Gentle Readers, Lady J.’s breeder was doing genealogy work on his dogs and bitches. So Dr. J. asked, “President Reagan had a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is Lady J. related? The breeder, deciding to kill another hour when he should … Continue reading →
As one would expect, @tomhiddleston steals the show. Gentle Readers, Clan J. took in a screening of Thor: The Dark World yesterday. Over all, we enjoyed this flick immensely. The team behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done a great … Continue reading →
…or, per The Czar’s request, some cartoon pony thing for you to gush over. Look for a full review of Thor: The Dark World tonight! Dr. J.
Continue reading →* Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s been hideously busy at work lately, so your daily dose of pop-culture whimsy, biomedical news, educational theory, economic policy, tales of the Lil Resident and Lil Medstudent, and pictures of Lady J. have been sporadic, … Continue reading →
…an hour tonight. Time Turner (aka Dr. Whooves) is turning back the clock, so should you! Daylight saving time ends, and standard time starts at 2 AM, tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning, you get to live 1-2 AM all over again,if … Continue reading →
Operative, Minion, Follower and Friend of the Gormogons, ScottO writes: Most Excellent Doctor, Operative BG’s missive of the 24th (I am a bit behind in my reading) had the following statement of philosophy regarding data sharing between work centers: “Share … Continue reading →
Merlin tweets: @Gormogons Rx – Thoughts? http://t.co/XjAZ4spZ9v— Merlin (@NKYAggie) October 30, 2013 Specifically, the great wizard is curious about Dr. J.’s thoughts regarding his latest post on Obamacare and insurance premiums. Mr. Merlin’s post is spot on. Premiums are more … Continue reading →
‘Free’ is more expensive than out of pocket. Dr. J. apologizes for using the same trope in back to back posts, but it really fits today’s post. Kirsten Powers, the pro-life Democrat political commentator was on Megan Kelly’s show this last … Continue reading →
Operative BG, a.k.a. The Official Copy Editor of the Gormogons™ writes in response to today’s post by Dr. J.: Dear Dr. J. Never ascribe to malice that which can be easily explained by stupidity. Attempting to take over the nation’s … Continue reading →
Meesa hand ovah the keys to the Republic for free healthcare for Gungans, okieday? Gentle Readers, In all of the headlines about the miserable failure that is the Healthcare.gov website, no one is asking this simple question:Why do people have … Continue reading →
As the resident physician, scientist and dabbler in economics, Dr. J. was most amused by this joke matrix: Yo mama so fat, Ben Kenobi said, “That’s no moon, that’s yo mama!” Dr. J.
Continue reading →Operative BG, our copy editor strikes: Just pointing out a peeve of mine. I have many. Dr. J. loves the digital red pen, btw… Also, Spanish emersion? Otherwise, good post. I’m sharing the graph on my Facebook page. Operative BG Essential … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, About a year ago, Dr. J. wrote regarding the New Atlantis budget which included a 13% property tax hike for Dr. J. Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want cost-effective schools, not excuses. Dr. J. also discussed … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was sent this infographic yesterday: He found it quite informative, except for the lack of bias. He took to Adobe Illustrator and made some minor corrections in the name of balance; something we Sith Lords excel at: Back … Continue reading →
AFGE Local 90210’s Finest… Operative RKB writes: Dear Dr. J., I did not realize you acted so openly… Either that or Puter’s been sleep walking again. Best, Operative RKB Dear RKB, That one wasn’t ours…the same folk who put together … Continue reading →
Dr. J. just caught wind of this excerpt of a Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness, Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug) interview on Jimmy Fallon, and it made both him and the Lil Resident howl with laughter. In it, … Continue reading →
Happy Columbus Day, boys and girls! One would think it was Hitler’s birthday or something, the way that Dr. J.’s Facebook feed was filled with venom for the first Dead White Guy™to be found in our history books. Two minutes … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. hopes you will forgive his lack of posts of late. He has been on the inpatient ICU and consult services and balancing that with a number of parental obligations at the Jedi Academy and Bene Gesserit … Continue reading →
Sun of Toasts, No. 2 Medium – Cinnamon Toast Crusts, Ceramic and StoneArtist – The Lil Medstudent Dr. J.
Continue reading →Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw this meme and had to post it, breaking radio silence 4 hours earlier than planned. It nicely summarizes The Czar’s excellent ~1021 word polemic in one picture and 21 words. Back to your regularly scheduled … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has a million balls in the air, and consequently will be out through Wednesday, so any wit, wisdom and ponyisms will have to wait. Until then remember: Obamacare still sucks A government shutdown is not a bad thing … Continue reading →
Senator Alexander, Lady Gaga wants you to vote NO on cloture on the Reid-addled CR Bill. Our friends on the airwaves, and in the blogosphere are encouraging you to call your Republican and ‘Red-State’ Democrat senators to encourage them not … Continue reading →
In 10th Grade, Dr. J. was tapped for Team Jack by his peers. We still live in the greatest country on Earth. That being said, the progressive movement has for a century believed that they are smarter than the rest … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. has woefully neglected his inbox in which a couple of missives have been collecting dust. The first comes as a follow up to a recent letter from newly minted Operative DC. Operative DC, who also likes … Continue reading →
Nothing says class like Hello Kitty Gentle Readers, Dr. J. woke up Sunday Morning to this piece on Fox and Friends. Washington D.C. who has had a fairly unregulated tattoo industry felt the need to catch up with the times … Continue reading →
A handy dandy flowchart to bashing your least favorite research studies: This sort of thing helps us out with Saturday posts. h/t geeksaresexy.com Dr. J.
Continue reading →Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s seeing a new trend in elementary and intermediate education at independent schools, and it is not what you would expect. It was ‘Meet the Witches Night’ at the New Atlantis Bene Gesserit Chapterhouse last night, and … Continue reading →
The Castle is looking to hire a new IT guy or gal, given our processing needs and our desire to digitize our archives, now that our archivist is gainfully employed elsewhere and getting married. Dr. J. received this resume in … Continue reading →
Operative Javahead writes: Some supporting evidence for your position – My older daughter is in her final year of pharmacy school (going for her Pharm. D. at Loma Linda). As an undergrad she’d originally planned to apply for medical school, … Continue reading →
Ah, pediatrics, Dr. J.’s worst grade in medical school… Just as Dr. J. sent off his missive earlier today, his Medical Economics weekly email showed up in his inbox. He, of course, clicked on this lead article. The headline states … Continue reading →
Mrs. Dr. J. and the Lil Resident mind-map operational work flow together… Dr. J. was trolling teh interwebz for something to talk about other than the President’s feckless Syria speech, a speech he couldn’t even tune into because the sound … Continue reading →
The sun sets on the Pax Americana There are a number of opinion pieces referring to the recent Syria as a foreign policy disaster for the Obama Administration and consequently for the US: From the Weekly Standard: This revealed to … Continue reading →
Yeah, We can’t go with anything naughty associated with our Archivist… The lovely, and off the market, Marie Bernadette (@MariebernadetteE), the Castle Archivist writes: Dear Dr. J.: Good insight into the TN school system way of things in today’s post. … Continue reading →
Local control of the school, like at the Jedi Academy, is how it should be.. Dr. J. occasionally gets posts from his Metro School Board Representative, a lawyer mom who sends her kid to a mediocre elementary school we’re both … Continue reading →
Dr. J. can’t comment on liturgical music at mass this week…we bagged mass as we were wiped out from camping on the driving range this weekend. Where the f@¢# is Dr. J. and that Lil Medstudent who can’t sit still? … Continue reading →
World-11’s Finest For those not in the know, DC Comics has a multiverse. Sure it’s changed over the years, but the idea’s stayed the same. Earth One is the main universe, Earth Two is the Golden/Silver Age, Earth 3, the … Continue reading →
Class warfare, Marxist policies and economic slut shaming have their consequences. Hurting the big guy hurts the little guys faster and harder. Gentle Readers, Dr. and Mrs. Dr. J. recently had a budgetary summit as money has grown tight over … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. falls into the camp of those against President Obama using force in Syria. Dr. J. has an open-mind, and would not mind if the president persuaded him otherwise. The president however has yet to do so, … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s recent post in which he took the ‘Which D&D Character Are You’ was quite popular with the readers. Indeed, two of our operatives and two of Dr. J.’s old gaming mates took the quiz. As a … Continue reading →
Nothing says good tipper like a monolith dedicated to an ancient evil… Operative RKB wrote again to Dr. J. and Borepatch. It seems someone has claimed part of Oklahoma for the Old Gods: Yes, yes, that was us. You see, … Continue reading →
It wasn’t long before Dr. J. received a missive from none other than Operative RBK who returned from the other side of the mirror where he was on R&R from all things operative. He writes in regarding Dr. J.’s recent anti-Krugman … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw ‘Puter slinking away from the Castle hanger this morning with a paint brush and palate. Behold what he wrought while we all slept: If you want to charter a flight, here’s how, but we’ll only … Continue reading →
President Bush would’ve had a plan, and gone before the American people, congress and our allies before leaking battle plans to the media…go it alone my ass. Dr. J. didn’t always agree with President Bush, Dr. J. felt that he … Continue reading →
College football players are checking out the talent helping a freshman co-ed move in on move-in day. Gormogon longtime fan, reader and sometime writer, JAB writes from the doublewide: Dear Mr. Dr. J.: I read your “Big Skool” post with … Continue reading →
Mrs. Dr. J. if our finances were like DC. Anything that involves dealing with the Federal Government sadly involves deceit on the front end or the back end or somewhere in the middle. Let’s start with science. Back in the … Continue reading →
Marrying Jennifer Garner was his best career move… Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was shocked today to learn that Ben Affleck was tapped to play Batman in the upcoming Superman/Batman sequel to Man of Steel. Really? Seriously? No disrespect to Mr. … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was astounded with the President’s speech, the timing of which dovetailed nicely with his most recent faculty meeting on Wednesday. Let’s go to the funny pages for the President’s speech: Our first priority is aimed at providing better … Continue reading →
Get thee to Vermont! …but your wife or domestic life partner can’t. In two separate news articles, employees of the University of Virginia and the United Parcel Service hear the ‘other shoe dropping’ as their 2014 benefits have been announced. … Continue reading →
Forever Uninsured… Even more Obamacare chickens came home to roost today! Forever 21, a young women’s clothing store dear to the hearts of legions of millennials and Gen-Xers-in-denial is moving non-management workers to 29.5 hours/week. Why is this? Probably because … Continue reading →
One of Darwin’s finches…note the beak… New Atlantis’s Catholic Medical Association chapter is a close knit group of physicians who work at New Atlantic Ivory Tower Medical Center (NAITMC), New Atlantis Papist Medical Center (NAPMC) West, and NAPMC – Midtown … Continue reading →
Dragonslayers, and proud of it! Many, if not all of your Gormogons know their way around a 20 sided die. Dr. J. had a standing RPG campaign with two of his childhood chums dating from their junior high school days … Continue reading →
Yeah, everyone needs a Zuni Fetish doll. Actress Karen Black passed away this week. While many of you don’t remember her, and indeed, Dr. J. didn’t even know her name. One Saturday afternoon in the autumn when he was somewhere … Continue reading →
Mrs. Volgi modeling the Volgimobile Dr. J. was delinquent with regard to this missive from the great ScottO, who you better be following on twitter @gscottoliver. He writes regarding Dr. J.’s recent rant on Obamacare: Most Excellent Doctor, At the … Continue reading →
Sometimes your Gormogon overlords take a break from scheming, plotting and our daily machinations to discuss ephemera around the Castle water cooler… Today’s topic of debate: The Gremlin vs. The Pacer At least we could all agree on the denim … Continue reading →
Once we repair the hyperdrive, we’re SO there! The Czar is the one who typically provides commentary on scientific journalism, however this article caught Dr. J.’s eye. The long and short of it is that yet another exoplanet (planet outside … Continue reading →
Some marriages are more equal than others… A number of workplaces across the nation including many ivory towers of enlightened thinking have, in the last several years, extended employee benefits to same sex partners. It was surmised that it since … Continue reading →
The Czar, Mandy and the Volgi enjoy the life prolonging balance of pork fat, beef fat and chicken fat at Portillo’s. Dr. J. hopes you’ve enjoyed your fill of smoked pork with The Czar, GorT and ‘Puter. You can get … Continue reading →
Dr. J. would like to wish President Bush a healthy and rapid recovery from his angioplasty and stenting today. This is an example of primary stenting of a type A lesion, no pre-dilation with a balloon. Easy peasy apple squeezy. … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Our friends from the Washington Times added this bon mot… Since January 2009 the country has added a net total of 270,000 full-time jobs, but it has added 1.9 million part-time jobs, according to the House Ways and … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’d rather see Obamacare upside-down than the economy upside-down… Gentle Readers, If you needed more proof that Obamacare is the Albatross™ brand millstone around the neck of the US economy, one needs only look to the most recent jobs … Continue reading →
He looks nothing like that in real life. Mark Spahn, the Lord Ruler of West Seneca, New York and frequent writer took a deep interest in Dr. J.’s Thought for the Day last week, ( 子曰無欲速無見小利欲速則不達 – for anyone who wanted to … Continue reading →
GOTCHA! Insert Ginger joke here! Seriously folk, they’re announcing it now over on the BBC One and BBC America. If they go with Peter Capaldi, Dr. J. loved him in Lair of the White Worm, and he had a fine … Continue reading →
Ladies, have you dreamed of dating a tall, shiny, time traveling sentient robot? Mr. Abrams, I’m ready for my lens flare! If you do, it may be worth your time learning to speak in his native tongue: GorT, you can … Continue reading →
“To desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.” – Confucius It applies in chemistry and it applies in real life. Dr. J.
Continue reading →A Progressive’s Rendition of a Republican You know how you hear that the Democrats are the ‘Party of the Little Guy’? Republicans are ‘John Q. Monocle’ sporting a top hat and a pipe as they pay sub-minimum wage to children … Continue reading →
Shoot, if Dr. J. were single, he’ consider working up there! The great Emily Grace (@greatgrace84), our resident #ninjababe, brought this article to Dr. J.’s attention in which Saudi Arabia is concerned that oil exports are down due to decreased … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s kids LOVE smores. Indeed, Mrs. Dr. J. has been lobbying for a replacement fire-pit since we’ve moved to J. Abbey from Casa de J. almost a year ago, so they’ve been jonesing for smores for quite some time. … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, You are familiar with Lady J., Dr. J.’s beautiful Cavalier, who is resting next to him as he pens this missive. You may not be familiar with the fact that he’s owned (or been owned by) three cats … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Your Gormogons have, since its inception, pilloried against the healthcare timebomb affectionately known as Obamacare. Dr. J. refuses to call it by its Orwellian title, the Affordable Care Act because it is neither affordable, nor caring for the … Continue reading →
…the fool, or the fools who follow him. – Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 55 million voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has … Continue reading →
Even Monocle Guy gets into the act! Given the amount of misunderestimated inflation going on in our economy with increasing energy costs and the devaluation of the dollar through quantitative easing, the COINS act has been proposed as a way … Continue reading →
Don’t listen to D-Day, you want a balance of small and large caps from both domestic and international companies. Flounder (yes, we really called him Flounder), Dr. J.’s fraternity brother from his days back at Ivy U. is a partner … Continue reading →
Ten years ago, Dr. J. would never have dreamed we were 10 years away from living in a land of stagnating opportunity, where our political leaders agendas are clearly and unequivocally antithetical to America’s best interests, where religious liberty is … Continue reading →
That won’t cause nightmares! She’s really nice in person! Gentle Readers, Thank you for celebrating our fifth blogiversary with us. This morning, when we awoke, we found six neatly wrapped presents from the Blogiversary Fairy™. The Blogiversary Fairy is a … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s opined in the past regarding realignment. And yet, the NHL saw fit to re-realign their teams. Here are new match-ups: First and foremost, Dr. J. likes that his beloved Flyers are in the same division as the hated … Continue reading →
Conservative twitter great, future senator from the great state of South Carolina, and Friend of the Gormogons Bruce Carroll, aka @GayPatriot posted this on his twitter feed: Just when you thought it was safe to go the doctor… #ObamaCareNado: http://t.co/uxEY5HIdYQ— … Continue reading →
Dr. J. would like to thank the readers for indulging him a runner-up. What started out as a parenthetical evolved into a post. Such is the joy that is blogging. Dr. J.’s favorite post also happened to resonate with a … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was torn between two posts as to which he was going to pick as his ‘Best of’ post. His true ‘Best-of’ article will go up later today. The runner up was his review of the 2012 … Continue reading →
The Huckleberry’s Huckleberry LTC Dan writes: Dear Dr. J., I don’t remember this from the movie TOMBSTONE… Love ya, mean it! LTC Dan We love you too man! Thank you, again, for your service to our country. We thought about … Continue reading →
Our Huckleberry, look upon his works and despair! Gentle Readers, July 24th marks the fifth anniversary of your Gormogons blog site. As you know we’ve been working behind the scenes in our worldwide conspiracy since long before that storied day … Continue reading →
Yeah, the greatest straight-to-cable cinematic experience since Children of Dune, and you think we weren’t going to comment on it? Dr. J.’s simply been very busy… Any movie where the shark jumps the original shark jumper himself, Robbie ‘Cousin Oliver‘ … Continue reading →
The great ScottO writes: O Most Powerful and Wise Dr. J., I read your review of the Yelp Dr. J.
Continue reading →Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone! The school cafeteria has been the stuff of derision since time immemorial. When Dr. J. was a yout’ he learned pretty early after a hearty breakfast of oatmeal, orange juice and tea; that a Fluffernutter™, … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was made hip to this a few weeks ago by one of his hip single urban dwelling (HSUD) classmates from Ivy U. Apparently Yelp*, a website and app used to find stores, restaurants, bars, and to … Continue reading →
Private universities sued their tax exempt status? WTF? When Dr. J. saw this article last week, it made his eyes pop out of his head, much like those of Aria Stark actress Maisie Williams’s after she watched the Red Wedding … Continue reading →
Insert images of sad puppies in the sweltering heat of teh globul warmyngzes! The Czar and GorT have called a spade a spade with regard to the willful ignorance of liberals when it comes to science. Dr. J. had to … Continue reading →
Nitwittery comes in pints? As you know, when our leaders are trying to show their solidarity with Joe Sixpack, they’re photographed with a beer in their hand. Hillary’s done it. Bill Clinton’s certainly done it (but Dr. J. posits that … Continue reading →
Your Gormogons wish you a happy and safe fourth of July! Defending the Constitution one foreign or domestic enemy at a time…. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J.’s been out sick with a GI bug on and off since last Wednesday. He’s playing catch up at work today, so rather than write something insightful he will rely on teh interwebz to cover for him. Besides you’ve … Continue reading →
MLP – Nerdy or Geeky? At the beginning of the month, GorT in true GorTastic style wrote a terrific post on geeks and nerds using the six of us as foils to make his point. Indeed he pretty much had … Continue reading →
‘Your love is better than ice cream…’ Sarah McLachlan President Obama spake* today regarding the SCOTUS with the MOSTUS: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, … Continue reading →
By spice, Dr. J. means energy. Dr. J. has said in the past that cheap and plentiful energy is the heart of a robust economy. It is the engine that drives everything else. Similarly, the economy struggles when energy becomes … Continue reading →
A few years ago, Clan J. was shopping at the New Atlantis Mall, and as we’re walking in the direction of the Godiva store, a couple of older teens, one of whom was blond walked out of the store. The … Continue reading →
Dr. J. received this inter-castle memo over the weekend from Confucius ( 孔夫子), the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV): To: GorT, Ghettoputer, The Czar of Muscovy, The Inscrutable Mandarin, Dr. J. From :孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV) Re: … Continue reading →
You can go back in time, but DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING…wait, maybe not touching anything will change the future…I HATE TEMPORAL MECHANICS! The Grandfather Paradox is the idea that if you had a time machine, (like GorT) and you went back … Continue reading →
When We Saw the Dude Nailed to the Plus Sign on the Wall in Math Class…We Knew The Teacher Meant Business! GorT beat Dr. J. to the punch regarding President Obama’s poor choice of words in Northern Ireland, but Dr. … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers: One could misconstrue The Czar’s posting of the magnificent Operative BG’s transmission as him running his own version of PRISM on your other Gormogons, but the reality is that BG’s communication, like many receive is an open letter … Continue reading →
Happy Fathers Day to all of our readers who are fathers or who have fathers! Let’s take a look around Castle Gormogon to see what the Fathers Day Fairy brought your Gormogon Overlords, Fathers to All, muah ha ha ha … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. stumbled across this over at the Geeks are Sexy blogsite. For those of our readers who have been following the Higgs Boson story (for which not a lot has been going on since the recent ‘discovery’ … Continue reading →
