Kassandra said her drink was perfect. In fact, the beta-lactoglobulin foam lasted longer than shaken egg white. In addition, I pointed out to Cassandra that our bourbon produced less carbon emissions. She didn’t think this was interesting.
I needed her to love her drink so she could have another one. Cassandra, a former vegetarian, was not looking forward to our evening. “There is a lot of junk in fake meat. I don’t like highly processed foods, ”she said. “I know a lot of unhealthy vegetarians.”
To change her mood, I presented her with a lot of jewelry with lab-made diamonds. Diamond mining is a relentless industry, according to everything I’ve ever learned from watching a Leonardo DiCaprio movie. In fact, Mr. DiCaprio is an investor in Diamond Foundry, a Silicon Valley company that slowly grows diamonds in a reactor that heats plasma to 10,000 degrees, the heat of the sun’s outer layers.
His diamonds are sold for a little less than mined. This meant I had to gently tell Cassandra that the $ 6,400 tennis bracelet, the $ 3,300 earrings, the $ 5,400 ring, and the $ 4,500 necklace looked great on her, but had to be returned the next day like celebrities on the red carpet . Her mood was not determined.
However, she said – completely unasked – that my skin was glowing. I had no idea if it was because of the cobwebs, human collagen, two cocktails or my concerns about returning the diamonds.
My son, Laszlo, was a harder guy to argue. “I wanted to heat up some chicken nuggets,” he said. But once he saw the food and considered the trouble of microwaving nuggets, he decided to give it a try. “It doesn’t look disgusting.”