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Threwsday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “phew! Tuesday! the mildest day of the week!’

September 15, 2026 By 2 Comments

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

You know, it’s not as easy as it looks to write these Doctrine posts!

Take today’s title’s assertion “something…something-something…mildest day of the week”

As Curator, we smile simply because, for us, that is true. Of the days of the week, Tuesday is the best.

But then we think (bar rum bump! lol), “Yeah, but what does the word ‘mild’ do for those living in the personal reality of the Predator or the Herd Member?

…nothin’ good. (at least for an Outsider)

but …but! We are fortunate in having Readers such as Mimi and Frank and Misty (and Cynthia and Denise)

They kinda, with their Comments, pretty much write Doctrine posts they-own-selfs.

Here is Mimi Commenting on yesterday’s post of the benefit (and challenge) of translating between personal realities (of clarks, scotts and rogers):

It sounds like the guy who tried to write a translation dictionary once upon a time for people from Tibet to teach them English. From what I read, he had a Tibetan to French dictionary, so translated everything into French, then took a French/English dictionary and translated it again. It didn’t work too well.

To which we Reply’d

no. no it would not (have) lol

now…now!!! take the framework of what you describe: (“We call that a car”)    (‘Well, we call it a ‘voiture.”)     (“You two must be on drugs! that’s obviously a རླངས་འཁོར།”)

All of which despite disagreement is nevertheless reasonable as the human brain/mind assigns symbols, vocal and otherwise to the world and it’s objects
but now, replace each context with:

an intellectual concept & a physical action &  emotional expression

can I get an aiiyyeee

Can I get one, indeed!

 

Mr. Starr… play us out if you will

Full Disclosure: Our cited Reply has been edited from the original.

jeez, your Curator is such a clark!

 

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 14, 2026 By 5 Comments

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

Fluency and Proficiency.

looked it up.

(for our purposes: tomato tomahto)

The single most valuable ‘product’ of the Wakefield Doctrine lies in being able to translate the language of one, (of the three predominant worldviews), into another.

New Readers: a part of the fun of the alternative perspective that is the Wakefield Doctrine, the proposition that each of the three ‘personality types’ exist in a different, distinct, (though subtly related), personal reality.*

But wait! There’s more! Of the three predominant worldviews:

  • clarks (the Outsider) life in a puzzle that is missing one piece, but for reasons too unpleasant to explain (to others). thinking and examin’ the world is, by-and-large an intellectual exercise. the world is one of thought
  • scotts (the Predator) life is to be lived, there’s no need (or time) to consider other explanations for the purely natural predator-prey procession, the world is a physical expression of the essential life experience, i.e. to act is to live
  • rogers (the Herd Member) life is a rainbow of emotion disguised as people. the world is a feeling and the only way to connect is to send out a ripple (or a splash or a fuckin’ cannonball off the diving board) of emotion, which is as complex as it needs to be. think: throw a dictionary (which lacks any binding) at one and other and they will gather the pages, take your meaning and throwing it back. mostly

A fundamental difference, but with an unseen ‘Universal Translator’ running in the background of our everyday lifes.

Stay with us. Almost there.

When a roger says something to a clark it, (the message), is grounded in the language of the Herd, i.e. emotional. It gets transliterated, translated, transmorgified….whatever (lol) and the clark hears it (this message) in words of the intellect.

Big finish:

what the clark hears…no, better we say, How the clark translates what they hear the roger saying is not always what the roger meant. Or, at least, not how the roger meant for the clark to feel.

Stopping now. You’ve got some homework, yo.

Takeway: the more we can put ourselfs in the mind, (predominant worldview), of the other person, the better we can understand the ‘why’ of their statement and the less likely we are to say, ‘What the fuck?’

*ok, calm down. Nothing weird. At least nothing extravagantly weird. The idea of a personal reality is simply a fun designation for the thin, thin, in-some-not-so-thin layer of experience between a person and the world they are in, say on a Monday, like today. caveat! If you’re feeling suspicious or wondering when the punchline is coming… this thing of ours might not be quite appropriate for you. Perhaps you might try the Oscar-Meyers, Briggs and Stratton personality system or, even GenZ’s: ‘Talking is for Losers…just tell what we should know, provided you’re hot…Guide to Life’

 

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 12, 2026 By 13 Comments

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

Special Edition TToT!

Well, yeah, now that you mention it, that does raise the spectre of  an inescapable infinite regression, gratitudinously-speaking. oh well.

This is still the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Founded in 1823 by a charwoman’s daughter. As a young person, our creatrix found herself stifled by the incoherent dialect of the King’s English spoken in the local school where she grew up, in East Ham-on-Rye, in County Lingerie, England. And so, she began to write a list of the things that she was grateful for and the rest is history. (Well, technically, if this description is immersive enough, the rest would become the future.)

(whew! Caffeine! You are truly a loving and terrible god!)

All are welcome to contribute their own list of the people, places, things and event that incite a state of gratitude when first apprehended.

For the Wakefield Doctrine, we offer:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) Mimi for providing the idea: Show Us Your Bookcases! (as a Grat)

4) the Wakefield Doctrine

5) (Establishing shot) as mentioned in last week’s grat, our bookcases have left the living room and taken up residence in the laundry/utility room. So the first thing you see is:

6) Second Shelf right end

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) Ayiiee! (future dodged-bullet Grat!) Phyllis’ cottage has book shelves (and less hex wrenches, duct tape and round televisions) so we offer ‘The Bookcases of the Forest”

Cottage bookcases:

Second shelf right end:

9) Once upon something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 11, 2026 By 7 Comments

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

Quick reminder!

If you’ve been thinking about joining us at the TToT bloghop, this weekend (aka doors are now open) is the perfect jumping-in point.

(No, clarks, we’re not gonna ‘splain what the TToT is. You know. Even if you haven’t been told. Hey, you know the problem with clarks?  You accept that it is your gift (aka nature of your predominant worldview) to naturally know all manner of stuff. Thing is, as soon as there are others involved and your knowledge is subject to scrutiny, you play the safe move. Until you see external validation. Of course, we know why that is. And, given the tenor of this intro, we’re going to go ahead and surpass on stating the reason. ha ha, Yeah, that last? a reference to the ‘original rogerian expression‘.)

(ok, but we’re still not going to hand you the crutch of validation… so the progenitor roger in the Before time had a wife who was attending college. And one weekend she had an opportunity to throw a dinner party and invite some of her professors. Important to her to make an impression. Advance her career. (good call, she was a scott) (male rogers are total lay-downs for scottian females, but we digress) anyway the evening went well and according to plan. our (progenitor) played it low-key… until dinner. In the middle of eatery, one of the tenured caught our protagonist staring at a dish and said, ‘Would you like some of these excellent mashed potatoes?’ to which our roger replied, “No thanks! I think I’ll surpass on that.”)

(rogerian expression; a misuse, misspoken use of a word as a form of aggression. it is not quite the correct word, but it is delivered with a sense of ‘Here… try this’ No self-consciousness (arguably a heightened awareness of the reaction of his/her audience), there is a waiting, expectant demeanor… they know it’s incorrect… hell they’re counting on it being so, perfectly skewed, as to cause a reaction. An emotional response. (rogers live in the reality of emotion). you know, as if an angler fish took a moment to paint its signature physical feature polka dots and sequins, before swimming into view…)

(ed. a real rogerian expression always results in am explosive laugh-response… in no small part due to the out of nowhere surprise combined with the fact the word employed is close enough to leave no question it was, somehow, a deliberate choice.)

enough about Herd Members!

This weekend at the TToT: Show us your books Weekend. All are invited to include, (in their TToTs), a photo of their bookcases. More specifically, the right-hand end of the second shelf (of said bookcase).

have fun

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 9, 2026 By 1 Comment

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

So, in yesterday’s Doctrine post, we said:

clarks tend not to tell jokes effectively? (Now, scotts! damn! that’s a whole post in and of itself.)

And Frank, he responded:

Regarding jokes, I imagine scotts would use them as excuses for inappropriate behavior, rogers would laugh and might even (witlessly) tell some good ones, but clarks would use humor as self-defense.

And who can blame us for responding to Frank’s comment with the obvious setup to use a vid?

…allow us to retort!

Where to begin?

Hey! Let’s borrow the counseling model/technique that made us* give up three-quarters of the way through grad school. At the time the newest counseling style totally embraced by the psych dept was that of Robert Carcuff. He brought the phrase, “What I hear you saying is…” to the world.

So what we key on (in our Reader’s assertion re: scotts) is the suggestion that scotts would place a value on (having): an excuse. For inappropriate behavior.

While that is a totally valid assessment for a clark or a roger, it would not be something a scott would given a second thought.

Damn! Not for nothin’ but Frank does have an ear for the Doctrine. Quietly frequently he offers a productive insight. In this case today, it is the most challenging aspect and the most useful aspect of the Wakefield Doctrine: acquiring fluency in (the language) of all three predominant worldviews.

So, for those still reading, sure we all get the Doctrine, with it’s surface description and Michelin guide book to the personal reality(s) of the Outsider (clarks), the Predator (scotts) and the Herd Member (rogers).

But the real challenge, just as in learning any foreign language, is to perceive the world from the ‘native’s’ perspective. Or, as they sometimes say, get to the point of thinking in the (new) language.

Hey! Frank! Thanks.

*no, didn’t make us… we were young and this way predated the Wakefield Doctrine

 

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