Archive for the 'Thinking Stuff' 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 [...]
I drafted a post today and have decided to hold onto it for now. This is rare for me. Typically, I throw up words in a rush and post them immediately. I am posting this just to get something out so I don’t literally throw up.
I am delaying the post for two reasons. Firstly, [...]
I am currently contemplating a pretty heavy topic.
My Dad, who I am just like, said something today that he meant to tell my sister and I at a later date, not at all in the middle of grief.
My uncle passed away today. For the past year or so, my cousin has lived in [...]
We just finished watching Glenn Beck’s show on Headline News. The topic was “End of Days”, the end of time as prophesied in the Bible. First off, my dear grew up in an extremely religious family. His father is also extremely brilliant. One night on the phone they were discussing the origins of the Pythagorean [...]
