Mailbag – Doctor’s Bill Edition
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 →
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 →
Professor Mondo writes the shiny robot for the first time in order to correct GorT’s knowledge of children’s literary references: I realize that a busy time-traveling robot such as yourself has little opportunity to reflect on children’s literature, but … Continue reading →
Bore Patch (yes, the very one!) carved the following into a stick of wood and jammed it through the spokes in Dat Hos messenger bicycle. While the latter was riding it of course. Dang, you nailed me in the Post-Boomers … 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 →
Island Dweller condemns us all to a fiery future with todays letter, which arrived yesterday but we were too busy being busy: Your majesty: Today is (legally) Memorial Day. I have not as yet seen any postings on your site … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes: Your majestyI have read with interest your latest screed on the intricacies of dyslexia. Your humble subject has had a brush or two with this slight disorder. One of your subject’s genuine pleasures during his past employment … Continue reading →
Its action-packed half-a-load of kung fu adventure today as we dig down deep in the mailbag, brush aside the shrunken heads that teenager in Olympia keeps sending us (people curry favor in different ways, one presumes) and respond to a … 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 →
ScottO, distinguished comptroller of time and space, nudges the Czar at the Castle lobby lounge bar and asks: O Dread Czar, I started reading Island Dweller’s missive regarding the subject at hand, and came across the acronym SES. Now, never … Continue reading →
Using an AN/PRC-77 dipped in ink, no less a personage than LTC Dan writes in on the subject of ethics: Granted, I am now a mere contractor. But after 27 years of military service, I have yet to see (a) … 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 →
ScottO, whom you would recognize immediately as the awesome and intrepid @gscottoliver on Twitter if you were one of the 800 few followers of us on Twitter, strolled over to our table at the Leaping Peacock, carefully stepping over the … Continue reading →
Reader SMR wrote in last week in response to this post: To the Magnificent GorTechie: Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a robot are accustomed to come before him with such things as they hold most precious, … Continue reading →
After a too-long absence, the great and wise The Big Guy, Uncle Jay, himself, writes in: Dread, Awful, etc-Y’all need to institute some serious quality control procedures…You can’t go leaving stuff like this laying around.It will eventually get noticed. TBG … 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 →
And lo, verily does Island Dweller throw down a little jotting: Most illustrious Sultan of the Steppes: Your faithful minion, though he be surrounded by water on all sides, still manages to maintain periodic contact with a former co-laborer for … Continue reading →
Well, you fish for compliments and you get some. Although it is possible there is a large degree of sarcasm in the following: O Dread and Awfully-Humble Awfulness: We the Minions are indeed impressed by your marksmanship. We also hope … Continue reading →
Excellent views from the upper levels. And they finally got rid of that crane at the top. By the way, for some good laughs, read the reviews. A modest proposal arrives via carrier pterosaur outside yon Castle window: Dear Czar … Continue reading →
Long-time brainpowerfulness BG writes in: Your Czariness – Jonah Goldberg initially pointed me in the direction of Castle Gormogon. So it’s immensely satisfying to me when someone responds to a post of mine as below. rulierose @bg • 20 hours … Continue reading →
These came up while the Czar was washing blood off his hands in the mens room. First up is JAB, who pops up from the Doublewide to tell an awesome story: Dear Mr. Mandarin and Your Czarness: Reading your “Literal … Continue reading →
The Czar is so bad at responding to mail lately that youd think he was Mandarin. Anyhow, we have indeed been getting mail and it needs some attention. BG writes in to send us a photograph (right) of an Audi … Continue reading →
Very long-time fan (so listen up, yo) ScottO writes in to a couple of us: Dear Dr. J., and with deferent regard to His Awfulness The Czar, You can learn a lot about time and the Earths position in space … Continue reading →
Long-time minion and mastermind Chiefjaybob writes in: Oh Mighty and Dreadful The Czar; Dali wasnt kidding when he painted this to show what a freaking pain DST is. Read on. I come to you as a most humble minion, and … 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 →
JAB, about whom the Mandarin, Dr. J., and ourselves were just speaking, has this carved into some poor slobs entrails and sent up to the seventh floor: Your Czarness: For Puters reference, here is someone else who is decidedly not … Continue reading →
An undercover field report, which the Operative delivered through an ingeniously complicated plan of (a) converting it to base74 notation, (b) engraving the characters on a grain of rice, (c) inserting it into a cotton swab, (d) embedding the swab … 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 →
The Czar loves his intelligent and thoughtful readers because they often write him intelligent and thoughtful letters. And this is good because the Czar can copy and paste them and do no additional work. In fact, the Czar can pretty … Continue reading →
GorT has a few emails that he received over the last week or so that merit replies (the rest were about ‘Puter and Czar’s latest adventures at the Leaping Peacock, Mandy’s satellites interfering with The Hopper on DirectTV, Volgi’s latest … Continue reading →
The ever-busy D.T., our spiffy and smiling Myrmidon wrangler, writes to us with a surprisingly accurate opening line: Oh Wise, Mighty, Terrible, Yet Surprisingly Cuddly When the Mood Strikes Him Czar, I read this account of a “racial brawl” at … Continue reading →
O Mighty Czar, At risk of further inciting your wrath, I have an observation regarding the “standards-based scoring” post. This final Kuzniewski quote: The zero is the most damning of grades because it’s the lowest and has the most significant … 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 →
ScottO writes in in response to the Czars review of the Ruger P89. Dread and Powerful Czar, I have one thing to say about your italicization of bona fide: Merci beaucoups! FWIW, bona fide is not recognized as English by … Continue reading →
This morning, we have a pair of emails to answer. First up is JAB, who scribbles in from the Double-Wide to point out that she totally missed the Czars warning about writing in to correct him. Your Czarness: I fear … 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 →
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 →
Well, a lot of our mailbags have been filling up with gun talk, but not because any of us wanted to go there, but because once again the Left dragged us there so they can replay another failed lecture on … 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 →
A big welcome back to LTC Dan, from whom we have not received a message in far, far too long. We appreciate the Colonels presence here at the Castle, and are most interested in his question: Sir, I found “Reading … Continue reading →
Operative MS writes: Dear Dr. J., Okay, I’ve given it a moment, and I still don’t get the point of these four masked faces. I don’t recognize any of them, except that the man in the upper left looks a … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes regarding Dr. J.’s recent screed: Dr. J – The “payroll tax” cut has been phony baloney from the get-go. For starts, why did everyone persist in calling it the “payroll tax?” Because if you called it a … Continue reading →
Correspondent Mark Spahn, of West Seneca, New York, writes in with a discovery that is certain to amaze you more than it amazed him…because he is crafty and careful by nature. Hello Czar, Synchronicity! A few minutes ago, I read … Continue reading →
Happy Boxing Day, gentle readers…Your Gormogons took the day off yesterday to spend with our families. Nevertheless we wish you all a Merry Christmas. The Czar was celebrating with his extended family, and by celebrating, Dr. J. means impaling serfs … Continue reading →
Figures there would be nitpickers. Well, maybe thats unfair; perhaps they are sincerely concerned. Long-term Operative BG takes a break from training sea turtles to carry encoded messages to our trained attack infantry whales (The GormoPodForce™) to hector the Czar … Continue reading →
Regarding my earlier post regarding ACA (aka ObamaCare), GorT received this note: Yes, indeed. Taxes on the rich. I just wonder where all these rich folks are going? Is there some fabulous island nation where they’re going? Operative ScottO then … Continue reading →
On EMU (not the animal): World News Daily has reported a story out of East Lansing, Michigan, home of Eastern Michigan University, involving a court settlement between that institution and a university counselor. Seems the counselor, who was a student … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes: Esteemed Dr. J – You might want to consider putting one of these into your car’s first aid kit in lieu of or in addition to the knife for cutting seat belts and breaking windows. The Mythbusters … Continue reading →
Ah, the glorious arrival of Winter is imminent, when we have had so many days of below-freezing weather that the weeds and dandelions on the dacha lawn have all died leaving a glorious expanse of green grass that looks like … Continue reading →
Dunno if it was the holiday or the travels, but the Czar got a little behind in his mail. Not sure whose behind it was, though. It was pretty bloody. First, in order of appearance, is Nightfly, who confesses: O … Continue reading →
The Czar is running behind here. First, thanks to EC who spotted a typo (but missed several others) in an essay that was subsequently corrected. Second, RA writes in: Excellent analysis on the GOP master tactitians. Might I add that … Continue reading →
Reader Uriah Heep writes: Dear Dr. J, I seem to remember something about a gambling and boozing ship being moored somewhere off the California coast during prohibition to get around the laws against having a good time. If it comes … Continue reading →
Well, reader CC writes in: Hi Czar, Or is it theczar? I have been reading your blog for a couple of months now, and only just today, saw your picture. I have one question. Over your lower lip, is that … Continue reading →
Our beloved Operative B.G. posted this in the personals section of the New Atlantis Lefty Arts Weekly Paper: Esteemed and Exalted Gormogons, Although my wife and I are among the half of Americans who pay taxes so the other half … Continue reading →
Our newest minister of fanmail, the one and only Island Dweller carved the following missive on the Spice-stuffed carcass of a Harkonnen: Sir: I wish I could share your opinions about what happened last night, but I can’t get the … Continue reading →
Minions fighting. DT writes in: Your Magnificence, I write to you in outrage at the Island Dweller’s latest missive to Your Furriness, specifically, he refers to you as, “Your August Majesty”. I have airborne ballet-trained Myrmidons on the way to … Continue reading →
Thanks to everyone who read our explanation of political polling. In less than eight hours, it screamed to the top of our all-time most-popular features here at the Big G and got considerable attention from much bigger media outlets. That … Continue reading →
Operative JF writes in regarding the lovely Lady J.: Beautiful! At one time had two of them (CKCS’s, that is). Mine were totally elfin’ untrainable – probably because they (2 sisters) were the litter. But you can forget all that … Continue reading →
The Czar usually camps out at the Castle Maildrop grabbing all the post that the mailman delivers but Sleestak distracted him with leftover Halloween candy. So he missed the following mail from our Castle Archivist: Spot on, sir, with the … Continue reading →
Write a nice piece on All Saints Day, and not a drop of mail. Write a piece on zombies attacking, and après moi, le déluge. Some of the best. JS writes in: Dear Sovereign Czar, I enjoyed your post on … Continue reading →
From Island Dweller, who like most island dwellers is so laid back he waits until the thirteenth hour to get anything done: Your most august majesty: I beg your forgiveness for positing this idea one day after it could have … Continue reading →
RA writes in: Czar, Great idea on health insurance simplification. I buy my own health insurance (self-employed, wife covered at her work, kids grown and on their own), so that approach has much appeal to me. Better yet, put some … Continue reading →
Guess what the Czar was just complaining about at lunch? Why, BG writes in with exactly that: I got an email from the city of Alexandria, Virginia, that says, in part, “If a power outage occurs, do not use candles … Continue reading →
The Island Dweller writes in with the following theory about Benghazi: Your gleaming magnificence: I am curious about something else that has been reported in the media, and no one seems to have explored it in depth. Ambassador Stevens and … Continue reading →
First-time writer, presumably long-time reader RStJ writes in with a disturbing notion: Good evening! I read the post with the mail from MC this evening, and also caught up and read the other posts about Benghazi. I have heard another … Continue reading →
MC writes in after a too-long absence: Dread, terrible, awful Czar, whose axe should be swung with even more frequency and force, I’d really like to go off on an hour rant in the wake of this story, but work … Continue reading →
Long-time operative BG carefully stacked millions of sugar cubes and left this message spelled out on the Castle driveway before the ants ruined it: The Czar’s post regarding the unfortunate visit from his college roommate struck a chord here; I … Continue reading →
Dr. JNE writes in: Honorable physician, Read your post re aspergillis meningitis. Good to have a voice of reason. You may be interested in another incident: “A Never Event” documents a hep C outbreak from an oncology clinic in Fremont, … Continue reading →
Island Dweller must be bored in the desert…or really likes our site, writes into GorT with the following: Dear brushed-stainless steel repository of technical sophistication: As a recently-retired Federal law enforcement professional who worked GWOT issues during my tenure I … Continue reading →
Island Dweller, a loyal minion who inexplicably was assigned to live in a desert, writes in: Your Immenseness:I have come away from the second debate largely with the same take you got on it. It was patently obvious Mr. Romney … Continue reading →
It has been a while since the Czar got a compliment. Not that we are fishing, but just setting your expectations at how welcome this email from Operative JS is: Dear his august majesty el czar, Thank you (and the … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, your Mandarin has not been able to contribute to the Gormogons’ site for some time. Your Mandarin would just like to say that sometimes experiments don’t exactly go the way your Mandarin would have expected them to go. But … Continue reading →
Sometimes it is not good to be the Czar. For example, he is helping his sainted mother translate some paperwork from her father, and needless to say, penmanship was pretty bad in that century. One can hardly tell a ѣ … Continue reading →
People want to know how were going to vote…run! Mitch H., proud owner and operator of Blogfonte, sung by the Castle and had a barside chat with us on the Czars wonderful piece on the weirdness of recent polls. The … Continue reading →
The Great Merlin writes thusly: Dr. J., Here’s something that confuses me (well, technically, yet another entry on a long list of things, but let’s not go there, shall we?). In all of the discussions about Obamacare/ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP/SCHIP, … Continue reading →
‘Puter prepares to “ride Czar’s float” at the Gormogons’ 1,092ndAnnual Gay Pride Parade ‘Puter is not surprised that he received feedback on yesterday’s most excellent “pretend you’re Romney’s speech writer” post. ‘Puter has a way of getting under folks’ skin, … Continue reading →
Ask and ye shall receive! The Royal Mathematician spake (speaks? spoke? spokes? Spokane?) regarding the Great Square Root of Eleventy Schism of 2012: O Bringer of the Force-Lightning: Here’s the real mathematical scoop on the square root of eleventy: Pretty … Continue reading →
Friend of the Gormogons, Professor Mondo (who you should be reading EVERYDAY, BTW…) writes in: Hey, Doc – In the quote from your double-barreled Obamacare post, you quote Dr. Kripalani thus: “So, which would we rather have — a hospital … Continue reading →
FLOTUSes? FLOTi rhymes better. Whatever. The Great Merlin writes in regarding Dr. J.’s state dinner polemic: Dearest Dr. J, As one medical system (non-clinical) employee to another (your most worshipful doctorness, whose needs I merely exist to serve), I’m surprised … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin received this inquiry from one of our favorite minions: Dearest Mandy, (Alternative opening statement: Beseeching The Wise and Inscrutable Mandarin To Continue Reading This Missive), Admittedly it has been a goal of mine since making the acquaintance of … Continue reading →
Esteemed Operative BG, who lately has been ensuring the African Rift Valley continues to rift at the right speed, took time away from that vital tectonic activity to write in: Awful and Awesome Czar – Hmmm… Reid says a Bain … Continue reading →
Well, this is not entirely the Czars fault. The post clearly stated we were on vacation. You cannot expect us to update everything all the time. Dread and Awful (pun) Czar: I recently read in “Ur Seyentz 2Day” where researchers … Continue reading →
Dread Czar, Further to your discussion with Dr. J on opening ceremony nonsense, did you notice that when NBC showed banners from past Olympics, the two recent American games went down the memory hole? I noticed it in the TV … Continue reading →
The Gentle Reader may recall Dr. J.’s discussion regarding third party payors and how that model has contributed to the rapidly escalating cost of healthcare. You may also recall how a gentleman who goes by the handle Cziltang, and blogs … Continue reading →
This is ‘Puter’s dog, Sadie. She has nothingto do with this post, but dang, what a finelooking dog. Admit it. Admit it! Yesterday, ‘Puter pilloried the liberal media generally, and John Heilemann specifically, for their complete ignorance of guns, gun … Continue reading →
Professional nice guy EC writes in: Your Czarness: As I recall their used to be a third and common form of bond: the metallic bond, in which the nuclei shared an electron cloud. Wikipedia seems to remember it also. Have … Continue reading →
GorT is clearing out a few emails that he’s received as of late. First off, Operative BG writes in regarding “the Obama Quote“: Yeah, I’m seeing lots of Obama’s defenders claiming the quote was taken out of context, that he … Continue reading →
[Note: the Czar reprints this email in its entirety, with one exception: attached was a PDF of the original news article. We can’t yet attach PDFs (thanks, GorT), so take our word for it: JAB isn’t making this up. The … Continue reading →
GorT received an update from MC 900 Ft. Meteorologist regarding a wrinkle that local DC customers of Pepco and BGE will experience in their next bill: Bill Stabilization Adjustment. Gort, More Maryland craziness: http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/212306/189/Pepco–BGE-Allowed-To-Bill-Customers-For-Lost-Outage-Revenue- WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) Some of you … Continue reading →
Oh, Dat Ho, it’s a twister!You call him derecho, lady. First of all, a big shout out to the service folks who, by trade, are required to work in this summer heat – the police, firemen, EMS, water, gas and … Continue reading →
Im not Herzog is the kind of guy you can expect to take apart a car, put it back together, and say Here is how you improve this. Like just about everybody else, he has an opinion or two on … Continue reading →
Two great writers of note take time out to visit the Castle. Down at the lounge, enjoying something called a zombie killer, was Borepatch, who said (among other things): I love the “scienterrific” neologism! I would just point out that … Continue reading →
Special Operative Brass is one of the Castle weaponsmithies, and he reminds us: Dear Dread and Frightful Czar, The reason the EPA dropped the ban [proposed for lead bullets, referenced here] was the Republicans in Congress actually grew a pair … Continue reading →
The affable and strong-of-backbone Nightfly writes in to color in some of our sketches on media bias: Hello, Your Dreaded Awfulness – Many years ago, I took a number of journalism classes in college. Thankfully, the first of my professors … Continue reading →
Be vewy, vewy quiet. Czaw’s hunting wabbits! Before we being today’s installation of ‘Puter’s Gay-tastic Totally Not Homophobic Male Bag, a bit of Gormogon history. Your Gormogons will, at random intervals, publish select minion missives as actual blog posts. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
DT has found an amazing way to create a sustainable energy source using water and lawn trimmings, but that is not nearly as interesting as the message he sends the Czar: Your Czariness, This has every indication of being a … Continue reading →
Operative RKB writes: Dr. J, I will give them credit for one bit of schoolyard humour. Alan Scott always had a vulnerability to wood. Admittedly, it is a pun at best and a tasteless equivocation at least. Operative RKB Heh … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Mayor Karl Dean is trying to push a budget that includes a 13% property tax hike through Metro Council, here in New Atlantis. Dr. J. suspects he has the votes in spades, but New Atlantian politics are volatile … Continue reading →
Long-time reader (Dr.) JE writes in: As a fellow cardiologist who greatly enjoy knowing he is not the only one who sees the world this way I thought you might like this link. Forgive me if you have already seen it. … Continue reading →
The Czar was surprised to receive an email from Aaron Colohan, whom you will not immediately recall was the subject of a Czarish rant. The Czar doubts you readers will research this, so allow him to summarize. Mr. Colohan wrote … Continue reading →