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                       Oh, today is a holiday, isn't it?
                                        
Yup, just checked. It's “Buy A Diamond or Die Alone Day” (via felisdemens
[1]). Thank you so much DeBeers [2]. 

[1] http://felisdemens.livejournal.com/538001.html
[2] http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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