The Futility of Half-Empty, Half-Full Thinking
You’ve surely heard this before. Optimists will typically look at the glasses above and say...
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Month: July 2008
Mindless Musings: Gaming and Nicknames
As you may be able to tell from my excessive use of Rodin’s Thinker in many of my online...
Read MoreDot Com Pho – Some Kind of WonderPho
Lan from Pho Lan can be quite the angry individual. For a decided change of pace, Stephen Fung decided that we need to stick to Vancouver and discover some happy pho. Seriously, Brian (Bryan?) at Cambie Vietnamese Restaurant...
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Battle for Joker Supremacy
As you know, the big movie that is opening this weekend is The Dark Knight, the latest in a series...
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Make Fun of John Chow Contest Update
Near the beginning of this month, I announced a contest where you could win a big box of cool...
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Burgoo Bistro – Food for Comfort
Vancouver is home to a lot of great food and the best part is that you don’t necessarily...
Read MoreWhat’s Up Wednesdays: Success Edition
It’s time once again for another weekly roundup of excellent blog posts. Instead of just gathering together a random smattering of material, I decided to go for another theme (like how I did last week) for today’s...
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Finding Success by Accident
When you read the success stories of some of the world’s richest or most successful people,...
Read MoreVideo Game Moments That Make You Go Whoa
I’ve featured some video game lists in the past, but this latest one from Stuttering Craig of ScrewAttack has to take the cake. He’s right. As a gamer, these are the moments that make video game playing...
Read MoreDot Com Pho Thai Hoa
Even though John Chow is back in town, Dot Com Pho was not relocated back to Richmond for last Saturday’s get-together. It’s one of those things where one begets the other, but Stephen decided to take some initiative...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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