GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.
Just a quick mention that largely through the hard work of the Volgi, we are releasing a Visitor’s Guide to the Castle. Many of you might not be aware of all the references made, the categories/hashtags of the posts, etc. … Continue reading →
The FIFA 2014 World Cup starts Thursday and the talk of soccer in the United States is heating up. Of course, most of the discussion centers around two topics: (1) how unlikely it is that the United States’ Men’s National … Continue reading →
The Czar’s post reminds me that we did in fact discuss some grilling/smoking stuff during the ad hoc Gormogonicon earlier this spring. Much like the Czar, GorT has grilled all sorts of things. As far as smoking in my vertical … Continue reading →
GorT has recently attended a number of professional presentations by members in the Software Development community advocating “lean” management approaches and “self organizing” teams. The interesting thing is that when professionally presented there is some meat behind these concepts and … Continue reading →
Sorry we missed you, but there was such a secret meeting of the minds of the Gormogons in Chicago yesterday, that we could not tell you about it. Or ‘Puter. But GorT, Volgi, and your Czar got together at the … Continue reading →
Rep Trey Gowdy takes the press and the Obama Administration’s defenders to task. The video is three minutes long as is worth watching. Can you answer any of these questions? Does it bother you? GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from … Continue reading →
To all our spouses, mothers and mother-in-laws, the Gormogons wish a very Happy Mother’s Day. We hope you have an enjoyable day in the mode that you wish to celebrate. Mrs. GorT is coming to watch replicant #2’s soccer game … Continue reading →
There are many reasons that parents make decisions about their child’s education and development. Over the years, various school districts have adjusted the birth dates by which they determine cutoffs for grade eligibility. Recently this article over at DeadSpin started … Continue reading →
A few years ago, the new fad in home televisions was the “3D” TV. Most manufacturers now treat that as routine and they probably cashed in on the early-adopter set but largely, mainstream viewers replied, “meh.” Well, the next stage … Continue reading →
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday in the Catholic Church. A day instituted by now Saint Pope John Paul II back in 2000 after he canonized the first saint of the new millennium*, St. Faustina of Poland. Today, Pope John Paul … Continue reading →
GorT has started hearing some rumblings that Hillary Clinton may not run for President in 2016 and it’s likely you have too. A number of reasons have surfaced to beckon this question: She will be a grandmother as her daughter … Continue reading →
GorT’s eldest is a junior in high school and therefore we are knee-deep in the college search process including the SAT and ACT, picking a college, road trips to rule out (or in) various universities and the whole financial planning … Continue reading →
The Obama Administration announced yet another delay in the Keystone XL Pipeline. After multiple delays citing environmental issues (none found) and other such nonsense, now they are citing a Nebraska court case that could possibly affect the route of the … Continue reading →
In the past, GorT has argued that the problem with our entitlement programs is the heavy reliance on a demographic that isn’t guaranteed to be sustained. Well, now the Pew Research Center has visualized that data in the animation shown. … Continue reading →
This morning, GorT heard an interesting question regarding the new HHS Secretary’s nomination: Should the GOP put up a fight in her nomination hearings? My personal take on it would be a conditional yes. Conditional in that, there should be … Continue reading →
The Czar and Volgi were kicking around in the Castle Rumpus room late last week and decided that they’d do some sprucing up of the place. Their first target? The website. After hours and hours of beating their heads against … Continue reading →
Mark Spahn, of West Seneca, New York, has an idea so wickedly fascinating that it is Gormogonical: A sudden inspiration for a money-making idea: “green” pop. Still only 150 calories. And cola-flavored. Ordinary pop (a.k.a. “soda”, a.k.a. “coke”; see Pop … Continue reading →
No, GorT isn’t going to talk about the Democrats’ policies and view of the world. Rather, he noticed that he’s been remiss in posting on some technical subjects recently so let’s play some catch up. On March 25th, Mark Zuckerberg … Continue reading →
GorT read the Czar’s post regarding Cosmos and pretty much agreed with it. I’m not convinced it’s snarky cynicism or just that Neil deGrasse Tyson and the show’s staff is having trouble finding that right delivery. Carl Sagan was special … Continue reading →
Many are blaming the “Common Core” teaching curriculum for the subject of this post but GorT might point at a more broad problem with our approach to education in this country. Plainly put, GorT thinks that teachers should be paid … Continue reading →
This is how the Czar rolls GorT is always keen on pointing out the flawed approach of mass transit by city planners. Let me state that I’m in favor of mass transit but we should be realistic about its benefits, … Continue reading →
…about our national priorities? Follow GorT here for a minute and then ask that question. In 2008, Obama spoke about the space program and said the following: “When I was growing up, NASA inspired the world with achievements that we’re … Continue reading →
So if you missed the relaunch of the Cosmos series last night with Neil deGrasse Tyson, I would recommend tuning in on Friday to watch. There is plenty to say about his personal views and maybe even some of the … Continue reading →
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent for Roman Catholics. Interestingly enough, it is not a Holy Day of Obligation. It turns out to be one of the most attended non-Sunday Masses for Catholics – just … Continue reading →
GorT is generally not one for awards shows – I find them self-serving and awkward. Last night held true to form in both respects. Honestly I haven’t seen a number of the films in contention for the awards (save one, … Continue reading →
I don’t know about our readers and the other castle inhabitants* but lately I’ve started noticing a trend with my “newsfeed” on Facebook. Basically, I can categorize my Facebook connections into one of a few buckets: 1. The Occasional Poster … Continue reading →
A number of years ago, the DC Metro area began experiencing a rise in stinkbugs (brown marmorated stink bugs to be specific). It is native to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Initially, there were no natural predators and any sort … Continue reading →
Dr. J is not the only Olympics aficionado in the Castle. GorT loves him some Olympics…especially the Winter Olympics. The Summer is cool – you get some of GorT’s favorites like soccer, archery, shooting (the last two getting hardly any … Continue reading →
See what happens when a USA bobsledder gets mad: Well, actually, it’s what happens when they get locked/stuck in the shower without their phone. ‘Puter does this all the time. We’re considering making his bathroom door a screendoor. GorTGorT is … Continue reading →
A cor-worker of GorT sent this link along. Pretty darn funny. Click the image to continue… GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the … Continue reading →
During today’s newsfeed review, GorT came across this tidbit in the Washington Post’s Business section: Armed with a meaningless bachelor’s degree from colleges and universities that allowed majors in non-core subjects, we see youngsters who cannot write, research or think … Continue reading →
GorT spoke at his son’s school’s Career Day last week. After years of hiring (or trying) people in the computer science field and getting quite a broad set of experiences dealing with them, GorT had enough and decided that there … Continue reading →
There’s an App for that?!?Still not as creative as some of ‘Puter’s characters. Well, ‘Puter is a character. We’ve been lax in recognizing a few recent, notable anniversaries. The first is yesterday was Dungeons & Dragons’ 40th anniversary. Sort of. … Continue reading →
Note: Dr. J likes “tagging” with blood… Continuing my thoughts from yesterday, GorT presents the second part of the dodging post. Dr. J nailed the poster as seen here on GorT’s door. I’ll start by saying that numbers like this … Continue reading →
The liberals’ team coach when debating GorT GorT has two items today where liberals are, in my opinion, attempting to change the focus and distract the country from some key points. The first is the ongoing narrative about global warmingclimate … Continue reading →
Long time readers will pick up on this immediately but our more causal readers might need a quick reminder: GorT thinks that Congress needs to following its statutory responsibility and pass a federal budget. Every year. I’ve heard recent rumblings … Continue reading →
GorT’s company is hiring. We’re a small company and the founders are ruing the day when they have to make the decision to hire employee #50 with all the federal mandates that come with that. As part of this hiring, … Continue reading →
Feels like 8º F outside – did you check your pipes? GorT settled down enough after his post yesterday morning enough to read his email and found this one from Ghost: Shiny Robot Lord I am sick to death of … Continue reading →
GorT forecasts that 2014 will be a banner year for the liberal idiot. They will be coming out of the woodwork will all sorts of crazy for a few reasons: deflect from or defend the botched PP-ACA rollout (now with … Continue reading →
GorT & Mrs. GorT went out to dinner and a movie with friends last night. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing and our friends chose the restaurant and movie. The meal was really good – we … Continue reading →
There is a quote attributed to Bill Gates (although research shows that it isn’t quite accurate) wherein he supposedly stated that 640k of computer memory would be enough. It has become a line that is used to mock Bill Gates … Continue reading →
GorT sometimes attends protests Maybe liberals and democrats are focusing on “living wage” arguments so the following doesn’t get much press: A recent CNN poll shows almost 70% of the country believes the economy is generally in poor shape and … Continue reading →
Well as much as President Obama and #PajamaBoy wanted us to talk about Health Care over the holidays, GorT and his friends and family didn’t touch the subject (aside from the brief jokes about how bad the rollout is going … Continue reading →
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 and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including … Continue reading →
GorT has been pretty busy of late with a few big deadlines and projects at work culminating in traveling to Texas for his company’s Christmas Party. He ate well there and had a great time with his co-workers in the … Continue reading →
Every once in a while a topic comes up that places your Gormogons on differing sides of Castle. However, GorT feels he needs to clear the air regarding the metric system. This post originally was longer but after the Czar … Continue reading →
GorT’s recent post elicited some interesting responses. First BG writes in regarding flopping and various sports: So basketball and football are better than soccer because the NBA and the NFL are taking steps to deal with the curse of “flopping,” … Continue reading →
No, the metric system doesn’t go to 11. While GorT will grant Dr. J the evil that is (was) Esperanto, GorT will take a bit of umbrage with his poke at soccer and the metric system. GorT is an engineer … Continue reading →
No, not that Norm. Everyone knows his name. When will the madness end? There is an article on Yahoo Finance today citing Larry Summers’ and Paul Krugman’s assertions that the US economy isn’t slow to recover, it’s in a “permanent … Continue reading →
Courtesy of intrepid Dougie P Fresh: Maybe there are only about 106,000 people that don’t care about their personal privacy information… For those not in the know…that drop down is showing the most frequent search terms and it clearly shows … Continue reading →
No, ‘Puter, I didn’t title this, “What does the fox say?” As part of the signup process on Healthcare.gov, users are presented with a Terms & Conditions page that they have to click accept. We’ve all seen these before, whether … Continue reading →
A few months ago when the Benghazi, IRS, and the Fast & Furious issues were front and center and prior to the whole PP-ACA (a/k/a Obamacare) rollout debacle, the democrats – particularly President Obama and his mouthpiece, Jay Carney, were … Continue reading →
Hi, I’m William Devane. Years ago the Czar told me to invest in land. Well, I did…and I did very well. But now it’s time to buy Gormogon Gold. So much financial craziness in the world today – governments trying … Continue reading →
GorT promised that he’ll continue to beat this drum and it’s worth pointing out again now: Where is our Federal Budget? Why don’t we have one? Where are all the negotiations that Obama and the democrats promised? The whole PP-ACA … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in with the following: Never mind the insurmountable ten dollar cost of getting a ride to the library to apply for Obamacare; we’re going to have tons of fun when people try to actually apply. I worked … Continue reading →
As stated before, GorT loves pulling themes for posts from his liberal friends and relatives Facebook posts. Why? Because they usually are bereft with logical flaws. Today, we’ll focus on the recent video that is making the rounds of 12-year … Continue reading →
GorT is on a business trip to New York City but after reading the USA Today McNews that I get each day at my hotel room door and some of the left-leaning tripe that came out in a discussion session … Continue reading →
A week or so ago, GorT came across this video in some of his research and reading. I’ve read one of Dave Ramsey’s books and I had mixed opinions: I think that his opinions and recommendations are solid but at … Continue reading →
The UK has been running a publicly-funded healthcare system since 1948 imaginatively named the National Health Service (NHS). As GorT was trolling his tech sites this morning – yes, tech sites – he came across a discussion pointing at a … Continue reading →
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It No One Wants To Be DefeatedShowin’ How Funky Strong Is Your FightIt Doesn’t Matter Who’s Wrong Or Right Who knew Michael Jackon’s 1982 hit, “Beat It” was so prescient about American … Continue reading →
Not our words…I’m actually sourcing a story in The Huffington Post: ABC News correspondent Ann Compton described Obama as the “least transparent of the seven presidents I’ve covered in terms of how he does his daily business.” Anyone see the … Continue reading →
Anyone who believes that the PP-ACA will save us money or drive down healthcare costs is a raving lunatic. Period. In this, there can be no debate. Besides the fact – THE FACT* – that the math just simply does … Continue reading →
Frequent readers of this site will know that a number of us Gormogons are fans of Thomas Sowell. Well, his brilliance has rubbed off – read his piece here in full (select excerpts below) – and if you go back … Continue reading →
The Gormogons all took the Pew Research “News IQ Quiz” and the results are below. Keeping in mind Winston Churchill’s statement, “The biggest argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter” one wonders if part of the … Continue reading →
JAB write to the shiny metallic one regarding this post: Dear Mr. GorT: Your advice to the GOP strikes me as spot-on, but I fear they are too stupid to follow it. Had they any gumption, they would long … Continue reading →
President Obama was just down the road from GorT’s non-castle residence yesterday and his speech included this little excerpt: So are his “handlers” slapping their foreheads? Is the crowd so stupid that they don’t realize what he just said? For … Continue reading →
When GorT gets fed up he gets fired up,when he gets fired up the laser he gets fired up GorT is pretty much fed up with the federal government. Ever since “politician” was viewed as an acceptable answer to “What … Continue reading →
GorT has little patience for people complaining about the current fight over the federal debt ceiling, the defunding of the Affordable Care Act, and the impending “shutdown” of the federal government. If the Congress, and specifically the Senate would do … Continue reading →
By now, our readers should know where GorT stands with regards to Global Climate Change – if not, go do some research. Ok, ready? Over the past few years skeptics of the anthropogenic climate change theories have raised the issue … Continue reading →
GorT’s parish has a new associate pastor, parochial vicar, #2 priest, whatever you want to call him. He’s probably in his late 30s or early 40s. His homilies have been solid and this weekend was no different. However, I will … Continue reading →
I am not one with this crap, Herbert! I’m not really one to buy into conspiracy theories but I have to admit, I’m starting to really believe that the Big Environment folks have their hooks into the people developing educational … Continue reading →
It looks like the whole thread of Catholic Mass and singing has struck a chord (Dat Ho is working on the rim shot). I was glad to see some other Gormos join in on it. First up is from ScottO … Continue reading →
GorT almost posted about this topic last weekend after Mass but thought I must just have been in a funk the last two Sundays. Well, this makes it the third. Well, ok, it was Saturday evening Massto mark number three. … Continue reading →
Maybe GorT should have come up with a classier title for this post but with all the directions that I could take this post, I figured I’d keep it simple. GorT has been having a great time with getting his … 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
You’ve got to accentuate the positiveeliminate the negativeLatch on to the affirmativeBut don’t mess with mister inbetween Apologies to Sam Cooke but I think our dear readers will agree that it is an appropriate title once you get to the … Continue reading →
As we celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of this site going public (at least in this time stream for GorT), each of us has been asked to post our individual favorite essay or submission over the years. While this post has … Continue reading →
Hold on to the handrails, folks, GorT is fired up. It’s been one of those weeks. You know the ones – craptastic service from Comcast at GorT’s place of business causing us to be without internet access for almost 2 … Continue reading →
GorT has been lax about posting recently – mostly due to being really busy at work, partially due to enjoying summer with friends & family, and somewhat due to not having much in the world that has really grabbed his … Continue reading →
Anytime Rep. Roskam (R-IL) wants to send in a guest post, GorT will be happy to share it. Consider this clip from the representative (courtesy of NRO’s Corner) and one could think of it as a brilliant audition tape: mocking, … Continue reading →
GorT has been busy over the last few weeks with some family stuff and has been remiss in posting about a number of topics. Thankfully, his fellow Gormogons are on point and tackled many of the issues that were on … Continue reading →
Mrs. GorT and I attended a 3D showing of the new Superman movie, Man of Steel last night. It was chosen largely because its timing coincided with the One Direction concert that one of our daughters attended with a friend. … Continue reading →
Obama is in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit and in front of over 2,000 young people many of whom are Catholic, he made the following statement: If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have … Continue reading →
GorT figured that with all the swirl regarding PRISM, Mr. Snowden, and the other recent leaks about various aspects of the country’s intelligence collection programs, that I’d weigh in on a few things: 1. The initial reports of Snowden being … Continue reading →
Today is the 69th anniversary of D-Day when the Allied forces started the push to re-take Europe from the Nazis. It is an event that is worth learning more about to understand the drive, coordination, and perseverance of those involved … 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 →
As many readers know, several of your Gormogons grew up in Maryland and GorT continues to maintain a residence there. A pointer to this topic came across the Pedabit network pipe into the castle from GorT, Sr.: Three separate, independent … Continue reading →
You know where GorT will be on November 1st: “If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault. But if you don’t try and we lose, then it’s all your fault.” GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ … 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 →
GorT has many years of experience in working in and around the federal government and if there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that when the government faces a problem it generally puts the same people in change of fixing … Continue reading →
GorT has been busy time-traveling and gathering information…well, ok, really, I’ve been swamped with work and family stuff. So, I thought I’d take a few minutes on a quiet, misty Sunday morning to reflect on the current issues facing the … Continue reading →
So the Obama Administration campaigned on and self-proclaimed the following (still posted on WhiteHouse.gov): My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system … Continue reading →
The following video clip is making the rounds in a few circles, particularly the federal IT contracting world which overlaps heavily with the inside-the-beltway world. GorT is very familiar with both. Let’s put aside the issue that the General and … Continue reading →
So there is a news story going around celebrating today as the 20th anniversary of the first public website: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html I’m sure the link is getting slammed (slashdotted for those in the know), but I wouldn’t waste my time. It’s … Continue reading →
I’m a frequent TED Talks watcher so I thought I’d pass along one that is near and dear to me. I can’t tell you how many times I sit with someone and they don’t know some of these tips or … Continue reading →
