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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 25, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

‘It was a good (Saturday Night) call – fun and informative. In spite of us leaving tread marks all over one another, lol’ (Denise)

Fun Doctrine Fact: one of the indicators of two, (or more), clarks participating in a conversation is the frequency and/or tendency to ‘bump into each other’ conversationistically-speaking, that is. You know, the synchronized pauses and then starting to speak at the same moment; (and the ‘clincher’: ‘Sorry’ You go first’ ‘No, you’).

Do we care about the ‘Why’ of this phenomenon?

Of course we do! This post is about clarks. the Outsider. The congenitally-curious.

Hey! Example from ‘real’ life of identifying a clark. Friend of the Doctrine, Glenn and we were talking one Saturday night. And, occurring as it did in the parking lot of the Wakefield Mall, the topic of windshield flyers came up. In fact, there may have been what our writerly friends might refer to as ‘an inciting incident’, as upon our return to the car, someone had stuck a flyer under the windshield wiper. Being a scott (with a secondary clarklike aspect) Glenn got to the car first, spotted the piece of paper and, without comment, grabbed it, balled it up and threw it somewhere not on the car.

We laughed.

Riding away, Glenn said, “I remember, it used to make me crazy but when that happened and my father was there. He’d take the fuckin thing out from under the wiper and…. read it! Made me crazy.”

(a beat)

“What a fuckin‘ clark he was.”

We both laughed.

There you go, A short little post illustrating the characterisitc behavior of both a clark and a scott.

That’s how it works.

ok, but just one Hint: each of the three in the Doctrine relate themselves to the world around them and the people who make it up in distinctly different styles. Reading stories like this helps a New Reader to get a feel for each of the predominant worldviews, aka personality types. The simplest approach to identifying the person’s type), is:

throw out the ‘no-fricken-way they’re a (clark, scott, roger)’ of the three. In our example above, the key was the public littering. Glenn threw the flyer away. Enthusiastically. Had someone, driving or walking by at that moment stopped to take issue with his action, well, icing on the cake yo. Since we knew that about Glenn, we could infer that the person in the story, you remember! his father? took the flyer and read it? The opposite of littering?
that leaves us two possibilities: (he was) a clark or a roger. Now we’re into the fun, optometrist metaphor: looking at our ‘scene’ through the lens of a clark or a roger, which is ‘clearer’. Reading the flyer? Sure either one might do that. Their reaction, their apparent state of mind to this occurence. Was he,(Glenn’s father… come on! Try and keep up!) exhibiting a lot of emotion or a little. Did he seem happy or mad. According to Glenn, his father just read it. The whole thing. Not just the title or the illustration. Like he was browsing in the bookstore, (like the one that was no longer in the aforementioned Wakefield Mall), where we were parked. a roger would have reacted with emotion. (ProTip: “clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel“) He did not. quid pro kokom, his Dad was a clark!

ok that was fun

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 16, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

This is the Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. For this last weekend of Summer, we present the following Grats:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop Six-of-the-Week: ‘Fading Out‘ by Mimi

5) the Unicorn Challenge, Damn! Story of the Week ‘Naming Day‘ by Margaret

6) the Great Bridge Project: Recap So the Grrrr Ate! Flood of 2024 lifted the bridge off it’s pier and it got hung-up on the shore about 10 feet away and, more critically, bout 3.2 feets in lower in elevation relative to where it must rest:

7) the Great Bridge Project: Update! Holy Smoke! Took longer than previous year’s efforts but, still, lookie there it’s out of the water and allowing access for the new bridge (stay tuned)

8)n one of the fun things about these kinds of home projects is the reliance on primitive tools and kind-hearted rogers. (Forgive the poor framing of this photo, but note the long lever)

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

* So, every song found in a Doctrine TToT has a reason, an inciting incident (as our writerly friends might say). So, while working on the Great Bridge Move yesterday, levers were employed. At one point early on a configuration, (for applying force), involved two levers (thin trunks of smaller pine trees) to effect the move. P was asked to press down on one with her hands and hold down a separate lever with her right foot. Naturally the following tuneage popped into our head.

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Midweeksday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

June 5, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

New Readers?

There’s this thing we’ve discovered about our Readership over the years that’s encouraging to most (Readers) and challenging to some. At least to the extent that this insight has been validated by all who come here and stay for any length of time.

Of all the Readers who come back here more than twice, most are either clarks or scotts with a significant secondary clarklike aspect or rogers … with a significant secondary clarklike aspect.

Sure, you’re thinking, ‘Well, duh. That pretty much includes all three personality types. Where’s the 411 in that?’

Hey, we have established that clarks consume ‘new’ like starved monkeys in a banana factory, right? The thing about insatiable appetites is theys always in a hurry. That’s why clarks do so poorly at tasks/jobs/hobbies/relationships that require a careful reading of concise and mandatory-for-success instructions. We* get it. We see the parts all in a box and such. Unfold the instructions. Read the first page, the top of the rest of the pages and then, if the pictures at all resemble what we have held in our minds since we started the assembly process… no! wait! make that ‘since we imagined having whatever it is that involves this task/job/hobbies/relationship’ then we’re all set.

Sure. Take all the time you need, New Readers** We’ll pause and, hell, why not lets stick a music vid here while you process the preceding paragraphs. (A little courtsey from your friends here at the Doctrine. Allows those for whom the thought is dawning, ‘Jeez that stuff in the other posts wasn’t, like for effect, where’s the door?’)

Lets what say we provide a little cognitive dissonance: the clarks (those whose predominant worldview is the of the Outsider) more often than not have greater difficulty getting anything useful from this little thought experiment than do the scott or roger (for each, the presence of a significant secondary clarklike aspect is totally sine qua non.) All that ‘Hurry up and lets get to the next thing that might have the Answer!’ don’cha know.

BEgin… NOw

Pencils down…

be sure to tune in*** tomorrow. that, being Thursday, you, New Readers, are invited to participate in the Six Sentence Story bloghop. Go ahead! Join in! Instructions are right there on the landing page. What you got to lose? (other than self-respect and the dream of being considered a legitimate writer, of course. lol)

The point of our post. The ‘takeaway’ is twofold: a) the presence of a secondary clarklike aspect cranks up the curiosity factor in scotts and rogers and 2) of the three, only clarks perceive out little personality theory as something not only interesting, but potentially useful.

* yes, we are a clark… we know you knew, but just wanted to crank up the ‘Annoy’ on the rogerian Readers and distract the scottian ones. Best of intentions, a course.

** totally grateful for your presence, yo. If for no other reason that our own fluency improves ever time we try to explain this here personality theory here to a stranger

*** ayiiee such a ‘How did so much time pass so quickly that this idiom is a frickin’ Rosetta-fricken-Stone for just about every one you’ll encounter today… (the polite ones will look slightly-unbored and say, “This ‘Dial’, you mean you watched ‘tele’ ‘Vision’ in the shower?!!’)

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Six Sentence Story -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 22, 2024 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. Regulated by the Department of Sentenae Limitation, Ordinal Section, Chapter 6

Prompt Word:

LIGHT

“Light?”

“Yeah, thanks.”

The Night reluctantly accepted a new condition imposed on his dark dominion as Dawn metastasized upwards from the far horizon.

“Didn’t see You.”

“Not a problem, Samael.”

“Guess, oneness with the dark will have to take a backseat to Duality now that You’re insisting on a Beginning.”

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 20, 2024 By clarkscottroger

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

The purpose of this Post is…

Damn! The things that seem acceptable at nine o’clock on a Sunday evening. Can’t imagine the quality of weekend book-reports back in the day of residue-covered processed wood and such.

In any event, as has been thoroughly explained, (and artistically self-indemnified), over the previous 14.5 years, it’s better to write badly (poorly/un-inspiredly/insipidly/inanely), than to not write at all.

While an excuse, with intimations of grandeur, this assertion is particularly germane to the world of blogs and the avocation of blog-writing.

(Hey, so far, pretty much the same post as the one we wrote back in 2013!)

Seeing how we’re done with our current co-writing gig, (a Serial Six ‘…Of Heroes and the MisUnderstood‘), time to get back to the reason we’re finger-dancing this May morning: the Wakefield Doctrine. More specifically: what it is, what it does, how it can be used to self-improve oneself.*

The Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. We are, all of us, born with the drive to relate ourselfs to the world in one of three manners:

as an Outsider (clarks): we are apart from, aware of it and determined to find out what it was we failed to learn (that the other two) clearly know and, in doing so be a real person
like the Predator (scotts): we live to live, if the state of satiation, (with a clear and present memory of the state preceding this), were a car, the one we’re driving is stolen, the cops are on our tail and they’re pretty much bad shots
so too, the Herd Member (rogers): life is good, it would, however, be better if everyone would simply agree and adapt themselves to our guidance, in the meantime, it’s all about knowing thy neighbor

The Wakefield Doctrine is a tool, (appliance/aid/training wheels for a motorcycle/a big-assed gum eraser in a world of multiple choice, No.2 pencil tests), with which we might enhance our lifes. The Wakefield Doctrine, as a tool (or a club-shaped mirror), is for us, not them.

Most immediately of value, the Wakefield Doctrine allows those with interest to better see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

(to be cont’d)

gestures the Wakefield Doctrine (like Kirk in the Tholian web, we stay here until 12:01am 01.01.14) now with half naked alien females!)

December 26, 2013

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

~~so my second thought was, ‘screw it, write until they stop reading’. The Plan now is to do all the things, I’ve been meaning to…. (no! no! I’ll get it! ) ‘blah, blah, blah’~~

~~you’re welcome.~~

the word today is ‘gestures’ (“…hey, man! I saw that…what the hell was that all about?” “why, what a nice gesture, we really appreciate it!” ” and then, the apparition began a series of frightening gestures, everyone stepped back”)

~~So what does this word have to do with the better understanding and more effective use of the Wakefield Doctrine?~~

~~wait! stop reading…. for just a second. just sit there, I’ll call you back when I have my mind right.~~ False Start #1

~~Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine!! the personality theory that is:~~

unique: damn, no way I can say in less than 500 words what makes the Doctrine unique, so I’ll say it in a way that not only illustrates it’s uniqueness but will also illustrate it’s damn efficacy…. hey! did you see how

useful: if you want an insight into why the people around you act the way that they do, stay with us. the Wakefield Doctrine will make it possible for you to know more about the other person than they know about themselves

fun: seriously! it’s not just that using the Doctrine in your life is fun (find the nearest scott, tell them a few select things about one other person and watch the fun begin…Ed Sullivan had nothing on you!) but learning about the Wakefield Doctrine is fun in ways that we are just beginning to discover

False Start #2!!

This had better work:

hey Readers! ever have a Post that you knew you had in you, (for the day), but when you sat down to write it you find that you are two or three thoughts away from the ‘proper’ starting point? Sorry, that was a little confusing. Let’s try this: most of the time when I go to write a Post (not counting event-specific Posts), I set out typing in a direction that I hope will take me near the idea that will become the topic. I rarely have it in mind when I start…..

False Start # 3!!!

Screw it! Hey clarks!! clearly this blog has stopped trying to pander to/reach out to/make an effort to resonate with the scotts and rogers among the Readers. Totally given up on developing my writing skills, at least in hoping to be able to ‘write in a rogerian style’ or ‘write to the scotts‘. Too ambitious for the moment. Maybe next year.

Having said that, let me be clear on this one point: we want to bring in rogers and scotts to this here Doctrine here. While we have Michelle here to speak for the rogers. I am totally grateful to her for coming around and allowing us a direct insight into the rogerian worldview. We want more. Start thinking about who you know that is: a) a scott or a roger and 2) is comfortable with the whole blogging for fun and self-expression thing. It’s not that we need them to already be writing a blog, but take it from me, you don’t want to try to drag a scott or a roger to this blog, if they’ve never been to the blogosphere. Too much change. Neither worldview is overly big on the ‘change/novelty-for-it’s-own-sake thing. They would be of no use to us. (Why thank you for asking that, Lizzi! the ‘use to us’? that we have the opportunity to learn-by-association. Example? Sure. Let’s say you’re a classically trained musician, a guitarist. Someone comes up to you after a concert and says, ‘hey!! you better be at ‘The Gates‘ or the ‘Cafe Wha?‘ next Saturday night. You sit in for one set and you need to win them over’ (stay with me now, this little analogy is a bit bigger than I thought). So what would you, (Mr./Ms. classically-trained-musician) do? Buy all the sheet music you could get your hands on, bring it along, trust that you can sight read well enough to be convincing? ….or you could go to these bars and clubs and listen…and watch and absorb the music. ya know?

Awright. Time to get back to the ‘real’ world. Get out there today and spot your scotts and rogers. ( how can you tell if you have a roger or a scott? lolled you asked! damn! one will put on a show of doing you a favor that you don’t deserve and the other will barely be able to hid their…. enthusiasm.)

Not to worry! I’ll get back to the more normal enticing and intriguing Posts that are such a hallmark of our blog. After all, we don’t want Jean or beth or Kate to think that this is all brainiac-central …like that episode of Star Trek with those ass-headed aliens who took Capt. Pike and fixed him up with Susan Oliver and, so, like, he could totally get it on for their entire race’s anemic, asexual culture’s entertainment and all… yeah, I know all this Star-Trek geek-reference is a total turn on….

lol

jeez not nearly as naked as my memory says she was

annoying, smug, ass-headed alien fellas

you wanted to know why we call them ‘ass-headed aliens’?

* first secret lesson of the Doctrine: if you’re reading this you’re a clark (or a scott or roger with significant secondary clarklike aspect)**

** sure, advanced Doctrine principle, but we have faith in your