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pre-Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

So you have more ‘friends’ who are rogers than friends who are scotts and, not possible to accurately account for them…than clarks

Why would this be?

To start, statisticually, in any given population the ratios of the three predominant worldviews are: 69% roger 21% scott and 17% clark

(We good so far?)

For our purposes today we identify ‘friends’ as those people you might think of when, outside of the workplace, classroom, schoolyard or the interior of your parent’s car, you would trust with a personal secret and/or potentially embarrassing aspect of your private life.

According to industrial science experts, you’re more likely to have two other people in your car than four (other people).

So who are your friends?

From the perspective of the Doctrine it breaks down like this:

clarks: 1.5 rogers and 1 scott
scotts: at least 18 rogers and 1, maybe, 2 clarks
rogers: rogers don’t have friends, they have a Herd.* Not that there is anything wrong with that… the sense of belonging, relationship and fealty to others in (a) Herd is considered the equivalent (by rogers)

So get out there today and count the clarks, scotts and rogers who persist in hanging out with you.

Hey! We promised, at the beginning of this blog in 2009, that if you study and learn the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine you would be in a position to know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

…you’re welcome

*while rogers don’t have friends, they are friends of others (pretty much limited to clarks)

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TToT the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger 10 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.

Created by Lizzi R in 1941 even as the summer thunderstorms spawned lethal clouds of German bombers raining destruction on London. Yet her sense of ‘there really should be something like this bloghop in the world if for no other reason than to allow people to bind in common celebration’, resulted in the creation of the TToT. Even if it took another eighty years or so.

And so, we have a Gratitude bloghop, the TToT. Easy to participate, beneficial to share and fun to write. (The secret of this ‘hop is, despite seeming to be quite demanding in form and content (Ten!! things of thankful. In a list, thank you very much)? The hosts (and hostinae) are quite gifted in both the creativity of content and presentation department(s).

So, you’re invited to drag the ole keyboard out from under the dust and post-its and share the people, places, things and events that inspired you to say, “Well, that’s a good thing to have happened’. (any scotts out there? the passive pluperfect subjunctive voice is optional)

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Wakefield Doctrine (hat) on the road. Friend of the Doctrine Alex, with his Doctrine hat, claiming the Grand Canyon by Rite of Hat*

5) it didn’t snow this past week (though it fricken’ could’ve, as temperatures were in the 20°s overnight midweek lol)

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) “oh! the humanity!!” the album we pulled a music vid from, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We’ll to out on a limb and say, ‘Among Readers today there is a significant percentage who still know the lyrics’. (no, we won’t do the math). damn! Even worse! we remember the order of the songs.

8) something, something

9) old project complete, new project beginning here’s a Before photo (with any luck we’ll have an After photo next weekend)

Before

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

* ok, one more cut**

** the worst thing?? we should be that young again lol

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Remedial Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 1, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

Hey! Here’s an unexpected opportunity!

We enjoyed the comments of Readers of yesterday’s Post.

(wait for it… need to context this before we commit to a topic today… ok, see the Comments at the bottom of this post. as PediaLibria*)

Given how we were the ones to go with the Teacher/Class scenario, the only reasonable approach with today’s post is to go with ‘the Everything Rule’: occupation/avocation/profession of teacher.

Damn!

We all got an ‘F’ on (our writing/responses) to yesterday’s Post.

Full Disclosure: Had not anticipated our doing such a poor job of presenting the one thing… the one thing, that ever one focus’d on to address in their Comments. What we, your Curator, must now come to grips with is… our reaction to this turn of events. (clarks reading this will, no doubt be typety-typling… “Now don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s only one post.” (or scotts) “Hey! Chill out. It’s only one fuckin’ post among, what 18? lol ok 3,000… but who’s counting?” (or) (rogers) “Hate to tell you this, but it’s not that big a deal. You’re no different than the rest of us. We’ll forgive you.”

ok! direct response: One of the miracles/gifts of the Wakefield Doctrine, (vis á vis being a clark) is that, when it comes to the normal self-consciousness reaction to public failure, (‘we all got an F’) from the first post of this blog, we were been given a pass. (In the words of very early Doctrine posts: ‘Bad post? Write another one. Bury that sucker’)

That said, we totally value/appreciate our correspondent’s time, effort and participation. No matter what.

This occupation per the Everything Rule: clarklike teachers? kindergarten up to mid-elementary/college; scottian teachers? high school phys.ed./shop/vice principle and rogerian teachers: junior high/high school

As to our poorly set-up question yesterday, the one involving addition and such? We suspect that a better way to frame the question would be: 2+2=? Properly done it will distinguish a clark from a roger:

‘What’s two plus two?

scott: (laughing) “You fuckin’ clarks“
roger: “Four!”
clark: “In what context?”

ok recess, binyons

* PediaLibria (Lat. tarsus informalus )

cai:Thank you for giving me a guest appearance.
I meant I have to search for my herd who understand the basics of outbound linking and receiving external links.
Like you mentioned before, anyone has a mix of all three personality traits. I tried to appeal to a trait in there who can take a fancy to a method. :)
I understand the message. For a short time, I was dealing with some realtime ruckus in my corner of woods. Hopefully I can resume reading & commenting again.
Mimi: Two-two, of course. ;)
Misky: Depends. If it’s 2 drops of water plus 2 drops of water then it equals 1 puddle.

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 31, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Good Morning, class.

New Readers? Please open your, ‘Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine’ booklets that you received at orientation and read quietly to yourselfs.

Today’s post is very much AP Doctrine.

A topic, hell, a thesis has been suggested by our Friend cai. Her Comment:

Rogers and Scotts are wary of bloggers trying to promote bloghops. I have to search for my herd.

Thanks! cai

This Comment embodies a number of opportunities to advance our understanding and subsequent practice (of) the additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up) that is the Wakefield Doctrine.

where to begin….where to begin…

What we believe we know about our correspondent is their goals/methods to solve a problem using the Doctrine:

First cai feels she is a roger (“I have to search for my herd”) ok, nothing(ish) wrong with being a roger. (lol)

In the spirit of our Herd Member friends, lets get all bullet-point on this bad boy/girl

first, though, one of the original ‘Rules’ of the Wakefield Doctrine: you are the only true authority for designating your predominant worldview. no one can compel another to accept an assignment of (one of) the three personality types. that said, it is common practice to name others for the purposes of education, illustration and edification. these people, usually celebrities, are not in the room at the time
we accept cai’s self-designation
the unspoken challenge here is huge! this Comment/Question/Statement of Personal Reality is in writing. In a very real sense that makes it simpler, if not easier, to parse
everyone! take out your three phrase books (“I think they’re speaking a language I don’t understand” and “What the fucks the matter with these jamokes?!! oh, yeah I get it… sure, I know that word!! This is fun!” and “What’s wrong with these people? Wait. A. Minute. They think their bunch of words is a language. First thing is organize the nouns and verbs and participles. Then we can help them understand the Right way to speak!“)
ok… this horse (Jument, Equus, Caballo. 馬) is totally beaten into the ground
lets leave off with a few Doctrine tools for determining predominant worldviews… nah, lets go with our single most favorite and efficacious one

Ask the person the following question. Note: this can be done in writing or in person. The latter is preferable as you can see their reaction in real-time and know if’n they’re trying to game the system. The former, (in writing), is still useful but requires a higher level of Doctrine understanding. Their written response will tell us what they really think/do/feel. In fact, when dealing with communicating through a Comment/Reply format there is a single insight that will always indicate a roger on the other side of the interaction. Being way, way advanced a Doctrine insight/tool, it is available only by email. Not as a Comment/Reply

The Question:

How much is two plus two?

Answer key in the first Comment here (later) today.

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Sunday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 29, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

New ‘hop: Song Lyric Sunday.

This Sunday’s theme: ‘The Psychic Apparatus‘

This week, our Host, Jim dishes on the Father of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Specifically we are asked to relate how (Freud’s) construct, the Id, might be manifest in song and lyrics. Putatively the source of all human drives of a wet or crunchy nature, the Id accounts for the inspiration for a remarkably broad catalogue of music. For those of us growing up in the ’60s, this concept of the landscape of the Unconscious is, like, the ultimate Hall Pass, endless source of closing lines to deploy Thursday evenings in college dorms and well, it also provided us with something we could relate to our parents about…sorta.

Jim, take it away:

Sigmund Freud developed the concept of the id (“das Es” or “the it”) as the primal, unconscious component of the personality present from birth. He introduced this in his 1923 work The Ego and the Id, when it arose from his research into the unconscious, driving urges like hunger and sex via the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification. The id operates on the immediate gratification of desires, such as hunger, thirst, and sexual impulses to avoid pain or discomfort. The id is not organized and acts on instinctual impulses that may coexist without canceling each other out. The id can be representative of the devil being on a person’s shoulder, where he pressures an individual to seek their deepest, unfiltered, most selfish of desires to satisfy their primal urges and act on illogical impulses. Music that is raw, aggressive, rhythmic, highly passionate, or exciting with an emotional kick can be interpreted as speaking directly to the id. Music can act as a safe outlet for your forbidden, chaotic, or intense emotions, allowing listeners to experience them vicariously through artists. Oddly, Sigmund Freud was notoriously unmusical, and he claimed to dislike most music. He was known to cover his ears or leave if a band started playing. Some analysts speculate he feared the emotional power of music (the “liberating axe” of emotion) because it threatened to overpower his own ego, allowing the unconscious (id) to run wild.

(Further), We’re all invited to:

“…find a song related to Sigmund Freud’s id exhibiting instinctual drives that seek immediate pleasure or gratification without regard for reality. Tell everyone why you like the song, whether it was a hit, or what you think the song is about. Show the lyrics, let’s all listen to our favorite songs and explore some new music. Try to find a song that fits the theme, then write your post and create a pingback, or you can just place your link in the comments section.”

Our choice, (selecting and culling the candidates, by no means and easy process, their number being Legion), is Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare.

While arguably endemic to those who are inclined to create a blog, in general, and participate in bloghops, in particular, the song we’ve selected has it all. Sin, Punishment, Torment and Regret.

Hey! Kinda like Sigmund’s schema: Id, Superego, Id and Superego and finally …Ego.

Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold (2010)

Nightmare

Now your nightmare comes to life

Dragged you down below, down to the devil’s showTo be his guest forever (peace of mind is less than never)Hate to twist your mind, but God ain’t on your sideAn old acquaintance severed (burn the world your last endeavor)Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air‘Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal)So stand in line while they ink numbers in your headYou’re now a slave until the end of time hereNothing stops the madness turningHaunting, yearning, pull the trigger

You should’ve known the price of evilAnd it hurts to know that you belong here, yeahOoh, it’s your fuckin’ nightmareWhile your nightmare comes to life

Can’t wake up in sweat, ’cause it ain’t over yetStill dancin’ with your demons (victim of your own creation)Beyond the will to fight, where all that’s wrong is rightWhere hate don’t need a reason (loathing self-assassination)You’ve been lied to just to rape you of your sightAnd now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel)So sedated as they medicate your brainAnd while you slowly go insane they tell youGiven with the best intentionsHelp you with your complications

You should’ve known the price of evilAnd it hurts to know that you belong here, yeahNo one to call, everybody to fearYour tragic fate is lookin’ so clear, yeahOoh, it’s your fuckin’ nightmareHa, ha, ha, ha

Fight (fight), not to fail (fail), not to fall (fall)Or you’ll end up like the othersDie (die), die again (die), drenched in sin (sin)With no respect for anotherOhDown (down), feel the fire (fire), feel the hate (hate)Your pain is what we desireLost (lost), hit the wall (wall), watch you crawl (crawl)Such a replaceable liar

And I know you hear their voices (calling from above)And I know they may seem real (these signals of love)But our life’s made up of choices (some without appeal)They took for granted your soulAnd it’s ours now to stealAs your nightmare comes to life

You should’ve known the price of evilAnd it hurts to know that you belong here, yeahNo one to call, everybody to fearYour tragic fate is looking so clear, yeahOoh, it’s your fuckin’ nightmare

Source: LyricFind

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