In your maverick Monday media column: A word is preposterously declared to be The Top, Jim Lehrer takes it slow and steady, the Mike Penner vs. Christine Daniels question, and you are invited to a Hooker Pub.

• Supreme Judicial Court in Mass. upholds $2 mil guilty verdict against Boston Herald and its reporter David Wedge in lawsuit brought by judge. [NYT]
  

Ever since LAT sportswriter Mike Penner announced his transformation into lady LAT sportswriter Christine Daniels, we've had one burning question on our minds: How's she look? Now we know!