Richmond Night Market
Summer may not have officially arrived just yet, but for many in the Asian community — particularly those of Chinese or Taiwanese descent living in the Vancouver area — it might as well have started because the...
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LA Report: Six Flags Magic Mountain
On my last full day through the Los Angeles area, we decided to rent a car and take the half-hour...
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LA Report: Jimmy Kimmel and Tom Cruise
Jay Leno wasn’t the only celebrity that I managed to spot while on my four-night excursion...
Read MoreLA Report: Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Welcome to part three (I haven’t decided how many total, we’ll see) of this series reporting on my recent trip to the state of Cawl-lee-foorn-yeeah (sorry, jokes about the Governator don’t really transfer well...
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LA Report: NBC Studio Tour
On Day Two of my trip through the Los Angeles area, we headed over to NBC Studios in Burbank,...
Read MoreLA Report: The Stinking Rose
Well, I arrived back in Vancouver late Saturday night from my trip to Los Angeles, California. The weather co-operated with us for the most part for the four nights and five days we spent down there. As promised, here is the...
Read MoreGoing going back back to Cali Cali
In the immortal words of the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Christopher Wallace), “I’m going going back back to Cali Cali.” I’m taking a short vacation over to Los Angeles as of tomorrow morning, so Beyond the...
Read MoreLive Action Mario Bros. Re-enactment
It’s no secret that I’m a Nintendo fanboy. I grew up with playing video games on the nearly all of the company’s systems, from the original NES and Game Boy, straight through to the more recent GameCube and...
Read MoreNintendo Revolution dies. Wii emerges
In what has to be one of the worst name changes in the history of technology, Nintendo announced today that their next-generation console will hereby no longer be known as the Revolution. It’s not going to be called the...
Read MoreNHL Playoffs – Round 1
It pains me just a bit to be writing about hockey and not being able to dedicate a substantial amount of the space to my hometown Vancouver Canucks, but I am surprised how into the NHL playoffs I am getting. I’m spreading...
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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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