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I hear you knockin’, go back where you been

October 23, 2010 By clarkscottroger

“…The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness“…(Ezekiel 25:17)

What the hell are you starin at?

oh, yeah …”lets go to that Doctrine thing and see what music videos that have up there…oh, man…look those people are writing in ‘google-spanish’ again, how frickin’ clever of them”…

Hey! Reader! Write something!

clarks: those of you who are right now, totally sure they get this Doctrine thing and have the one piece that has been missing to this whole thing and when you write it in, everyone will get this fairly clever thing, but you need to work on the phrasing before you write the Comment…cause…it really is important to get it just right…and hell maybe someday, huh?

scotts: yeah, easy to get huh? you’re not afraid to write a Comment, all those other simps get too complicated..you got this shit down…you know the only thing missing here is more “fucks”…people don’t write Comments cause they haven’t heard you shout it in their face…yeah we get that

rogers: …not even gonna bother…. you are correct, this is not entirely about you…so there is no reason to give it another thought…maybe another time…having as fuller than full life as you do, it’s a surprise that you are even reading this far… hey! fuck you

So why the time? why the electrons glued to your screen? Why I am bothering if this is all such a waste?

Because the the second thing that this Wakefield Doctrinehas, that none of the other frickin theories of frickin personality have is: an accounting for the connection between the different types. By now, we all know what a clark or a scott or a roger “look like” and we all remember something about ‘how everyone has all three potential characteristics’…well today’s Post is all about being a CLARKscottroger… yes AKH, just like the hat (on your damn head)

This Post, in and of itself is todays, Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day:

it takes a clark to create something as unique and non-connected and original as the Wakefield Doctrine…it takes a scott to actually want and enjoy the shouting it in the face of anyone who gets near and only a roger would take it all this so personally that you will see Posts like this one…so…Readers?

…don’t care if you read this, I know how much everyone enjoys this… and by the way…..fuck you!!!…. (and can you see how this so further validates the whole concept?)

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Old Blue’s feet was big and round

October 19, 2010 By clarkscottroger

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

So what good is a ‘theory of personality’ if it don’t tell you what job you ought to get? or the kind of person you should try to go out with? or at the very least, give you reasons why your family and friends, “just don’t get you”? huh? what good would that kind of theory be? Kinda worthless don’t you think? I mean, we know that you are an intelligent and curious person and that you really got a lot more on the ball than your parents/teachers/friends/family give you credit for…what the hell! you:

work hard
mean well
would do a lot better but there are so many other factors to consider
don’t mean to come off so snooty
really? how can they say such mean things
will do much better once you get some breathing room
fuck them, I like the way I am
get them to understand what you are going through

To you we will say, “hey! the Wakefield Doctrine is your answer”! Not only does the Wakefield Doctrine understand (all of the above) but the Wakefield Doctrine can tell you which job would be such a natural fit for your unique and totally special talents. And…and… when it comes to ‘the perfect relationship’? we got your back, big time. We wouldn’t let you down. So today we will layout which jobs you should get and who it is that will most appreciate you, forever and ever.

There are three categories into which all jobs and occupations, life-callings and careers fall into: teacher, salesman and machine operator. And these three categories correspond to the three types of personality; clarks, scotts and rogers. Now let’s combine this ‘easy guide to a fulfilling career’ with a Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day by considering why each of the three are particularly suited to the three job classifications.

clark teacher examples: teacher….er professor…counselor….( goddamn, there’s got to more examples….) actor! (yeah them!)… nurse, lighthouse keeper (…wtf?!) veterinarian…locksmith (but not a clockmaker)…artist…(…better make that “unsuccessful/appreciated after death” only…lol) …damn not a lot of choices…homemaker (…homemaker!!?! you’re gonna sell a lot of books with that career advice), shit ….better move on…

scott salesman examples: salesman, military leader, policeman/woman, bank robber (unsuccessful), owner of a diner (only a diner, it takes a roger to own a restaurant), handyman, (successful) builder/contractor, electrician (but not plumber), surgeon, stripper/exotic dancer (but not a hooker), TV newscaster (female scotts only), TV pitchman (male only), muscian (frontman only), junior and senior high school gym teacher

roger machine operator examples: lawyer (all but criminal defense), engineer, accountant, chemist, restauranteur (but not a diner), judge, teacher (7th grade and up only but not gym), carpenter (but not general contractor), firefighter, politician, muscian (technically astounding, but not the frontman), owner of a bed and breakfast, physician (but not a surgeon),ballerina, plumber (but not an electrician)

Alright, that gets us started with the careers best suited to the three types of people in the world. Now to the question: Why are those the proper occupations?

clarks: need to accommodate others in the world, need to share beyond means, need to place own requirements second to another, clarks believe that knowledge has a value in and of itself, clarks are the ultimate in ‘behind the scenes/limelight aversive/unselfish to a fault’ people.
scotts: need to act, to do, to change things for the sake of change, does not simply place own needs before others, rather does not particularly perceive any other person as having needs (not counting immediate dominant scott) scotts as predators will simply act with or without support or reinforcement of others, they make ideal leaders in that they are always certain in their plans to act
rogers: need to maintain and preserve the status quo, make excellent technicians, engineers, they consider the herd as support for themselves without there being an issue of dominance/submission, have very little curiosity and as such will be the most likely to succeed

There. Career Counseling, Wakefield style! (yes and we are serious).

At this point, if there is anyone still reading and/or not yet muttering, “who the fuck do these people think they are? I am not selfish…! I do think about others!!!they have no right to say such untrue things!!’ then in our next section we will be happy to tell you the outcome of any effort at having a relationship with another person… on the other hand….let’s save that for the next Post!

Mr. B!! Mr.B get us out of here, you old, rogerian, sellout-your-best-friend-for-chance-to-be-hazel’s-bitch, janitor! Tell these fine folks how you would rather give up being a…never mind…screw it… get us some traveling music, yo.

alright, very amusing, but some of these folks are immune to an emotional appeal, so let’s move dem feets

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lost my shirt in a card game, at which I did not have a chance

October 17, 2010 By clarkscottroger

Hey, it is Sunday and nothing in the Doctrine says these Posts have to be fun and funny and cute and amusing every time does it? So the sooner we get our learnin’ out of the way, the sooner we can get to the videos and the Polls and the references to imaginary high school exchange students (Imaginario? ¿Qué significa este “imaginario”, Miguel? ). Everyone ok with that? Fine. Let’s begin.

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) which as new Readers will want to know is, a unique and productive and fun way to look at the people in our lives and the way that they act. Not a ‘theory of personality’ in the sense of listing traits and behaviors, the Doctrine is more a perspective, a deliberate and voluntary effort to see the world as the other person experiences it. The Wakefield Doctrine is built upon the notion that we are all born with the capacity to experience the world in three characteristic ways, which we call clarks, scotts and rogers. We say that we all have the capacity to live in the world as a clark, scott and roger and at some point early in life we become mostly one of these three. We always have the other two traits, but it is mostly, clark, scott or roger. Gender and culture have no bearing on this way of looking at the way people act. Once you know if a person is a clark or a scott or a roger, you will see that they will react and respond in predictable ways in any situation.

Pretty simple, isn’t it?

Since today is Sunday, last night probably was Saturday night. ( ¿Cómo en el nombre de mi Señora del bazo, ¿puede pedir que? Al igual que hay otra respuesta? Aiiee! ) Of course, it was…Saturday night, that is. And if it was Saturday then it must have been time to drive through Wakefield. (For new Readers, the Wakefield in the Wakefield Doctrine is a very real place and due to it’s location in the more temperate regions of North America, drives are possible throughout the year. And it is on these drives that a particular forum is held to discuss theory and application of the Doctrine. Attended by yours truly and DownSpring glenn it is often the scene of a spirited, occasionally one-sided debate, but never a dull exchange of ideas. If you have ever served Jury Duty, the judge will often explain that the jury system is predicated on a contest of facts, which by this contest, the truth will emerge*. The drives through Wakefield are like this, except louder, with more creative use of language and the truth does not always emerge. But it is fun. And this blog is the direct product of such a drive.)

Last night the topic was, as it often is, ‘What is the Point of this Wakefield Doctrine thing?’

(Damn this is boorinng!!) Hey someone out there? For the love of Jethro, somebody write something! Anything! This Wakefield Doctrine really is a total hoot, it is fun and amazing, you and your friend will laugh and laugh. And you will have Hope that things will get better in your Life. All this is true. Hell, all this is guaranteed.
Trouble is, for a host of reasons, nearly all of these Posts are written by a clark. And if you have learned nothing else about the Doctrine, you surely know that clarks are: creative, crazy, intuitive and pedantic, inventive and persuasive (in person) , but clarks are not, I repeat, not good at communicating to the Masses. In no way derogatory, but clarks simply do not translate well to a general audience. One on one, totally. Read it in The WatchTower? no fuckin way.
rogers are the one who can communicate to the Masses. Read Progenitor rogers blog, Precession Recession or go to Friend of the Doctrine Mel’s blog, Spatula in the Wilderness. You will read words that are easy on the eyes and brains, or as glenn put it last Wakefield, ‘so easy going, it reads itself to you’. That is what rogers are so very good at. But a roger would have no need to create the Wakefield Doctrine, so what good is it to wish to be rogerian?
scotts, scotts!….frickin scotts…no, they will not write better, more accessible words. But if you find one who knows about the Doctrine, they will present it in a way that you will not ignore! scotts will take whatever piece of this Doctrine they happen to like and make it fun!! exciting!! interesting…and for the small, small price of a piece of your soul, they will let you enjoy the Wakefield Doctrine too. But you will not have the Doctrine in any form that is anything more than amusing. If you get it from a scott, it will not be a tool, it will be a toy….a fun toy, an exciting toy (…very fun, Miss Sullivan!! ) but a toy none the less.

So, why bother?

‘Cause…you are obviously curious (if you are still reading this thing), you must be intelligent ( to have waded through this stuff ) and most importantly of all…and in fact, the conclusion arrived at by the end of last night’s drive through Wakefield…you, dear Reader, must already have a certain flexibility of intelligence, i.e. you are able to imagine what is not. The only way you are still reading this is that you have that quality of intelligence that enables you to live with the idea, “ok, I know what is real, but I betcha that stuff those Doctrine people are talkin about is just as real, but different…still real…what else does their theory of clarks, scotts and rogers do?”

…Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine.

OK, you have gotten this far…you done good…and no, we are not all work here at the Doctrine, even on Sundays. Mr. B? Some music if you will…

What? yes, yes glenn did behave himself and while he still has a way, ways to go, let’s give him a little treat….( hey downspring glenn, this is why using the Doctrine to evolve is a good thing….)

( * The cornerstone of the legal system in the United States is the jury trial. Many of the opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, which set forth the law of the land, are based on the issues and disputes raised in jury trials. The jury trial method of resolving disputes is premised on the belief that justice is best achieved by pitting the parties against each other as adversaries, with each party advocating it’s own version of the truth. Under the adversary system, the jury, a group of citizens from the community, decides which facts in dispute are true. ) (…is this the feet notes that we must study? Mother of the Virgin, how can we learn so much?)

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Hey! alguien mejor decirle a Miguel, tan preocupado como él se acerca de los exámenes sorpresa, hoy realmente hay uno!

October 10, 2010 By clarkscottroger

You will all take out a Number 5 pencil and put it on the desk/tabletop/lap/really-unattractive-roll-of-fat in front of you.

You will also (imagine) a Test Booklet,which is sealed. Do not Open it! We will tell you when to open it. Simply sit/recline/lean or otherwise maintain your posture while the Instructions are Read to you.

People keep asking us, “when are you people going to come up with a Test that will tell me which one of these three types I am”? (The implied statement that, “I am too mentally lazy/crippled/retarded/restrained/uninspired”, will have to go un-answered until another Post at another time.) Today we have a Test.

Since the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers) is culture neutral and universally applicable and therefore Readers taking this Test today may be from any part of the world, there will be Monitors available during the Test Period. If your ‘translator application’ produces a unintelligible answer or if a cultural reference leaves you muttering, “Kaj za vraga! Tisti, zahodnjaki ne more mogoče, da je self-absorbent!” Then raise your hand/click on email/submit a Comment and one of our Monitors/DownSprings will come to you and answer your question.
Your Monitors are: DownSpring#1, Ms. AKH and the Progenitor roger. (If you simply need to go to the bathroom and don’t mind the risk of being exposed to public humiliation, you might ask Downspring glenn for assistance, but you have been forewarned).

Monitors? Please stand up/Comment Briefly/Digitally wave/or otherwise indicate that you paying some attention to this thing. And of course, for any extreme stress reactions, Mr. B will be in the back of the “room” with plenty of sawdust. ( Señor Miguel, ¿tomó mi sugerencia de que se saltan el desayuno de esta mañana? No, obviamente no estaba bromeando! )

Alright then, to the Test.

There will be three sections in the form of Polls. Take each of three and note your point total for each, it will come into play when it is time to score. (…Very funny, Jimmy, I am sure Ms. AKH will be quite amused...)

Pencils Down!

That was just to warm us up. Before we continue the Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day, consider this: Whether it is at school when we are young or in the workplace as we are older, even in advanced age, we have to take Tests. If there is a time when each of the three types are at ease taking a test, which are which.
Lets rephrase that: Tests in school and tests in the workplace and tests in the retirement homes, who does best in which? A clark, a scott or a roger. (Now it would hardly be a Test if I give you the frickin answer right here, would it?) While you are thinking it over, lets take another Poll. Pick up your “pencils”…now!

How are we doing? Monitors? Anyone seen Miguel? Alright one more Poll then you can go to your homes and write us a nice Comment and maybe you will get your Test Results in time for them to do you any good!

Mr B? Some “file-out-in-an-orderly-manner” music?

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“this from another part of my life and today I remember much of that time… a time you know you will never get back… what good is it to feel this way?”

October 9, 2010 By clarkscottroger

Okay! Welcome? to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers). Today we may have a guest writer in the form of some odd corner of the mind. But do not worry! ( …Preocupación? Miguel por qué hace ssay que no se preocupe … y así es que habla portugués?…). As Regular Readers know, sometimes these Posts lurch off on a decidedly eccentric track, but (almost) always come back on track. And the track is….let’s all say it together…is the Wakefield Doctrine! (can he use the word ‘track’ more than that? come on! get this thing on track).
The Doctrine that holds the answer to your questions and questions the answers you hold true…
The Doctrine will let you know more about the people close to you than you really should know….
While ‘mystery’ is sometimes referred to as the “vinaigrette of the relationship salad”, the Wakefield Doctrine is…the extra virgin…(no…) it’s the balsamic….nah it’s the after dinner sorbet?… ( …Miss Sullivan? you have any idea what the ‘mystery’ of relationships is…really?…) Rose Soda (Water) and Lavendar Drink ? ( …Popular in Europe?…Middle Ages….I see. And you have the recipe?… no, no of course you do! Thank you for sharing that with us… )

Rose Soda / Lavender Drink

Adapted from _The ‘Libre de DiversisMedicinis’ in the Thornton Manuscript (MS. Lincoln Cathedral, A.5.2)_. Edited by Margaret Sinclair Ogden. Published for the Early English Text Society by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Amen House, E.C. 4. England. 1938. Text circa early 1400 CE.

1 part rose/lavender petals

2 parts water

2 parts sugar/honey

Soak a number of petals in a pitcher of water holding twice as much water as petals for one night. Press, but not squeeze, the water from the petals and reuse them as needed. Mix into the water enough honey or sugar as to taste, and serve cold
(courtesy of HL Rory McGowen)

Alright, alright I seem to have cleared my head… Sorry for the tangent, actually I am not sorry… for the tangent, that is. But for the curious Reader, following is the video that for whatever reason, prompted the initial “mood” of this here Post here.

Now the odd/interesting thing about this music video is that it is not the style of music I was a fan of, back in the day, this song would have been a little too, greaser/old kind of music. What triggered my reaction was/were the Comments that followed the song (on the youtube), they were, somehow oddly evocative. No doubt I encountered this (particular version of the) song at some point in life and it hooked to some emotional event and so on and so forth…( sorry, lost interest in my own train of thought). Funny about that.

What I had originally intended for the Wakefield Doctrine Lesson of the Day was: the Three (3) types of jobs. ( ...Puestos de trabajo? Sin embargo, somos estudiantes y María no consiguió una visa, que nos enviará a todos a Alaska … aiiyee de San Telmo de la cocina! … )

Yes, yes there are! Three jobs. In the world. Every damn job/occupation/avocation/inspiration/calling/profession/obsession/position/post/that’s-my-name-on-the-door/title, what you do for money… in one of the three categories. Really.
No, I am not making this up. Actually, if the Progenitor roger is in the audience, I would call on him to Comment, as he was there and gets at least co-creator credits for the Three Jobs concept. Hey!! roger, yo…get your increasingly stubby fingers off the keyboard…the Great American Novel can wait a few minutes…Treasure Rd, dude! Cast your mind back.

The Wakefield Doctrine, Three (3) Jobs: Scientist, Salesman and Machine Operator. Am thinking Contest here…yeah! Free Hat (for your damn head) for anyone* who can correctly link the type (clark, scott or roger) with the job ( scientist, salesman or machine operator).
Not as easy as it looks. And we will need some justification of the choice you submit. So, come on down!

Mr. B! After you find the Exchange Students ( I think they are under the bleachers, back by the fire alarm panel) and get them settled down, take us out something upbeat, if you don’t mind!

LOL…ok…scott!! come back!! lol…Hey, Bonus Contest!! Of these two lovely ladies one is a clark ( yeah, no shit) but the other is not! which is which, yo.