Fun things to read when you're sick in bed, sick enough to cancel your precious Pro Bowl party, which is important because you comprise 50% of the enthusiastic viewership of the Pro Bowl IN THE WORLD (the other half is TSW):
FLASHY males have superior sperm - at least in the bird world. A study of wild great tits suggests that sexual ornamentation, in this case vibrant plumage, may reliably signal the quality of a male's sperm.[Via]