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LAist's very own Paul Davidson has published a second book, The Lost Blogs, which came out last Tuesday. It features fictionalized blogs of historical figures from Jesus to Jim Morrison, and is a great way to kill a plane trip from here to anywhere. We suggest picking up a copy, and then laughing as much as you can.

It's a moment every writer either dreads or dreams of — the appearance of your very own fan base.

So, the next time you're at Magic Mountain and that creepy old guy in a suit is dancing around or taking pictures with excited kids and old ladies, you can scream out to him, "Imposter! I know the truth!" LAist's own Paul Davidson, who has been known to solve a mystery or two here in the past, has uncovered the real story about the Six Flags mascot, Mr. Six. Many had often surmised that the dancing senior citizen (made famous in aol icons and bad myspace profiles all across the internet) was in fact a woman but the real man behind the mask is, in fact, a man.

It's rivalry week and a cursory view of our blogroll shows the Trojan/Bruin war rages on. Boi From Troy is, obviously, almost all USC all the time this week while Loteria Chicana and Ultratart both wax nostalgic with dreams of past glory.

LAist's own Paul Davidson has an article in May's Wired Magazine looking at the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film. He's writing specifically about what skeptical fans of the book should know before going in to see the flick. Random trivia you can throw out at your next party: Did you know that Douglas Adams spent the last two years of his life right here in So. Cal.?

It's been a banner week for LAist with press mentions in Los Angeles Magazine and now a great mention in today's Los Angeles Times. (Click here to read the piece, although a subscription may be required.)