From 2008 to 2013, Scrimshaw was an active member of the Rockstar Storytellers, with whom he performed regularly at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis.

The company takes its name from Sigmund Freud's essay on comic theory, "Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious."

As a writer, Scrimshaw is currently working with John Kovalic's Dork Storm Press developing Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink for movies and television.

As a performer, he regularly appears at theaters, concert venues and science fiction conventions across the country, and hosts his podcast Obsessed.

Degree in Visual Art, Rhetoric, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota.