The galactic centre has a super massive black hole++, fun for lemmings...but I'd steer away from the bathtub drain myself.

As to god, for me it's a radio frequency ya catch now and again, some places the reception is good, others not so much, regardless though it's out there, I think it's more of a mental image of unity than an actual 'thing'. Sometimes, it's clear, but like a song being played on a radio frequency, ya talk to yer mate about it
'love the line, 'and ya happy with everything', that's so true...'
"uh, that isn't what they are saying in that song, it's 'and the taffy with everything' like a pizza with everything on it but it's sweet..."
'what?!'
"google it, you'll see..."

On aliens, I recall a youtube with michau kakau?(sp?) and he was talking about levels of civilization, and something about if you were 'intergalactic' you'd send a robot to make a factory to make more robots.  Which sat fine in my mind, and then my brain thought, why do they have to be our size, and ya wonder about the sudden introduction of certain bacteria, or mitochondria (and the Eve), or the sideline genetic code instruction set we got a short time ago and yet shouldn't have as it is outside ancestry models, and ya come to the idea(not really a conclusion) that they have been here since go. something in everything and everyone and totally overlooked as we point our telescopes up wondering 'where are they?'

yeah, alien to me, means non-human, which also goes non-biped, etc etc etc...

If a cell is a living thing, and two is a more, and 1 billion is a fractional amount on a teaspoon, what do they sell to make rent?

congratz neelzonline! Easy on the avatar there buddy, that combined with 3d is like like watching Fast/Furious and driving an import...which I have to say from personal experience is a 'no no'.
;-)

Thanks for the contest FW!

Here is my entry for the contest.

Dysfunktional for me personally, is that a good man believes that killing himself will end the pain of the mistake of being nice to someone. They took his friendship and fashioned a weapon because he was honest about his feelings, everything was on the table, and her wager failed, so now she is punishing him with the legal court system. He will never trust another female, let alone allow himself to love one. He should have been a jerk, he should have been stronger and resisted his inherent giving personality, he should have not believed her as everything she said was a lie. Very serious characters flaw in this world, that will end in death.

So ladies, if yer out n about, see a cute guy with no ring, and ya strike up a convo and he says something like...'Sorry, but I'm legally bound not to persue anything with you as you might be lying or change your mind, and I can't afford that as I am legally inferiour to you..." He's right.

Wow O-o, thank you for giving me something to do this weekend!

Well after more thought on the subject, usually a contest has a prize, now money is really hard for some people to give up, even if it's their site, and such gift certificates, well, don't really count, unless you have to pay vendors, then it costs something, unless of course you also not only own the site but are also a vendor, uh oh.

So, enticements

1. get some popular vendors to front some prize-a-rella (one thing from my store)
   -the artist will obviously use it, which is advertising for that vendor
   -if the vendor is in agreement, that nulls any monetary tax issues on loss of cough virtual product and/or book-keeping

I mean, if every month, there is a monthly freebie, this isn't altruism in its barest sense, it's advertising cuz that page always reads: 'and for more great stuff, check out my store'

1. some kind of web badge/graphic to go on the artist homepage and/or MyFacedotcom, if this is about bragging rights, 'whadya want a medal? Fine, here' BAM!
   -maybe at the end of the year, these can translate into some form of gift certificate-ish thing, or if the winner is a vendor, a lighter house take on 1 item.

2. Bite the bullet and give house money(gift certificate) & honourable mention in the newsletter

If I were completely unabashed amoral or otherwise bereft of the concern for artistic sensitive albeit metaphorical skin, I'd suggest a 1 page story board/comic. 6 image minimum, 6 word minimum...

Ok, done for now...no wait....thoughtful pose, yeah I'm done

Or since a lot of the gallery ends up portraits, and a challenge is a challege outside the comfort zone and everyone generally has a character they dig...oooOOOoooo, yeah

a fan art challenge

Whether its your fave Lost character
"Kate, you lied to me..." /end nasal

maybe Starbuck as a girl (-heart Katee Sackhoff)

Wolverine in drag (rah hahahahahahah!)
"Dood, you shoulda wore stilletto's..."
'They were bub, do you know how much I weigh?'

or maybe another childhood inversion

What if there was this good wizard Lemagrag (like legolas but different)
and he is constantly terrorized by the Frums, and small race of diminuitive blue...no green funky pixies.

et cetera(cubed)

I agree with bang, but that is really a no brainer, cuz any site wants viewers to come back, if you entice the creators to pull in more viewers with a 'humble mention'. I mean, we're not talking an article here, so there really wouldn't be that much 'oh we couldn't possibly do that, it's too much'.

But holds up finger I think tresamie was lookin' fer challenge ideas!

I dunno why, but May makes me haiku-ish, probably some old primary skool flashbacks, similar to coloured tissue paper, a pencil and dipped in glue, see? flower!

My suggestion for the death of May slash June challenge is a haiku with supporting image

Everything seems real quiet. I wantz0r challenge!