Some of you may know that I have been on vacation this past week, having time-stamped a number of blog posts so that it appears like I never went anywhere. Well, I finally managed to find myself some WiFi access to put up a...
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I have a rather eclectic taste in music, though most of my interest lies in rap and hip hop....
Read MoreRealistically speaking, Facebook — which offers a great way to increase RSS readership — doesn’t do anything new or innovative. Everything that it offers has been done before by someone else. It’s just...
Read MoreFreelance writing rates are a tricky business. Unlike many other professions, there aren’t any real guidelines for how much a freelance writer should charge for their work. There is no governing body or anything of that...
Read MoreLooks like we’ve got ourselves another evil link train coming through the Beyond the Rhetoric station and who am I to deny them entry? It seems like an eternity ago that I first hopped onto a train named My Name is My...
Read MoreI love living in Vancouver, not because its reasonably clean air or its ability to attract dot com moguls, but largely because we have so much to eat. In the Greater Vancouver area, there are ethnic restaurants up the wazoo....
Read MoreYou may have noticed that at the end of every post now, I have implemented a new advertising network. Way back in the day, I used to run 468×60 Google Adsense blocks in the footer. You’ll still see that in some of the...
Read MoreOkay, I’m not sure if it’s an evil way to do it, but I kind of stumbled across this strategy and it seems to work reasonably well. Many of you have heard of Facebook, a social networking site, but did you know that...
Read MoreIf the root of all evil is to be believed, Microsoft is going to buy Yahoo! in a deal worth an estimated $50 billion. Both Yahoo! and Microsoft have lost a significant amount of business (and revenue) to Google… will this...
Read MoreAs Beyond the Rhetoric continues to grow and evolve, it’s starting to get accepted into programs for which it was once not eligible. For example, it wasn’t that long ago that I was accepted by ReviewMe. Some time...
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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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