Craig Layne
@craiglayne.bsky.social
Just some guy. Still an amateur musician, flatwater kayaking enthusiast and professional communicator.
🤣🤣🤣 De Beers chief executive Al Cook wants to save a generation of lovers and newlyweds from what he calls a “huge con” when it comes to buying diamonds.
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
Are Diamonds Even a Luxury Anymore? De Beers Reckons With Price Plunge
The brand made mined diamonds synonymous with love and devotion. Now the CEO decries what he calls a “huge con” in lab-grown stones masquerading as precious.
www.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🤣🤣🤣 De Beers chief executive Al Cook wants to save a generation of lovers and newlyweds from what he calls a “huge con” when it comes to buying diamonds.
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
Season 3 of Saved By the Bell goes so hard. The entire beach club arc, the Palm Springs two-parter and the mystery weekend episode all in the same season. 1991 was a time to be alive.
May 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Season 3 of Saved By the Bell goes so hard. The entire beach club arc, the Palm Springs two-parter and the mystery weekend episode all in the same season. 1991 was a time to be alive.
Friday night. Sitrep: Eating popcorn and watching Ace of Base music videos. Perfect.
March 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Friday night. Sitrep: Eating popcorn and watching Ace of Base music videos. Perfect.
Uh-oh… media, marketers and publicists…
February 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Uh-oh… media, marketers and publicists…
Old man rant: It seems like nobody under 30 knows how to format anything in MS Word. This probably speaks to the declining popularity of Word, the rise of Google Docs and the use of mobile… and the fact that stuff like formatting a Word document doesn’t matter. At all. End rant.
February 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Old man rant: It seems like nobody under 30 knows how to format anything in MS Word. This probably speaks to the declining popularity of Word, the rise of Google Docs and the use of mobile… and the fact that stuff like formatting a Word document doesn’t matter. At all. End rant.
Sigh. Pitch better. Get your AI to at least actually address your emails properly.
February 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sigh. Pitch better. Get your AI to at least actually address your emails properly.
I was wondering why my back hurt, but then I realized I sleep like this…
January 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I was wondering why my back hurt, but then I realized I sleep like this…
It’s bits of all three, unfortunately… www.culture-critic.com/p/which-dyst...
Which Dystopia Are We Living In?
1984, Brave New World or Fahrenheit 451...
www.culture-critic.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s bits of all three, unfortunately… www.culture-critic.com/p/which-dyst...
The 12 Days come AFTER Christmas. 🤦♂️
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The 12 Days come AFTER Christmas. 🤦♂️
I don’t know what to put on here, so have some classic musings from Mr. Ford about my second-favorite film.
December 20, 2024 at 4:36 AM
I don’t know what to put on here, so have some classic musings from Mr. Ford about my second-favorite film.
Shamelessly stolen from Ministry of Sound.
November 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Shamelessly stolen from Ministry of Sound.
Blue Skies, huh?
a man in a yellow shirt stands in front of a screen that says science
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt stands in front of a screen that says science
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Blue Skies, huh?