diff --git a/views.py b/views.py
index 9986e23c77281095393351f2f41bbd4cb8226e2f_dmlld3MucHk=..8e533ff838babb57f379e88490685db30e8780ed_dmlld3MucHk= 100644
--- a/views.py
+++ b/views.py
@@ -120,4 +120,5 @@
 
     def call(self, **kwargs):
         """display blogs archive"""
+        # XXX turn into a selector
         count_blogentry = self.req.execute('Any COUNT(B) WHERE B is BlogEntry')
@@ -123,4 +124,2 @@
         count_blogentry = self.req.execute('Any COUNT(B) WHERE B is BlogEntry')
-        _ = self.req._
-
         if count_blogentry[0][0] > 0:
@@ -126,5 +125,5 @@
         if count_blogentry[0][0] > 0:
-            box = BoxWidget(_(self.title), id=self.id, islist=False)
+            box = BoxWidget(self.req._(self.title), id=self.id, islist=False)
             box.append(boxes.BoxHtml(self.view('blog_archive', None, maxentries=12)))
             box.render(self.w)
 
@@ -137,9 +136,9 @@
     order = 34
 
     def call(self, view=None, **kwargs):
-        box = BoxWidget(self.req._(self.title), self.id, islist=True)
+        # XXX turn into a selector
         rset = self.req.execute('Any X,T,CD ORDERBY CD DESC LIMIT 5 '
                                 'WHERE X is BlogEntry, X title T, '
                                 'X creation_date CD')
         if not rset:
             return
@@ -141,8 +140,9 @@
         rset = self.req.execute('Any X,T,CD ORDERBY CD DESC LIMIT 5 '
                                 'WHERE X is BlogEntry, X title T, '
                                 'X creation_date CD')
         if not rset:
             return
+        box = BoxWidget(self.req._(self.title), self.id, islist=True)
         # TODO - get the date between brakets after link
         # empty string for title argument to deactivate auto-title
         for i in xrange(rset.rowcount):
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@
             box.append(BoxLink(entity.absolute_url(), html_escape(entity.dc_title())))
         rqlst = rset.syntax_tree()
         rqlst.set_limit(None)
-        rql = rqlst.as_string(kwargs=rset.args) # en gros...
+        rql = rqlst.as_string(kwargs=rset.args)
         url = self.build_url('view', vid='full_list', rql=rql, page_size=10)
         box.append(BoxLink(url,  u'[%s]' % self.req._(u'see more')))
         rss_icon = self.req.external_resource('RSS_LOGO_16')
         # FIXME - could use rss_url defined as a property if available
         rss_label = u'%s <img src="%s" alt="%s"/>' % (
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@
         url = self.build_url('view', vid='full_list', rql=rql, page_size=10)
         box.append(BoxLink(url,  u'[%s]' % self.req._(u'see more')))
         rss_icon = self.req.external_resource('RSS_LOGO_16')
         # FIXME - could use rss_url defined as a property if available
         rss_label = u'%s <img src="%s" alt="%s"/>' % (
-                           self.req._(u'subscribe'), rss_icon, self.req._('rss icon'))
+            self.req._(u'subscribe'), rss_icon, self.req._('rss icon'))
         rss_url = self.build_url('view', vid='rss', rql=rql)
         box.append(BoxLink(rss_url, rss_label))
         box.render(self.w)