Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Papa was a Rolling Stone...

...and you can wear him on your finger until you come to your senses.

http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx

Thanks to Brenda for the link. Here's what she said about it: "...one of the most incredible rip offs ever dangled before the grieving!!"

I agree with her. The predators behind this product belong in the same cellblock as snakes like "psychics" Sylvia Browne and John Edward.

When we grieve, money is generally meaningless to us. Predators know it, but the grieving forget it. Turning bits of mom or dad into a diamond, or throwing money at mediums...those are expressions of grief, but they contribute precious little toward acommodating the reality of a loss or toward healing the broken heart. As my friend Jim told me on this blog about a year ago, "The most powerful thing we can do with grief is to grieve."

Cheers!
Mark

1 comments:

Kari said...

I don't know what's worse:
the poor grammar in the tagline of the site, or the fact that that lady's "mum" was only 1/4 carat when she was all carbonized.