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April 06, 2008

Why I'll Never Grow A Mustache

Hitler Next month is my twenty-ninth birthday. No, April 20th is my twenty-ninth birthday but it’s also Adolph Hitler’s birthday, which is why my mother insists my actual DOB was the day I was due, not the evil dawn at which I prematurely arrived.

[This post is an excerpt from Diary of a Heretic, the novel. Click here to read the first episode, or here to read the previous one.]

This morning, I recalled reading in an astrology book that those born on April 20th can, when speaking to crowds, project an extraordinary power over them.  Isn’t that stupid?  What astrological caveat goes to those born on Hitler’s birthday? ‘If you don’t watch yourself, you might murder six million people?’

So whenever I start wondering if I could be a genuine prophet, double my idiocy, why doncha?  I can’t take this.  My head aches.  The shop’s in ruin.  Everywhere I look everything is pure and total shit.

(Click here to read the next episode.)

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Malcolm's in a bad mood today, huh? Hilarious picture though.

i enjoyed this write kath....~_^ a lot...

Oh, boy, that picture is just too much...ouch, Malcolm!

Rufus, Yeah, I guess you could say he was in a bad mood. But for all his self-conscious jokes, he takes himself too seriously for "moods." Rather, he suffers from ontological betrayal. You know, a Jesus complex.

Gerald, I'm glad you liked it, because really, this character doesn't appeal to everyone, much as I love him.

Dan, See how he wastes his time? He'd get a lot more accomplished if he didn't play with face paint all day long.

Oh Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm.....come on over to my blog and we'll commiserate together. Tsk tsk.

really,

this character is great Kath... for me,, one of a kind

Gerald, Thanks, again. Malcolm is, if not one of a kind, one you're unlikely to know like this for a while.
And Mimi's right: If he could visit her, she'd help keep his feet on the ground. Of course, Mimi would benefit everyone. Consider joining her BlogBlastforPeace: http://www.mimiwrites.blogspot.com/

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