CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIALHOOD UPDATE

At the booksiging at Kepler's in Menlo Park last night -- and thanks to the folks who came -- an alert Californian named Shannon handed me a list of statements supplied by candidates for governor. One of the candidates, running as an independent, is "Trek Thunder Kelly." Here is Trek Thunder Kelly's statement:

Dear Voters, Please vote for me, thus breaking the Seventh Seal and incurring Armageddon. I will legalize drugs, gambling and prostitution so they may be taxed and regulated, the funds derived would subsidize the deficit, education and the environment. I believe in peaceful resolutions backed by a strong military; I don't care who you marry or have sex with.

And people say there are no serious candidates.