here is your song of the summer

what's yella bear doing?

shining bright like a diamond at overton bark.

shine bright like a diamond

Sia covers the song she co-wrote for Rihanna.

daily ri ri

rihanna was awesome on SNL twerking her new album (which comes out next week). there is even some internet hysteria going around concerning the green screen background graphics in her and azealia banks' new work.

daily ri ri

the video for diamonds.

daily ri ri

check out rihanna's new single "Diamonds." shine bright likea diamond!

what are you doing tomorrow night

lets go to a concert at Glasslands:

blood diamonds, Le1f, gobby

get your ten dollar bill out and pay for a ticket. see you there.

starla's boyfriend ryan lochte slipped on a patriotic diamond grill after he won a gold medal

werk it ryan.

TAKE A SHIRLEY BASSEY BREAK

happy jubilee

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happy jubilee

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nice hat lizzie

Today is (was) the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.  It also happens to be my two year anniversary with TT.  That is not a coincidence.  Thanks for sharing this day with a couple extra queens ya' big ol' B!

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.

Researchers have found an exotic planet made completely of diamond, orbiting an even more exotic star relatively close to Earth.

The new planet is more dense than anything observed before, and is made almost entirely of carbon. Because the molecules are so tightly packed together, researchers calculate that it must be crystalline in nature, making it effectively diamond. (via)

in related news, john and i saw 'another earth' last night.  it was about 7 or 8 biscuits.

in basevol news...

dave serrano is our new coach. and joan cronan looks fantastic introducing him. she is like the mom i never had.

this article is a wall of compliments for knoxville. thanks dave!

in memoriam

just try to pick a favorite

grillz by paul wall. this one is called "money in the bank". thx bunnerz!