by Dahlia | Oct 23, 2013 | Journal
A really talented artist died today. I didn’t know Carlos Batts well, but he and his wife, April Flores, were so in love and just exuded so much sweetness, that I’ve been sad all day thinking about him and about her. I’ve been single for a long time,...
by Dahlia | Oct 22, 2013 | Journal
Will Rogers once said, “”Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.” Advertising is the art of persuading you to buy — and then buy some more.But if it was that simple,...
by Dahlia | Oct 22, 2013 | Journal, Uncategorized
I wanted to be a spy when I grew up, until my mother told me that girls don’t play with guns. Then I decided I would be Lady Diana, instead.But the fascination with cops and criminality didn’t stop. It just grew latent, relegated to fiction and...
by Dahlia | Oct 20, 2013 | Journal
In honor of her upcoming album, and the, um, eye-catching new cover art for her collaboration with R. Kelly, I’ve pulled this piece out of the archives:Recently, the Council of Fashion Designers of America gave their Fashion Icon Award to Lady Gaga. This award...
by Dahlia | Oct 17, 2013 | Journal
In my Critical Thinking class, I routinely assign an essay about Herman Rosenblat. (For those who haven’t heard about him, he wrote the book Angel at the Fence, which he claimed was a true story about his experiences during the Holocaust but which turned out to be...
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