Beyond the Rhetoric

Japanese restaurants are very popular in the Vancouver area, but not all of them are of equal quality. While the more recent trend seems to be the rise of ramen shops, I still very much enjoy some good sushi and sashimi. And oftentimes, the smaller sushi places are the better ones. That’s partly why I [...]

“No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.” Common sense isn’t all that common and what may sound logical may not be all that logical at all. While it didn’t end up being [...]

English can be a very tricky language, even for native speakers. This is partly because we hear so many words on television and in casual conversation, but we may not be so confident about how to translate that into the written word. A good example of this is understanding the difference between “all together” and [...]

As Freelance Camp was wrapping up last weekend, I was pulled aside by a couple of attendees who recognized my name. We got to talking about the world of freelancing, how I got in touch with John Chow, how long I’ve been freelance writing full-time, and how I came to the decision to pursue my [...]

In case you are new to Beyond the Rhetoric, I’d like to introduce to you a weekly feature here called What’s Up Wednesdays. It is here that I link out to various blogs, highlighting posts from around the web. This is my little way of giving back to the online community. For today’s edition, we [...]