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The 33 Strategies of War - my take on it

OK, so I have just finished the critically acclaimed book ‘The 33 Strategies of War‘ by Robert Greene. I won’t go into too much detail about it the book because if I did you wouldn’t need to read it!

I found The 33 Strategies of War to be good, an interesting read for megalomaniacs that are looking for a bit of confirmation that the way they are living is good and justified. The 33 Strategies of War is an interesting book on how people should discipline themselves in their daily life to get the most out of their career and their employees obviously not all the strategies should be taken literally as most ideas are derived from battlefield conflict. Robert Greene gets over this hurdle by finishing each chapter with a summery of interpretation explaining each ’strategy’ and how it applies to a none military situation.

Each war strategy chapter starts by explaining a story of a battle in history, e.g. a battles that Napoleon fought in or a battle from an ancient Chinese war. Robert Greene goes on to explain the characteristics that the general/ politician/ individual had which allowed him/her to over come the odds and claim victory.

All and all I found ‘The 33 Strategies of War‘ by Robert Greene to be a good read and even though the book doesn’t have any real spin on war it does definitely give you a few things to consider when dealing with difficult situation in work.

I would definitely recommend ‘The 33 Strategies of War’ by Robert Greene, you can buy it from amazon.co.uk for really cheap; it’s under £10. Have a look!!

Flying Lotus Los Angeles, Warps newest addition

I recently got the Flying Lotus Los Angeles album after having it recommended to me by Maceo Wyro who was playing at Patefon on the Sat 21st of June. After many conversations with Maceo Wyro I realized that we shared alot in common when it came to our musical tastes. So I decided to take him up on the recommendation, and this is what I thought.

The album is amazing, quite simply! With it’s strange mix of electronic sounds and harmonics with hip hop beats the album lets you chill out and tune in at the same time.

Some of the earlier tracks in the album are atmospheric and as the album goes on it becomes a bit more beat lead, it’s a nice wee progression.

You will probably hear me talk alot about ‘Sunday Morning Albums’ well people, Flying Lotus Los Angeles is the first of the year!

You can pick up Flying Lotus Los Angeles CD and vinyl at amazon.co.uk for the same price but I must say if you do like your vinyl you should get this one, its sleeve is impressive!

Glasgow’s Westend Festival - The Parade

Well, for all those with their ears, eyes and general senses removed the Westend festival started this weekend.

As every year so far, it opened with a big parade that files down Byres Rd and around various places in the Westend. This was my first year attending the Westend festival, I’m not really a ‘Westend’ type; what do I mean by this? Well general consensus is that when you live in the Westend you live in a magical bubble were everything is pleasant and nice and the the shops are clean etc. until you hit Maryhill at which point this bubble is burst…Anyway back to the Westend festival!

As I mentioned before it was my first time there and to be honest I rather enjoyed the whole experience. Even though Byres Road was packed out and you couldn’t move for anything the atmosphere was really colourful and friendly, plus it was really cool to walk up Byres Road sober and not get shouted at and nearly hit by cars!

So, the Parade, after meeting up with my friend Hollie we waited impatiently and child like for about 20 minutes before the Westend parade started. There was not a lot of room at the side of the road but luckily enough I knew a sound engineer who was working at one of the stages; he was helpful enough to let up on stage to take some pictures, lovely man and a hell of a sound engineer too!

Being on the stage didn’t make me take better pictures but, for a moment at least, I could see the whole parade! I have added a bunch of my photos to my flickr account where you should be able to see them!

Anyway, I had pretty good day and would definitely recommend the Glasgow Westend Festival Parade to everyone and anyone!

Well, I like to laugh and this guy makes me laugh

For those who have not heard of Limmy, I shake my head in shame for you, but luckily enough I’m going to show you the way. Limmy is from Glasgow, now sure where exactly, all I know is I saw him cycle through Kelvin Grove park on at bike one day and shouted, “hey!! that’s Limmy!”. I will remember that day for a while.

He has a really twist funny as F*@ck style of comdey, you either love it or hate it!

Limmy, How to Kill a Prostitute in GTA

This is one of my fav ones from recent time, I can relate to this as I do it all the time in GTA. I refuse to give the hookers ma cash…’straight pimpin!’

Originally this was going to be an online portfolio but I decided to forget that and just have a laugh with it!

Some things will change over the next few days!