- Our crush on Cliff Lee continues after his dominating, 10-strikeout performance last night, as the Phillies blasted the Dodgers 11-0 to take a 2-1 series lead. Game 3 tonight has Joe Blanton starting against former Phillie Randy Wolf.
- We suspect that the Eagles got the memo that the Raiders would be an easy win. They just didn't read the part that said they'd still have to show up and actually play some football to get it.
- Teachers at three prominent South Jersey Catholic high schools are on strike.
- Having "more money than God" just doesn't mean what it used to: The Diocese of Wilmington filed for bankruptcy protection last night.
- Mayor Nutter's proposed revisions to the pension plan for new city workers has pretty much no support from the City Council.
- If there's ever going to be a Republican elected to a major city post in Philadelphia, it's probably going to be Al Schmidt being elected as city controller. But that's still a longshot.
- Today's AccuWeather forecast: 55 and sunny with a breeze. Cloudy and 40 degrees tonight.

Across the Ist-a-Verse


The weather forecast just isn't the same without Kosek...
Agreed. I guess Monday is his day off. But really, I think he should get Sundays off, because my Monday morning really needs that dose of Kosek to get me goin' for the week.