LightGramsDecember 4, 2025Volume 29, Number 38 GameStop is a name familiar to most video game enthusiasts. According to Wikipedia, there are more than 3,200 of these stores worldwide, with the largest portion of those in the U.S. In the city where I live there are two. Earlier this week, the corporate headquarters announced a transaction…
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LightGramsDecember 15, 2022Volume 26, Number 38 “When my ship comes in” is a phrase many of us have heard or even used. It’s basically a vision of wealth at some future date, “when my ship comes in”. One website explains that people could once buy shares of ships’ cargoes; for their investment, they would be…
LightGrams July 30, 2020 Volume 24, Number 26 There was a heist at an art gallery in Tokyo, Japan earlier this month. Everything on display was taken; not an item was left. All this happened as police stood outside to monitor the large crowd that had gathered. What we’re describing was the “Stealable Art Exhibition”.…
LightGrams May 25, 2017 Volume 21, Number 18 A story made headlines in March of this year when an independent prospector in Sierra Leone, Africa discovered a 706-carat diamond. The young man was sifting through the mud and sediment in a river when he made the find. It was presented to the president of Sierra…