The Importance of Middle Initials [FishbowlLA]
Leaders of a charter school in Utah were shocked to find out that Daily Show host Jon Stewart is not appearing at its annual benefit dinner next week. Instead, they booked Jon A. Stewart, "a former motivational speaker, businessman and part-time professional wrestler from Chicago."

Put That Portfolio Book You Bought Instead of Food To Good Use [UnBeige]
The web's all abuzz today about ihaveanidea's Porfolio Night 4. If you're unfamiliar with it, it's a big huge portfolio review day, held in several locations throughout the U.S.

Lunch at Michael's: No Katie Today, So Al Roker Will Have To Do [FishbowlNY]
There were no television cameras present today nor was the The New York Times' Cathy Horyn test-driving five-and-a-half-inch stilettos, but Al Roker was there, eating quietly in the corner.

Memoir of Wartime Loss Re-Titled [GalleyCat]
When Karen Spears Zacharias's memoir about, as the subtitle put it, "the father she lost in Vietnam and the mother who held her family together" comes out in paperback next month, it'll have a substantial name change. So why the switch?

Dobbs Topped Hume in Demo Last Week [TVNewser]
A tipster asks: "Did you notice that Lou Dobbs beat Special Report with Brit Hume last week in the Demo?"

The Zoo: Week 38: Marketing R-Us [MBToolbox]
"My pal Tom Basinski is getting ready for the May 3, 2006 debut of his first true crime book. He asked me to help and wondered how much would I charge. I volunteered to help him for free on the condition that he network with me on my crime fiction."

WaPo's Own 'Iraq Quagmire' [FishbowlDC]
Diving into politics, Erik Wemple takes the Washington Post to task today for Iraq War editorial policy. "The Post's editorialists bought the White House line in full, yet they haven't gone the mea culpa route.