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We may have been short on working days this week but the world still spun its crazy turns, people. Here’s what we wrote about.

We had cool. One Dimension took Sydney and the hearts and minds of our tweeenagers by storm. And as Dan discovered, we can blame some of it on science. While Hilary Clinton took military jet, “I’m queen of the world” chic to a new level by endorsing this tongue-in-cheek blog, Tory Maguire suggested Ms Gillard take her style cues from the enduringly awesome Secretary of State.

We had faith. Starting with Tory Shepherd tackling Cardinal George Pell’s assertion that atheists would also go to heaven. And Reverend Alistair Macrae gave us a comforting insight into the church’s ongoing challenge to reach out to the community.

We had hi-tech with the Facebook purchase of Instagram for a cool $US1bn. All the more reason to hate them, said Simon Crear. And low-tech when Lucy gave us a reading list for prison inmates.

And here’s some cool stuff that we didn’t write about but grabbed our attention.

- Tory M recommends Ashley Judd’s 1500 word essay for The Daily Beast.

“A lot of people moan about body image and judgement but Ashley Judd brings an academic analysis to her first hand experience of being unfairly judged by her looks. She’s as smart as she is gorgeous”

- Tory Shepherd got stuck into Cracked.com’s 6 Most Frequently Quoted Bullshit Statistics.

“Anyone who loves lists loves Cracked. I love lists and I love debunking stuff so a debunking list - such as “the six most frequently quoted bullshit statistics” was always going to be a winner.”

- Dan loved The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s take on Hilary Clinton’s state of cool.

“Dowd is an excellent writer who’s been covering the Clinton’s since before Monica crashed their party. She’s certainly got a way with words.”

- And Lucy favourited this Newsweek piece Love Among the Ruins in Bosnia, by Charlotte Eagar.

“This week marked the 20th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo. Back then Eagar was a young journo and war correspondent and she retraces her foosteps in this piece. I have a personal fascination with this part of the world and loved the way she writes about it.”

Ant was on holidays, so he is excused. For now.

What was the best thing you read this week?

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- ZSRenn says:
  
  07:28am | 14/04/12
  
  If you liked that you should watch this
  http://zsrenn.com/video/comes-a-time
  
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nossy says:

09:51am | 14/04/12

@ZSRenn bloody good stuff ZSR - you have talent fella!
ZSRenn says:

11:38am | 14/04/12

Thank’s nossy I was expecting a hammering lol
nihonin says:

12:33pm | 14/04/12

Legendary ZSRenn.
simonfromLakemba says:

01:18pm | 14/04/12

I could see you in a pub somewhere in the 80s on the Hume Highway out in West Sydney!
nossy says:

03:28pm | 14/04/12

no that was very good indeed - submit during the week and test the reaction ZSR.
sir ronald bradnam says:

03:32pm | 14/04/12

If thats you, you have more singing talent than I do, not bad at all. I was expecting Kumbaya my lord though.
ZSRenn says:

11:35am | 15/04/12

@ sfl Only if the Angels do security
@srb Available for funerals with Amazing Grace.
skeptman888 says:

10:42am | 02/07/12

OMG! Are you serious? Go back to your bedroom. These other replies must be ironic.
- nihonin says:
  
  12:34pm | 14/04/12
  
  nossy, how’s the Linux Mint 12 working out? Still plugging away with it?
  
  Reply
nossy says:

05:03pm | 14/04/12

@nihonin will have a crack at it this week nihonin - had a quick look and looks tidy - let you know what I think by weeks end. Got sucked into WIN 8 Beta. Thanks.
- AdamC says:
  
  03:26pm | 14/04/12
  
  I hesitate to recommend it, but I couldn’t stay away from this article that got its writer, John Derbyshire, fired from his gig at US magazine National Review:
  
  http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derbyshire#axzz1rzM95FTm
  
  Personally, I find the American race relations issue entirely mystifying and utterly depressing. The Trayvon Martin case, which went from apparent impunity for whites to what amounts to a lynching by special prosecutor in two weeks, illustrates that train wreck more eloquently than I could.
  
  On he article itself, do I agree with it? No, but I would have liked to disagree with it much more than I did. Would I follow Derbyshire’s advice? Some of it, yes, quite possibly. Another reason to be thankful that I live in Australia!
  
  Reply
- stephen says:
  
  03:33pm | 14/04/12
  
  You’re quite right about Ashley Judd.
  She’s been one of my favourite modern Actresses for 20 years.
  (She was in an early Star Trek Generations episode, playing an ensign on the Enterprize.)
  Anything she does on screen is remarkable.
  
  Reply
- stephen says:
  
  04:29pm | 14/04/12
  
  I meant to put this on site days ago.
  There is a new release of Elvis Presley songs ... and don’t sneer, this one’s special.
  Here’s the title :
  Elvis Presley. Young Man with the Big Beat. (‘56 Elvis Presley Masters.)
  RCA Legacy. 88697935342. 5 discs.
  
  This record’ll be a killer.
  Get yours now.
  
  Reply
- ZSRenn says:
  
  11:51am | 15/04/12
  
  If you ran a company where you changed the CEO and the whole management team every three years it would eventually go broke. Why then do we hold such regard in changing our countries CEO and managers with such regularity.
  
  Reply

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