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 →
One of the things the Czar—and probably a few of you—finds quite frustrating about Barack Obama is not his ridiculously inept progressivism, his shoddy work ethic, and his lazy understanding of politics and history. Rather, it is how he has … 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 →
Island Dweller has a guest post today: It seems the highlights of the Ft Hood trial are over, with the perp being found so richly guilty of the misery he inflicted. We can now wait for years as this case … Continue reading →
We tried a castle-mother for a few weeks…now it’s all Dat Ho GorT has been up to his eyeballs in a variety of things – mostly work and helping the family get back into the swing of school and fall … 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 →
The pageant of incompetence continues at the Obama White House. Remember when we said this? Let us see if we have this mapped out. The United States backed protesters in Egypt, demanded Ḥusnī Mubārak resign immediately, got chummy with the … Continue reading →
Not all the news out of Detroit is depressing. A man there stole his father’s encoffined corpse from the cemetery, brought it home in the family van, and pulled the body into the basement with the hope of resurrecting it. … Continue reading →
Ah, hippies. They just can’t let it go. When you’re a loser who was never forced to hear anything sensible, and you experience a long period lacking in self-discipline and with zero social consequences—say the years 1966-1977—you tend to pine … 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 →
Well, it turns out that Russia had been in contact with breakaway republic Eddie Snowden all along, and that Snowden’s flight to Russia, hiding out in the airport, threatened deportation, and ultimate asylum may not have been as spontaneous as … Continue reading →
The Czar would never have imagined writing the next sentence. We spent an enjoyable and leisurely evening building furniture yesterday. Indeed, we even left a slam-bang wonderful pool party in a well-appointed house with home-cooked Mexican and Puerto Rican food … Continue reading →
Some thoughts on this Ben Affleck casting of Batman. Rocket Raccoon. Come on, even though the idea is preposterous, you have to admit…this is a badass-looking raccon. And he has a machine gun. Imagine if he had a great voice … 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 →
The Czar and the Mandarin went for dinner the other evening with two gentlemen to discuss all manners of things. The Mandarin picked a steak place that tends to cater to a lot of older, professional types looking to score … Continue reading →
The Czar ponders what might be done with Egypt. In passing, he describes the Volgi as a foreign-policy cynic. One thinks of oneself as an empiricist more than a cynic, but perhaps the eye of the beholder governs. The short … Continue reading →
The Czar tends to be the optimist; he leaves cynicism for 孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV) as the latter is far more experienced in matters of Что делать. But what is to be done seems to be the … Continue reading →
Day 3: New York GorT didn’t take a lot of notes in the travelog for New York. Largely because we were having fun during Day 3 in ‘Puter’s backyard touring around upstate NY. So see here and here for details … 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 →
30 out of the 50 US governors are Republican, quite a few in states long ruled by Democrats. If you look at historical trends, the number of Republican governors has been steadily ticking up; so much so that if trends … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s had a few embarrassing moments on the Delmarva,mistaking rich, white, do nothing housewives in their skeletalglory for Sleestak. Unlike Sleestak, these fragile princesses can’ttake a punch. N.B., cops will not accept “I thought she was my lizard humanoid houseboy” … 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 →
Either President Obama or his many followers are the most petty, thin-skinned, and ill-tempered man-children in politics. Of course, the Czar is referring to this ridiculous rodeo clown incident. This was never a problem before, when the rodeo clowns dressed … Continue reading →
It takes a few to make a patten. By our reckoning, Barack Obama is the fifth liberal progressive president, and like the other four, he has no coherent foreign policy outside of brute force. Here is our thinking: Woodrow Wilson … Continue reading →
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell—probably the last of Obama’s secretaries not involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid—just got herself involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid. In a Department-wide address to Interior employees, she warned them that loyalty tests shall be given … 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 →
The Czar steps aside to let Island Dweller have a post today. Enjoy! Surfing the web a day or so ago (no pun intended, in light of the story that follows), I came across a story that appeared on the … Continue reading →
Day 2: New Hampshire to Vermont After stirring the troops and wolfing down a couple cups of coffee with some maple sausage and eggs, the Gormogons drove north for about an hour. We tempted fate and began the trek in … 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 →
We received an interesting appendix on World War II by SW, who writes in with some historical sobriety—just how much we fought prior to Pearl Harbor: The US suffered combat casualties long before Pearl Harbor. The earliest was the USS … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in to reference our exploration of FDR’s military aims. As usual, ID has some very interesting information: Most dread and awful majesty: I have read with great interest of your find of the newspaper you uncovered during … Continue reading →
Like much of America, the Gormogons vacation as well. Sometimes it’s on our own with our own families and a number of us have posted assorted accounts for your amusement and edification. First a little background to orient our dear … Continue reading →
One of the largest conceits of American history is the mythology still surrounding Franklin Roosevelt. While it has become fashionable on the Right to implicate Roosevelt for all sorts of anti-American nastiness—and mind you, often with good reason—quite a lot … Continue reading →
His name may rhyme with Heisman now, but Joeshould’ve chosen to make Theismann rhyme with“OMG, I’m never going to walk again!” It’d havebeen way, way more accurate. Unlike professional baseball in America and professional soccer everywhere else in the known … Continue reading →
Maybe if Detroit made cars as awesomeas ‘Puter’s 1972 Dodge Dart Swingeragain, they’d have remained solvent. ‘Puter just got around to reading the New York Times Sunday edition, including Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz’ piece on Detroit’s bankruptcy. Mr. Stiglitz … Continue reading →
Any excuse to blame Americans, eh? Okay, so some American broke off a finger from the Vergine e all’Angelo Annunciatore statue in Italy. Europeans are all pissed off at American tourists again. Oh, like Italians never broke off a finger? … 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 →
As you recall, because it only just happened, the Gormogons have been ruminating over their memories of the AMC motor company (which stood the American Motor Company motor company, apparently). For you youngsters, AMC was a car company that made … 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 →
As you know by now, Obamacare is not just failing, it is basically collapsing in on itselfand most of the law has not even been implemented yet. The Czar used to hold town hall meetings in his day. Guess how we … 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 →
Well, thanks, Puter, for what the heck that was. Turns out this smoking conversation has inspired a lot of conversation, both in the Castle and even down at the Doublewide. JAB, after a too-long absence writes in: Your Czarness: As … 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 →
Not that kind of meat smoking, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Since both Czar and GorT have shared their secrets for smoking ribs with you, our beloved readers, ‘Puter thought he’d share his secrets as well. Czar and … Continue reading →
GorT enjoyed the Czar’s post on smoking ribs but has a few differences in his own method that GorT thought to take a minute during his 2-week vacation to write about it (plus, the rest of the family is sleeping … Continue reading →
Mr. West is Obama’s secretmortgage reform brain trust, originator of such great ideasas “Imma let you finish, butwhere’s my Hennessey at?” ‘Puter happened to be wandering aimlessly around the New York Times website when this article on President Obama’s forthcoming … 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 →
Early last week, the Czar and the Цесаревич were discussing ribs, and we both agreed that it was time to smoke up some babybacks. Sunday, August 4th, would be a good day as we had nothing scheduled and ribs, done … 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 →
Island Dweller carefully wrote this onto a stick of gum, chewed it to get it past security, and placed this on a Castle window for us to find and reconstruct. Unless we are wrong in how we deciphered the squiggles … Continue reading →
Lots of email has arrived. Better start getting through it. First up today, Mark Spahn, Lord Ruler of West Seneca, New York, has been discussing our site with others—as you are surely doing, if you know what is good for … 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 →
So Island Dweller is a bit hot under the collar. And why not? Your immenseness The news just keeps rolling in, providing more information that should be dissected – and disseminated – via your site. I humbly refer to a … Continue reading →
Urgent communique flashed in using Morse code from a weather balloon results in this followup. However, because Island Dweller flashed the Morse code in equally-timed one-second pulses to rub our face in it, the message took a while to decode. … 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 →
Mark Spahn, ersatz ruler of West Seneca, poses some questions to test the Czar’s acuity this early Saturday morning. The video is introduced by the irritating voice and now-jowly visage of sometime U.S. presidential candidate Pat Robertson, but stick with … Continue reading →
Okay, see, this should have been posted yesterday, but the Czar only got around to it today. Sorry, ID. Most illustrious majesty: “An iconic photograph of ‘The Sandman’ taken during the height of the attack that illustrates the conditions under … Continue reading →
Some videos are making the rounds on the internet that purport to show UFOs, taken in various places in the United States. Within each, clusters of lights drift across the sky…changing colors, flashing, and so on. The Czar naturally looked … Continue reading →
Island Dweller revisits us but brings a new topic, a well-groomed cocker spaniel, and a rare eight-pack of Zima. Does he know how to visit the Castle, or what? O Most Supreme Ruler: I have received a missive from Esteemed … 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 →‘Puter’s super! Thanks forasking! ‘Puter’s fond of this post’s title. It reminds him of an Aesop’s fable, like Androcles and the Lion, but more fabulous and with better clothes. More to the point, ‘Puter found this missive from Operative SMR … Continue reading →
And so it begins. If you were unaware, the Mainstream Media is beginning its process to transform the shrill, petty, dangerously vindictive and manipulatively toxic Hillary Rodham Clinton into the awesome Hillary Clinton: glamorous former first lady, brave and powerful … Continue reading →
