Word of the Day: Blood Diamond

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

blood diamond (n.): a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army’s war efforts

The lessons of the movie Blood Diamond can be summed up in three bullet points:

  1. Fatherhood makes you stupid.
  2. Fishermen catch fish.
  3. Journalists never get laid. Never ever.

One Response to “Word of the Day: Blood Diamond”

  1. Also, if I may, Lesson #4, a survival skill:

    If you run into exotic African tribesmen with AK47′s, whip out your camera reaaaally fast and take goofy pictures with them.

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