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Diana Swartz
Los Angeles-area journalist, teacher, student and reluctant blogger
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  • One can never have enough squirrels in her life

    Diana | February 22, 2015

    UCLA has lots of very entertaining squirrels, and I can speak with authority on the subject. I grew up surrounded by squirrels — sometimes literally, when I’d climb the orange trees in front of one of my childhood homes in Northridge, Calif.,…

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  • Open letter to a petty thief

    Diana | February 21, 2015

    Dear person who stole the valve stem caps from my tires: Is our nation in the midst of some kind of valve stem cap shortage? Or were all four of your tires spontaneously losing air at such an alarming rate…

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  • Best UCLA squirrel video ever

    Diana | February 15, 2015

    Double-dog dare anyone not to silently cheer while watching this classic video of a mother and baby squirrel’s adventure at UCLA. It’s long (5:23) but worth the time.

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    What a pleasant surprise!

    Diana | February 12, 2015

    “Oh, when you’re smilin’/When you’re smilin’/The whole world smiles with you.” — Louis Armstrong Nothing like a #randomsmiley to make a fun dinner funny. Thanks, little mushroom in my veggie burger bowl!

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  • My not-so-secret obsession: unnaturally colored food

    Diana | February 7, 2015

    Unnaturally colored food captivates me. The brighter, the better. I’ll stare at neon pink frosted cupcakes the way a dog stares at steak, only I’m horrified and can’t look away. My thoughts are always the same: WHY?! Is that supposed to…

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  • ‘Caramel color’ is worth fearing and loathing

    Diana | February 2, 2015

    For most of my childhood, I didn’t drink brown sodas because I didn’t trust “caramel color,” the food additive responsible for their signature hue. Despite the sweet name, caramel color isn’t remotely related to cooked sugar. Two of its four types contain a carcinogenic chemical called…

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  • Underwood the underdog

    Diana | January 26, 2015

    I love the juxtaposition of my 2015 Epson wireless printer and 1936 Underwood typewriter: two high-tech and low-tech printers sitting side by side. Made entirely of steel, the Underwood is half the size of the Epson and weighs twice as much. Mine…

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    Happy birthday, Michael, take two

    Diana | January 18, 2015

    Michael gently blows away the smoke from his birthday cake after our niece, Bethany, violently spat all over it.

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    What’s wrong with this picture?

    Diana | January 18, 2015

    Happy birthday, Michael! Um, Michael? Where’d you go?

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