Taking the term “blood diamond” to a whole new place

abbienorml sent in the strangest companion animal memento you’ll see, well, this week, anyway: diamond rings formed from the ashes of Fido and Fifi. LifeGem UK performs the service by taking carbon from the ashes and compressing it at high temperatures to form diamonds, and yes, they do this with human remains as well. The service isn’t cheap (the example was 3,200 pounds), but it sure is weird. I really don’t have any commentary on this one, but it’s the kind of story that you just can’t look away from. Now, if the company could make rings out of the leftovers of great meals, or better still, out of pie, that’d be something I’d be totally into. Link.