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Nick's videos are always interesting! Lots of columnar basalt around here (the eastern half of Oregon and Washington was buried under layers of basalt up to a mile thick. Some on private land have been mining columns for use in landscaping, etc. The stuff is heavy, so retrieving and transport cost m...

Soooo, the ark was built near a Costco? Laughed at that and the questionnaire at the end.

צ'ג אורים סמח (Chag urim sameach - "happy lights holiday")

That does look nice. I've always thought that the little culet was attractive - a centerpoint reminder that I'm looking at a cut stone, not just glitter.

Puppies! Those were cute, but I laughed a lot at the battery-powered Mercedes. Fortunately, my fully electric auto doesn't use AAs! They sure put a lot of work into that spoof, though.

I like the 1940s post-Deco look of the one you picked. Other than the first one, which I also find weird (not in a good way), I like 'em all. But then, I don't wear rings; haven't found one that's ever felt right. I might actually put some effort into trying to get used to that oxidized silver piece...

Interesting idea, but I just wonder how well it would hold up to more than infrequent use (the loose diamonds are going to scratch the "box" and may even chip at each other over time).

Now, if they'd only come up with something to prominently note that the "Tibetan", "Chinese", "Congo", and "Mongolian" andesine isn't any such thing - just bytownite heavily color treated!

That's gorgeous!

Wow. Fit for a Rajput princess during the Mughal era.