After taping a few more episodes of “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” (it’s really a good time, by the way), I’ll be heading east next week to guest host “Wait Wait.” Twice.

Don’t panic, Peter’s fine. As long as NPR pays the ransom, he’ll be back in a couple of weeks. After which I’ll go back to being a panelist. A very rich paneli- no, I’ve said too much. Excuse, me, I’ve got to go ready the cag– er, the cat. I’ve got to go feed the cat.