Novel data presentation has always been something Dr. J. has been fond of. Similarly, regional dialect differences is also a subject of casual study for Dr. J. He largely has his 7th grade linguistics teacher to blame for this, but … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s post the other day offering up Colin Salmon as the 12th Doctor caught the eye of a few of readers. It even made GorT and the Czar quip. The first came in a series of tweets from a … Continue reading →
Rockin’ the Gallifreyan Robes Gentle Readers, Dr. J. learned over the weekend that Matt Smith will be completing his run as the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who after the 2013 Christmas Special. Dr. J.’s been a big fan of the … Continue reading →
Dr. J. caught this on his morning trawl through teh interwebz and found this fun piece on io9: This is a political map of Pangea using modern nation borders. Dr.J. not only finds the idea of beachfront property in Tibet tantalizing … Continue reading →
Socialized medicine? The Doctor says, “RUN!” Today, Dr. J. is copying in whole-cloth a post from the now defunct Ideal Medical Practices blog. Written by Megan Lewis, M.D., in February of 2009, this piece flew onto Dr. J.’s radar this week. … Continue reading →
Operative BC writes in regarding Dr. J. playing fast and loose with fluid dynamics in his recent post on clogged arteries in Nashville: Dear Dr. J., In your post you reference Poiseulle and state that halving the diameter of something … Continue reading →
Dr. J. loves the comics, yeah, yeah, including lefty comics like Doonesbury, the late Bloom County and Boondocks. Even Wee Pals, despite being Peanuts joins the Rainbow Coalition has its moments. Funny is funny. As he doesn’t receive a daily newspaper, … Continue reading →
Generational theory, veterans’ benefits and urban planning in the same day. All the more reason why you should tune in everyday to your Gormogons. Nashville is a city of about 500,000 citizens with an additional 1-1.5 million living in the surrounding … Continue reading →
What do you want, readers? Dr. J. was having lunch the other day with Mr. Morden. He asked, so Dr. J. answered: Dr. J. wants a Superman movie with someone other than Lex Luthor or General Zod as the villain … Continue reading →
Dr. J. saw this over at IMAO. They poached it from the original source, Hope n’ Change Cartoons.* Don’t have too many Harvey Wallbangers at the Leaping Peacock… By the way, Dr. J. learned how to do transplant-grade nephrectomies back … Continue reading →
Ewoks, it’s what’s for dinner… Operative BAMF writes: Dr J. While I agree that it is right to wish for the conversion and redemption of Dr. Gosnell I also feel that the death penalty is the best way to accomplish … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is headed into the wilderness with the Lil Resident and her Jedi Academy classmates. Yeah, we’re going up Spook Hill… While he’s away, please read this Washington Post editorial in which Ashley McGuire of The Catholic Association makes … Continue reading →
When Dr. J. was on the road last week, the latest AHA guidelines were published to great media fanfare. Indeed you, Gentle Reader, probably saw something in the news. Dr. J. decided to review the guidelines and share his reflections on … Continue reading →
President Starr was equally fetching with his goatee. Gentle Readers, Dr. J. took GorT’s time machine for a spin, and not only went back in time, but shifted a lane or two over to the left to a mirror universe … Continue reading →
Dr. J’s econocrush™ Veronique deRugy posted this Cato Institute chart on the Corner yesterday: Just a friendly reminder in these tight times when your politicians and school board members come along, hat-in-hand asking for more money for teh childrunz that … Continue reading →
Also sprach Czar-a-thustra: In the end, the President will be tarnished but not damaged—like Reagan in the Iran-Contra affair (although the level of Obama’s probable involvement and complicity was quite different than Reagan’s). Quite true. Despite the kind but feebleminded … Continue reading →
Little Red 1 writes in regarding Dr. J.’s rant against his seniors in the academy: Oh wise Dr. J, Greetings from the frozen steppe! Might I add a small thought to your excellent essay on baby-boomers and academia? Several of … Continue reading →
A long distance dedication to The Czar. You may recall Dr. J.’s nickname for press secreatary Jay Carney. Well, the Mouth of Sauron™ is now a LEGO mini figure. Callou Callay, oh Frabjous Day! Dr. J.
Continue reading →The Ivory Tower’s a nice place to visit, come by, have a spot of tea. Dr. J. loved The Czar’s thoughtful analysis of Big Skool. He is right in that the tides are slowly turning as the Baby Boomers who … Continue reading →
You had no idea they were Democrats, didja? ŒV: Good God. RT @heminator: If you’re an ivy league educated woman, motherhood makes you a traitor to feminism? bit.ly/11xjqLL— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) April 23, 2013 Your Gormogons in recent days have been discussing … Continue reading →
With nerd-glasses like those, how could he not fix the defect? Pierre ‘Pete’ DuPont IV, Dr. J.’s favorite 1988 presidential hopeful (sorry Poppy), reminds us why a simpler tax code is a better tax code in his WSJ column today: The … Continue reading →
…since we’ve posted anything My Little Pony or Cthulhu. My Lil Cthulhu…Devoured Souls are Magic! Dr. J.
Continue reading →A girl’s got to make a living… If you recall, Dr. J. discussed with frustration that there isn’t a good alternative to the ER if a patient needs to get tanked up with IV fluids due to a GI bug. … Continue reading →
“He who controls the spice controls the universe!” Baron Vladimir Haarkonen There is a 200 year old dispute between Tennessee and Georgia with regard to their border. A survey in 1818 placed the border one mile south of the agreed … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar: No, not him, the other guy. Michael, the one from Billings, Montana. Warmest Regards, Dr. J. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Only Batman can process every Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Account at once! LOLCATZ! Dr. J. was extremely impressed with the impressive detective work brought to bear on the Boston Marathon bombing by the Boston PD, Massachusetts State Police and the … Continue reading →
Seventy-five years ago today, Kal-El, the Man of Steel, the Last Son of Krypton was born. Dr. J. being the comic book geek of old wanted to salute the diamond anniversary of Action Comics #1. While the issue date is … Continue reading →
Operative SR Writes: Doc, This was an excellent illustration, except… reading the last panel, I thought, “Wait, Linus is a guy. HE DOESN’T EVEN GET *THAT* CHOICE.” Sigh. And yet, people still vote for this garbage. Teh stupid, it burns! … Continue reading →
Grey and Wrinkly Rights Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant: To hold him who … Continue reading →
Would you like a side of deductions with that? Gentle Readers, President Obama filed his tax returns. When you calculate his rate ‘Dr. J.’ style, that is Total Tax/Total Income, it comes to 16.2% compared against Dr. J.’s 22.3%. Now … Continue reading →
Lucy VanBloomberg Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords linked to this American Perspective post in his weekly Blogroll Spotlight. Nothing we haven’t heard before, but just a reminder of the progressive mindset. Dr. J.
Continue reading →…literally, as Joe Biden would say. Dr. J. suspects that his progressive drone classmates and colleagues on Facebook are getting marching orders from somewhere. Old and Busted Folks are knocking their pink and red equals signs on their sides, in … Continue reading →
Stick with the Caribbean vacations, stay away from the politics, girlfriend… Dr. J. has a former colleague who despite her critical care bona fides always struck him as a dim bulb. It might be that she dressed like she was … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was reflecting on the approach that President Obama’s been taking with the public in his second term rather than his first term. During the first term, and on some issues in the second term, he reminds Dr. J. … Continue reading →
The Emergency Room, we’re not just for emergencies anymore… Dr. J. got sleepy when he was typing his last post, so he forgot about getting to his point which was that medicine evolved to the point where the regulations and … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Mrs. Dr. J. was battling a GI bug for the better part of last week. By Thursday she was so rundown, and felt sufficiently weak that after discussing her symptoms with her PCP by phone, it was decided … Continue reading →
…well maybe not Puter as he’s a tad ribald. This young lady from the People’s Republic of Maryland area testifies at a hearing of Maryland legislators and decimates the arguments for stricter gunlaws in 3 minutes flat. If you’re not … Continue reading →
Let them eat ice cream! The President’s intransigence with regard to making the sequester budget cuts* as painful as possible for John Q. Publick when he has existing latitude to target so called cuts, and a House that wishes to … Continue reading →
At least he thinks he’s funny. Apparently President Obama declared April “National Financial Capability Month.” Dr. J. is not amused. With manageable deficits, this sort of thing is funny. As we are approaching a tipping point, this shows that he … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, here are some headlines from around teh interwebz: The British government has appointed a ‘Lights Czar’ to police excessive electricity use in private businesses and homes British Scientists have found the genetic markers that predispose an individual to … Continue reading →
Pete DuPont, Dr. J.’s favorite 1988 presidential hopeful reflects on President Obama’s conflict between anti-military idealism and reality in yesterday’s column on ‘Peace through Strength.’ Go read it here. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Puter tweeted (@gormogons, are you following us?) yesterday: GP Congrats to @nygovcuomo, @nycmayorsoffice for driving NY to #1 ranking in least free states! Way to go! #failure freedominthe50states.org— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) March 28, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg replied: Anyone stop to … Continue reading →
Work Wife II says the interns need to sack up. Dr. J. was alerted to this article at USA Today by Work Wife II, with additional analysis by the International Business Times. Feel free to read those articles for background. … Continue reading →
68. When you run for public office in a state you don’t reside in, run as a Democrat. The Daily Caller writes: During a keynote speech at the American Counseling Association’s 2013 conference in Cincinnati on Friday, Judd said that … Continue reading →
Ever get a song stuck in your head, and not be able to get rid of it? Well, Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords, at the Eye of Polyphemus, while recovering from his most recent brush with death by colon perforation … Continue reading →
Yeah, yeah, Dr. J. is on vacation but there is a morning chill in the air, Mrs. Dr. J. is still snoozing and the Lil Resident and Medstudent are watching Wreck-it Ralph on an iPad, so Dr. J. decided to … Continue reading →
To: The Czar, The Mandarin, Confucius, GorT and Puter From: Dr. J. Re: Spring Break Dear Dread Colleagues: Clan J. is headed to the Eastern Palace for some R&R as New Atlantis is enjoying spring break this week. Czar, please … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s office is the arched window on the left… New Atlantis Ivory Tower Medical Center, like many academic medical centers across the nation is tightening its belt and doing everything possible to reduce overhead as it delivers world-class medical … Continue reading →
The middle-aged Sith Lord would retort, “I won’t cut the blanket, simply cover my feet when its cold and my head when its bright. .” Dr. J. actually likes Daylight Savings Time. Your Gormogons don’t always agree with each other, … Continue reading →
This has been making the rounds on Facebook: We cannot vouch for any rogue midichorines, however… Dr. J. has never met, let alone been in the same timezone as Deviant Artist ~Hearte42‘s bride, he swears! Dr. J.
Continue reading →Operative JB writes regarding the Idaho ban being explored in Congress: Dear Dr. J., Also shaped like various modern and futuristic guns: Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Louisiana. Also, West Virginia looks like a praying mantis, which scares … Continue reading →
Looks more like a pop-tart. Senator Mikulski and Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland have submitted legislation to their respective houses of Congress today to have Idaho’s statehood rescinded as its shape is reminiscent of a gun and therefore has no … Continue reading →
If you eat your tail, you only shrink. There’s a metaphor in here somewhere. Dr. J. is a big fan of Pete ‘Pencilneck‘ DuPont. Indeed when Dr. J. was a yout’ just shy of voting age, he and Papa J. … Continue reading →
“Hey God, when’s there going to be an American Pope?” “In time, in time, but not while I’m God!” The mainstream media hates the Catholic Church, but they love stories about the Catholic Church because for good or for ill … Continue reading →
Fear not only leads to anger. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration… There were tidings of great joy yesterday in the halls of J. Abbey. March 2nd is independent school D-Day in New Atlantis and the Lil Resident’s … Continue reading →
Minion ScottO writes: Dear Good Lord Doctor, While your screenshot shows Friday’s date on your Sequester Fairy post, my magical iDevice indicates a different phenomenon: As you can see, it appeared on my device on Friday–at the equally magical time … Continue reading →
President Obama is blaming the Republicans for the sequester despite the fact that he’s campaigned while Rome burns, acting like an outsider running against Washington rather than being its chief executive officer when frankly it was all his idea in … Continue reading →
While Dr. J. was applying some Force Lightning™ to a patient in the basement of the Castle he missed this tweet by Friend of the Gormogon Freddoso: Jedi mind-meld?— David Freddoso (@freddoso) March 1, 2013 Followed by: “Jedi Mind Meld.”— … Continue reading →
Even your Gormogon Overlords, the masters of space, time, sorcery and super-science occasionally run into glitches at the Castle. One such glitch occurred yesterday/today. When Dr. J. was checking the website he encountered a post that he had not yet … Continue reading →
The Sequester Fairy brings presents to good little boys and girls, just hope you don’t get a puzzle or model set from her… J. Abbey is host to an infestation of all sorts of faeries, leprechauns, elves and sprites. Neither … Continue reading →
Merlin, the court wizard spake: … Ok, Merlin the court wizard tweeted: @gormogons I present this resume and application for Castle RSO – bit.ly/13F9kbq— Matt (@NKYAggie) February 24, 2013 Normally, all things firearm are delegated to The Czar, Mandy and … Continue reading →
This was posted on the ‘Being Liberal’ page on Facebook today: Ironically, gay marriage is closer than high pressure to being a cause. Think of the butterfly effect. The Spanish word for butterfly is mariposa, which is also a gay … Continue reading →
The Last Judgement by Gislebertus. Note, no sequestration anywhere on the tympanum… …and I feel fine. Dr. J. was reflecting on the sequester this morning. The sequester does not even result in real spending cuts, but like everything called a … Continue reading →
May the odds be ever in your favor! Dr. J. stumbled upon Nate Silver’s (yes that Nate Silver) Oscar predictions for this year. He worked his fancy math on the Oscars just like he did to predict the 2012 election … Continue reading →
With Eliquis you don’t need to give up green tea with your blood thinners. Vaccines, alongside guns, appears to be a topic our readers like to write in regarding. Operative BG writes: Did you ever see this video of Penn … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s seen a few of his former schoolmates who are far less attractive than Jenny McCarthy (and from a tony Quaker prep school, no less) waxing philosophic regarding the public menace of forced vaccination on that intellectual echo chamber … Continue reading →
This was inspired by the Lil Medstudent’s sudden taking to of the Animaniacs which is in heavy rotation on The Hub. This is a little dated (e.g. it stops with President Clinton), but its still a lot of fun: President … Continue reading →
Before there were Mean Girls, there were the Heathers… Remember the movie Heathers? If not, it’s in heavy rotation on Showtime this month. For those not in the know, the 1988 movie is about a high school girl, Veronica (Winona … Continue reading →
Dolores Umbridge that is: Shorter Dolores: If I SAY they’re meeting expectations, they are meeting expectations, even if they aren’t. Like Columbia J-School students are taught, draw them in with a headline, no matter how inaccurate. Dr. J. read with … Continue reading →
Dr. J. loves this interactive graph from the UK Guardian. The authors created a graph analyzing the reading level of the State of the Union report (or speech) since our nation’s founding using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test. The dots are … Continue reading →
Dr. J. saw our friends over at IMAO link to this on teh twitterz this morning: New blog post: Pluto’s moons goo.gl/fb/ywlzO— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 13, 2013 Apparently we have observed that the flagship Dwarf Planet Pluto (the 9th … Continue reading →
The Tony’s just ain’t the Tony’s without Bernadette Peters! The Royal Exchequer writes Dr. J. regarding his celebrity polemic: Dr.: The town I live in had two television channels when I was a kid. Today, 50 years later, we would … Continue reading →
Congratulations Kelly! Next time we see you at the local Mexican joint, Clan J. will pick up the tab! Rx- Mrs. Dr. J. and Lil Resident are watching the Grammys, Lil Medstudent’s watching TMNT. I think I’ll read a book.— … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in from his adventures in the 8th dimension regarding Dr. J.’s coverage of Dr. Carson’s speech: Esteemed Dr. J. – If you speak truth to power and nobody reports it, is it still spoken? My reaction to … Continue reading →
Welcome to the Terrordome! Gentle Readers, Yesterday Dr. J. almost ran off the road in his Imperial Shuttle when he heard excerpts from Dr. Ben Carson’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. For those not in the know, Dr. Carson … Continue reading →
The one one the left is a good doctor, the one on the right, a good businessman. Dr. J. was watching MASH last night. MASH was appointment television for Dr. J. and Papa J. who served in Berlin during the … Continue reading →
Bowties are cool… “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan Dr. J. always softly chuckles when the left tries to portray the right as a group of backwards thinking Luddites because a … Continue reading →
We’re not saying where Amelia is… As far as dynasties go, the Plantagenets were certainly style over substance. Henry II contributed to codifying the law, but got away with murder. Yes, yes, we know all he said was, “I’m so … Continue reading →
Dr. J. saw this link a few days ago but wanted to post it today, for Super Bowl Sunday. Your Gormogons have Bears, Redskins, and Eagles fans in their ranks. Football is not the official sport of the Gormogons, but … Continue reading →
I can’t believe I fell for the old, lie-on-TV-and-I’ll-give-you-a cabinet-post-trick! Remember when Susan Rice did the Sunday Morning Talk Show Circuit™ last September blaming the Benghazi massacre on you-tube video? Remember how folks believed that she was doing this as … Continue reading →
Make no mistake, Dr. J. knows Catholic Doctrine regarding contraception as well as he understands the Quaker Peace Testimony. Gentle Readers, Errant Catholic HHS Secretary and Useful Idiot Kathy Sebelius put forward so-called accommodations in the HHS mandate today in … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is emptying out his inbox and finally has a moment to respond to these missives from earlier in the week. Operative RKB writes in: I did not know you had a kitten, but apparently he(she ???) is putting … Continue reading →
R2DT pictured here with R2E2 and R2C2, now get charitable, y’all! Operative R2DT writes in from the Outer Rim Territories regarding his niece, R2E2’s ongoing efforts to raise money and awareness for a rare illness that took the life of … Continue reading →
Look, I was an ensign in Starfleet! That counts as military service, right? Dr. J. saw this post over on NRO’s Corner. In summary, Democratic Party PACs are looking to engage in a little Operation Chaos™ in the Kentucky Republican … Continue reading →
The ‘R’ is for rich guy! Dr. J. forgot to mention the most obvious example of economic slut-shaming from 2012. Governor Mitt Romney, who was pilloried for his success by the media, the Obama campaign, (ed. Oxford comma) and their … Continue reading →
ERMAGERD! LRNZ FLRZ!1!!El@vEntY! It is official. J.J. Abrams will be directing Star Wars: Episode VII! Screenwriter Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) will be drafting the script. Dr. J. is excited about this. He is the most successful … Continue reading →
The ‘A’ is for affluent. Slut shaming (also hyphenated, as slut-shaming) is defined as the act of making someone, usually a woman, feel guilty or inferior, for engaging in certain sexual behaviors that violate traditional gender expectations. These include, depending … Continue reading →
The Doctor is definitely in! LTC Dan sent this Forbes article. Dr. J. loved the point about swimming pools being far more dangerous. His insurance agent is quite aware of this statistic, and thus Dr. J. will NEVER get a swimming … Continue reading →
Remember all of those articles likening President Obama to a Vulcan (e.g. Spock from Star Trek to those not in the know)? Well George Takei posted this picture of Michelle Obama on his Facebook page: Michelle, apparently, has taken to … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s pediatrician would give the little girl on the left, a thumbs up. The little girl on the right, not so much. Dr. J. received a couple of missives regarding his post about federal law as it applies to … Continue reading →
Even doctors have guns, ah reckon. When Dr. J. was finishing up medical school at New Atlantis Ivory Tower School of Medicine and moving on to a tony Ivy League academic medical center in the Northeast in the late 1990s, … Continue reading →
Were there five or six houses on this street not listed as having guns? It looks like you miscounted. Do you feel lucky, punk? Dr. J. took a drive through the News Journal gun registration database the other day, looking … Continue reading →
