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...company Algordanza has come up with a way to give turn that gemstone into more than just a symbol of your affection. Algordanza, meaning “remembrance,” doesn’t mess around with traditional mining techniques: the creative company uses a synthetic process to convert the ashes of a lost loved one into a diamond in a Swiss lab. A mere half kilogram of your beloved’s remains are required to produce the desired effect. After a waiting period of about six to eight weeks, the diamond is complete...
Recognizing that Valentine’s Day lends itself better to absurdity than romance has made me into a Valentine’s convert. Every Valentine’s Day can potentially turn sour, even if you’re with someone you care about. As a senior in high school, my boyfriend and I went out to a Mexican restaurant and were seated at the table next to his psychiatrist. Last year, my boyfriend at the time insisted we “do something special” for Valentine’s Day, and it wasn?...
...attendance ate carbohydrates, almost nothing about the SciTech Oscars resembles its glitzier counterpart held later this month at the Kodak Theater. No one asked the guy who designed the mysterious-sounding Brugmatic MPST Densitometer who he is wearing. No one speculated if the woman who helped the film industry convert from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks is finally over her ex. No one thanked his agent - although the computer science department at MIT did get name-checked...
...comics are a sight gag in themselves. Waraday's meek demeanor is spiced up with wacky neckties. Aaron Freeman is an African-American Jewish convert who looks as though he just swung off the movie set of Pirates of the Caribbean. The third comedian is Yisrael Campbell, a former Irish-Italian Catholic who became an orthodox Jew. Campbell appears on stage much as he dresses every day around the Holy City - wearing a long black coat, a hat and a Moses-like beard. Black-suited Hanania has the broad-shoulders of a grizzled street tough, either in Chicago or Gaza...
...slip of a button, they become more than a little provocative, as shown at left. "In private, clothing should reflect a woman's sensuality," Yalin says. But her goal in public is "to show the beauty of the flower, while covering the flower." Will Paris and Britney convert...