Beyond the Rhetoric

When I started the What’s Up Wednesdays series here on Beyond the Rhetoric, the concept of a “speedlink” on a blog was slowly increasing in popularity. That popularity has since waned, but I still feel there is value in linking out to other blogs around the web. It’s my small way of giving back to [...]

Even though the Willingdon Heights area in Burnaby has been traditionally quite Italian, the restaurants and shops in the area are increasingly diverse. You might remember when Dot Com Pho paid a visit to Hakkaku Ramen, for example. Well, next door to the well-known Anton’s Pasta Bar is an East Indian restaurant called Bombay Beat. [...]

When I went to the Vancouver Home and Interior Design Show last year, I wasn’t a homeowner. Sure, I was interested in home improvement products and services, but it was more from the perspective of proactive research. This time around was a little different, seeing how we had since purchased our first home. The 2011 [...]

“My biggest nightmare would be if the kids ever came up to me and said ‘Dad, I’m a vegetarian.’ Then I would sit them on the fence and electrocute them.” When it comes to renowned international chefs, Gordon Ramsay has to rank near the top. In addition to have several restaurants around the world, he [...]

Just because three words have very similar meanings and come from fundamentally the same root does not mean that they are interchangeable. Most people seem to understand the difference between yea, yay, and yeah when spoken, but the differentiation doesn’t appear as clear when written. With the noted exception of yea, the other two words [...]