California recall election.

I promise. I'm not going to have every other posting be about the California gubernatorial recall election. It'd be too easy for one reason, and will probably stop being funny pretty soon, for another. But we can still ridicule it while it's topical.

It would be easy enough to make fun of Larry Flynt, or porn star Mary Carey (whose campaign website has a video of her doing naked jumping jacks). Or the 100-year-old candidate. Or Donald Novello, famous for playing Father Guido Sarducci on Saturday Night Live, or Leo Gallagher, famous for smashing watermelons and not using his first name, or Gary Coleman, famous for, I don't know, being short, I suppose. (I said it would be easy.)

But let's take the high road, the one Gary can't reach. (Easy, I say.) Let's just make fun of ... ah, examine closely ... some of the less well-known candidates.

So here's one for you: Trek Thunder Kelly. Trek, to his friends. A 33-year-old artist, who shows his dedication by wearing only blue. Not entirely clear what that dedication is to, but he certainly shows it. His "Know Your Candidate" page has flying tacos on it, perhaps because "I eat only tacos and steak. I drink only water, salsa, and Cran-grape juice. I love traveling in politically unstable countries; I sleep with socks on my hands." Sounds eminently qualified to me.

And then there's Nathan Whitecloud Walton, whose sole claim to fame is that he's Bill Walton's son. He is mentioned on his father's website, but doesn't have a site of his own. He's also planning to attend graduate school at Stanford this fall, and I guess he thinks that being governor wouldn't take much time away from his studies.

Oh, and if you were wondering: Yes, someone is already selling "Recall Arnold" bumperstickers.


Update: Alas, Don Novello - a.k.a. Father Guido Sarducci - didn't make it onto the ballot after all. What a disappointment that must be to California voters.