The Lost Blogs (40 page)

A blog with an easy-to-remember URL may garner many visitors and positive word of mouth, but it will never gain the respect
of a URL that is hard to find; that which people seek out will always gain the most respect.

If you must destroy a fellow blogger, then you must destroy a fellow blogger.

Other projects that are also currently in progress include
The Art of “The Art of War”
,
More “Art of War”
,
Some Things You May Not Know About “The Art of War”
, “
The Art of War: The Beginning”
and
Hot Steamed Rice in Less Than One Hour
.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

P
AUL
D
AVIDSON
is the author of
Consumer Joe: Harassing Corporate America, One Letter at a Time
. In

addition to writing for film and TV, he is a regular contributor to
Wired, mental_floss
, NPR, and his

own blog,
Words for My Enjoyment
(
www.pauldavidson.net
). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife

and dog, who cares more about liver treats than being included here… but what the
hell.

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS
TOO MUCH INFORMATION

What if the most famous, brilliant, obsessive, strange, dumb and evil people throughout history had blogs? Wonder how Charles
Lindbergh kept busy during his transatlantic flight? Wonder how Napoleon could possibly have reached the keyboard? In THE
LOST BLOGS, you’ll read the intimate weblogs of 175 iconic historical figures writing about their stupid pets, shaving rituals,
primate romances, and plans for world domination—just like any other blogger…maybe even you! Here’s your chance to discover:

Why
Vlad the Impaler
(and closet fashionista) insisted on symmetrical impalings

How a juicy hot dog nearly derailed
Gandhi
’s hunger strike

Helen Keller
’s photoblog

Brigham Young
wondering what to get his forty-three wives for Mother’s Day

Frida Kahlo
’s lucrative endorsement deal with a tweezer manufacturer

Shakespeare
selling out by bringing Romeo and Juliet back from the dead after the Queen calls the play “depressing”

Marilyn Monroe
’s frustration at her new beau “J,” who blows her off because of an impromptu engagement in Cuba

So toss out your triple espresso and relieve your carpal tunnel syndrome. For the low. low price of $13.95, experience THE
LOST BLOGS for half the cost of your monthly Internet fee, and read a digital version of history that was never meant to see
the light of day.

^*
JFK’s anonymous blog.

^*
(Disclaimer: Bruce Lee’s Chinese-language blog has been translated into English for his North American fans using an online
translation service that may or may not change the meanings of a few isolated words.)