Beyond the Rhetoric

It’s Wednesday again. To help all of you (and me) get over that mid-week hump, it’s time to go for a brief spin around in the blogosphere to see what’s going on this week. One of the bigger tidbits serves as the inspiration for the title of this post and it is the last entry [...]

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment earlier today. The SoHo apartment is owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen (and presumably sublet by Heath) and police do not suspect that there was any foul play. That said, Ledger was found naked in a bed, surrounded by several pills that were also scattered around [...]

Coast Restaurant, located in the Yaletown district of Downtown Vancouver, was the next stop on our Dine Out Vancouver adventure. Because it is located in Yaletown, Coast is naturally a very hip and trendy kind of place, so don’t expect to have dim candles and quiet conversation. You don’t get white tablecloths either, because this [...]

I’ve already talked about how much I enjoy playing Guitar Hero III and how the rhythm game is one of my favorite things of 2007. More recently, I picked up Rock Band for the PS3 and that’s been a heck of a lot of fun too (the drums are so much harder than singing or [...]

I’ve seen it! It’s alive! It’s huge! I’ve been fascinated with the Cloverfield movie ever since I saw the teaser trailer that preceded Transformers: The Movie six months ago. The JJ Abrams-headed project captivated my interest and it simply would not let go, largely because of all the mystique and intrigue that has been surrounding [...]