Thinking Makes It So
For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Life is all about perspective...
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Month: August 2008
What’s Up Wednesdays: Rock and Roll with a Monkey
It’s time for another rousing speedlinking session here on Beyond the Rhetoric. Each week, I try to feature some great blog posts from around the ‘net, so if you want to be mentioned in an upcoming edition of...
Read MoreDot Com Rock Band
What do dot com moguls do for fun when they’re not scarfing down on Vietnamese noodles? They wow the crowd with their toy guitar and drum-playing skills, of course! On Sunday afternoon, a group of us went over to...
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Five Favourite Freelance Writing Tools Online
Just as carpenters have hammers and doctors have stethoscopes, freelance writers have a few tools...
Read MoreEmperor Palpatine Reviews Clone Wars
Easily one of my favorite podcasts is Ask Palpatine. Essentially, you get a puppet version of Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars fame answer a series of questions from his readers. The same people that do Ask Palpatine also do...
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Where Do You Get Your News?
In this day and age, you can gain access to a lot of information from a wide variety of sources....
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Scheduling Your Spontaneous Leisure Time
Freelance writers and other online entrepreneurs are perpetually faced with quite the conundrum....
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Difference Between a Money Order and Certified Cheque
I’ll be the first to admit that I am not terribly familiar with the finance and banking...
Read MoreWhat’s Up Wednesdays: Gaming, Editing, and Ryokans
As if by magic, we find ourselves in a Wednesday once more. In order to survive hump day, that means that it’s also time to see what everyone else is discussing this week in the blogosphere. We’ve got quite the...
Read MoreMy Approach to Writing Feature Articles
Just as actors may have a certain method to approaching certain roles, freelance writers also have methods for approaching different kinds of work. When it comes to feature articles, I tend to go through the same progression of...
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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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