TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 20, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

The following is a list that, upon reflection, (and if clarks are nothing, they are relfectory lifeforms), represent our appreciation of the people, places, things and events that have elicited the state of gratitude.

1) Phyllis

2) Una (On a Winter’s Beach. A long, long time ago.)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the current weather… warm. windy rainy day as Winter ends (a low front moving up the coast causes winds to come out of the southeast. which is mostly warm. (fity degrees at the time of this writing.)

5) how windy?

6) this windy (wait for it 2:59)

7) From no less an authority than the Old Farmers Almanac:

Starting Monday, December 23, the days will start getting longer, and the Sun will be slightly higher up in the sky. (cit or would that be ibid or perhaps op.cit?!!) any aways here

8) something, something

9) in light of the above List, we totally need to nod in appreciation, (if not supplication), to the internet. Vast amounts of knowledge at the touch of the keyboard. Whether true, accurate or not. lol

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

December 5, 2025 By clarkscottroger 9 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 (TT0T) bloghop. An exercise in the awareness of the capacity to be grateful for shit in our lifes, participating in this bloghop is, when you think about it, exercising one of the most critical mental/physical/emotional capacities inherent (and woefully under-used) in people, that of allowing for additional perspectives on the world around us and the people who make it up.

1) Phyllis

2) Una (demonstrating an impeccable approach to life, i.e. engage the world without reservation)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine (sine qua non, y’all sine qua non)

4) only 17 days before the Onset of Summer (note to newer Hostinae, cai and KnitCat …the days get longer! light is surely the mother of warm)

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) Christmas Light-shouting!! We all have one in our neighborhood. And, yes, to our more erudite students of the Wakefield Doctrine* (we’re looking at you, Mimi, Denise, Cynthia…Misky) yes! for the most part this kind of outdoor display does suggest a scottian homeowner, a light-shouter.

7) ok, if you insist! below is a video (which we all know means it must be true) of our seasonal lighting display, affectionately referred to as Area 51

8) something, something

9) oh, yeah! Grat for both Dyanne and Lisa for connecting up with this here bloghop here, last week(ish)

10) Secret Rule 1.3. Which is, of course, that Rule that states, in part, “…the completion of three-quarters (or seven-sixths) of a TT0T list is valid as a Grat on self-same list…traditionally in the Number 10 position”
ibid, op.cit. Wakefield Doctrine 2009-2029 (shoutout to Andrew our newest Host for his independent discovery of SR 1.3 (Hey! Andrew! There remains an entire Book of Secret Rules (aka Secret Book of Rules) that is available to hosts, hostinae and anyone reading a TToT with a hankerin’ for stirring things up)

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 30, 2025 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Every week a combination illustration/demonstration (and) invitation goes out into the blogosphere for anyone within reading range to take part in this excise in gratitude,

It’s not the worst way to spend a few hours (or minutes), reading what people from around the globe make of the eternal observation: “Really? This is all random and without intent?”

1) Phyllis (driving)

2) Una (hey, Una enjoyed her rides in the car and, don’t know what else I can tell ya, but it was raining!)

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the lack of snow on the ground (which, of course, totally tips the probability wave towards the less desirable state of precipitation.)

5) yard project complete for the year… next ‘job’: gathering kindling wood for this year’s wood-stove fires (side-yard photo at top of post)

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

7) warmer days (photo taken last June(ish)

8) twenty-two days until Summer

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

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T-Minus Apocalypse -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 26, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

So, if we can agree that ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of Flattery’, (and surely the rogers will concur, albeit begrudgingly), then by extension ‘Repetition is the highest form of Self-Respect’!

Can we get a ‘boo-yah!’?

Still haven’t decided to post the traditional Wakefield Doctrine Thanksgiving post today or tomorrow.

Wait a second.

Yeah, we’ve decided.

Tomorrow.

Since you’ve invested this much time in our Wednesday post, (and we have psyched our ownselfs into some ‘how-easy-is-this?’ reprintage), what say we go and copy/paste (surely the motto of (the) early adolescence love relationship formation phase), something interesting and/or entertaining.

But in service of the moment (again!! adolescent ‘self-restraint’ lol)

From the beginning days. Actually it says, ‘August 21, 2009’ (permit us a ‘Damn! That was a while ago.)

FAQ(s) Wakefield Doctrine

I think sometimes I am (a scott) then other times I must be (a clark). Whats up with that?

You’re a clark.

Hey, wait you can’t be that sure on the basis of one question!

Yes I can. (I’m a clark)

The question you should be asking is, ‘why does it seems that sometimes we are one form, other times others’. And the answer is that we have the potential of all three, we just get in the habit of seeing the world one characteristic way, i.e. clark, scott or roger.

Is there any scientific basis for the Wakefield Doctrine?

No. (see the ‘About’ page.)

When I read this site, it seems like there is really only one person writing. Can that possibly be true? What happened to the collaborative thing.

Nothing.

I thought this was a FAQ pages, I don’t see all that many Questions.

…I’m waiting for a question… ‘what part of ‘Frequently asked questions’ are you brainiacs missing? There would be useful information if some of you scottian adhd cases or you middle-of-the-herd rogerian mouth-breathers would conquer your fear of anything that doesn’t already have a DYNAMO brand embossed label stuck to this blog letting you know that it was within your admittedly limited range of initiative and realise that you would not be struck down by Jethro were you to actually reach out and turn on your computer and asked a question.

Will there ever be new FAQ questions?

Yes, yes there will.

I heard that you have been doing this for nearly a year, what have you learned about the Wakefield Doctrine that you did not know when you started?

Which part of your statement are you calling a question? Rather than wait for you to move your lips as your try to re-phrase the question, I will answer this way. The Wakefield Doctrine appears to have an appeal beyond my immediate circle of friends, in fact, it appears to have sufficient appeal to out-weigh my meager writing skills. By presenting the Doctrine in a blog, the virtue and value of this thing is put to the test. And it seems to be passing that test.
What a well-thought out question.

What?

Never mind, you would not get it. Other aspects that you would not get is that the Doctrine is proving itself to actually be an effective tool in aid of an effort to change life habits. (Given the unlikelihood of your comprehending this answer I will continue), and say that anyone reading this with a true desire to ‘change their life’* should read this blog and do whatever they must do to get actively involved in it. This includes, but is not limited to: writing Comments.

*Is it true that if I have to ask the question, I will perforce be unable to understand the question?

Yes.

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Tu Threesady -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 25, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

What fun!

As we often do (and are ever so grateful for) we’re using Reader’s Comments to provide a theme (for a) Doctrine post.

First up, the Comments/Inspiration/Challenge (arising from) Monday’s post.

Secundus (no, not the Silent Philosopher!), the Comments in reaction/reflection/response/recidivism (lol) from three of our favorite Reader-Commentationers: in chronological order:

Denise (our edits for selfish authoritarian reasons):

Funny, this post speaks of learning to love our rogers and back then, I did embark on an active quest to “learn to love the rogers” in my life. More difficult with some than others, it behooves a clark to attempt this thing. Which is to say, observing/learning how rogers relate themselves to the world challenges us (as clarks) to step outside of ourselves and imagine a thing we’ve never felt, have not, certainly not innately, experienced. More specifically, with the Wakefield Doctrine as guide, as a clark I can understand the whys of a roger’s behavior. No easy task, but not impossible. Learning how things, events and such manifest for a roger takes a huge load off a clark. That is not to say it doesn’t necessarily excuse a roger’s behavior yet having the understanding of it goes a long way in allowing a clark to interpret more properly why a roger said or did what they did. Which then informs us how more appropriately to react, or not, to a roger.

Misky:

Well, now, this is just not on, this ‘saying, “I want that office… when are you leaving?” I see two possible avenues here: 1) invite him to sit at her desk, where she’s placed an inflated, extremely loud whopper cushion so that the entire office bursts out laughing hysterically at him … or 2) say something along the lines of “…coffee; white and 1 sugar … chop chop.”

Mimi:

I really like Misky’s second suggestion, but as noted, it might be best to try a different approach.

Thank you to the three above Students of the Wakefield Doctrine. We would say:

“Ego sum. Tu es.” (or) “Je suis. Tu es.” (or, even) “Yo soy. Tú eres.” (to avoid any accusations of chauvinistic parochialism): “O a’u O oe.”

All three are correct (or, to keep it as annoyingly subjective as possible), accurate.

The Wakefield Doctrine is a system of alternative perspectives on the world around us (and the people who make it up). Three and only three, to be precise. Three realities (albeit personal realities) but, then again, when you get right down to it, when is reality not personal? (No fair citing forests and unstable flora).

We could, with sufficient time, present the above scenario (in it’s original form as zoe was so kind as to offer for our consideration) and ‘translate’ the scene three distinct ways.

(Who in the back of the room shouted “Don’t ya mean ‘describe’ rather than ‘translate’??”) cue Jules Winfield: “Correctamundo!”

Now to hint at a discussion way, way beyond the scope of this post, we might suggest: The three comments are more about the author’s personal reality than the ostensible object of their observations.

ed. we’d considered offering a sample of three responses to each of the three comments, from the perspective of a clark, scott and roger. But, hey these guys are, in fact, on target and provide a very insightful…err …insights.

but, time-being-Tuesday, lets get all koan(ish) on this subject

The most difficult/antithetical/’no-fricken-I-could-live-in-this-world’ for each of the three: