Last week: Alan Moore had written a comic in which he himself shows up at the narrator's door and escorts the narrator on a bizarre walking tour of London, sort of like Dr. Gull and Netley's ride in From Hell. Robert Burns (yes, the dead Scottish poet) wrote and drew a hilarious parody in which the part of Alan Moore was played by Hello Kitty, complete with long hair and wild beard.

Last night: John McCain was manning a booth at the Our Lady of Prompt Succor Tomato Festival, and I was chatting with him. I wanted to ask him about getting tortured, but I figured he would know my interest was only prurient.