Grammar 101: Eclipse, Ellipse, Ellipsis
Unless you’ve been living under a rock — and even if you have, there’s probably...
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What’s Up Wednesdays: It’s Chris Jericho!
I last shared a collection of blog posts from around the web four weeks ago and somehow another...
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Vlog #39: Perspective, Context, and the One Percent
Have you ever seen that meme where there are two people standing on either side of a number of the...
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Sunday Snippet: Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every...
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Hokkaido Ramen Santouka, West Broadway
Equating excellent Japanese ramen to instant cup noodles is like drawing a parallel between...
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The Following May Contain Coarse Language
I was at McDonald’s (why do so many of my stories start this way?), thinking that I’d...
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Vlog #38: Fancy Cheap McDonald’s Hamburgers
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, if you’ve been following me...
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Sunday Snippet: Jim Carrey – I Needed Color
“What you do in life chooses you. You can choose not to do it. You can choose to try to do...
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But How Do You Find the Time?
Life isn’t fair. The world is filled with all sorts of inequalities. Some people win the...
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On Starting Preschool and Afternoon Naps
It feels like only yesterday that I was welcoming her into my arms and yet I will suddenly have a...
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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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