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Friday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger 2 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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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

September 1, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

The most non-confrontational day of the week.

Hey! There’s a topic!

Confrontation:from Medieval Latin confrontare “assign limits to; adjoin,” and confrontari “be contiguous to,”

Well, who said “That Wakefield Doctrine! Those principles are like so inclined to write illustration of themselfs.”

(cue: the Everything Rule)

What might we learn examining the concept of confrontation as manifested by the three predominant worldviews of the Doctrine?

clarks (the Outsider) no way, nope. won’t do it. go ahead you can have the (football, boyfriend, bicycle, girlfriend-to-be*) …except when it becomes a matter of something important.¹ (lol to the facetious examples of contested possessions)
scotts (the Predator) Hey I thought you’d never ask! lets dance… hurry up before someone able to wreck my fun comes by
rogers (the Herd Members) First, you asked for this. Second (wait, let me do a quick Herd assessment… ok, given your status, I think we have the necessary quorum)

There you have it. The social dynamics of confrontation as manifested in the three predominant worldviews.

Note: rogers only engage in active (one-on-one) aggression when assured of a sufficient size Herd. Fun Fact: when confronting a clark who just happened into the situation, a roger can ‘assemble’ a Herd from whatever bystanders or ‘trying-to-get-to-class’ random people available at the moment. If the clark has some standing, then more planning and logistical effort is required.

* applies to male clarks only, clarklike female very not so much

1) sorry, no quick description handy. if you’re a clark reading this, you know what we mean. (and woe betide the scott or roger who tries to mess with ‘it’.)

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 26, 2026 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

welll, we are finding ourselfs, looking to draft the Wednesday Doctrine-post with ‘an embarrassment of riches’

Frank, he say:

Today I will wear the clark glasses.

There was, in the early days of this here Doctrine here, exploration of (any) relative anathema/inherently antagonistic relationship among the three predominant worldview.

There are. As reported by each of the three:

- A clark cannot imagine being comfortable (read: illusion of control) living in the personal reality of a roger
- A scott would run away from the notion of being stuck in the life of a clark
- A roger could not live (and remain sane) as a scott a world devoid of shared tradition and the comfort of association

Pretty simple, isn’t it?

Fine. One hint for each:

for a clark there will always be an element of ‘difference from’ that makes being part of a Herd impossible
scotts are of the here and now, the rules of existence are as simple as it sounds: live act eat sleep*
rogers are not merely ‘of the Herd’ they (collectively) are the Herd and cohesion requires shared values

there ya go, Frank. Good luck with the clark glasses today. And don’t forget: precise focus isn’t everything. lol Here, try our quick worldview quiz: How much is 2 + 2?

That takes care of the careful and incontrovertible Wakefield Doctrine posts for the week.

Tomorrow? Poetry Slam @ the Six Sentence Café & Bistro. Be there or be square.

*M? remember you’ve earn a (probationary) Wakefield Doctrine poetic license… relax, everything is not (quite) about you lol

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 24, 2026 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

Friend of the Doctrine Mimi wrote:

Here’s a thankful, I ran into a rogerian expression “in the wild” so to speak. On the nextdoor app, a lady asked if local colleges have a dress code. She was saying if they don’t, they should, as these young people are beyond casual and let everything hang out, front and back. She said it “leaves nothing to the indignation!”

Damn! Significant? Well, here’s the link to the Page of rogers (as now amended). Now go to the next to the last entry in the list of ‘rogerian expressions’ then come back and tell the date on it.

We could, (and, full disclosure:sorely tempted to), wax rhapsodic on what this event demonstrates.

But the Doctrine is nothing if not helpful in self-improving oneself, so we’ll end today’s Brief post with:

If we still did Wakefield Doctrine hats (‘for your damn heads‘) and tee shirts that, by their being produced by a clark, demonstrate one of the qualities of my people: wear it out in public and you draw looks but any inquiry by strangers is markedly cautious*. lol

*will qualify that observation, there are clarks i.e. Mimi and our T-shirt model above (Cynthia) who are genuinely nice, friendly and not (necessarily) kinda intimidating. They would simply thank people for their solicitous complimentationing.

Wait!!! Reminder: Set your ducks and calendars and Muse intercession for this Thursday 27th of Augury and the Six Sentence Story Poetry Slam!!!

(We’ll: save you a seat, bring extra cigarettes have the coffee on… whatever fits your frame-of-reference.)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 22, 2026 By clarkscottroger 16 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weakly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Born in need, nurtured by acceptance and perpetuated by the practical benefits, this ‘hop is a very fun, surprisingly useful exercise in cultivating one’s sense (and sensibility) of the state of gratitude.

So join us.

For the Wakefield Doctrine, we find the following items to totally be Grat List worthy:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) paths (old and new)

6) imaginary places in the blogosphere frequented by imaginary people and endless challenge (in the best possible sense) and this week that place is the Six Sentence Café & Bistro. Which, as luck would have it, is hosting a Poetry Slam next week. …ok, quick backstory. Way long ago one of the Proprietors (of the Café) was releasing a new book (in the real world) so, we held a book launch party at… you guessed it, the SSC&B. It was such a success that it wasn’t long afterwards that someone suggested having a Poetry Slam. Welll… it was fun. So, long-story typed: Chris (the aforementioned Proprietors) wrote (in a Comment, we believe) last week: something-something, fun-with-friends, something-something, lets do a Poetry Slam again, real soon. And, yours truly being a clark, (and therefore surprised by the notion of being included in a fun, casual online social event), what we heard was: “something-something, Poetry Slam-Next Week!’ lol. Chris was gracious in her, ‘well, I was thinking out-loud, isn’t one week a little on the short side to get everything together?’ Too. Late. So… be sure to…wait! what’re we doing… gotta leverage this once-in-a-blue-moon thing into more than one Grat!

7) this: (see Grat #9)

8) something, something

9) So for all reading this: You’re all Invited to join us next Thursday at (Denise’s) Six Sentence Story bloghop. Read(ers) or write(rs), all are welcome. If’n your in the mood for some virtual fun and hijinks, write and link a post (doors open at 6:00 pm Wednesday). Format is casual. Written or audio. Same with the types of poetry, whatever you feel would be fun to put before a virtual audience, have at it. (TToT Host, Frank posed an interesting question about the format (after the “what??!! you are people for real?!!?” lol). He thought perhaps he would devote some of his Six Sentence allotment to his character/avatar/whatever to being in the Café and getting up on stage… the story of the Poetry (Slam) from his perspective. Excellent idea. btw if you’ve never been to the Café follow the link in Grat #6 for a description, layout of the joint. (The layout/floor plan being stable and long-established is the cool thing about the Bistro).

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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