Clint Eastwood had a line: 'Nothing like a good piece of hickory'.

A hockey stick isn't likely to be made of hickory but a good piece of wood always has a lot of potential uses.

A friend held off an attacker with flimsy badminton racket. He laughed at it as a weapon but backed off after she told him he would be pretty easy to identify with it hanging out his rear. Figures a rapist would be more enthusiastic about giving than receiving. Maybe it was the Christmas spirit. Sometimes even a small piece of wood has uses.

I always admired that girl ... she has grit.