For those of you wondering why the hashtags all of a sudden, Dr. J. and GorT are doing a secret SPAMtastic experiment on Twitter. For those of you with a pulse, you know that today is May Day. Dr. J. … Continue reading →
The Obama Campaign and its cyber-surrogates had a couple more twitter #fail s. Dr. J. and the Czar have both talked about how the twitter sphere is the domain of the right, while Facebook is more of a home to the left. Now … Continue reading →
Dr. J. received a holocron from the Headmaster of the Jedi Academy today. Among the various and sundry announcements in his missive there was one particularly worthy of notice. All of the independent schools of New Atlantis historically have enjoyed … Continue reading →
Apparently the Obama administration wishes to revise child labor regs such that children under 18 are restricted as to what activities they may participate in on their parents’ farms. That being said, a couple of blog posts by Rachel Campos-Duffy … Continue reading →
Lil Med Student loved the game…and can’t wait for the big screen presentation. Dr. J.
Continue reading →If the retirement of the shuttle fleet, and with it American manned spaceflight for the foreseeable future isn’t one giant leap (backwards) for mankind, our friends at the Udvar-Hazy center are rubbing salt in the wound. They’ve decided to display … Continue reading →
Yesterday, Dr. J. discussed three types of doctors. Brilliant doctors with a brilliant bedside manner, brilliant doctors with a less than stellar bedside manner and not so brilliant doctors with a stellar bedside manner. What Dr. J. did not discuss … Continue reading →
ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!El@VEENTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Rush Limbaugh Show is leaving its current nest on 1210AM WPHT in Philadelphia for WKDN 106.9 FM, a formerly Christian Station that is entering the Talk Radio format. He will be replaced with local talker Michael Smerconish, a … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Operative DT takes a break from Myrmidon wrangling to write: Dr. The Jay: If you weren’t capable of frying me from afar with Force Lightning™, I would be busy damning you to hell right now for getting the … Continue reading →
This mailbag has quite a rash of pictures associated with it. Consequently, Dr. J. had to insert some filler to get them below his mailbag icon. Myrmidon Wrangler DT Writes: Dr. the J, I can handle the OWS crowd. I … Continue reading →
The Lil Med Student had his first baseball game (if that’s what you want to call it) this weekend. He was 2 for 2 at the plate (without using the tee), with 2 runs and an RBI. Defensively, he scooped up … Continue reading →
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.– Proverbs 4:23Image courtesy of fuoo.blogspot.com Dr. J.
Continue reading →The Czar, Dr. J. does not disagree with you regarding any narrative about the Progressive Movement regarding its desire to control free citizens through healthcare law. Government monopoly of the delivery of health care to its citizen is a linchpin … Continue reading →
“Hey, shut up!” Have a Heart, Bonnie Raitt. That was Dr. J.’s reaction to the hateraide and vitriol spewed at his master, the Sith Lord and all around great guy, Vice President Cheney, for having the unmitigated gall of receiving … Continue reading →
Dr. J. and the J. Clan is leaving today for one week in the Old Country… See you when we get back, and Jar Jar, don’t hand over the keys to the Republic while I’m gone… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J. wrote a while back on the cost of living going up, largely tied to gas prices. Today, Bloomberg.com writes: The consumer-price index climbed 0.4 percent, matching the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, after increasing 0.2 … Continue reading →
President Obama’s campaign is in full swing. You can tell because he is creating straw men and then openly mocking him. Apparently he thinks that this makes him look smart. In 2008, 53% of voters bought it as well, because, … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in: A couple of points: 1) GorT, you suggest, “…why not ask the male involved to contribute to the contraception?” Indeed. It occurs to me that if Ms. Fluke is relying solely on the Pill, she shouldn’t … Continue reading →
As New Atlantis falls within the borders of the great state of Tennessee, Dr. J. did his civic duty and casted his ballot in the GOP primary today. This morning, Dr. J. drove to the polling place in the Imperial … Continue reading →
…there is also more real inflation. Dr. J.’s felt it in his wallet, but he’s thought himself paranoid, more than anything else. But his grocery bills, price at the pump (21 gallons of regular for his Star Destroyer, and 12 … Continue reading →
Ok, ok, Dr. J. is still playing catch up on his mailbag, but our writers make for entertaining reading. Indeed, Dr. J.’s mailbag from last week got a shout out from his buddy Jamie Jeffords at the Eye of Polyphemus … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has had a crazy weekend. Lil Med Student sustained a concussion food shopping with Dr. J. For parents out there, a real-life version of Shopping Cart Hero is not a good idea. Dr. J. appreciates all of the … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is not into the celebrity worshiping culture of 21st Century America. He has very little to no interest into which celebrity couple is enjoying its beginning or meeting its end, who wore what to the latest self-congratulatory awards … Continue reading →
The J. clan took in the 4:00 showing of The Phantom Menace in 3D at the New Atlantis Googleplex yesterday. Go ahead, openly mock, you know the consequences. Why did we fork over $51.50 go see what is considered a … Continue reading →
Minion ScottO writes in with a tuple of questions spread across three Gormogons: Gentlemen and overlords, Your 3 posts inspired questions, so you get a 3-fer email. First, GorTechie: I recognize the idea of Federal laws superseding State, but if … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. received this email from the one and so far, only, the Great and Mighty Borepatch. We hope you read him everyday, just as we do! And by hope, we mean, “You will read Borepatch everyday…” He … Continue reading →
This opinion piece is from Ross Douthat in the NYT from Sunday regarding HHS’s mandate regarding contraception: A parish would be exempt from the mandate, in other words, but a Catholic hospital would not. Ponder that for a moment. In … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. and Mrs. Dr. J. were having their morning at 0:Dark:45 yesterday morning, enjoying a little Fox and Friends before waking the Lil Resident and Lil Med Student for classes at the New Atlantis Jedi Academy. Rick … Continue reading →
No, not that kind of heart plug. Operative R2DT writes in on thermal printer paper: Dear Dr. J., Ok, I admit it. The subject was just to get your attention, but it is related to the purpose of the email. … Continue reading →
O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world! That has such people in it! Tempest Act V, Scene i This post was inspired, in part by an email sent by Operative … Continue reading →
Mandy’s subconscious mind-control ray is now firing on all pistons, as you can see by this small field test on Garry B. Trudeau, the author or Doonesbury: Hello Kitty today, GOP talking points tomorrow…muah…ha…ha…ha… Dr. J.
Continue reading →JAB writes in from the Double-wide: Dear Mr. Dr. J: re: “Safe is good (i.e. no protruding glass or rusty nails)…” Why no rusty nails? Experience is a great teacher, isn’t it? And besides, the young’uns these days are vaccinated … Continue reading →
To: The Czar From: Dr. J. Re: The Czar is not one of those high-school-spent-in-the-locker types like Dr. J, and generally loathes science fiction… Dear The Czar: Dr. J. will have you know he was considered quite cool in high … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was inspired by Kevin Williamson’s Friday column at National Review Online. He posits that Republicans are divided into two camps. Those that believe that Obama is incompetent, and those that believe that he is evil. It his his … Continue reading →
Former Senator and Presidential Candiate John Edwards has successfully petitioned Federal Court for a two month delay his case because he states that he has a life-threatening heart condition that will require surgery in a month.First and foremost, Dr. J. … Continue reading →
Dr. J. received this missive from Operative D.F. via subspace carrierwave: Good post today on the Lil Med Student’s interest in mythology. Here on Q’onos, my little warrior has gone crazy for the Rick Riordan books featuring Greek mythology. He’s totally … Continue reading →
You may recall the Lil Medstudent and Dr. J. were reading Norse mythology this summer. Ragnarokk ended the tale of the Norse Gods with a neat little bow. He insisted on seeing the picture of Odin riding into Fenris’s mouth … Continue reading →
In an homage to our !!!1!E1@VENtY!1!!1!! screaming friends on the left, Dr. J. drafts the above headline. Mrs. Dr. J. is a wonderful and charitable woman. Recently, a new charity came on her radar. The name of the organization was … Continue reading →
A quick followup to the brilliant essay by Dr. J on how well a person can eat for $22 per week. This is the first case the Czar knows of where someone documented these findings; however, the Czar has reason … Continue reading →
The Lil Resident’s Sunday School Teacher (LRSST or Laurist) is a medical student at New Atlantis Ivory Tower Medical School (NAITMS). As is Dr. J.’s wont, he likes to keep tabs on what Laurist is learning in school. Usually, Laurist … Continue reading →
Dr. J. lives in a rather blue neighborhood near New Atlantis Ivory Tower University and Medical Center. This is not a big deal to Dr. J. because folks tend to be pretty respectful, with the exception of one or two … Continue reading →
To: The Dread and Awful Czar From: Dr. J., aka Darth Medicus, Sith Lord and Royal Surgeon Re: Delayed Receipt of Mallort Flavored Preggie Pops Dear The Czar: As you know, the Flyers defeated the Blackhawks two nights ago. Dr. … Continue reading →
Dear Messrs. Ryan, Rubio, Jindal, Christie and Generic & Mmes. Haley, Martinez and Brewer, It is only 1461 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses! It is never too early to get your grassroots on and glad-hand the Iawonian masses. As … Continue reading →
While everyone else is calling them the Hawkeye Cauci, Dr. J. would rather give a shout out to Iowa State and call them the Cyclone sessions. Nevertheless with ~40% claiming undecided status and with eligibility rules such that individuals may … Continue reading →
With everybody back at the Castle, the Czar thought he would stroll around and see what everyone was doing. And then, just like that, the Czar thought he would poll around about New Year’s resolutions. We wandered down to the … Continue reading →
We’re in the final stretch of the advent season and it is a time to be generous. Generous with your spirit, your hospitality and your charity. So today’s advent door is a door into some of the charities that your … Continue reading →
Much like at the White House, we at the Castle have taken to decorating our own Christmas Trees. Dr. J. has decided to be so kind as to share a glimpse of the one adorning his corner of the Castle. … Continue reading →
The Garden State is a rich and varied state made up of diverse cultures, kinda like Yugoslavia… Growing up in the Philadelphia area as a yout’ Dr. J. saw New Jersey as two states: North Jersey vs. South Jersey609 vs. … Continue reading →
Thank you all for hanging in there during Dr. J.’s Christmas present to himself this season, an indulgent walk down memory lane where he could reflect on the glories of Christmases long long ago, to copy a phrase. So here … Continue reading →
It’s a Christmas carol! It’s a love song! It’s whimsical! It’s New Wave! It can only be Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses! Dr. J. loves loves loves this song! It is one of a few songs he taped off of … Continue reading →
This might be the most requested item on Dr. J.’s 12 Days of Christmas Music. That would be Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack. A Charlie Brown Christmas is Dr. J.’s favorite Christmas special of all time. It captures the … Continue reading →
Day 9 brings us our only ‘novelty song’ of the countdown. For this spot, Dr. J. has chosen The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late), by none other than David Seville and the Chipmunks (aka Ross Bagadasarian). Given the title, … Continue reading →
Our resident doctor had to get up early for rounds today, so when we made it to the common room, he left a kind note saying that he’s very excited to try out his new gift today as he started … Continue reading →
As we continue the downhill slide to the ultimate in musical Christmas cheer, Dr. J. rings in day number eight with O Holy Night. O Holy Night is the Double Black Diamond slope of Christmas songs. If there were a … Continue reading →
You put your peanut butter in my chocolate! No, you put your chocolate in my peanut butter! Wait, they’re two great tastes that taste great together. Just like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, your next selection is a pretty nifty duet. … Continue reading →
We hit the halfway point in our Christmas Music list. Dr. J. has been happy to see that his picks have met with great interest, especially on twitter. If you aren’t a follower, check us out, our twitterbuddies alone are … Continue reading →
More nostalgia for our gentle readers. For GenX-ers The Charlie Brown Christmas Special and The Grinch That Stole Christmas (the Chuck Jones/Boris Karloff classic, not that Jim Carrey trainwreck) were appointment television, especially in the years when they were broadcast … Continue reading →
All of your Gormogons were toddlers once (and some would posit that ‘Puter still is one), and all of your Gormogons have experienced the joy that is raising toddlers. Their sense of wonder and curiosity, their innocence, and their innate … Continue reading →
For day four, we’re going to borrow GorT’s Time Bubble and go back to Mid-19th Century England. Dickensian images of Christmas are iconic, when one says picture Christmas in their head, all of the sugar plum that dance in your … Continue reading →
In addition to the legion of letters for The Czar, today’s mailbag brings us a letter from Operative Æ, who you may recall wrote that he wrote in about a month ago regarding Dr. J’s first medical update, stating that … Continue reading →
Day 3 brings us Children, Go Where I Send Thee. This is an African-American spiritual. It’s a counting song, much like the Twelve Days of Christmas, but instead it counts various numbered things in the bible as opposed to someone’s … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is a child of the ’80s. The local classic rock stations would break out the ‘Rock and Roll’ Christmas Tunes, so they had to dig broadly and deeply to find stuff that would both fit their formatting AND … Continue reading →
Dr. J was the next lucky draw to open the next door on our 30-story advent calendar (I told you, we like gifts and small chocolates just ain’t gonna cut it). He was dancing around like a little schoolkid. So … Continue reading →
Christmas music is an important and pervasive aspect of the season. The music at mass thankfully goes up a notch, and Mrs. Dr. J. and the lil resident’s favorite radio station (the maudlin love song station, you know, the one … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s buddy, Jamie Jeffords, at the Eye of Polyphemus, has completed his wanderings in the wilderness that were reviews of the dreck called Star Trek: Voyager, and has cast his gaze towards Caprica and has begun reviewing Battlestar Galactica … Continue reading →
A very happy and most wonderful Thanksgiving from all of us at the Castle (well, maybe not the Tcho-Tchos). As many of you know, Thanksgiving is the Czar’s favorite holiday; even better than the Feast of Zdravgul, which we celebrated … Continue reading →
As you know, Dr. J. & Mrs. Dr. J. are the proud owners of new iPhone 4S’s. The Siri technology is a cool feature. Dr. J. had to run home before going to work this morning, on the way to … Continue reading →
A schoolmate posted this on his Facebook page: …and because Dr. J. can’t get this song out of his head, you must suffer with him. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Only 14 days until the Adventzombiepocalypse of 2011!!1!!!!ELEVENTY!!!1!1! Do you know where your Third Edition Roman Missal† is? If you are a papist, you know that the English translation of the mass is being revised. Your parish has probably been scheduling … Continue reading →
“Whatsover you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me.” Matthew 25:40 There is not much left to say after Muscovy’s own The Czar and the !!!1!!!ELEVENTY!!1!!licious ‘Puter’s eloquent takes on the Penn State scandal, so Dr. … Continue reading →
SMack writes in: Sir Czar, Don’t you understand that if cardinals coached national championships we’d have forgiven them all too and gone on to praise them for all their years of wonderful coaching and saying a couple of years of … Continue reading →
For those of you in the know, Dr. J.’s spirit of choice is Jack Daniels Green Label. Dr. J. was introduced to this product back in his days at Ivy College, before the New Atlantis Flood. A scruffy bohemian chap … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has finally gotten around to this news item that is near and hear to his heart (no pun intended), an item which just goes to show, you can’t predict the logic (or lack thereof) of the FDA. You … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is back from his biennial hajj-al-inlaaws in New England and New York. Dr. J., Mrs. Dr. J., the lil resident and lil med student took in some of the sights in NYC, but Dr. J. mostly relaxed poolside … Continue reading →
Let us see. Volgi is hiding up in his quarters with that goofy Yeti of his, watching another Sonny Chiba movie on Beta. Yeah, he sits there with his iPad now, Twittering all day. Averages about 800 tweets a day, … Continue reading →
Philadelphia Inquirer political cartoonist, Tony Auth gets it wrong again today. He portrays the House who has passed a budget and a solution to the debt crisis with more bipartsanship than Obamacare and Stimulus combined as a playground. Meanwhile, he … Continue reading →
Before our readers snark and say that this is a blatant rip-off of ‘Puter’s homage to Chili Garlic Sauce, to which Dr. J. will affirmatively state, “You are correct, sir!” Dr. J. was inspired to write this post on Sunday … Continue reading →
And in the dark corners of the Castle dungeons, whispers and hissing did slip through the dank air. Faces, barely lit by flickering candlelight, would lean in from the gloom only to fade back into shadow. Antient and eldritch words, … Continue reading →
MEMORANDUM RECD Castle GIN RE Follow-up on Order [redacted]UNCLASSIFIEDREAD ALOUD TO GPPOST TO BLOG Notorious ŒV, Dr. J. spoke and the Obama Administration timorously quaked in fear. The mystery shoppers have been abated for now. Quoth team Obama: “After reviewing … Continue reading →
MEMORANDUM RECD Castle Gormogon IN RE Order [redacted] from Confucius, Œc. Vol., commanding Dr. J to report on what it’s like to be spied upon by someone other than Gs UNCLASSIFIEDTO BE READ ALOUD TO GPPOST ON BLOG Dear ŒV, … Continue reading →
Doc hypothesizes, “I suspect she clings to her Catholic affiliation because the Catholic Church is the only place that serves before noon on Sunday,” and offers her the following message: Doc’s gone to town. ’Puter jumps to his feet and … Continue reading →
From the good doctor: Dear The Czar, Dr. J. has spoken in the past with regard to the McDonalds recovery, and the effect that healthcare waivers had on hiring. Today there was an article posted on CBS Marketwatch. Heavily paraphrased—A … Continue reading →
Regarding our attempt to fathom the President’s weird dissonance on Israel, the Doctor writes: Czaralicious, I liked your post. I grew up with very pro-israel Jews as friends, so I’m a bit of a Zionist. Besides I see them as … Continue reading →
Fake Herzog does what more of you should do, and write in: ‘Puter hit the ball out of the park (was it perhaps a tee ball?) today with his post on E.J. Dionne and the Catholic Church’s position on economics … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, Very briefly, two news items to keep an eye on. Remember when we discussed the attempts to place a ban on male circumcision in San Francisco? Well, it’s made the ballot in November. It would become a … Continue reading →
Dr. J is en fuego with his contributions today. It should be noted that this post arrived in my email box at 10am EDT today: Dear GorT, Not long after ObamaCare was signed into law, a cavalcade of corporations including … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, Dr. J. listened to President Obama’s petulant speech this afternoon. It is clear that he is not going to work with the Republicans going into the 2012 election. He is expecting them to ultimately wuss out and … Continue reading →
Dr. J and I have traded a few emails regarding the outcome from the federal budget “showdown” also known as “Shootout at the Loser Corral”. First, Dr. J’s take: Dread and Awful Czar [and Your Timeliness GorT], As we all … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, Dr. J. has watched the video for President Obama’s ‘IN’ campaign. Dr. J. has since observed his ‘sheeple’ friends throw in with BHO and the ‘IN’ crowd via Facebook and other social media constructs. He expects the … Continue reading →
Three things to share. First, BG writes in with a great explanation of the President’s opposition to oil company land leases: Dread and Awful Czar – You write that President Obama “…argues that oil companies have plenty of capacity onshore … Continue reading →
Dread & Awful Czar, It is clear to Dr. J. that President Obama has not done the best job as President since taking office. Indeed he’s gone left every time Dr. J. would have gone right. Like the Czar, he … Continue reading →
Apropos of ‘Puter’s post below on New York’s odd fixation on bicycles, Dr. J writes in to remind ‘Puter of a basic fact. With the government, it’s all about the money. I suspect that this is just another way to … Continue reading →
Now hold on a minute. I thought there was evidence that when the poles switch, the field is “disorganized” or non-existent for some period of time. Not to take issue with your overall point, but rather to ask you to … Continue reading →
Dread & Awful Czar, If a picture is worth a thousand words, than this video link is worth a short story. We have been seeing in the news that there are doctors taking the streets in Madison (home of the … Continue reading →
The potential for radical Islamic ascendency in allied nations in the Middle East given the current protests and chaos goes without saying. The events in Egypt are more reminiscent of 1979 than 1989 despite the mainstream media’s ignorant reporting, especially … Continue reading →
Royal Surgeon Dr. J. weighs in from the dispensary with his budget plans. The good Doctor recommends, in addition to a daily regimen of coffee colonics, the following: Dr. J. knows that he’s not a Gormogon, but as Royal Surgeon, … Continue reading →
Dread and Awful Czar, Dr. J. has been battling an outbreak of Yeti flu in New Atlantis. We finally have them buggers under control and it’s time to return with some Gormotastic commentary. So pour some oil on Dr. J’s … Continue reading →
Dread and Awful Czar, Remember when you talked about Quantitative Easing? Well, the chickens have come home to roost. It appears that our friends in OPEC will not be lowering the price of oil just because we are not happy … Continue reading →
