The heart has two sides, separated by an inner wall called the septum.  The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen.  The left side of the heart receives the oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body.  The heart has four chambers and four valves and is connected to various blood vessels. Veins are blood vessels that carry blood from the body to the heart.  Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the body.  See illustrations at https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/CVC/ACSBook/Chapter1.pdf   See also https://www.wikihow.com/Give-Yourself-a-Foot-Massage   

It's best to give while your hand is still warm. - Philip Roth, novelist (19 Mar 1933-2018)    

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. - Robert Quillen, journalist and cartoonist (25 Mar 1887-1948)

Moussaka is an eggplant- or potato-based dish, often including ground meat, which is common in the Balkans and the Middle East, with many local and regional variations.  Most versions are based primarily on sautéed aubergine (eggplant) and tomato, usually with minced meat, mostly lamb.  The Greek version includes layers of meat and eggplant topped with a béchamel ("white") sauce and baked.  The modern Greek version was created by the French-trained Greek chef Nikolaos Tselementes in the 1920s.  His recipe has three layers that are separately cooked before being combined for the final baking: a bottom layer of sliced eggplant sautéed in olive oil; a middle layer of ground lamb lightly cooked with chopped or puréed tomatoes, onion, garlic, and spices (cinnamon, allspice and black pepper); and a top layer of béchamel sauce or savoury custard.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussaka   

Shenanigans are secret or dishonest activities that are typically complicated, humorous or interesting.  Shenanigans may refer to:

• Shenanigans (game show), a 1964–65 children's television game show
• Shenanigans (EP), a 1995 EP by the American punk rock band Squirtgun
• Shenanigans (album), a 2002 compilation album by Green Day
• Shenanigans (horse), an American thoroughbred mare
• Practical joke, a mischievous trick played on someone, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort
• Shenanigan Kids, a 1920 animated series by Bray Productions
• Shamrocks & Shenanigans, 2004 album by the hip hop trio House of Pain and a song on the album

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenanigans   

By the time Richard T. James filed his utility patent the USPTO had irrefutable proof that the Slinky was novel, unique and commercially viable.  The Slinky^® was successfully patented around 1947–two years after end of World War II.   It has a timeless mechanical quality much like the later invention of the Rubik’s Cube^®.  Both toys are inherently “evergreen” when it comes to long-term commercial value.  https://thepatentprofessor.com/the-slinky-an-iconic-american-invention-with-timeless-patenting-lessons/    

Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist who nurtured his father’s creation, a beloved, very Gallic and very civilized elephant named Babar, for nearly seven decades—sending him, among other places, into a haunted castle, to New York City and into outer space—died on March 22, 2024 at his home in Key West, Fla.  He was 98.  Penelope Green  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/books/laurent-de-brunhoff-dead.html   

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