{"id":2750,"date":"2008-10-23T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2008-10-23T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T13:15:16","slug":"hit-the-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/hit-the-rock","title":{"rendered":"Hit the rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figuratively speaking, I don&#8217;t think <em>any<\/em> diamonds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brilliantearth.com\/dispcont.aspx?pageid=CONFLICT\" target=\"_blank\">are conflict free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Note: my wife&#8217;s engagement ring is an aquamarine.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figuratively speaking, I don&#8217;t think any diamonds are conflict free. 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