1/6: Morning Communique

THESE DAYS

The NBC affiliate in Terre Haute, Indiana, says that "due to emails and calls from viewers," it will not air the debut of NBC's new drama, The Book of Daniel, starring Aidan Quinn as a drug-addicted Episcopal minister who sees and talks to Jesus.

Plastic surgeons found smoking during pregnancy significantly elevates the risk of having a child with excess, webbed or missing fingers and toes.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Lee has his Top Ten Albums of 2005 posted at Dinosaur in Trouble.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

The Cheap Pop presents the world's first and only mustache rating system

From MacMod: How to turn your Mac Mini into a Millenium Falcon

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"He was dividing God's land. And I would say, Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the E.U., the United Nations or the United States of America. God says, This land belongs to me. You better leave it alone."

-- Rev. Pat Robertson, on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on yesterday's edition of the "700 Club"