What might we deduce about his Heart?

Hearts are peculiar things. I am not of course speaking about the  hollow muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the blood vessels to various parts of the body by repeated, rhythmic contractions, I am talking about the symbolic heart and what some refer to as 'the seat of the emotions' (although in reality that would be the hypothalamus-medulla oblongata or the hindbrain). Aristotle believed that the heart was the seat of the emotions but the Roman physician Galen considered the seat of passions to be the liver, the seat of reason to be the brain, and the heart to be the seat of the emotions. I wouldn't fancy giving somebody a liver on Valentines day though! Yuk!!

My boss (resident of 221b Baker Street) is very good at showing his feelings. He say's the most ridiculous things and is extremely rude to people when he is infact just 'stating the facts'.
But what really goes on behind those piercing eyes, no body knows? 

  
Once there was a woman who no one was entirely sure of and she weaseled her way through the doors of Baker Street. None of us trusted her but for some reason my boss seemed to like her - or though she thought - but that was all sorted out by a pair of dilated pupils and a game of pulse taking.

Anyway enough nonsense. Here are some fascinating facts about the heart:

* The human heart's magnetic field can be measured several feet away from the body
* The THUMP of a heart beat is the sound made by the four heart valves closing
* The medicine for the heart is 'laughter'
* The average heart weighs around 11 ounces
* Every day, the heart creates enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles.
* Early Egyptians believed that the heart and other major organs had wills of their own and would move around
     inside the body.
* A woman’s heart typically beats faster than a man’s.
* Grab a tennis ball and squeeze it tightly: that’s how hard the beating heart works to pump blood.

One of my favourite books is The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers. Here is the story...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB7k0S06hhY


So there we have it. My boss says never let your heart rule your head. Guard your heart as if it is the most precious thing you own (because it is) BUT don't lock it away, frightened of it getting broken, share it with people through being kind and thoughtful and enjoy all the amazing things the world has to offer...like laughing with friends, splashing in the sea, bow ties and fish fingers and custard ;)

Problems with facial hair

There are very few times in this life when an opportunity arises for you to do something absolutely ridiculous that everyone finds hilarious because the timing was perfect! I have made a complete fool of myself on a number of occasions thinking I was being funny...and no one laughed except me! Here's me with a mono-brow...humm...

and here is a rare picture of my boss on such an occasion!

Dear John is quite serious - or so everyone thinks - but now Mary has come along, I think she plays him up and pulls his leg :) She teases him about all sorts of things, including facial hair!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6F2X68JTls

Facial hair can be a real problem. Unlike the latest man craze of the 'Full Beard' worn by many celebrities like: George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Hugh Jackman, the half bearded mustache can look very dodgy to say the least. On this account dear John shaved his off after my boss rather cruelly pointed in his face and laughed at him and Mary said he should have it put on a t shirt!

The mustache though has become something of a symbol of solidarity for men across the world. 

Men do not like talking about their health and somehow growing a mustache in November helps.  I don't get it but obviously some people do. So in the hope that I will one day understand why men sometimes wear a furry caterpillar underneath their noses...I shall, this November join in the campaign and wear one myself!