More Blog-Fodder From the In-Box and An Explanation

Yet another friend comes along to rescue this blog from my less-than-inspired day...

A little known fact....

The first testicular guard "Cup" was used in hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974.
It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important.

Heh. And let us not speak of goalies and face-masks.

Speaking of hockey...

Pittsburgh Penguins players surround goalie Marc-Andre Fleury after their 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 2, 2009.
(JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/DFP)

The prime reason I'm less than motivated today is my Beloved Wings lost a near-run thing last night, 4-2 (the last goal being an empty-netter). But Hey! It's only one game. We still lead the series 2-1, yanno.