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 →
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 →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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Several friends pointed me at this excellent article that differentiates the terms “nerd” and “geek”, as I circulated it among various nerds and geeks, I got this picture in response: Let me first pull a few salient points from the … 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 →
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 →
How about The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille! Dr. J., as you know, is a big Star Wars fan. He saw the original Star Wars on opening weekend as a yout’, and … Continue reading →
If you HATE Star Trek spoilers…GO AWAY! Read a ‘Puter ‘Polemic against ‘Pee Jay Dionne or such. OK, we cool? After much leaking, Paramount revealed the villain in Star Trek – Out of Darkness as Harrison. Who!?!?!? Some red shirt ensign … Continue reading →
Did you get Dragon Magazine™ back in the day? You know you did. And where did you go first? The Dragonmirth section with all the funny cartoons. You know you did. Well, Dork Tower was one of those cartoons, and … Continue reading →
GorT had the opportunity to go to the Rush concert* last night just outside Washington, DC (formerly Nissan Pavilion now Jiffy Lube Live – the venue itself is great but the parking is a nightmare). It was a great show … Continue reading →
Dr. J. picked this up on the InterStellar Network feed: Like Shakespeare, Rent is better in Klingon than in translation. h/t The Daily What – TDW Geek Dr. J.
Continue reading →Captain Sheridan (the Example) had his doubter (Garibaldi), Instigator (Kosh), Taskmaster (Ivanova), Connectors (G’Kar and the Doctor, and Cheerleader (Delenn). Dr. J. was turned on to this article by a childhood chum who lives in the cubicle trenches of the … Continue reading →
Dr. J. only thought it looked fair to take a peek into what Microsoft has to offer three years from now. C: /> 9 (2015) What’s old is new again. The folks at The Verge have posted a timeline of … Continue reading →
Wrong, so very wrong… The Tony Stark/Pinkie Pie comparison is disturbingly spot on. h/t My Little Brony Dr. J.
Continue reading →From SMBC-Comics.com: Actually, there doesn’t appear to be an official stance by the Catholic Church on D&D or other RPGs…but it’s still funny. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J.’s been really busy at work and packing his house for a move, so he apologizes for a lack of posts. Fred is probably grateful, but whatever. h/t – Dr. J.’s Spooky Witchy Facebook Friend Dr. J.
Continue reading →Please excuse the typo. Apparently bronies can’t spell. Dr. J. suspects that President Buchanan wasn’t gay, but rather a brony. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Today is May the Fourth. Your Gormogons, along with your president would like to wish you a happy and blessed Cinco de Quatro: And May the 4th be with you! Dr. J.
Continue reading →Having lived around Washington, D.C. for four decades, minus a stint in a southern state for college, GorT is familiar with the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. It’s had quite a history – good and bad. Overall, I think it’s largely … Continue reading →
Nerdbastards.com picked this up from Toplessrobot.com, and now it is being forwarded to you. Remember Star Blazers? Dr. J. does! It was appointment television back in the 80s. Indeed, he and his childhood chums would stop playing baseball, riding bikes, … Continue reading →
Since others have been posting the random posters recently, here goes one near & dear to my heart: (click to embiggen) GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future … Continue reading →
Dr. J. used to work in a comic book store as a youth. Just humor him. It’s been a long week. h/t geeksaresexy.com Ok. Ok. I’ll put the Batman one up too. Dr. J.
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 →
Gentle readers, two news items have come up which have made it clear to Dr. J. that an eccumenical rift has come to exist between the prototypic Gen-X nerd (Ret.) and the Millennial offshoot. The first item comes to us … Continue reading →
Well, yes, it’s rolled around to you-know-who – GorT. I’m never in much of a rush. Heck, when you can time-travel, why does it matter, right? So I’m a bit later in the day today posting about my token advent … 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 →
Dr. J. wanted to share this lil Christmas Special with our Gentle Readers… Well worth the 3 minutes of your otherwise productive day… h/t The Daily What Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J. likes Doctor Who. This Venn Diagram neatly summarizes why. h/t – www.geeksaresexy.com * – aka Adipose Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J. is a bit of a cartoon aficionado. You may recall him giving a shout out to Young Justice a several month’s back. So when there are new episodes of the Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, Star Wars: The Clone … Continue reading →
I saw this on a friend’s Facebook site and it made me laugh. For the most part I find this farirly accurate in a nerdy kind of way. Click image to embiggen. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ … Continue reading →
…over at WSJ.com. Great piece on the history, nature, and appeal of wargaming, tabletop and computerized. Go read. Go. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →The Volgi pointed me to this blog post via The Corner – there is a website where you can page thru an online catalog of RadioShack catalogs. For those of you too young or not in-the-know, these were thick, mailed catalogs … Continue reading →
It would be a failure on my part if the Techie in me fails to point out that at 11:31:30 p.m. GMT, we reached 1,234,567,890 seconds since Unix time “began”. For those still scratching their heads, many computer systems determine … Continue reading →
