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but uh-uh Honey, lay off of my shoes

November 29, 2010 By clarkscottroger

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

A lot of work to do, not enough time to do it all. Quick Overview for you New Readers and then, to work.

The Wakefield Doctrine is a way to look at the behavior of people. We call it a theory of personality, but it is not really…more of a ‘set of perspectives’, a guide to figuring out what (the other) person is experiencing and therefore what they are likely to do next. Here at the Doctrine we say, you live in the world of a clark, a scott or a roger. We have the potential to ‘be’ any of the three, but for reasons not yet clear we all settle on one way in early childhood. (One of the most common questions we get here is: “Sometimes it seems like I am such a roger, other times I get mad and act like a scott. I guess this Doctrine doesn’t include me” To which we answer, “Yes, yes it does….clark.”) The basic idea here is that everyone eventually starts to see the world a certain way, as a pack animal/predator or perhaps a herd-based social person or even a blue monkey.
What this blog was created to do is to spread the word of the Wakefield Doctrine to as many people as possible. And we are doing this simply because we have found that when we tell people about the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, they really seem to get a kick out it. Everyone who starts to look around them always see the rogers first, the scotts second and finally the clarks. And they always get strong rogers mixed up with distracted scotts, at least in the first couple of trys. But once they see the clarks and the scotts and the rogers, they can never look at the people in their world the same. Ever.

Like we said. Its fun! And way more ‘predictive’ than any homespun theory of personality has any right to be…I mean a deviation of error of < .7% , yo. (Just messin with you, we have not measured the accuracy of predictive element to the Doctrine…but maybe someday we’ll get all chi-squared on this thing of ours.) So there you have the basics. But like I said, a lot of work to do today.

Hey! Progenitors! DownSprings!! Look what I found!!

Male Female examples dynamic Cultural Sigil/movie/TV

clark scott Bob Newhart and (any co-star in any of his series) High energy/high maintenance The Bob Newhart Show(s)

clark roger Chris (on America’s Test Kitchen) and the less attractive of the two other cooks Logical, informative a little boring

clark clark Woody Allen and Diane Keaton Jeez do these two ever stop talking? Annie Hall/

scott clark

scott roger Joe Pesci and (any one of his cut-out placeholder wife co-stars in any movie) (what woman co-star?)

scott scott Yeah? Well fuck you too!

roger scott Bill and Hilary Clinton …just stay off of ‘em Blue Suede Shoes War of the Roses

roger clark

roger roger David Boreanaz/Emily Deschanel Socially stable high energy Bones

Yeah, I know! A damn chart! ( …it’s meant to refer to something in our culture, not related to the Doctrine but still demonstrating characteristics…roger… ) ( …hey somebody go get glenn…there’s a DownSpring-shaped dust cloud in the seat at his computer at work!!…)

All we need to do is relax and let the blank spaces fill themselves in, I have total confidence that we can do this thing.

As you see, a lot of the spaces in the grid have something in them, but not all. So what we need are suggestions so we can complete this grid and get on to the next one, which is the Female/Male grid (hey! I had to start somewhere…the sooner we get this one filled in, the sooner we get the other one done.)

What!!? ( wtf….yeah you’re right….if we gonna be gender-neutral we gotta carry through on it…thanks a lot…DS#1… )

Here…from the “other axis”

Female Male examples dynamic Cultural Sigil

clark scott Uma Thurmann and David Carradine Cut it out… Kill Bill Part II

clark roger Kristin Stewart and that pretty guy in those Twilight movies Now, what do you want Twilight

clark clark Diane Keaton and Woody Allen Sorry, didn’t mean…to interrupt Annie Hall

scott clark

scott roger Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise …crawl you bastard crawl Jeez haven’t sat through a T Cruise movie since Risky Business

scott scott

roger scott

roger clark Sculley and Muldar (DS#1) isn’t it nice I let you admire me? X Files

roger roger Kathy Bates and James Caan Why don’t you let me make you miserable? Misery

No time left… Ps and Ds? you guys know what to do…new Readers? not to worry is not always work…we have fun… sometimes

Mr. B!! those kids of yours still on vay-kay? Damn…let’s get us out with something up-beat.

( …hey! somebody stop glenn, he seems to be chewing his secretary’s ankle…listen to this ( visual cue: Moe! Larry! cheese!!)… )

Now… get to work, bitches

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gonna write me a letter, telephone every town I know

November 27, 2010 By clarkscottroger

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

Leftovers? Did someone mutter, “oh man, fricken leftovers again”

Yeah, ‘fraid that’s what cha gonna get today. Leftovers. Remnants. Re-assembled parts. Accept this fact and it will be over before you know it.

Ran into DownSpring Joanne (Mistress of Metrics) last night. She is doing well, says that she will get back to us with some very useful questionnaire-related ideas. Also, she wanted any Readers out there to know that she ‘has her eye on the Grand Canyon’. While Joanne may have forgotten her hat (for her damn head), when she was there a few months ago, she intends to get back soon, avec le chapeau, and add that bad boy to her collection. (hey, “Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, dude! if you wanted to hold onto it, all you needed was a picture of you and the hat! might be Cardenas Canyon if you had, yo) So we will be on the look-out for that.
In our little talk with Joanne and “Dave” (…this person being an argument for an unusually high scottian component to Joanne’s make-up. But that is a whole Post in itself). I gently steered the conversation around to the topic of writing Comments, the exact words were, “hey why the hell aren’t you writing Comments”? Talked a little about the idea that, for some totally incomprehensible reason, people find it daunting and/or intimidating to write Comments after Posts. Damn, wish everyone would simply understand that these Posts are meant to be an open, un-critical, nurturing space, ya know? I guess they must all be…I don’t know…(insert obvious joke here).

Anyway, good to see her. She might be the first of us to own more than one part of the world, by rite of hat.

AKH been busy…’spects to Post some of her uniquely scottian take on the Doctrine. ‘KH has a bee in her bonnet about all them other “tests” that are offered at other “blog sites” and how they are just rogerian, self-promotational bunch of girls…” I found a personality type test on Psychology Today. took it 5 times answering completely differently each time and got the same results! an actual test that people can go take and see that it’s true that these tests are neither useful, reliable or accurate. ha ha”. We are looking forward to her report. ( AKH, yo…the lobster bib and tiny little forks? not really necessary…)

the roger has been busy over at the ragamuffin…go on over…glenn hangs out there and he hasn’t even pissed on the table legs or chewed the upholstery or anything. (Think of it as your chance to watch a scott in a ‘natural habitat’, sort of like those safari places where you ride around in a Range Rover and see shit and they don’t let you get out of the car or throw stuff at the animals.)

DS#1 is in the process of upgrading her employment situation…we all wish her success and fun and all…as to her current employer…Starch and Oil SuperMarket, or the Family FeedTrough or whatever the hell they call themselves, “ Hey supermarket dudes, fuck you and your scanners and the humans you pay to convince the intelligence-challenged customers that your calorie warehouse is just like they remember when they were little kids and went food shopping on Friday evenings and there was a friendly cashier and all“.

(…oh damn!…you’re right, I did have a half written Post). Here, read this:

We all know that trying to write a Post over the course of more than one day hardly ever works, but the title¹of (this) Post was so strong that I just could not resist. I am currently trying to be a good family member and participate in Thanksgiving Day activities (…the word in your mind right now is: oxymoron, lol). In any event I type a little, then go out and stare in horror at the Macy’s Parade on the TV until I cannot stand it and come back and type some more. Intellectual smelling salts, if you will.
We haver never really focused too much current culture, preferring to leave that in the more capable hands of Mel over at the Spatula, but there are appearing “changes” in said culture that those of us here at the Doctrine are feeling compelled to address.

(blah…holiday reference….blah…clever play on words…blah)

OK Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day. If you are influenced by the western hemispheric culture sufficiently to do anything Thanksgiving-related this week, then you have witnessed a demonstration/illustration of the Wakefield Doctrine.
You saw the clarks…they were either helping in the kitchen (so quietly that you have to make a deliberate effort to remember them washing dishes, watching the oven etc)…you heard the scotts…wishing everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS WHERE IS (so and so) I HAVEN”T SEEN…WHEN’S THE GAME ON….and you were there because of the roger…”why, you can’t be by yourself on Thanksgiving, it’s a day for the family to gather…everyone will be here, I have gone to so much trouble to make this perfect for everyone“…

Mr. B? I believe my time has come….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-hSPaimhuU

1) Post title derives from lyrics contained in the blues standard, ‘Dust My Broom’ originally recorded by Robert Johnson. The recording we are listening to is by Elmore James, who in his version of the song, creates one of the seminal guitar ‘licks’, something no person that has ever picked up an electric guitar can possibly resist trying to play.
The lyrics below are from the Robert Johnson version, the changes (in the lyrics) are somewhat intriguing, almost as if the song had been cleaned-up for a wider audience. The lyric ‘device’ of the need to ‘write a letter’ is a pervasive sentiment found not only in the blues but rock and roll and even pop music. (courtesy of Wikipedia):

I’m goin’ get up in the morning, I believe I’ll dust my broom (repeat)
Girl friend, the black man you been lovin’, girl friend, can get my room
I’m gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know (repeat)
If I can’t find her in West Helena, she must be in East Munroe I know
I don’t want no woman, wants every down town man she meets (repeat)
She’s a no good dony, they shouldn’t ‘low her on the streets
I believe, I believe I’ll go back home (repeat)
You can mistreat me here, babe, but you can’t when I go home
And I’m gettin’ up in the morning, I believe I’ll dust my broom (repeat)
Girl friend, the black man you been lovin’, girl friend, can get my room
I’m gonna call up China, see is my good gal over there (repeat)
I can’t find her in the Philippine Islands, she must be in Ethiopia somewhere

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like the cry of a child or the setting of the sun on a rainy day, this is the Wakefield Doctrine

November 21, 2010 By clarkscottroger

( I left the message where everyone would see it… )

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

( …yeah, yeah I know “the expectations of the clark is gall upon their tongues”… yeah I ‘ve read the Bible too, you know… they won’t let us down…I choose to believe that… )

Today being Sunday we have a special treat in an ‘early days of television programming’ sort of way. What do I mean? Well in the early days of TV, the late 50’s to early 60’s, there was virtually nothing on TV during the day Sunday or Saturday. Just shows like Meet the Press and high-culture shows like David Copperfield (no, no the straight one! ). The only bright spot in a retro-culture-sense, was Davy and Goliath. This was on at about 8 or 8:30

( did I hear someone come in? oh, yeah put those over in the corner…. yeah, you too… have a good Thanksgiving )

I was going to Post a set of responses from the Progenitors and DownSprings, their response to the question:

I am glad there is a Wakefield Doctrine because…and the one thing that will make it better for the new Reader is…
….the new Reader should take this from their first visit to the Wakefield Doctrine….

roger? glenn?…….DS#1??…..( AKH won’t let me down…) AKH??

The best aspect of the WD is best seen from a distance; a wide-angle view, if you will.
If considered from a liberal standpoint ( and consequently applied as such), it illustrates to newcomers that;
it is highly advisable and acceptable to think ” out of the box”. In contrast to academic psychology, which generally attempts to make very much out of very little, the WD should represent a free-range approach that can provide very quick and insightful results.
The flip side; if applied from an overly conservative standpoint, the WD will likely be used as a new dogma that simply reinforces prejudices that were likely already firmly in place.
Ultimately, the WD should be used responsibly. Although newcomers will initially enjoy the ” labeling” phase, they should hopefully realize that there is more to learn about oneself here than anything else

What? Lots of unconnected bits in this Post–at least the bits are unconnected to sensible people. I’m sure clarks see the connections right away. Not sure what you’re asking for here. “I’m glad there is a Wakefield Doctrine because…”? Is that it? And the one thing that will make it better for a new reader??? That too? How about some fucking clarity? No. Just fucking with ya. I’m glad there is a Wakefield Doctrine because in general most lives are rather boring and uneventful. The WD gives me a place to go read what my clark friend is thinking–and then I get to respond to it..if it deserves a response. Makes life a little less boring.
What does it need to be better for the new reader? Clarity. The core idea is often obscure. Seems like new readers would get discouraged and leave–because the simple core idea is not “right up front”. Now….Davey and Goliath. I’m stretching my memory back to the few times I let myself sit through an episode as a kid. I fucking hated this show. Even as a very young kid, I felt tricked and misled by this fake-ass children’s entertainment. The idiotic God message in every episode–forced, and often concealed until the very end(when they figured they had you hooked in)–left me feeling like I’d been manipulated. If you have to conceal your message in a cartoon so kids would listen to it, it must be a pretty fucked message. And it is. Religious assholes make me want to puke. What right do these Lutheran fucks have to send veiled religious messages to other peoples’ fucking kids? Each episode contained some “lesson” from God His Own Self. If you gotta sell it, then it don’t sell itself—so it must be shit. Even as a very young child, I saw hypocrisy in Davey and Goliath. So fucking wholesome! Yeah, right. I’ve always hated wholesomeness. Makes my skin crawl.

( …point taken about the clarity, glenn. This issue has been the second most daunting challenge since this thing of ours started, i.e. how to present the new Reader with the basic principles of the Doctrine, while still allowing there to be a ‘conversation’ among the people who actually ‘practice and apply’ it. It has always been our goal to have Posts that replicate the experience of standing around with Progenitors and DownSprings.
You know, all three types are ‘capable’ of being manipulative and often are, but it is when we consider why one type feels that manipulation is necessary do the differences really start to stand out. clarks are manipulative because they are afraid, scotts are manipulative when they get bored or (as AKH is beginning to explore, due to gender issues) and rogers are manipulative because they know it is for the other person’s good. In defense of the roger…they are of the herd, there is nothing else that matters other than the herd so what may appear to be manipulation (in a bad way) to us may simply be good health and exercise! The herd must remain healthy! When you exercise and diet, you are being manipulative towards your other body parts. Given that everyone else in the herd is an extension of the one, this is how it is with the rogers… )

I am glad there is a Wakefield Doctrine because it helps me not be so scared. As a clark, I am inclined to view the world with a hazy backdrop* of fear. Knowledge of the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers (and actively using it) has helped to allay some of that fear.

For example New Reader, stepping back from the immediate in order to view the panoramic is tantamount to a clark’s ability to (more) quickly assess, assimilate and assume control of her/his surroundings and act accordingly. (No, not as involved or complicated as it sounds.)

Once an individual, whether clark, scott or roger, is imbued with the “tools” contained within the Wakefield Doctrine then the pressure is off. Figuring (term of old ) motivation and such becomes much easier. If you know how a person views the world then naturally you can know how they will react in/to that world.

scotts are no longer scary, rogers are better understood and clarks…..they are what they are…..

As to whom I would like to play me in the Wakefield Doctrine, the Movie – I will ponder that a little longer. However, I welcome suggestions from readers.

At this time of year when family dynamics go ballistic and all sorts of shit can happen, I would like to give thanks for my scottian friends who provide energy/drama (color them red), my rogerian friends who make sure all the ducks are not only in a row but correspondingly similar to all the other ducks (let’s color them as the sky – blue) and to my clark (like) friends who whoah! Wait a minute. I don’t have any friends who are clarks. Well there is one. But he would rather remain anonymous being the clark and all.

Here is my own vid for the day. (see below, right under Jack)

* “A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set. Also called backcloth.”

( …as we all of us here know, it is not just that there are three types of personality, absolutely frickin not, this Wakefield Doctrine is about a preponderance of one of the qualities what be makin us what we are… the hats (for your damn heads) that we have (available in the concession stand, please don’t be shy step right up) illustrate this point graphically better than we can verbally… it be sayin’ clarkscottroger, or for glenn and AKH it say, clarkscottroger…and for our absent progenitor roger…his hat would say the following: clarkscottroger… dig? )

I am glad there is a Wakefield Doctrine because it has truly opened my eyes. The premise (and fact as far as I’m concerned) of the Doctrine that there are but 3 distinct personality types is unmatched. Sure, there will always be the personality type tests, but they are not really based on anything specific. Much too broad to truly figure out who you are. If put into “scientific“ terms, this would be a theory of types A, B and C. But it is so much easier for a new reader to relate to specific names with totally different characteristics that are tangible while leaving out all of the mumbo-jumbo that you have to take a frickin’ psychology class to understand. The Doctrine is easily grasped and allows one to apply it immediately.

You have the clarks who are both the most difficult to relate to and the easiet to misunderstand because they are constantly one step ahead of the conversation trying to figure something out in a different universe. You might, in fact, feel as though you are having a one-way conversation.

And those damn scotts. You just never know what you’re in for. Are they smiling because they like you or is it because they view you as easy prey and are happy about that? Gotta remember to watch the eyes.

Finally the rogers. Definitely the easiest to identify. They are all around us and are so complacent that it’s impossible to miss ‘em. You’ll find them in herds/groups with those similar to themselves. They will absolutely never be the ones making a spectacle.

Easy, huh? And maybe that’s what’s best about the Doctrine. It makes perfect sense and answers questions about things we never had the answer to when it came to figuring out other people’s behavior.

Wow! Me represented in a movie? Lol There are so many good ones. But if I have to pick one my first inclination is Jack Nicholson I know we’ve seen the videos before in the Doctrine posts as prime examples of scottian behavior. But he’s so damn good to watch. And it would seem that his character in his numerous films are always scottian. A true unnerving, entertaining and sometimes scary guy to watch. And did you ever notice that he’s always smiling (physically or with his eyes) even at his darkest? Well there you go. Think about it. How cool would it be to be him? The one who is always in total control (that’s what the attraction is for me) Wonder what he’s like in real life. I can’t imagine him as any type other than a scott. Even when you see him on, let’s say, the red carpet you can’t deny the eyes. However, since I am a female of the scottian persuasion I’d have to go with none other than Angelina Jolie. She’s hot, smart and always in control of any given situation. And of course the eyes. They are always smiling. But beware, like Nicholson in his roles, it doesn’t mean that she likes you. More a look of amusement while sizing you up. Viewing you as a play toy.

So there you have it.
Happy Thanksgiving!

( thank you Ms. AKH to the point as always, yo. Yes, the eyes have it. The primary characteristic of the scott (male and female)…no mistaking that gaze… “More a look of amusement while sizing you up. Viewing you as a play toy” or “as if she is studying the Menu in a restaurant”… ( …hey AKH since you raised the issue of the ‘eyes of the scott‘ I added a clip … )

Mr. B! Come on now, you gave up everything for the love of a scottian woman, don’t be shy! show us your life before hazel made you a happy man…

…now for the man himself…

(I know dat song!, dats the fuckin song in that that movie…Hannibal and the FBI broad…fuck yeah!! what was that name Secret of the Lambs, yeah thats the one…great fuckin movie…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sy8IaJIbkU

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jeez, that Wakefield Doctrine guy was right! they’re all over the place!

November 15, 2010 By clarkscottroger

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

Today’s Post is kinda ‘old school’.
(In the early days of the ‘Doctrine blog), the writing process would often begin with a song fragment popping up in my head, usually just a few words, a slight impression of the melody. For reasons still unexplained, this un-heard/un-remembered song would acquire a quality of importance, which would, in turn, morph into a wholly un-justified sense of urgency. I would find myself feeling that if only I could find this particular song, then I would have what I needed to start writing the Post. Of course, with the google, all that was required on my part was a clarklike sense of purpose* combined with a rogerian-class memory for music** and scottian sense of urgency.***

Today has been like that. With the new mandate to stick to teaching/educating/enlightening the world about the Wakefield Doctrine, I am not all that sure what I will do with the music video when I find it. You often read in these Posts, that if only you could hang with us (the progenitors and DownSprings and FODs), in realttime/in-person, you would get a sense of the “fun of the Doctrine” and all the theory and the rules and the information would just fall in place. And that is still so true a statement.
Consider the learning of a foreign language, yo… you could sit alone, in your room with language tapes and memorize the rules of grammar and the vocabulary and you will eventually learn the language…if you really, really want to! But instead, suppose you just went to a place, the Czech Republic say, and you hung out with people who spoke both your language and the language you wanted to learn, damn wouldn’t that be so much quicker and easier! (Show of hands…who the hell among you Readers does not think that the ‘immersion’ approach to learning language is so the better way?)

Well unless you folks are willing to move to and/or visit “Wakefield”, we are just going to have to find another way to let you get that ‘immersion’ vibe. If you are willing to journey to “Wakefield”, be sure to include Saturday night as part of your stay. If you are here, we will take you along on the ‘trip to Wakefield’. Really.

So, until that happens lets try this: get the following scenario in your (damn) head, we are standing in a room full of people, comprised of some friends, some acquaintances, some strangers. It’s a two level room, very open and from where we are standing there is a good view of everyone present. Lets say (for s(s) and g(s) ) our group includes Ms. AKH, DownSpring glenn, Joanne and the progenitor roger, and, of course, the ever faithful DS#1. Our conversation has no particular topic until, someone comments on how there seem to be more scotts than usual.*
None of this ‘setup’ has anything to do with what we are trying to do with today’s Post. I just thought you Readers would get a kick out of a sense of hangin with the DownSprings…

Instead, we all pile into the car and head to “Wakefield’ and rather than try to reconstruct the conversation that would fill the auto I am posting the following three videos. One for each of the three personality types.
Anyone out there who wishes to Comment, do so and I will leave your Comment in place and cut and paste it into this Post in an attempt to replicate the experience of discussing the Wakefield Doctrine in a real-life setting. Hey DownSprings!! Progenitors! A little help here…a little commentation won’t frickin kill ya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxClwkSEh50

(Comments insert here)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7YBaiJMnik

(No, I don’t think I’m being overly obvious….roger)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzxF-M2erx8

Hey, glenn! don’t you think that with dark hair and a tux Joe Walsh is the spitting image of your boy, Louis?

Hey honey!! Get your hat (for your damn head) we’re goin to Wakefield!!

Step right up, folks!! The Wakefield Doctrine Ride-For-Understanding-the-Three-Personality-Types is about to leave.

* as in, “are you seriously going to spend even a minute of your decreasing lifespan doing that??!
** as in, ” don’t bother me now, can’t you see I’m busy here??
*** as in, ” I’m bored!! where are the loud noises??! can I say ‘fuck’ now??! can I, huh?, come on you said I could….jeez you’re no fun any more………fuck!

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Posts, Posts, Posts,*

November 10, 2010 By clarkscottroger

But seriously folks, this Post-writing gig, while fun, satisfying and totally ego-enhancing gets to be a grind.
So today we will have a Contest! Today is the start of the:
The First Annual ‘Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) Hey! I Can Write a Better Post than That Contest’!**

In any event, the rules of the Contest are simple. Write us a Comment with a brief description of your idea for a Post, we will re-print all the entries in a new Post and everyone in the blogosphere gets a Vote! The entry with the highest Vote wins and that person gets to write a Post and get it published on the Wakefield Doctrine! Now some of you might be thinking, “sure, we come up with a great idea and write a great Post and you get all the traffic and Reader Comments, how fair is that“? You know you might have a point there, but why don’t you go ahead and read all the other Posts in the Doctrine and count up the Comments. In any event, you get a damn byline, what the hell do you want?
As to Reader participation the last Post was a pleasant exception. Nearly everyone had some interesting Commentation….(btw), it has been brought to my attention that some of the clever sayings created by us here at the Wakefield Doctrine are beginning to appear out there in the real world. People! we want to know when that happens, no make that we need to know when that happens! Just yesterday, a scottian woman I work with told me that she heard the expression, “Yes. Yes I did hear that” on some TV show. Of course, since she heard it on television she insists that we did not coin that expression here at the Doctrine! If anyone hears mention of the Wakefield Doctrine or the theory of clarks, scotts or roger in general and/or expressions specific to these Posts, i.e. “he is such a roger“…”what a clark“…”not too scottian, is she?” out in the real world, please for Jethro’s sake write to let us know.

Enough of that, back to the Contest. hey glenn!! this Contest? “some Rules may apply“. Why doncha let the Readers know about rules that may apply? We want your ideas, we need to expand our horizons, to break out of this fuddy duddy rut that certain DownSprings are insisting we are in, here at the Wakefield Doctrine, now sit up straight in your chairs, no laughing or giggling and pay attention.

All of this ‘out with the old’ attitude can be laid at the feet of those two rogers, Mel and the (progenitor) roger. At the start of this week, Mel has been posting some decidedly accessible Posts…all about feelings and happiness and gratitude and stuff…(for you new Readers, Mel is a Friend of the Doctrine and writes a blog, Spatula in the Wilderness. He used to be an actual wielder of said implement running a kitchen in a hospital in “Michigan” But recently he changed jobs, went corporate but his blog is still most excellent. Did notice however, that Mel responds to Comments even quicker than before, ‘hey Mel, fun having access to the net all day long, no? Now get those reports on my desk!’ )(lol)

So Readers! Send us you Post topics.

Two Post ideas that I really would like to try. One is from the progenitor roger: “Ten Important Things in My Life that I have Forgotten” and my own contribution: “That First Band/Album That changed the course of My Life.”

Ten Important Things in My Life that I have Forgotten

the first girl I had a crush on
what happened to that girl/crush
who I bought my first car from
when it was that I first started thinking about the Wakefield Doctrine
my High School Graduation (I did not forget the post-ceremony party….wish I could)
what happened to my (childhood) belief in religion
the last time I played music on stage
the first time I realized that I was a little… different?/weird?
what the most fun I have had that was not inextricably tied to a significant mental/emotional/physical price
why the fuck I thought this was a good idea

You know, I think I am skating closer to the edge of personal involvement with this 10 things I forgot idea, what say we just call it a day.
Mr. B if you….what? Contest Prizes? damn! you’re right…lets see…what can we give out…(lol, ’cause Western Union is too old a reference)…I got it! a nearly free hat (for the first 5 entrant’s damn heads)!

** (or as the Progenitor roger would have it the First Annual WDTOCSARHICWABPTTC… actually it sounded better over at the Depression Concession).

No, glenn there is no connection between this choice of video and Robyn Hilton (damn you google! clarks cannot impress anyone anymore with obscure references.)