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The Week in Review

"Stranger things have happened," the saying goes. Was that the Bible or Shakespeare? You tell me. I recently looked up the entry of Jesus on wikiquote and discovered almost everything was said by Jesus. In fact, he also appears to have written the vast majority of Spice Girls lyrics.

"Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul," Matisse once told Pierre Schneider. Little did he know what would happen to the newspapers of his youth. We are here to fill that void for you. Go back and revisit these articles of note:

• Eleanor spent a terrible, horrible, very bad Night at the Museum.
• Saul Bellow eulogized his gay friend Allan Bloom.
• Ben Arfmann discussed the mess of Terminator: Salvation.

Only something beautiful can be destroyed, or something very ugly. I learned this from Jesus, or at the very least his wikipedia entry. Wikipedia banned all scientology moderation today, a firm blow against the Church that is not a Church. Freedom of religion is not important online, where not being a dick is the only moral code we have.

• Lambert explained the internet. Yes, the whole internet.
• Eleanor discussed the emotional season finale of The United States of Tara.
• Sarah Roberts picked up on the beauty of porn.

As for me, I have been checking the lengths of candles, and looking for the right size sweater online. I went to Bluff Point yesterday, where I taught a flock of children how to blog. The days are criminally long or short, but they never fail to be forgotten.

• Chad unveiled twenty songs from the year so far.
• Nancy picked apart her father's penis.
• Morgan investigated his love of Elliott Smith.

There's no use being upset. There's no use for feelings. There are only web pages, and the clicks you put upon them. Enjoy the fruits of our labors this week, and come back for more of the feast.

"It's The Weekend" - Jason Lytle (mp3)

"Brand New Sun" - Jason Lytle (mp3) highly recommended

"You're Too Gone" - Jason Lytle (mp3)

Suppose I want to paint a woman's body: first of all I imbue it with grace and charm, but I know that I must give something more. I will condense the meaning of this body by seeking its essential lines. The charm will be less apparent at first glance, but it must eventually emerge from the new image which will have a broader meaning, one more fully human. There must result a living harmony of colours, a harmony analogous to that of a musical composition.

-- Matisse