Beyond the Rhetoric

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive [...]

Welcome to another rousing tour of what the blogosphere has to offer. I’ve gathered an eclectic collection of blog posts that I hope are of interest to Beyond the Rhetoric readers. If you want to be featured in a future edition of What’s Up Wednesdays, I highly recommend that you follow me on Twitter. It [...]

It’s been quite an interesting week in the NFL, not only because I’ve managed to reasonably maintain last week’s success, but also because of how some of these games turned out. As we get closer to the playoffs, the NFL obsession will only grow. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals had their game end [...]

The English language contains a number of common idioms that people use on a fairly regular basis. In order to further expand a business, for example, someone may say that he needs to take his marketing efforts “to the next level.” If a particular television show is especially funny, it would be appropriate to say [...]

Earlier this month, I announced that I would be hosting the Funnel Vision Contest. The grand prize in this grand contest is valued at over $200, including three great iPod accessories from Griffin and one $70 “paid” review here on Beyond the Rhetoric. Since the month is about halfway through, I figured now would be [...]