Beyond the Rhetoric

While it would be great if I could have a business that effectively ran itself, funding my lifestyle with a never-ending supply of passive income, that’s not exactly how my freelance writing career works. I’m a pretty integral part of the process, because only I can write the content that I’m selling (unless I deceive [...]

Ask nearly anyone who is trying to rake in a load of cash online through some sort of entrepreneurial venture what their goal is and this person will inevitably tell you some variation of “I want to be rich.” Yes, we all want to be rich. We want to have nice toys and we don’t [...]

There is no story more epic than Beowulf. I got introduced to the tale in high school and explored it deeper at university. It is a story that is larger than life, following the journey of an incredible hero — Beowulf — who battles mythical beings and does some super-duper heroic things. There have been [...]

On the surface, Rush Hour 3 and The Bourne Ultimatum sound like they could both appeal to the same kind of movie-goer. You know the type. An under-30 male (like me) who likes watching big action scenes with even bigger explosions. Sure, the Rush Hour series is decidedly more comedic, whereas the Bourne series is [...]

With a little advice from Nate Whitehill, the same guy that completely redesigned John Chow dot Com, I’ve decided to give free backlinks to anyone who enjoys reading Beyond the Rhetoric. There is a small caveat, of course. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I just installed the Get Recent Comments WordPress plug-in, tweaking [...]