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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 31, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

While we try to remember the (suggested) topic for the week’s first post, lets rummage through the Box ‘o RePrints, shall we?

…wait! stop the keyboard! we have a little video from our own Golden Years of video/audio Doctrine/Curator!

the heck with adieus

ok, a little backstory: for a few years, at the end of the First Decade of the Second Millennium, we had cause to travel on business, once (or twice) a year. For reasons, lost in the Fog of Bore, we decided that, on each trip, rather than fly directly home, we would do some clarklike* tourism at places that held an attraction (for us). One such trip included a drive through Mississippi to see the Crossroads of Robert Johnson fame.

here:

* so, for a clark, tourism is about what, as kids, we used to call ‘touching hands’** Point of Interest, drive there, get out of car, take photos or videos, get back in car and leave.

** i.e. scary old house, ideally with keep out signs all over the place, the dare was ‘touch hands’ which was not ‘go on the property or get there it’ rather it involved touching it (running away was permitted and encouraged afterwards)

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 24, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Friend of the Doctrine Mimi wrote:

Here’s a thankful, I ran into a rogerian expression “in the wild” so to speak. On the nextdoor app, a lady asked if local colleges have a dress code. She was saying if they don’t, they should, as these young people are beyond casual and let everything hang out, front and back. She said it “leaves nothing to the indignation!”

Damn! Significant? Well, here’s the link to the Page of rogers (as now amended). Now go to the next to the last entry in the list of ‘rogerian expressions’ then come back and tell the date on it.

We could, (and, full disclosure:sorely tempted to), wax rhapsodic on what this event demonstrates.

But the Doctrine is nothing if not helpful in self-improving oneself, so we’ll end today’s Brief post with:

If we still did Wakefield Doctrine hats (‘for your damn heads‘) and tee shirts that, by their being produced by a clark, demonstrate one of the qualities of my people: wear it out in public and you draw looks but any inquiry by strangers is markedly cautious*. lol

*will qualify that observation, there are clarks i.e. Mimi and our T-shirt model above (Cynthia) who are genuinely nice, friendly and not (necessarily) kinda intimidating. They would simply thank people for their solicitous complimentationing.

Wait!!! Reminder: Set your ducks and calendars and Muse intercession for this Thursday 27th of Augury and the Six Sentence Story Poetry Slam!!!

(We’ll: save you a seat, bring extra cigarettes have the coffee on… whatever fits your frame-of-reference.)

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Tesudae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Say you’re out and about today.

It’s summer, (here in Oceania), despite the store displays being torn down and replaced by Pumpkin-infused Halloween merchandise.

You’re out on errands or whatever GenMe calls: getting gas at the Seven-Eleven, stopping at work to pick up your check or driving by the beach to see if your ennui can be banished by the sight of non-old bodies in minimal clothing exhibiting hypo-organized behavior.

You’ve studied your Wakefield Doctrine.

You have a solid grasp of the characteristics of the three predominant worldviews*, at least on the level comparable to going on a trip to Spain during your last year in Spanish Club.

What is the purpose of the Wakefield Doctrine?

It is not:

finding something to do that on your trip that will, somehow, make it special… wait, it is kinda that
discovering a part of your life, (promise not to stop reading? … gain a new appreciation to a part of your life) damn! busted
laugh at the foibles of your fellow lifeforms and, at the peak ha-ha-moment, realize many of things you dislike about yourself aren’t so awful…shit! (maybe we shouldn’t’ve committed to this bullet point thing so hard**)
allowing the weight of ‘doing things correctly’ to lighten to a few-ounces-less-than-glum. boy-oh-boy better hope the word count is enough to quit this ‘What the Wakefield Doctrine is not’ schtick
the Answer…. finally!! a valid point. the study, use and embrace of the perspective afforded by the Wakefield Doctrine is not ‘the Answer’
the way to change the things in others close to you… shit, near the end and now we’re on a roll!! The famous saying/advisory to New Readers is: ‘the Wakefield Doctrine is for you, not them. (figure it out). It does, however, offer a chance to avoid one’s own triggers when interacting with others… these triggers being very much a part of maintaining the “I really like them except for when they…”

out

*aka personality types:

clarks (Outsiders)
scotts (Predators)
rogers (Herd Members)

** thanks to the writers of ‘The Good Place’ for the rhetorical device, you need to watch to the very end, though

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 25, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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…err week, bloggers and thought-typers gather and share the people, places, things and events that have incited, inspired and instigated in us a psycho-spiritual state herein referred to as gratitude. The sharing in manifold, be it Reading the different posts…err posted or writing and linking a post of one’s own creation. It’s fun, simple and beneficial.

Following is the TToT list this week from the Wakefield Doctrine, et al.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) new fave utube channel (a celebration of clarks you would be forgiven for thinking) ‘Make Thing With Hand’ here is a sample post (language Advisory, but funny) ‘The pattern that exposes mammals’ past.’.

6) our property welcomes new fauna: Lynx rufus aka bobcat. So it’s like this, late yesterday afternoon, Phyllis looked out the window of her cottage and saw the bobcat walking down the path (top photo left to right). So, naturally she stepped out onto the patio and the bobcat in a most considerate stopped. Full Disclosure: on a previous occasion, the bobcat was strolling along and Phyllis stood in the doorway (sans phone camera, after all she is not 19 years old). The animal’s demeanor was calm (the bobcat, not Phyllis, ok, she was calm as well). Yesterday’s visit was the first opportunity to get a pitcha. So… taking Mia for her morning walks becomes a new opportunity to develop our mindfulness. (Though Mia would not be perceived as prey by most non-amphetamine-jagged bobcats. We will however be aware of our surroundings. As illustrated in Phyllis’ photo taken from the steps to her cottage, the bobcat appears to be well-fed, healthy and not looking to score.

a little closer you say? sure

7) informal landscaping project down at the pond (aka forgot to take Before photos)

8) something, something

9) Second thistle (in the side-yard meadow)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 (From the Book of Secret Rules aka the Secret Book of Rules)

music

in the spirit of Grat #6

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 1, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

We’re continuing our analysis of the scenario provided by Misky that served as rhetorical hors d’oeuvre in Monday’s post. Our correspondent from across the Atlantic Sea subsequently offered a further clarification of the situation as she recalls experiencing it:

I’ve rarely if ever felt hostility at someone else’s lack of attention to detail.

What say we crank up the gain on the ‘Is this a real person or a skilled Unreliable Narrator fielding these questments or what?’

At the top of this post is a photo of your Humble Curator and the late Bernadine Thomas. She was a friend who happened to be a scott with a very significant clarklike aspect.Below is an account of a real(ish) life interaction with her.

So I was talking to Bernadine one day. About the Doctrine, of course.

We’d been fortunate that way. Bernadine had such a significant secondary clarklike aspect, that she was extrapolating the principles and citing examples of how clarks, scotts and rogers manifested their individual predominant worldview. And was, almost always, correct*.

So we asked her the question:

“So Bernadine, we get that you’re always doing that ranking thing. As a fundamental element (in our behavioral metaphor of your people) you never stop challenging others for evidence of ranking. Like any pack animal.”

(ed. My exposition was briefly interrupted by an outburst of laughter from my friend…along with an arched eyebrow accent on ‘You people’)

We attempted to continue and restore the order to my interrogative but we both were too busy laughing. Finally, with proper decorum restored, we continued:

“No, yeah, wait! I”m serious. What happens when you encounter someone, do your metaphorical ‘push on the shoulder’ challenge and you’re not dominant over them, doesn’t that bum you out?”

Bernadine laughed, (she was gifted with that kind of humor/ laughter that made you want to always have something funny to say to her. Nothing but joy and celebration of life and ‘the here and now’).

Finally, she continued, “No! You idiot! (laugh without the slightest hint of malice or meanness) Of course not! I do it, this thing the Doctrine calls ranking for the same reason any pack animal does. To establish what you’d refer to as relative social order. It’s got nothing whatsoever to do with how I feel about myself.”

* ok, who was that, “Yeah, like that ever matters to a scott??’ True. But not in the manner you think.

ok. Don’t forget! Tonight is Six Sentence Story bloghop Eve. Denise is expecting you to show up early.

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