4/5 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

We quizzed M*A*S*H star Mike Farrell about his acting and his activism on the eve of the Twin Cities leg of his book tour. You can read the Q&A at Culture To Go.

We remember the last known surviving American female World War I veteran and the last known surviving World War I Navy veteran at Corpus Obscurum.

Cast your ballot now for the Best of the Twin Cities 2007

Download free MP3s from local artists such as Duplomacy, Endless Blue, Salamander, Brother and Sister, Fitzgerald, and more at Music To Go.

THESE DAYS

Not quite the War on Christmas: Environment Canterbury on New Zealand's South Island wants people to come up with an alternative Easter symbol as part of a campaign to highlight the damage caused by the non-native rabbit that was introduced in the late 19th century for a fur trade that never got established.

Porn star Jenna Jameson is reportedly so upset with the results of her vaginoplasty that she has gone into seclusion.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Luke Francl blogs about Moleskine notebook controversies, Mac OS info, and getting his photo taken by Mayor Rybak at Just Looking.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

New York magazine previews Out magazine's 50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America

The Undercover Black Man blog tracks a particular bad habit of the nation's newspaper photo editors with the Misidentified Black Person of the Week

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"When I was 15, a cabdriver asked me if I was Paul McCartney's daughter. That really blew my mind."

— musical heir Sean Lennon