What’s Up Wednesdays: Against The Grain?
The easy thing to do is to go with the flow. Do as everyone else is doing and you’ll fit in...
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Author: Michael Kwan
Comparison Shopping for Travel in Australia
When traveling domestically, it’s easy enough to understand the usual suspects and shop...
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Sunday Snippet: Leo Tolstoy
“I sit on a man’s back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself...
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Common Sense Tips For Winter Driving
Vancouver experienced its first major snowfall (it’s all relative) last night. In the city,...
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Five Great Reference Sites and Online Tools
The Internet is filled with endless supplies of information (and misinformation) and it can be...
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What’s Up Wednesdays: New Beginnings
I do a speedlink here on Beyond the Rhetoric every Wednesday, sharing some interesting blog posts...
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Sheraton Portland Airport and Red Lion Bellevue Hotel Room Video Tours
Even though I’ll be departing for the other side of the planet in a week, I took a quick...
Read MoreGrammar 101: I Seen It (About Past Participles)
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: English is a tricky language. Right when you think you have a handle on all the different rules, you are shown a nearly endless variety of exceptions to those rules. This...
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Sunday Snippet: Dale Carnegie
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain — and most fools do. But it takes...
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The Origin of Lest We Forget
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, among several other countries in the British Commonwealth. It...
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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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