Motor Company Grill in Franklin has announced it will drop a huge LED ruby to celebrate New Year’s Day. Gemologists are concerned, as the company’s owner did not consult the rock community. Although the ruby is but an effigy, slowly lowering it on a crane reinforces myths harbored by the animal kingdom that they are somehow superior to the mineral kingdom. Furthermore, the huge size of the ruby is believed to be some form of psy-ops intended to give real rubies a sense of inferiority. Members of the mineral kingdom, because they don’t have a voice, are now waiting for advocates to take up their cause(s). At least the folks at Clay’s Corner had the presence of mind to give activist groups some lead time for procuring restraining orders.