Beyond the Rhetoric

As I’m not entirely sure what I would do with ten lords-a-leaping or seven swans-a-swimming, I thought I’d share my current Christmas wish list with you. Some of the items here are carryovers from last year’s wish list, because they have yet to be purchased and they’re still products that I want to have. Naturally, [...]

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 [...]

You know, I miss the days when I could get as excited as the “Nintendo 64 kid” above. These days, if I really want something (that is reasonably priced), I can probably buy it for myself. After all, it was just last month that I treated myself to a new digital camera. That doesn’t mean, [...]