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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 13, 2026 By clarkscottroger 7 Comments

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

Regular Readers know that, of recent, we’ve divided up the week into posts by subject (or perhaps, more properly, of arenae of special interest): Monday through Wednesday the principles, application and good practice of the Wakefield Doctrine as an additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up); Thursday (with option on Friday) Six Sentence Story(s); Friday open topic and Saturday the TToT.

(well, that certainly qualifies as ‘stem-winding’ although, if truth be told, a liberal application of italics would be in order. The history of the phrase is…)

Wait. A. Minute.

The history of the phrase, or, more properly the inference from the process of researching the etymology of it, is a good example of the differences between the three predominant worldviews!

attend:

Having spent twenty minutes on the internet looking up and otherwise trying to learn the origin of the phrase ‘stem-winding’ (or, ‘stemwinding’):

clarks (the Outsider) would ‘feel good’ in the acquistion of a new and hopefully accuate understanding of the phrase; the rub being: it does not quite conform to their understanding (of the phrase) prior to their inquiry; lets be charitable and simply do (on movies it’s kind of a trope to have a block-lettered stop appear, for us lets go with ‘CONFIRMATION BIAS’ lol*
scotts (the Predator)
rogers (the Herd Member)

jeez Louise! sometimes being gifted with insatiable curioisty is not such a good thing.

We went in search of an image of a Patek Phillip watch, (’cause they had a hand (arr arr) in the genesis of the expression ‘stemwinder’ and that lead to reading about the most expensive watches sold at auction and that, naturally lead to reading up on Duchenne muscular dystrophy which produced a side-trip of blessedly short duration to inquire about Gower’s sign and, finally back here.

damn! still gots to complete the one part of this terminally-prolonged post that relates to the Wakefield Doctrine (hint: bullet points)

*our confirmation bias in this case is a memory of the use of the phrase. it was in a description of an old-time politician standing behind a podium before a crowd and deliberately, if not ostentatiously, taking out a pocket watch and making a show of winding it, the effect on the crowd is the realization that the speech would go on and on**

** who just said, “So, you were right about the phrase!!”***

*** ha ha

the least we can do is post some engaging, if not dated, music¹

1) you’re really thinking ‘I wonder what the link from this post to the choice of music is?? Click away, just click away and we can stop typing lol

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 2, 2026 By clarkscottroger 10 Comments

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

‘you talkin’ to me?’ (see Grat #7)

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Foundered by Lizzie R in 1887, this bloghop has consistently topped the lists of ‘Ideas That Need To Have The World Catch-Up’. But the concept was the key. (Remind us to tell you the story of the very, very beginning of this bloghop and how the required time to create and post a TToT list was drastically altered.)

Below are a list of Ten people, places, Things and events that have triggered a grat attack since last we posted.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story blohop

5) follow-up photo on last week’s landscape project (an After-after)

6) speaking of landscapes and pine forests, we’re grateful for a woods that goes from ‘oh, how nice a garden‘ to ‘damn, hate to have run through this some night being chased by one of Nature’s scotts!

7) the photo at the top of this post is of a cow at Farmer Brown’s (not this Farmer’s ‘real’ name) We used to take Una for drives past the farm for her amusement.

8) something, something

9) Update on the frontlawn Meadow

ikr? a bit greener (which if put in the context of the last week or two of mid-March weather), I’d say that’s pretty darn encouraging

10) the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) specifically, Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

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Frydey -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 1, 2026 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

…the Wakefield Doctrine, besides being gender and culture neutral, is age neutral.

This is a very intriguing aspect of our little personality theory. Actually it, (the immunity to the effects of longevity on manifestation of characteristics), is not only interesting, it also serves to reinforce the basic tenants (lol… and tenets barum bump!) of the Doctrine umbrella.

To this point: since the Wakefield Doctrine’s division of all humanity into three personality types, (aka predominant worldviews), predicated on the character of the personal reality we experience, one might reasonably assert that we, all of us, have developed/acquired the perfect personality type… for the world we live in.

ed. that we’ve chosen a clark-centric RePrint in a post ostensibly about how the Wakefield Doctrine manifests at various stages of life, (aka growing, maturing and otherwise acquiring experience), is probably more telling than we’d like. But, what the hell, today’s Friday.

clarks -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘hey, I’m good enough for my friends…so the heck with what you think’

September 16, 2015

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

(As so often happens, here at the Doctrine, a phrase popped into my head that seemed to be a whole Post…provided I could put into words the feeling that were [embedded] in said phrase. When I wrote today’s Post subtitle, I immediately had two thoughts, a) Readers are going to misunderstand and respond by saying, ‘aww, don’t feel bad, we all think you’re doing great’ and 2) I really need to get back to this kind of post, one that is written to the clarks who are encountering the Wakefield Doctrine for the very first time. And, of course, c) my own re-appreciation of how much things have changed since I first started writing this blog… not the content and nature of the Doctrine, rather the nature of the readership and, even more germane, the changes the Wakefield Doctrine has wrought in my own self. So, what say I give it try?)

When I was young(er), I retained an unshakeable faith in two things: a) my friends and b) my capacity to endure and survive. Now I am no longer younger. More to the point, (of this post), I am now possessed of an understanding of my predominant worldview (clark/Outsider) and that enables me to see a lot more of the ‘why’ of my behavior and beliefs, actions and responses to the people and the world around me. This is an improvement. This knowledge, this insight into the way that ‘I relate myself to the world around me’, does not, in and of itself, change anything. It does, however, make any desired change much more attainable and sustainable. That is the good of the knowing of the Wakefield Doctrine.

The title today? (And the introduction above, that suggests that perhaps writing a Post to appeal specifically to the brand new clarklike Reader, might be more difficult than I think?) All of what underlies, and thereby giving rise to the sentiment manifested in the subtitle remains true in me, in all clarks. I still have the …. er…. not so positive self-concept that is the initial premise shaping the worldview of the Outsider, and I still, very much value the friends that I have. Most of us, (including rogers and scotts), will recognize, in the second half of the sub-title an implication, a… ‘yes but’, a ‘hedge’, if you will, on the claim to being valued by others. There is something to the way the statement sounds that is a hallmark of the clarklike personality type. It’s necessary to a clark, this ‘hedging’ of a claim of self-worth or value (to others), a pre-defense defensive, if you will.

You want a physical example of what I’m trying to convey? (It’s also a primary characteristic of clarks.)

Watch a clark smile. Most of time, especially when ‘in public’ or not in a totally secure environment, which is pretty much everywhere except bed or the bathroom, clarks will smile by compressing the lips, putting a slight upwards motion to the corners of the mouth, while watching the other person very carefully. Hedging their bets. Being careful. Keeping the escape route viable. You know, as an Outsider, we’re all about interacting, all while keeping an eye on the door. Find me a classroom, I don’t care if it’s First Grade or Grad School, if the individual student is allowed the choice of seats, you will find a preponderance of clarks in the back row. Near the door. And while one might think that this choice is simply to avoid being noticed, one would be almost correct. It is, in fact, to provide the option to escape, to not be forced into the focus of attention.

That’s part of what the clark personality is like. Tomorrow we may look at scotts, ( ‘I think, therefore I scream‘) or perhaps rogers (‘there is no ‘i’ in herd, there’s only me and everyone like me’)

Since I’m doing kind of a old-style Post, I thought I’d include a music video, well, just because.*

*excuse me!! excuse me!! because, well, holy shit!! (lol) you want to know the real, totally-honest-to-god reason why I find writing Doctrine Posts so ….so incredible? Ok, so I’m finishing up the final edit and I decide… sure, lets keep the music vid, because I love the song. The last thing I needed to do was to find the ‘cover photo’, you know, the Post’s thumbnail that shows only on the landing page. Well I think, ‘lets look for an image associated with Grieg and ‘the Hall of the Mountain King’, (today’s vid)…at the top of the results page is a link to the wikipedia, so naturally I go to read it ( I’m a clark, remember?) anyway, here’s what jumped out of the screen at me, it made me laugh:

The piece is played as the title character Peer Gynt, in a dream-like fantasy, enters “Dovregubben (the troll Mountain King)’s hall”. The scene’s introduction continues: “There is a great crowd of troll courtiers, gnomes and goblins. Dovregubben sits on his throne, with crown and sceptre, surrounded by his children and relatives. Peer Gynt stands before him. There is a tremendous uproar in the hall.” The lines sung are the first lines in the scene.

Grieg himself wrote “For the Hall of the Mountain King I have written something that so reeks of cowpats, ultra-Norwegianism, and ‘to-thyself-be-enough-ness’ that I can’t bear to hear it, though I hope that the irony will make itself felt.” The theme of “to thyself be… enough” – avoiding the commitment implicit in the phrase “To thine own self be true” and just doing enough – is central to Peer Gynt’s satire, and the phrase is discussed by Peer and the mountain king in the scene which follows the piece.( italics added) (wikipedia.com)

…no!! really!! lol man! do I love this Wakefield Doctrine!

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 21, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Man, Misky is on a roll! (No, there is no such thing as ‘too many apples on one’s desk, thank you very much’)

To her thought experiment:

I’d like to test a theory, please. Is there a rogerian genre of music? I could listen to Einar Selvik all day, and I often do, but I think this might be a scottian thing.

To prime the rhetorical pump, our Reply:

interesting idea.

(Allow me to be the strict Doctrinairien first: there are genre of music that will appeal to one predominant worldview more than the other two in a noticeable way. And, since I’ve never taken being strict to much to heart, there is the question of ‘is music created/composed by a clark/scott/roger distinguishable by virtue of composer’s personality type?’)

damn! (and thanks) your suggestion is totally deserving of a full AP level Wakefield Doctrine post.

in the meantime, an exercise: what do you think/what’s it make you want to do/how does it make you feel? its being this Einar Selvik’s music

ProTip: if one is inclined to explore oneself for the purposes of better self-appreciation, using the Doctrine is a fun way… this exercise, which can be found in most instances of taking up the alternate perspective of everyone’s favorite personality theory and use it illuminate parts of ourselfs that we usually don’t take the time to consider…

ok!

Before we start, anyone want to jump in?

Mimi:

It’s been such a long day I’m not so sure I’m following everything well. Maybe tomorrow.

(Saturday Morning Cartoon screeching car-tire sound: Here)

Thank you Mimi

Thank you Misky (for your patience in our less than maximally-focused Reply to (your) Primary Comment)

Hey! You wanna hear one of the lesser promoted benefits of learning the principles of this Wakefield Doctrine thing?

If you open yourself to it sufficiently to acquire a functional understanding, it (the Doctrine) will have an effect on you.

What? We forgot to tell you that?

No we didn’t.

(ish)

Just the other day, Denise, in her contribution to the TToT, Replied to a Comment by Ms. Pie who had mentioned how interesting a certain personality theory was (Hint: it rhymes with Wakefield Doctrine). By way of passing along one of the original Warnings to New Readers: ‘If you learn the Wakefield Doctrine sufficiently enough to allow seeing the clarks, scotts and rogers in your own life, you may find that you are unable to not see them, in your everyday life.’

Good advice indeed.

What does this have to with our point? Think: Re-do All the Exam Questions Upon Hearing: ‘Five More Minutes, People’?

Simple.

If you’re a clark (or a scott or a roger with a sufficiently strong secondary clarklike aspect) then you have a drive to make sense of the world around you and the people who make it up.

So you go through your day applying the three lenses (the relationship each of the three predominant worldview maintain), to those in your life. Fine. At some point you’ll observe someone who has the same ‘personality type’ as you and… a moment after your cringe/laugh/sneer it will occur to you…

but we’ve said too much already. .

ed. we will return to Misky’s thought experiment as soon as we get back into concise, clear and direct mode’

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 18, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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.

If you are so inclined, get you a list of the people, places, things and events that has made you say to yourself, ‘Damn! Glad that happened.’ Post that bad boy.

For us that’d be:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

5) new project: reconfigure corner of the lot the cottage is on. actually have a ‘Before’

6) Am grateful to remember to do a ‘Before’ and, subsequently grateful for the following ‘After’ ;} (hey, this ain’t my first TToT lol)

7) fun with words: Here’s the thing. Currently writing a Serial Six that has a number of characters on the trail of a mysterious ‘Time Mechanism’. Fine. My grat is courtesy for curious Reader, (and Six Sentence ‘hop writer Frank Hubney), wondering in a Comment: I’m detecting a connection between Anya Clarieaux and the Order of Lilith that I wasn’t aware of, but I might have simply missed it

So, we went back to the source (of this original intersection of fictional characters) and linked the relevant chapters. What was fun was finding a reasonably engaging story (‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘) that is consistent and supportive of the current serial story, despite having been written six years ago. (Of course, the subconscious mind is the ultimate pack rat and so we really should’nt be surprised. But then again, life itself is a serial story.)

8) something, something

9) the soon-to-be-mysterious ‘Floating Tree at Phyllis’ Treehouse’