Division Judge Catherine Blunt called me a racist and threatened to get the police if I didn't leave immediately. When I didn't, she grabbed two nearby policemen who, to their credit, let me stay: "Freedom of speech," shrugged one.

I know who you didn't vote for on Tuesday: Big Bag, Big Beverage, Big Tobacco. So why are they calling the shots around here?

What? Pennsylvania is facing a billion-dollar budget shortfall?

Look, we don't blame you for unplugging the alarm when it comes to the races for the state House of Representatives and Senate.

Two men opened fire at each other in North Philadelphia, critically injuring a 6-month-old baby. Two hours later, a 28-year-old man was shot in the chest in North Philly, and pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. — approximately 45 minutes before another shooting in Southwest Philly that killed a 29-year-old man and a injured a young woman.

Steel your heart, gentle reader: While full of joy, this story begins in tragedy.

There's nothing radical about the idea of raising edible crops in the city: It's been done for ages. What is a little more dubious is the sheer distance between what urban agriculture's most idealistic proponents want it to mean to Philadelphia and its reality on the ground so far. Whether that distance can be breached may be put to the test soon.

State Sen. Larry Farnese, whose district encompasses both casinos, has called for Foxwoods' license to be revoked, but says it should be rebid in a new location. Here's another idea: Why not revoke it altogether?

Dimock is tiny, but busy these days: Helicopters fly overhead, taking underground measurements. Giant tanker trucks barrel up and down the small country roads. And problems — spills, fish kills, well contaminations — are cropping up, and with them, resistance.

Keep up the good work, say I, Steve: Say Stuff Month doesn't last forever (and Do Stuff Month is a killer).