Beyond the Rhetoric

Many people would associate the Kingsway stretch in East Vancouver with Vietnamese restaurants. It was, after all, where we had Dot Com Pho: Free Comic Book Edition. That said, there are all kinds of great places to eat in that neighborhood. It was after Dot Com Pho that we discovered The Tipper and I made [...]

The month of May is technically not over yet, but I imagine the list of top thinkers isn’t going to change much in the next 36 hours. This post is my way of recognizing and thanking the BTR community members who contributed the greatest number of comments in the preceding month. While most of the [...]

There are many words that you may hear or that you may say, but you might rarely ever write. This can create all sorts of confusion about spelling, which is why many people may have a hard time deciding whether they should use queue or cue under what circumstances. This becomes even more troubling when [...]

Think back to your days in kindergarten when you’d be asked by your teacher or family what you wanted to be when you grew up. Remember those conversations? I remember at the age of 6 most boys would’ve loved to have landed that astronaut job or to be a firefighter. And how many girls do [...]

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” The days are getting longer and everyone is firing up their barbecues. It’s not technically official just yet, but summer will soon be upon us. This means more camping, more fishing, and more playing in the sprinklers. And a [...]