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Good morning, Washington. For those of you readying yourself to begin paying an extra twenty cents for afterrnoon rush hour Metrorail service, well, you’ve got an extra day. WMATA has delayed the rollout of the fare increase until tomorrow, so that they can install new signs on fare machines. The signs will clarify that posted fares in stations refer only to SmarTrip fares. (As part of the second phase of increases, customers using paper farecards will pay 25 cents more than the rates posted on current station signage.) If you’ll recall, the morning peak-of-the-peak increase will not be going into effect until later this month; the additional surcharge will be applied in the afternoons beginning tomorrow, along with all other scheduled increases.

What Inevitably Happens When The DVDs and XBox Get Boring: There’s a slight uptick in women who are scheduled to be giving birth come the first week of September at some area hospitals. Why? Well, the Snowpocalypse, of course. Some say it’s bunk, but it’s possible that we’re about to experience the small boom that happens when you force people to stay indoors for a couple of days. The Post’s account is pretty priceless, including what has to be the first lede in the paper’s history to reference both “Dexter” and “Batman: Arkham Asylum.” Also: ‘”It seems to be that when people stay home, they find ways to entertain themselves,” [Ann Burke, Holy Cross Hospitals medical director of obstetrics and gynecology] said.’ (Giggle.) Of course, we reserve the right to revisit this in November.

Metro Board Members Missing Many Meetings: Kytja Weir reports in the Examiner that several members of Metro’s board of directors just haven’t been showing up for board meetings over the last year and a half. Some of the more notable absences: D.C. Councilmember Michael Brown (I-At-Large) has missed two-thirds of the body’s last 79 meetings, D.C. City Administrator Neil Albert has missed 29 percent of meetings (despite being marked present at one meeting which he was 89 minutes late for) and Vice Chairman Marcell Solomon, who represents Prince George’s County, missed more than half.

Who Will Help The Helpers?: The Post looks behind the scenes at preparations for the District’s first large-scale free clinic, which will kick off at the Convention Center on Wednesday. Not surprisingly, it sounds like the people who are getting everything together and volunteering at the clinic will be in line for some medical attention of their own after it’s all over. About 800 people have volunteered to serve at the clinic, but that’s still 200 short of the 1,000 expected to be needed to serve the swelling demand — 1,200 people are expected to seek treatment at the clinic between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Briefly Noted: Look, something opening with a liquor license in Bloomingdale!…DCPS gets $5.5 million KIPP grant…Wilson Bridge Trail to close for 2 weeks…’Teens: Texting makes driving less boring‘…Homemade chemical bombs found in Fairfax County mailboxes…Yes, used items are usually, you know, used.

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