Beyond the Rhetoric

Even though I have been attending our weekly dot com pho lunches for some time now, only recently has it dawned on us that we should be sharing our stupidity and our antics through video. Believe me, we really are this candid, even if the camera wasn’t on us. Last week, we discussed our trip [...]

When I first heard about Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I wasn’t all that intrigued. Sure, they cast Jonah Hill in one of the supporting roles, but it just sounded like yet another forgettable romantic comedy. In a nutshell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall follows the tale of Peter Bretter (played by Jason Segel of How I Met Your [...]

All too often, we get caught up in chasing this elusive thing called success, thinking that when we reach this end objective, all of our problems will melt away and we will be overwhelmingly happy and satisfied with our lot in life. In an effort to achieve success, we may set up a series of [...]

You’ve surely noticed that there is some advertising on Beyond the Rhetoric and while it’s far from providing any sort of full-time income, it’s nice to have a little pocket change at the end of the month to spend on Vietnamese noodles or whatever. The mistake that many bloggers make is that they sign up [...]

Even though Spring may have arrived, Mother Nature still seems to be a little undecided on the matter. In the last couple of weeks here in Vancouver, we’ve witnessed some rather extreme weather. It was snowing one day and then the blazing sun came out the next, accompanied by near summer-like temperatures. Al Gore (and [...]