1/10: Morning Communique

CITY PAGES BLOGS

Steve Monaco's got a run-down of movies he's already seen in 2006. You may not find them at Netflix, but you'll find them at Couch Pundit.

Paul Demko has his Top Ten Albums of 2004 (huh?) at Live Nude Weblog!

Jim Walsh posted his must-have Top 20 Tunes yesterday at the Walsh Files.

THESE DAYS

Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.

A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves when the blazing creature ran back to the man's house and set it on fire.

MINNESOTA BLOGS OF THE DAY

Jason Maher is a 30-something Minneapolitan with a birthday coming up. Check out his brand spanking new blog at How to Lead the Perfect Life in Nordeast Minneapolis.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

Ten years after: The Clerks II teaser trailer is online

Defend your Christmas dinner from loathsome vegetables in Attack the Sprouts [via B3TA]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"We did adequately apply oil to all the seats."

-- Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council in Washington, on touching holy oil to the seats where Judge Samuel Alito, the senators, witnesses, Senate staffers and the press will sit during Alito's nomination hearings