A conversation about a new visualization architecture for JUNG led to one of my friends and co-conspirators on JUNG to refer me to this:

http://www.zoomatron.com/Images/eye.html

which in conjunction with this news about a recent extended quote from Pennsylvania's Senator Rick Santorum:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-10172006-728120.html

inspired me to suggest that I wish I knew how to create such an image of the Eye of Sauron over Iraq...which led to him producing this:

http://papergrapefruit.com/sauron.html

This totally rocks. In several ways. Go check it out if you are (a) a LoTR fan, (b) amused by clever political commentary, and/or (c) interested in nice hacks.