Rhetorical Device http://www.rhetoricaldevice.com/ The RSS feed for the personal website of Jack Rusher. en It’s a Hard World for Little Things http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HardWorldForLittleThings.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HardWorldForLittleThings.html 2008-06-05

An inter-species eulogy.

 Two Dreamers, One Nightmare http://rhetoricaldevice.com/TwoDreamersOneNightmare.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/TwoDreamersOneNightmare.html 2008-05-05

An appreciation of several dead prophets and their living communicants.

 Modernity vs. Posterity http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ModernityVsPosterity.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ModernityVsPosterity.html 2008-04-28

How do we write for the ages as they leave us behind?

 Baby Steps http://rhetoricaldevice.com/BabySteps.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/BabySteps.html 2008-04-21

An awkward wobble, arms akimbo.

 This Is Just To Say http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ThisIsJustToSay.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ThisIsJustToSay.html 2008-04-11

With apologies to William Carlos Williams. And our grandchildren.

 Buridan’s Ass http://rhetoricaldevice.com/BuridansAss.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/BuridansAss.html 2008-03-23

He’s got Freedom of Choice.

 Three Vignettes, Each Featuring a Waitress http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ThreeVignettes.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ThreeVignettes.html 2008-03-17

I didn’t order this, but I’ll take it anyway.

 The Psychology Of Commerce http://rhetoricaldevice.com/PsychologyOfCommerce.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/PsychologyOfCommerce.html 2008-03-09

Money changes everything.

 Today I Wrote Nothing http://rhetoricaldevice.com/TodayIWroteNothing.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/TodayIWroteNothing.html 2008-03-05

Nor yesterday, either.

 Prose Poems http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ProsePoems.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ProsePoems.html 2008-02-25

One of my favorite forms of literature.

 You Get Nothing! http://rhetoricaldevice.com/YouGetNothing.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/YouGetNothing.html 2008-02-02

Morality, economics and prison sex.

 A Brief History of Pizza: 2 http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HistoryOfPizza2.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HistoryOfPizza2.html 2008-01-24

The second part of a series tracing the history of one of the world’s oldest prepared foods.

 Villon's Straight Tip to All Cross Coves http://rhetoricaldevice.com/VillonsStraightTipToAllCrossCoves.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/VillonsStraightTipToAllCrossCoves.html 2008-01-23

Villon was a villain.

 A Brief History of Pizza: 1 http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HistoryOfPizza1.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/HistoryOfPizza1.html 2008-01-21

The first part of a series tracing the history of one of the world’s oldest prepared foods.

 The Curious Life and Death of Don Fernando http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando4.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando4.html 2008-01-20

Negotiating with the tribe of animals.

 The Curious Life and Death of Don Fernando http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando3.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando3.html 2008-01-18

Long before he was Don Fernando.

 The Curious Life and Death of Don Fernando http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando2.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando2.html 2008-01-17

Welcome, Don Fernando.

 The Curious Life and Death of Don Fernando http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando1.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/DonFernando1.html 2008-01-16

Farewell, Don Fernando.

 When Summer’s Over http://rhetoricaldevice.com/WhenSummersOver.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/WhenSummersOver.html 2008-01-14

The seasons change, and so do we.

 Come Sunday http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ComeSunday.html http://rhetoricaldevice.com/ComeSunday.html 2008-01-13

Observing the sabbath. From afar.