Beyond the Rhetoric

Yes, I realize that the holiday season has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still enjoy a little bit of festive cheer. Following my New Year’s Eve dinner at Pear Tree Restaurant, we made our way over to the Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Yes, we went to look at Christmas [...]

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” It’s such a simple concept. They say that there is something about the holiday season that has everyone is good spirits. That may be true, but [...]

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” There really is something about this time of year, even if you temporarily cast aside of the religious overtones or ignore the overly commercialized nature of the season. All of those Christmas specials on TV fill your home with cheer. And part of the holiday fun has [...]

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 [...]

The easy thing to do is to go with the flow. Do as everyone else is doing and you’ll fit in with everyone else. Then again, being normal might not be what you want to do and it is with that kind of perspective that we dive into this week’s speedlink. Enjoy! We start out [...]