JAMES LILEKS says goodbye to Jasper.

AT AMAZON, Deals on Turbo Tax Software. Note to Tim Geithner: For you, an accountant might be a better choice.

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VIDEO: Dana Loesch on The View.

LANNY DAVIS TO NANCY PELOSI: APOLOGIZE.

AT POLITICO, I am put to the question.

HELPFUL ADVICE: How To Become A Professional Author.

NUTRITION: What does cancer eat? Sugar, mostly, and other lessons from my dinner with a professor of pathology.

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REMINDER: In 2009, Barack Obama “Joked” About Auditing His Enemies.

MY USA TODAY COLUMN IS ON OBAMA ON ART HISTORY: College And The Trades.

ED CONE: Soldier Unknown. A story of the Buffalo Soldiers.

EXPIRATION DATE REACHED: Labor union officials say Obama betrayed them in health-care rollout.

HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FJORD, LATELY? Test-driving a 2015 Volkswagen Golf on ice.

THE COOLEST PAPER AIRPLANE EVER. “The 22-year-old constructed this incredible 1:60-scale replica of a Boeing 777 in his spare time, relying on photographs and engineering drawings to recreate the jet in minute detail. This attention to detail shows through in everything from the intricate landing gear to the airplane’s life-like seat cushions.”

VIDEO: Here Is What Happens When A Magnet Is Dropped Through A Copper Pipe. This should be no surprise to anyone who’s taken 6th grade science, but it’s kind of cool to see.

MATERIALS: New laser-printed material is lighter than water, as strong as steel.

AN INTERESTING ADMISSION OF ERROR by J.K. Rowling.

BRYAN PRESTON: If There Was “Not A Smidgeon” Of Corruption In the IRS Scandal, Then Why Did Lois Lerner Take The Fifth?

I PREDICT A DECLINE IN APPLICATIONS FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: Law School Enacts Scary And Stupid Alcohol Prohibitions. Nothing says “come to our law school” like “we’ll treat you as an undergraduate.”

STUDENTS WHO TAKE HANDWRITTEN NOTES tend to learn more than those who type. “They found that computer users tend to engage in ‘mindless transcription,’ which gives them lots of notes, but did not learn as much, especially when testing focused on concepts rather than facts. In addition, at one point they specifically told laptop users not to simply transcribe what they were hearing, but it didn’t work–the computer users were unable to stop themselves from trying to get verbatim notes.” This doesn’t surprise me. Taking notes by hand forces you to engage in some mental processing to boil things down.

AUDIO: I talk about The New School on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show. Listen here.

STEP ONE — QUIT INTRODUCING CHANGES THAT MAKE THE USER EXPERIENCE WORSE: Facebook battles to stay young and cool. That’s advice that the Google people might take heed of, too. Just because you have a bunch of programmers working for you doesn’t mean you need to keep them busy by constantly churning the site design.

READER BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Reader Barbara Skolaut writes: “Glenn, would you consider giving my friend’s book a plug on Instapundit? Chris Covert has just published his 4th (and final) volume of The Wounded Eagle: Three Years in the Mexican Drug War 2010-2012.“ You may have seen Covert’s work at Rantburg.

THEODORE DALRYMPLE: Is Your Heart Attack More Likely to Kill You at Night or During the Day? Don’t take the new findings at face value…

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How To Become A Professional Author.