Beyond the Rhetoric

While in school, you were probably taught a range of rules when it comes to English grammar… and then you were told a whole series of exceptions to said rules. English can be a very confusing and frustrating language. Sometimes, the grammatically correct route can result in a terribly awkward-sounding sentence. The same can be [...]

It might not be a long weekend in most of the United States, but it’s a long weekend for most Canadians. If you take a look at most commercially-available calendars in Canada, you’ll notice that today is usually marked as Civic Holiday. That’s because this day takes on a different name in different provinces. In [...]

Sometimes, I want to shut off my brain and watch giant robots and big explosions, but I’ve always enjoyed movies with a certain philosophical slant to them. They could have important life lessons to share and some of these movies have shaped me into who I am today. As you can tell from my use [...]

In the eyes of some people, I’m still a very young man at the age of 26. However, I feel that in my slightly advanced age, time seems to go by much more quickly. It feels like only yesterday that I was snowed in for Christmas Day and now we’re already halfway through our summer. [...]