I went shopping with my mom the other day. She bought 1L of cream. I asked her why on earth we needed that much cream, and she replied that there was going to be three of us home this week all drinking coffee, and lots of it.
Well, who am I to disappoint? All coffee restritctions are off until the New Year.
12.24.2005
12.20.2005
a nalgene is not a funny thing
i have this nalgene bottle. it holds 1L of water. 1L of water is a lot of water to spill on your bed.
12.19.2005
more than just a 25-year pin?
Over coffee this morning, dad showed me his pin. His 25-year, congratulations you made it, keep up the good work for AMEC pin. And I'm happy for him that he's, you know, had a job that he mostly likes for 25 years (and at the same company, no less). And I want to honour him because of he's my father, and because he has been the primary income-earner for our family (provided for my university, etc.). But I can't help but notice that the pin has two small diamonds at the bottom of it.
Diamonds without polar bears on them. Conflict diamonds.
Diamonds for which wars are started, families destroyed and children mutilated. Diamonds fund rebel groups to purchase arms and supplies to further the cause of war. And it doesn't stop there. Big Business is involved too: large diamond companies like DeBeers use the tribal violence started by Cecil Rhodes in the 1900s as a springboard to further destruction, so long as it furthers the profits.
The cost savings of African produced diamonds are, unlike Gap T-shirts, not passed on to consumers. Diamonds are love. Diamonds are joy, happiness. A diamond is forever, right? In actuality, diamonds are not a rare stone. In Africa, Russia, northen Canada, and South America, diamonds are suprisingly quite common. Just made "rare" (read: desired) by the diamond industry.
AMEC is a multinational engineering firm that rakes in multimillions annually. Two of their key projects in the last 10 years have been the construction of the two Canadian diamond mines up north. So you think they'd understand the gravity of the situation. Buying what must be hundreds of dollars worth of diamond (and gold, which has its own story) pins only feeds money in to the systemic conflict brought on by the diamond industry.
It's one thing for a consumer to choose lifestyle over this cause, or to plead ignorance; it's another thing for a company - especially one that has constructed the Canadian mines - to choose for its employees.
Conflict is forever, so long as a diamond is forever.
Diamonds without polar bears on them. Conflict diamonds.
Diamonds for which wars are started, families destroyed and children mutilated. Diamonds fund rebel groups to purchase arms and supplies to further the cause of war. And it doesn't stop there. Big Business is involved too: large diamond companies like DeBeers use the tribal violence started by Cecil Rhodes in the 1900s as a springboard to further destruction, so long as it furthers the profits.
The cost savings of African produced diamonds are, unlike Gap T-shirts, not passed on to consumers. Diamonds are love. Diamonds are joy, happiness. A diamond is forever, right? In actuality, diamonds are not a rare stone. In Africa, Russia, northen Canada, and South America, diamonds are suprisingly quite common. Just made "rare" (read: desired) by the diamond industry.
AMEC is a multinational engineering firm that rakes in multimillions annually. Two of their key projects in the last 10 years have been the construction of the two Canadian diamond mines up north. So you think they'd understand the gravity of the situation. Buying what must be hundreds of dollars worth of diamond (and gold, which has its own story) pins only feeds money in to the systemic conflict brought on by the diamond industry.
It's one thing for a consumer to choose lifestyle over this cause, or to plead ignorance; it's another thing for a company - especially one that has constructed the Canadian mines - to choose for its employees.
Conflict is forever, so long as a diamond is forever.
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