Do you remember those kids in Jr. High, the band nerds that you would endlessly torment? The Audio/Video dorks that you would shove into lockers? The white Steve Irkel’s that you would tape “Kick Me” signs to the backs of their starched dress shirts and laugh at in the hallways when someone would perform the requested action?

Well they’re all grown up now and much funnier than you!

Living creatively is the best revenge.

Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey threw himself into the race for Minnesota Governor on January 13, 2006. His thirteen point platform included helping farmers, improving the public school system, and advocating for better benefits for United States veterans. However, it was his “coming out” to the media as a Hecate Witch, Satanic Dark Priest and Sanguinary Vampire that grabbed Jonathon national and international attention. His candidacy marked the beginning of the largest amount of media coverage ever given to an unknown third party candidate running for Governor in American history.

“Minnesota has hosted an interesting run of political candidates, from retired wrestler Jesse Ventura (Minnesota governor from 1999 to 2003) to former Saturday Night Live star Al Franken (the contested winner of a U.S. Senate seat in 2008). But perhaps the most intriguing candidate was Jonathan Sharkey, a self-proclaimed Satanic Vampire and Hecate Witch, who ran for the office of Minnesota governor in 2006. W. Tray White’s documentary Impaler follows Sharkey as he contends with the media frenzy inspired by his 13-point political platform which includes impaling criminals on the lawn of the governor’s mansion.”

A Wrinkle in Time is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle, first published in 1962. Maybe you read it in high school, maybe you didn’t. But either way, I bet you haven’t seen it performed in 90 seconds by a group of kids! Well, now is your chance!

“A Wrinkle In Time” In 90 Seconds from James Kennedy on Vimeo.

James Kennedy is the brain child behind this awesomeness. Check out 90secondnewbery.com for more information about the Newbery contest!

Talk about irony. Here I am posting a clip about being stuck in a technology loop, which technically puts me in a technology loop. This short excerpt is from the new IFC series Portlandia, created by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.