Beyond the Rhetoric

Vancouver experienced its first major snowfall (it’s all relative) last night. In the city, most of that has already melted from the rain that ensued, but there is still some slush on the ground. Depending on where you are, that rain may have been more snow. I heard on the radio that SFU (Burnaby Mountain) [...]

The Internet is filled with endless supplies of information (and misinformation) and it can be difficult to filter out the bits that you need. You could use a series of Google search tricks, but it’s also important to keep other online tools (and reference sites) in your toolbox too. And so, I thought I’d share [...]

I do a speedlink here on Beyond the Rhetoric every Wednesday, sharing some interesting blog posts that I found around the web. This week’s collection has to do with new beginnings as a general theme, but the content is actually pretty eclectic. If you want to be included in a future speedlink, be sure to [...]

Even though I’ll be departing for the other side of the planet in a week, I took a quick road trip this past weekend to Portland and Seattle. The Portland leg was mostly for shopping, while the Seattle portion was to catch a Seahawks football game. As has become a tradition around here, I thought [...]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: English is a tricky language. Right when you think you have a handle on all the different rules, you are shown a nearly endless variety of exceptions to those rules. This is particularly common when it comes to conjugating verbs. “I seen it” is something that [...]