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Okay, a few of the things here are kind of weird or interesting but generally this site is a powerful testament to the imagination of human beings when it comes to looking at rocks.

ALIEN ARTIFACTS MUSEUM

I see a large collection of badly-compressed images ... of ... rocks. Perhaps my mind is just hopelessly mundane.* There's also some imaginative grammar happening there, which I am evidently incapable of fully appreciating ... I wonder if the creator of this site is responsible for the UFO flyers pasted around town a couple months ago.

*It also happens that I like rocks.

Trying the Scrying (Animation-wise)

The longlist of animated movies in the running for Best Animated Picture is:

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Meet the Robinsons
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Shrek the Third
The Simpsons Movie
Surf’s Up
Tekkonkinkreet
TMNT

There is apparently some doubt as to whether Persepolis will screen in LA long enough to qualify, but if it does, I predict it will win. I haven't seen it. I've heard it's good, but I'm not even looking at that. Let's take a look at a sample blurb I have just cobbled together from various sources (mostly MSN movies):

The semi-autobiographical, poignant story of a precocious and outspoken young girl, coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Her parents send her to school in Austria where she struggles with being stereotyped by the image of Iran, then returns despite adversity, but realizes that she can't abide the oppression and moves to France. Adapted from the French graphic novel.

I think that's got enough points to win anything...

Oh, did I mention it's in black and white?