Beyond the Rhetoric

This will largely depend on your personality, but the experience is fairly universal among most people. How is it that some people are able to thrive under pressure whereas others have a tendency to choke? Is it a simple matter of perspective or is it something more than that?

For example, let’s say that you are [...]

When I go traveling to places like Tokyo and Taipei, it never ceases to amaze me how many things are either misconstrued or lost in translation. The same thing can be said about many Chinese restaurants in and around the Vancouver area. You would think that these companies and establishments would take a little effort [...]

For the vast majority of my video game life, I’ve been a self-professed Nintendo fanboy. It started with the classic grey box known as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and quickly progressed to the puke green display of the original Game Boy, the 3D environment of the Nintendo 64, the dual screen adventure of the [...]

There are several sources of inspiration that you can use in your everyday freelance writing life, whether they be sources that help you with blog post ideas or ones that help you better run your freelancing business. Although they sound like seemingly unrelated topics, the way that you drive your car can have a profound [...]

I’m quite happy with how my NFL predictions for Week 3 went down, because aside from a couple of rather stunning surprises, I did quite well for myself. As we gear up for another week of intense football action, it’s time once again for me to lay my NFL picks on the line for your [...]