• If you missed today’s lunch with the big dude, the watermelon salad with tomato and basil crème fraiche sounds totally delish!
• Great photos from President Obama's visit to Austin.
• Sir Tim Rice has a one-hour episode for the BBC on Texas music. It’s so strange to hear someone with that posh accent talkin’ about Port Arthur.

• Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the crashed Air France flight
• Palau agrees to take up to 17 Chinese Muslim Guantanamo detainees
• If you drive an old gas-guzzler, there's a bill in the works to pay you to buy a new car

Sometimes a person's name seems to dictate the profession they'll pursue. (Was there ever any real doubt that Will Wynn would find himself in politics?) If your parents saddle you with a moniker like "Mike Super", the odds are you'll have an easier time succeeding with a career as a performing stage magician than, say, a trial lawyer. Super's name might have been enough to get him in the door, but his stage persona—part Midwestern "aww shucks" type, part pop culture-obsessed motormouth—makes his magic show succeed as a 90+ minute performance. more ›