Hunt for Gollum: gorgeous-looking unauthorized fan-sequel to Lord of the Rings made for £3000 – Boing Boing (tags: LOTR)

Dangerous swine flu likely in Chicago :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (tags: Health SwineFlu) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'Etiquette guide' for Thai monks In Thailand, it's apparently to be a gay or transgender Buddhist monk, so long as you're carrying a pink purse or breaking vows. (tags: GayClergy Buddhism Thailand)

Ex-Illinois gov. still hopes for a part in TV show (tags: blagojevich) Swine Flu May Be Named Event of ‘International Concern’ by WHO – Bloomberg.com (tags: Flu Health Pandemic) Plane diverted to Boston from N.Y. after man rushes cockpit – USATODAY.com (tags: Travel Delta terror)

Daily Episcopalian: Covenant Really Dar in Disguise? (tags: Anglican schism OldBoysClub) AirTran CEO: Carrier can continue to be profitable – USATODAY.com (tags: Travel AirTran) FAA Releases Records On Aircraft Bird Strikes : NPR (tags: Travel Delta) Church Times – Covenant is to be used as litmus test of Anglicanism Featuring the "spectacularly uninformed former Archbishop, Lord Meddler Carey. (tags: anglican schism OldBoysClub) The Lead: ACI Emails and Church Times Interesting comment: "George Carey is Margaret Thatcher's revenge on Anglicanism. " (tags: anglican schism) BBC NEWS | Americas | Reviving the once-mighty railroad (tags: travel Rail Seattle)

Your Morning Dose of Cuteness/Technophobia – Boing Boing Need to write a new lyric to the classic camp song… "we feed the baby onions, so we can find 'er in the dark" becomes "we bred flourescent puppies, so we can walk 'em in the dark" (tags: ToDo) As Global Recession Deepens, IMF's Profile Rises : NPR (tags: travel) Christian fundamentalists hijack Singaporean feminist group – Boing Boing Focus on the Family involved; the US may be fallow ground in the future so it's time to offshore the holdning action. (tags: Singapore Feminists Fundamentalism Hijack) Apple pulls plug on 'Baby Shaker'…

Hymn for ANZAC Day | Liturgy (tags: anglican peace War) Build-a-missionary bear (tags: OnlyInUtah)

NYT: Twitters From Texas Gail Collins brings up a few points regarding Texas tea partier Gov. Rick Perry. (tags: Republican RhetoricOfFailure) BBC NEWS | Entertainment | How Susan Boyle won over the world "the sisterhood of the plain" (tags: Dream Beautiful)

ThinkGeek :: All Glory to the Hypnotoad Ooooh! Hypnotoad! (tags: Shopping) Pam's House Blend:: Evangelical theologian makes biblical case for LGBT equality (tags: GayMarriage GayClergy)

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Megachurch Uses Police to Out Critical Blogger's Identity (tags: Megachurch Theocracy) Daily Herald | Protesters across the suburbs say 'No' to taxes (tags: Teabag wingnut) Tax Day Tea Party » Illinois (tags: Illinois Wingnut Teabag) Air France to cut 2,500 jobs without layoffs – USATODAY.com (tags: travel) China Southern Airlines reports $700M loss for 2008 – USATODAY.com (tags: travel)