Hello, 

(this was meant to go out on Sat but got flagged for spam and has taken a while to resolve)

This week it's the late edition sponsored by biblical rain and a week that went awry in so many ways. That's fine though as we've caught up, issued some drawings, fixed a bike, seen a dear friend and now have my second White Russian in my hand. 

Speaking of being sponsored. I'm doing a silly thing on Monday. I'm riding 325km from the coast in Essex to Weston-Super-Mare. I'm not very fit, about 8kg over my 'race weight' (thanks lockdown) and haven't done this kind of distance since 2017. Which is why it's a challenge and you can throw some money into the pot here. I'm proud to be supporting Coram again and you can read all about their amazing work here. 

Anyway, enough shameless self-promotion and here's ten links that I found interesting or amusing this week. 

A dog living his best life
Your dog link. See also a dog lying across four pool noodles floating. You heard. 

Skills are advertised, flaws are hidden​
Really really good article about perception vs reality of companies and people. 

But it’s always hard to know where anyone sits on that spectrum when they’ve carefully crafted an image of who they are. “The grass is always greener on the side that’s fertilized with bullshit,” the saying goes.

Saving this one for later. Really does resonate though. Thanks to Harry for the link. 

Delighted to be dubbing Alan Partridge into French, Spanish, Italian and Greek
Some prior knowledge of Alan Partridge required for this one. But so so good. Thanks to Matt for the link (see Boomer gave a credit where it was due!)

Therapy isn't just for broken people
That's the link. Just read this brilliant thread. 

Since everyone is talking about CPR these days, I think this is the perfect time to narrate this story 
A story of Resusci Anne or Resuscitation Anne. Again, far more interesting than it might sound at first and also another Michael Jackson fact in there about Annie. 

Why the world is in a shipping crisis
I share a studio with folk who deal with the impacts of this daily and it's fascinating. We only hear abut it all when it goes wrong. 

Dennis Gilbert: letter to a young architect
Sadly Dennis passed away this week. He was one of the worlds most talented photographers and was exceptionally generous with his time and guidance to myself and so many others. I found this article of his quite moving in the light of his passing. Thanks to Toby for the link. 

Garfield-shaped phones have been polluting the shore of the Finistère coasts of Brittany for 35 years
More shipping container news. 

‘My brain has liquefied!’: what happened when one careful Skoda driver binged every Fast & Furious film
Not sure I could watch all of them but amusing that someone else did. Thanks to Wheel for the link. 

Breakfast
A big breakfast. 

See you next week maybe and hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Love as always, 

Andy x
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