up… like Cynthia, Lizzi (yep! the founderess of the TToT), Denise and Mimi
while not everyone brushing up against a Wakefield Doctrine post, (on a boring day), is a clark. after all, besides the Outsiders (clarks) the world is populated by Predators (scotts) and Herd Members (rogers). thing of it is, we can say with confidence that those who visit (and don’t immediately click away) have what we refer to as a significant secondary clarklike aspect**
we ended up (back in the early days) asserting that those who find the Wakefield Doctrine interesting and/or fun are those with an active curiosity and a pretty-damn solid confidence in their own intellects

done for today

Tomorrow is Six Sentence Story bloghop day. Hosted by Denise, its a fun and challenging writing-prompt ‘hop

Stop in… tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya

* reg’lar Readers be all, ‘Yeah, like this is planned and you had this thesis in mind before the typety-typing started’

** ok, ok! cheatsheet version: the relationship you establish (as the youngest of humans) with the world is the context in which you develop your personality (social strategies and such). If the character of your personal reality is that of Outsider…guess what what personality type you are? lol etc. Only one predominant worldview per person per life. We do retain a certain potential, predilection for ‘the other two’ and sometimes they can exert an influence on a person’s life hence the secondary clarklike aspect in (some) scotts and rogers.