Beyond the Rhetoric

It’s an annual tradition in Canada for people to brave the cold and wait for hours on the day after Christmas. That’s because December 26th is Boxing Day, a day when all the retailers in land put their leftover products on sale. Everyone from Best Buy to Walmart, Chapters to Athlete’s World has a Boxing [...]

I gave myself an early Christmas present last week when I walked into the local Future Shop and emerged with the Wii Zapper and Medal of Honor Heroes 2. If you’re not familiar, the Wii Zapper is one of the latest peripherals to be released for Nintendo’s motion sensitive gaming machine. Unlike the guitar that [...]

This music video by GoRemy is actually quite impressive. I came across Happy Holidays: The Rap while randomly surfing my way through YouTube and it turns out that this guy makes all sorts of satirical music videos. He’s made fun of everything from McDonald’s to World of Warcraft. In fact, if you go to his [...]

Beyond the Rhetoric carries a tagline indicating that this blog is about freelance writing, personal development, and making money. I make posts about things like preparing for vacation as a freelance writer and why real dot com moguls still need the real world. Interestingly enough, these typically aren’t the posts that drive the most traffic [...]

Are you sick of all this commercialism surrounding the Christmas holiday season? Are you tired of all these gift guides and holiday cheer? Maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas and it’s upsetting that everyone is trying to push the commercial and religious aspects of December 25th. Or maybe you’re a very angry Frank Costanza. Enter this [...]