Beyond the Rhetoric

This has inadvertently become an annual tradition here on Beyond the Rhetoric. Yes, many people say that Christmas has become far too commercial and it’s become far too much about “gimme this” and “gimme that,” but I just can’t help myself. Rather than breaking it down into three levels of realism, like how I did [...]

While I was down in Portland, I did a little random shopping and somehow ended up buying the Garmin nüvi 1390LMT. It’s not that I really needed a new portable GPS navigator, but I convinced myself that this unit (at the price that I paid) was worth buying. You see, up until then, I had [...]

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 [...]

As a professional writer, you could say that I have a vested interest in the future of the book publishing industry. After all, I’ve already co-authored a book that is available both in paper and digital form. There are different schools of thought when it comes to discussing the future of the physical paper book. [...]

It probably wouldn’t be fair to say that I dislike shopping. It’s probably a little more accurate to say that I dislike shopping (and “browsing”) in the real world. Allow me to explain. There are many people out there who enjoy going to the mall. They go without any real purpose in mind; the goal [...]