The Lost Blogs

Ever wonder what people like Moses, Gandhi and Marilyn Monroe were really like? Paul Davidson feels you, and his new book The Lost Blogs (Warner Books) is the answer to your prayers. Described as “The historically inaccurate and totally fictitious cyber diaries of everyone worth knowing,” the book contains blog entries “authored” by 175 historical figures, complete with fake web links, subject lines and user comments. Highlights include: Jim Morrison’s blog (in which he writes, “Check me out – I’m naked on The Doors unofficial 24-hour Webcam”), Bruce Lee whining in broken English that a Caucasian has been hired to play “Kung the Fu master,” Hellen Keller’s photoblog (with blank space in lieu of photos, and one caption that reads, “Church, I think”), Ben Franklin’s admission that he “so totally blacked out again last night,” a numbered account of Wilt Chamberlain’s female conquests (with a list of locales where he intends to rack up a few more: the free clinic, the bus stop, the alleyway behind the Arby’s and a crosswalk); and, finally, the Marquis de Sade’s depraved apology to his wife, Renee: “Baby doll. Darlin’. I’m sorry. No, not sorry like the last time—REALLY sorry.”

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