Yearly Archives: 2014

Scottish independence: okay.

In a few weeks from now, a referendum will be held to decide whether or not Scotland should become a nation state. Scotland has not been a nation state since long before anyone living became such, it being a constituent

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Posted in Politics and philosophy

Keep it short

I am not a giver of advice: no dispenser of knowledge, me. Not a wisdom sharer, nor a wistful sage. I couldn’t describe myself as a humble suggestion-maker, and I doubt my credentials as an imparter of tips. I ain’t

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Posted in Just moronic, Shameless self-promotion

The drug laws don’t work

I haven’t any strong feelings about drug users. I don’t want to criminalize them when their behaviour isn’t anti-social, but I see a good argument for everyone not always being out of their tits. Actually, I see a good argument

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Posted in Politics and philosophy

If you ride like a prick…

SO, maybe a week ago, I was on my way to work on Wendy, my good weather commuting bike. It isn’t a long journey to work, and I have done it twice a day nearly every day for about the

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Posted in Politics and philosophy, Shameless self-promotion, Tax and law

Ride Across Britain

SO, I guess I’ve been doing this blog just about long enough that it won’t be awkward if I ask you for some money. I mean, obviously it’s a bit embarrassing, and you know, I’m sorry to pester you and

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Tax: what it does do and what it should do

So I have just finished a set of tax exams, which I was sitting due to my second career as a tax advisor. This involved marking up hundreds of useful pages out of the thousands of mostly impenetrable pages of

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Posted in Politics and philosophy, Tax and law

Your favourite psycho (contains spoilers)

Sorry.. For the delay in blogging, I am unfortunately nearing upon some really quite ghastly tax exams, and I have been finishing up some things in the office, and also reading quite enthusiastically, as well as training for an epic

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Posted in Literary criticism, Politics and philosophy

Goldfrapp at Glasgow Concert Hall

So I’ve got all the albums, even the new one, and I loved Felt Mountain. I have some proper happy memories attached to that one. It’s all weird and creepy and trippy and I’m not sure I know any other albums like it.

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Posted in Music

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

This is a film I’d been meaning to see for a while. I’m not really sure why, but I assumed it would be the sort of thing that I would enjoy. I think the only reason I thought this was

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Posted in Literary criticism, Politics and philosophy

Nicholas Beinn: Blogger

Hi there, internet. I am un-ironically embracing blogging. I am going to blog about blogging, and speak about it IRL. I will be a public advocate of logging on the web. In private conversations, with friends and bar staff, I

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