Beyond the Rhetoric

Nu Restaurant and Lounge served as the last stop on my Dine Out Vancouver 2008 adventure. Located underneath the Granville Street Bridge in the same building as Stonegrill, Nu Restaurant and Lounge definitely had a casual atmosphere about it. The seats were very “loungey”, so to speak, and the portions were nothing like what I’d [...]

I said last week in my contest update that if any lovely folks in the blogosphere chose to mention my free video game contest on their respective blogs that they would likely receive some link love in return on What’s Up Wednesdays. Only three people took advantage of this offer, to my knowledge, so the [...]

 Head into just about any bookstore and you’ll inevitably find an unfathomable number of books in the self-help section that talk about finding the key to happiness. To some people, the greatest source of happiness may be derived from vocational or monetary success. Truth be told, we all get a pretty big kick out of [...]

[If you cannot see the video, please see the original post at Beyond the Rhetoric.] Yes, the guys at College Humor do more than Street Fighter spoofs. Although comments that add nothing of value to the discussion don’t happen all too often here at Beyond the Rhetoric, they are far too common on bigger blogs [...]

Earlier this month, I commented on the fine line between ambition and greed, noting that this distinction is not necessarily restricted to the world of financial gain. Sports in one such arena (no pun intended) where the lines can get quite blurred, but with the Australian Open wrapping up this past weekend, we saw at [...]