Beyond the Rhetoric

Some people say that going to the zoo can be such a depressing experience, since all the animals are being involuntarily “imprisoned” in their cages and such. It’s a much more pleasing experience to see these animals in a more natural environment. While I wasn’t able to see some of the more exotic animals that [...]

Pixar’s Up The first time that I heard about this movie’s concept, I thought it was going to be pretty lame. After all, it’s just about some old guy who decides to attach a bunch of balloons to his house so that it can float away to who-knows-where, right? Well, that’s almost the same kind [...]

As you may have heard, I was in Los Angeles earlier this month for E3 Expo 2009, the largest video game trade show in North America. It was there that I got to try out the new Sony PSP Go, get a first-hand look at Halo 3: ODST, and play around with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. [...]

Reminder: My contest to win E3 Expo 2009 swag, including a copy of Battlefield 1943, ends tomorrow morning. Have you entered? As you make your way through life, there are many different paths that you can choose to take. Some of these will look like the fast track to success, cutting corners where you can [...]

As you go through online articles, magazine editorials, and news reports, you may encounter the use of the word sic. It is typically italicized and enclosed in square brackets like this — [sic] — but what exactly does it mean? Should you be paying any attention to this notation or should you just skim right [...]