Beyond the Rhetoric

Black Swan (2010) Going into Black Swan, I had a certain set of expectations. I figured that we’d follow the journey of Nina, as played by Academy Award winning actress Natalie Portman, as she struggled to embrace her darker side. I figured that we’d be following the tale of an up and coming star, as [...]

“I don’t want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.” The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are scheduled to take place a little later today, so I thought that it would be apt to highlight a winner from last year’s Oscar Awards. As you may recall, Kathryn Bigelow [...]

There are many words in the English language and new words are being created all the time. That’s why I find it a little curious that it seems like, more and more, the marketing people are starting to run out of words to use for their products. Surely, you can find a number of examples [...]

Words that sound the same but have different meanings can be a great source of confusion. Today’s topic was offered in a comment from the last Grammar 101 post, which also happened to be on words with the same pronunciation but different meanings. Today, we explore peek, peak, and pique. Peak refers to the highest [...]

Most weeks, the collection of blog posts that I share on What’s Up Wednesdays is pretty eclectic. Today’s speedlink is equally varied, but it runs on a bit of a common theme: young ones and the young at heart. Enjoy! Ray Ebersole has been on vacation for the last little, heading over to Disney World [...]