AN ENGLISH LESSON ON GRAMMAR:

On his 70th birthday, a man was given a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate was for consultation with an Indian medicine man (on a nearby reservation) who was rumored to have a simple cure for erectile dysfunction. The husband went to the reservation and saw the medicine man.

The old Indian gave him a potion and, with a grip on his shoulder, warned ‘This is a powerful medicine. You take only a teaspoonful, and then say: ‘1-2-3.' When you do, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life, and you can perform for as long as you want."

The man thanked the old Indian, and as he walked away, he turned and asked: “How do I stop the medicine from working?" "Your partner must say ‘1-2-3-4,' he responded, "but when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."

He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, took the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, he took off his clothes and said: "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men.

His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes, and asked: "What was the 1-2-3 for?"

And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition, because we could end up with a dangling participle.

From my email (obviously).

DESPITE A TERRIBLE LOSS, this family responds with grace and dignity: Walter Scott’s family asks Al Sharpton to keep his ‘circus’ away from the funeral.

SCIENTISTS SEEK source of giant methane mass over Southwest.

Have they tried Google?

NO SURPRISE: Reporting actual facts destroys 'The Narrative'.

INSTAPUNDIT: A "sort of metaphor for the Obama presidency." Heh.

SCOREKEEPER: Why did the Texas DMV reject the vanity license plate 370H55V (#9)?

Back in my day, I remember seeing a car enter the Pearl Harbor Naval Base with the vanity license 'NAVSUX'.

OBAMA DEAL with Iran in trouble.
Could that be because Iran has already explicitly told the world it won't accept it?

THEY WILL: If robotic "nanny cars" lull us into complacence, things could turn ugly fast. Look what robotic airplanes (e.g., autopilots) have done to commercial pilots' flying skills....

UPDATE &BUMP): Instapuntit confirms.

IT'S ABOUT THREATS. AND CONTROL: School district releases sensitive student data and parent ‘cooperativeness’ ratings.

Will the parents punch back? Stay tuned.

ANOTHER GOVERNOR TROLLS FOR DOLLARS: And wins. In my state. That's two in a row. Dang.

RAND PAUL'S 'War on Washington' is the fight America needs.

Paul/Fiorina for President? Or Cruz/Fiorina? Or either ticket in reverse, which would be my choice?

INNOVATION: Drones are turning into flying billboards. Next step: Burma Shave. (And if it pans out, I want full credit.)

OBAMA'S WORLD: the State of Fiasco.

FEMINISTS CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT EQUALITY. They’re lying.

ON CLIMATE CHANGE, Obama fights public opinion.

No, he's not fighting public opinion; he's fighting for the moron vote.

What's disturbing is that the moron vote is large enough that in order to win, a Republican candidate is going to have to bring a few to the polls as well. Educating them has proven to be a non-starter; that 'reality world' bubble is thick indeed.