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Ride into the sun

A funny thing happened to me today. Not in the 'ROFL' way of course. If you want some of that, check out this David Squires cartoon in the Guardian. Jordan Henderson's expression is so perfectly 'WTF', it cracks me up. I could use a few laughs right now and anything at Liverpool's expense is warmly welcome. No, this 'funny' was more in keeping with the world-view that I've become accustomed to seeing. No rosy tinted glasses here. This morning, a soon to be ex-colleague texted with the exciting (for her) news that she'd resigned. Her song had a familiar tune. She had joined the agency with stars in her eyes, only to have them go supernova and collapse within a year, put off as she was by the meaningless effort, politics and lack of purpose. We'd got talking a handful of months before the lock-down and I encouraged her to take advantage of youth and pursue more interesting dreams. This, she had done. As seems to be the tiresome fashion these d