Obviously, you watch the Phils.

During commercial breaks, switch to the debate.

During any pitching changes -- with any luck, only for the Dodgers -- switch to the debate.

Do you know how many pitchers pitched Monday? A baker's dozen.

Any time a candidate mentions "change," switch back.

Ditto for McCain calling anyone "my friends," especially if they're not.

On Monday, we became so anxious, we switched briefly to Jon Stewart's opening monologue.

When we switched back, the Phils took charge. Which is change we can believe in.

And, now, the quote of the day from Nick Paumgarten in The New Yorker.

"Last week, the global economy, struggling to agree on a price for its components, in an environment without leverage or liquidity, found pretty much everything (except gold bars and Phillies tickets) to be worth a lot less than everyone thought. Your house, your billfold, your portfolio, your clout, your talent: market to market, these will, apparently, fetch a fraction of what you’d expected or depended upon. As haircuts go, this is a scalping." 

See! The Phils are the only thing that are actually increasing in value.