Breasts Above the Chest

You are not going to believe this! Want big breasts without the surgery? No problem, just shop online, but I think it might be a little warm for a scarf.

On www.Etsy.com the seller Lourdesoftheflieshas from Los Angeles as created a boobilicious scarf that claims to look and feel authentic!

Retailing for $25 the seller claims a portion of the sales will be donated to breast cancer research.

I think I would rather wear my heart on my sleeve, the my breasts on my neck.

Three things I like Thursday: June 3, 2010

1. S'mores! 2. This dishtowel from Anthropologie:
3. Vintage or vintage looking kitchen appliances:

1992-93 Montreal Canadiens Eric Desjardins Jersey

Game 1 of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals had gone to the visiting Los Angeles Kings by a 4-1 score, making it imperative that the Montreal Canadiens respond with a victory in Game 2 on this date in 1993 before heading to Los Angeles for Games 3 and 4.

Eric Desjardins got Montreal off to a good start by opening the scoring with 1:29 remaining in the first period. Things had not gone Montreal's way however, as they trailed the Kings 2-1 with just 1:45 remaining in the game after a shorthanded goal by the Kings Dave Taylor in the second period and Pat Conacher's goal at 8:32 of the third. Then, with the moment to pull out all the stops having arrived, Montreal coach Jacques Demers called for a measurement of the Kings Marty McSorley's stick.

The officials huddled and the curvature of McSorley's stick was deemed to be outside the allowable limits, necessitating a two-minute minor against Los Angeles.

With McSorley now in the penalty box, leaving the Kings down a man, Demers pulled goaltender Patrick Roy for a 6 on 4 Canadiens advantage. The Canadiens gained control of the puck in the Kings zone and made pass after pass until defenseman Desjardins received the puck out near the blueline in the middle of the zone, where he loaded up and unleashed a slapshot which found the back of the net for his second goal of the night to tie the game with just 1:13 remaining, sending the Montreal faithful into delirium and breaking a 0-for-32 skid on the power play for Montreal.

Then, still in the first minute of overtime, Benoit Brunet broke into the Kings zone and left a drop pass for the trailing Desjardins, who fired wide to the left of the goal. The puck came to Brunet, now behind the Kings goal, who fed it out to Desjardins at the top of the right faceoff circle, as the defenseman had circled back towards the point. Desjardins then took a stride closer to the goal before letting his shot fly, which beat Kelly Hrudey between the pads for the dramatic game winner just 51 seconds into the extra period, lifting the Montreal fans even higher as the Canadiens celebrated on the ice.

Desjardins third goal of the game made him just the first defenseman in 100 years of Stanley Cup history to score a hat trick in the finals.

The Canadiens would put the momentum of their late comeback in Game 2 to good use, winning a pair of overtime games in Los Angeles before coming back to Montreal to clinch the championship with a 4-1 win in Game 5 at home.

It was revealed after the series that the Montreal training staff had snuck into the Kings locker room to secretly measure McSorley's stick in advance of their protest late in Game 2.

In the 19 other playoff games Desjardins played that season, he would score but one other goal, but did contribute 10 assists for 14 total points.

After six seasons with Montreal, Desjardins would be traded to the Philadelphia Flyers and played the remaining 11 years of his career in Philadelphia. He remains the only defenseman to score a ever hat trick in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Today's featured jersey is a CCM 1992-93 Montreal Canadiens Eric Desjardins jersey which features the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals patch, the only time a French version of the Cup Finals patch has been created since it's introduction in 1989.

It was a busy season for the Canadiens seamstresses, as Montreal began the season wearing the 1993 NHL All-Star Game patch. Following the All-Star Game in January, the club wore the Stanley Cup Centennial patch for the remainder of the season and the playoffs, prior to earning the right to wear the Stanley Cup Finals patch as champions of the Wales Conference.

Today's first video is a very well produced look at the Montreal Canadiens run through the playoffs, including the early round highlights.

Dasherboard: The Philadelphia Flyers kept their title hopes alive in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals by the narrowest of margins, as their second goal required a video review to determine that the puck, standing on it's side, had indeed completely crossed the goal line by the slimmest of margins for Scott Hartnell's 5th goal of the playoffs. With that power play goal properly counted, the Flyers were able to take a 2-1 lead before the Blackhawks were able to score on a goal by Brent Sopel late in the second period to send the game into the final 20 minutes even.

Chicago hoped they were on their way to a commanding 3-0 lead when Patrick Kane scored early in the third period for the Blackhawks, only to have the Flyers respond with Ville Leino's goal just 20 seconds later.

The Flyers eventually won the game at 9:59 of the overtime when Claude Giroux scored on a deflection to beat Antti Niemi during a Chicago line change left the Blackhawks short staffed in their defensive zone.

Daniel Briere opened the scoring in the first period for Philadelphia on the power play and Duncan Keith scored at 2:59 of the second for Chicago prior to Hartnell's reviewed goal for Philadelphia. Michael Leighton got the win in goal for the Flyers and was credited with 24 saves while Niemi had 28 saves for Chicago.

Game 4 is in Philadelphia on Friday night.

Random images I like today

Festa della Repubblica

Today is Republic Day, or "Festa della Republica" in Italy which commemorates the nationwide vote in 1946 when the Italian population decided which form of government the country would adopt going forward after the fall of Benito Mussolini's Fascist government at the end of World War II.

Given the choice between continuing the monarchy, which had ruled Italy for 85 years and supported Mussolini, and led to Italy's participation in World War II along side the Nazis of Germany, or becoming a republic, a vote was held on this day in 1946 and the Italian people voted 12.7 million (54%) to 10.7 million (46%) in favor of becoming a republic. As a result, the male members of the royal family, the House of Savoy, were exiled from the country, a ban which remained in effect until 2002.

In celebration of the birth of the Italian Republic, each June 2 a military parade along the via dei Fori Imperiali, consisting of the various branches of the Italian armed forces, police and fire departments as well as the Italian Red Cross, is held in Rome and is presided over by the President, with the Prime Minister and other officials also in attendance.

Prior to the parade, a laurel wreath is laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Rome's Piazza Venezia while jets fly overhead, leaving plumes of smoke in the colors of the Italian flag.

The parade then proceeds past the presidential viewing box and down the boulevard, which is lined with flag-waving spectators, towards the Colosseum as additional jets fly overhead throughout.

The Italy National Hockey Team made it's international debut in 1924 and first appeared in the World Championships in 1930, with a best result of 4th in 1953. From the 1950's through the early 1990's, Italy generally competed in the "B" Pool if the IIHF ladder system, with occasional drops down to the "C" Pool in the 1970's only to immediately return to the "B" Pool.

In 1991, they earned a promotion back to the Top Division, where they were able to remain for 11 consecutive years, including an excellent 6th place in 1994. It took three years to regain Top Division status in 2005, where they stayed for three years, until beginning their current down, up, down cycle between the Top Division and Division I were they currently find themselves in caught in the struggle to remain in the Top Division but a favorite for promotion while playing in Division I.

Italy's Olympic hockey participation began in 1936 and they have managed to qualify on nine occasions, including a best three in a row in 1992, 1994 and 1998, a particularly strong era of Italian hockey. Historically, the Italian National Team is sprinkled with Canadians of Italian heritage, including former Hartford Whalers goaltender Jason Muzzatti. Of the 23 players on the squad for the 206 Olympics, six were Canadians and two were Americans.

One of the better known Italian hockey players was Gaetano "Gates" Orlando, who was born in Canada and eventually made it to the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres for parts of three seasons prior to continuing his career in the top level of Italian hockey, the Serie A, where he won four championships prior to moving to the Swiss National League A, where he won another pair of titles. Orlando also competed for Italy in 10 World Championships and two Olympic Games.

The Italian Serie A is the top national hockey league of Italy and was founded in 1924 and currently consists of nine teams, concentrated in the far north-east corner of the country with no teams surprisingly in the capital of Rome or other major cities such as Turin, Palermo, Genoa, Milan or Naples.

Today's featured jersey is a Nike 2000 Italy National Team Manuel de Toni jersey which was worn in both the 2000 and 2001 World Championships where Italy competed in the Top Division and finished in 12th place both times.

De Toni, a center, has had a long career in Italian hockey, beginning back in 1994 with HC Alleghe where he still competes today.

Additionally, he has skated for Italy on 16 different occasions, including the European Junior U18 Championships, the World Junior U20 Championships, the World Championships and the Olympics hosted by Italy in 2006.

This jersey is in the familiar blue color as worn by the more familiar "Azzurri" of the Italian National Soccer Team, as blue was the color of the royal House of Savoy, a well established tradition which remains in use today despite the end of the monarchy over 60 years ago.

Today's video segment begins with a look at the military parade that highlights Republic Day in Italy.

Next, some action from Serie A, with HC Alleghe taking on HC Val Pellice followed by a series of player interviews, beginning with Manuel De Toni and concluding with goaltender Juliano Pagliero, a Canadian who apparently didn't learn much Italian while growing up in Alberta.

Here's pair of good ones. From the Sabres final game at the Memorial Auditorium, Jason Muzzatti loses his mind and takes on Gary Galley as called by Third String Goalie favorite Rick Jeanneret. Then Muzzatti, then with the Saint John Flames, has a go with the Cornwall Aces Garth Snow while both were in the AHL in the 1994-95 season.

We conclude today with some exciting highlights of the Italy National Team in action.

Texture Tuesday: June 1, 2010

Jason Wu dress:Kenneth Jay Lane necklace:Dior Duo Stamped Python pumps:

1987 Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov Jersey

Born on this date in 1960, Vladimir Krutov was a member of the famed KLM line along with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov which dominated Soviet and international hockey the 1980's.

The KLM Line

Krutov, a left winger, played for CSKA Moscow, beginning with one game in 1977-78, a half season the following season, in which he scored his first goal, and became a full time member of the Red Army squad in 1979.

1981-82 would see Krutov set a personal high with 37 goals and 66 points in 46 games and was Red Army's leading scorer with 53 points in 1982-83. CSKA Moscow would win the Soviet League championship in each and every of Krutov's 12 season's with the club. Additionally, he led the league in goals in 1984, 1986 and 1987, was named to the USSR All-Star Team every year from 1982 to 1988 and was the Soviet Player of the Year in 1987.

His Soviet League success was duplicated in international play as well, beginning with a pair of gold medals in the World Junior Tournament in 1979 and 1980 while leading the tournament in scoring both years.

Krutov's senior international career began with a silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games prior to a run of five consecutive gold medals at the 1981 World Championships, the 1981 Canada Cup, the 1982 and 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Olympics.

1984 Olympic Champions

Two bronze medals followed in the 1984 Canada Cup and the 1985 World Championships. The Soviet Union would rebound with another gold medal at the 1986 World Championships, where Krutov was named Best Forward, before a pair of silver medals at the 1987 Worlds were Krutov led the tournament in goals and points and was named Best Forward for the second consecutive year, and the 1987 Canada Cup where he was named to the All-Star Team.

1986 World Champions

The 1988 Olympics concluded with another gold medal after finishing the tournament at the leading scorer and Krutov finished his international career in style with his fifth World Championship gold in 1989.

Krutov finished with 150 goals in 254 international games and his medal count shows ten gold medals, three silver and two bronze, which included at least one gold at each of the World Juniors (2), World Championships (5), the Canada Cup (1) and the Olympics (2).

He was one of the first wave of Soviet players allowed to join the NHL, playing for the Vancouver Canucks in 1989-90, where he played for just one season, scoring 11 goals and 34 points in 61 games while he tried to adjust to life in North America. It was unfortunate that Krutov's attempt to play in the NHL was viewed as unsuccessful after such a stellar career in the Soviet Union since it tainted many North American's opinion of Krutov based on just one season late in his career.

Krutov played very little hockey in 1990-91, just one regular season game and three playoff games with the ZSC Lions in Switzerland. After another season with ZSC, he moved to Ostersund IK in the lower levels of the Swedish hockey leagues for three seasons and wrapped up his career with Brunflo IK before retiring.

He was named to the Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.

Today's featured jersey is a 1987 Soviet Union National Team Vladimir Krutov jersey as worn by Krutov during Rendez-vous '87, a two-game series held in Quebec City on February 11 and 13, 1987 which replaced that season's NHL All-Star Game which featured a team of NHL All-Stars against the Soviet National Team.

Game 1 went to the NHL All-Stars 4-3 and the Soviets came back to win Game 2 5-3 in which Krutov scored a pair of goals, including the game winner at 9:19 of the third period.

This jersey is typical of the Soviet style, with a minimum of adornments and simple one color names and numbers, made to look even more spartan when compared to the flashy NHL All-Star jerseys it competed against.

Today's video section begins with Krutov scoring against the Montreal Canadiens on December 31, 1982 in an exhibition game.

Here Krutov scores for the Soviets in Rendez-vous '87 to put the Soviets ahead 2-0 followed by his game winning goal to make it 4-2 on the Soviets way to a 5-3 win.

In some truly rare footage, Krutov scores on a penalty shot for the ZSC Lions, quite possibly the slowest approach in the history of hockey.