Archive for the 'My Diamond Rant' Category
I have spent the last week writing about a girl’s best friend – diamonds. You can find the posts here:Preview, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5.
Maybe I just don’t read the right things or watch the right news shows. It just doesn’t seem that this issue is really discussed in [...]
This is Part 5 of an ongoing series. Other posts in this series – Preview, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
I haven’t touched on the blood diamond issue much. So far, I have let a video speak on that issue. It is important though to know a bit about a system [...]
This is Part 4 of an ongoing series. Other posts in this series – Preview, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
Ten times each year, approximately 80 men in the world meet in London. Each one is led to a room. An attendant gives them a box containing diamonds of varying types and sizes. [...]
This video can also be found here.
Other posts in this series – Preview, Part 1, and Part 2.
This is Part 2 of an ongoing series.
The preview can be found here.
Part 1 is here.
Diamond engagement rings are a relatively new trend. The giving of a ring to mark a union leads back to the Roman Empire. It was first documented among soldiers of the Roman Empire who marked their chosen woman [...]
A few weeks back at church, Dikembe Mutombo was mentioned. He is from the Congo, a country on a continent that continues to experience war, a militia ruled way of life. Mutombo originally came to the U.S. to become a doctor. Being 7+ feet tall, he was recruited into basketball, where he has spent the [...]
