Beyond the Rhetoric

What’s going on in the wide world of blogs this week? Let’s find out. Having recently flown across the Atlantic, I found Darren Barefoot‘s post on the best time to buy a plane ticket to be of particular interest. In his highly unscientific experiment, he found that the difference between buying three months in advance [...]

There are very few cities in this world that are quite as iconic as Paris, France. There is a definite romance associated with the City of Light. Maybe it has to do with the French language, French cooking or the French wine. Whatever it may be, Paris is the very definition of a world class [...]

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” Quality is far more important and valuable than quantity. And this is particularly well represented by English poet John Keats. He only lived to [...]

When it comes to international travel, you want to soak in the culture. You want to enjoy the sights and sounds of every city you visit, but you mustn’t forget to indulge your taste buds too. And that was one of our main goals on this Europe trip. In Amsterdam, we visited Pannenkoekenhuis Upstairs. In [...]

I’ve written several editions of Grammar 101 that focus on word pairs (or word trios) that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. You might remember the post on there, their and they’re, for example. Today, we’re approaching a similar topic, except the exact same letters are used in exactly the [...]