Category Archives: Odds & Ends

Risin’ Up – finally a Tomb Raider game worthy of the concept

Posted on 13/05/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

All the arguments have been had, multiple times; what do the motivations behind our involvement with the Tomb Raider franchise tell us about our perceptions of gender equality and progressivism? Does the incremental intangible sophistication and overt desexualisation of the … Continue reading →

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Disclosure Scotland, and how the Government uses it to extort the public.

Posted on 20/04/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The only sound excuse that anyone can offer for ruling is that by doing so he avoids being ruled by people inferior in talents to himself – Plato. Quoting others is often pompous, and definitely pathetic. The primarily intention is … Continue reading →

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Moving Day

Posted on 07/02/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Perhaps you noticed, though you probably didn’t, that I haven’t posted much over the last three weeks. There was a good reason for this – I was, sharp intake of breath, moving house. As the picture above suitably illustrates moving … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Back at it (don't laugh), Cardboard boxes, Dark Side Of The Moon, Destructive pathology, Hatred of life, Jaconelli's, Knightswood, Maryhill Road, Moving Day, Shit Christmas presents, Sniffer dogs, The Swans of Knightswood, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Black Friday – a disgruntled view from the side-lines.

Posted on 05/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I fucking hate Tesco. I hate their patronising slogan. It irks me that they flatten hundreds of family run shops or small businesses every year. They pay their shop floor employees fuck all. Their brand products are all, without exception, … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged A scene from The Somme in aisle 6, Black Friday, Brawling for bargains, Cultishly venal capitalism, Dale Winton, Extortion before the Christmas version, Materialism, Me whinging again, Midnight Express, Minging value products, Odds & Ends, Paganistic shoppers, Shopping, Supermarket Sweep, Tesco | 1 Comment

GTA V – the healthy way to embrace gratuitous violence.

Posted on 18/11/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

One of the main motivations for making my computer 4K capable was to play Grand Theft Auto V. Sure, it had gotten great reviews on the consoles, of course it did, but I had other motivations. Escapism is a necessity … Continue reading →

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