One man’s perspective on why exercising your right to cast your vote is essential.
October 21: Why You Should Step Up and Cast Your Vote
October 19th, 2019 No Comments
Tags: Canadian federal election · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
V2X Technology: Can Openers, Hackers and Trapdoors
October 5th, 2019 No Comments
A layman’s look at the risk of V2X technology.
Tags: autonomous vehicle · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · V2X
Huck Fryman: Incorrigible
September 28th, 2019 No Comments
Excerpt from the story “Incorrigible” from my short story collection “Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage”.
Tags: Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage · Incorrigible · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Forgotten and Discarded: The Heartbreaking Plight of Orphaned Passwords
September 20th, 2019 Comments Off on Forgotten and Discarded: The Heartbreaking Plight of Orphaned Passwords
A tongue-in-cheek plea for one of the casualties of our technology powered society.
Tags: Bill Gates · forgotten passwords · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Throwing My Hat in the Ring for the Federal Election
September 14th, 2019 Comments Off on Throwing My Hat in the Ring for the Federal Election
Starting my own politcal party and declaring for the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Tags: federal election · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
September 8th, 2019 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled – The Butterfly Perspective
Finding perspective for life and aging in the life cycle of an Eastern Comma butterfly.
Tags: aging · Eastern Comma · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Random Act of Metaphor: A Flamboyant Maple Tree with a Rebel Spirit
September 4th, 2019 2 Comments
Finding inspiration in a rebel maple tree.
Tags: maple tree · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · rebel spirit
The (No So) Fine Art of Growing Old (Not So) Gracefully
August 25th, 2019 Comments Off on The (No So) Fine Art of Growing Old (Not So) Gracefully
Tongue in cheek look at the challenges of growing old gracefully.
Tags: growing old · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Hey Google, Where Are My Keys?
August 16th, 2019 Comments Off on Hey Google, Where Are My Keys?
Envisioning the day when Google Home holds me hostage.
Tags: Amazon · Amazon Echo · Google · Google Home · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · voice commerce · Walmart
The Life Fully Lived: Colouring Outside the Lines
August 11th, 2019 Comments Off on The Life Fully Lived: Colouring Outside the Lines
Sometimes you have to leave the beaten path and bypass the fence to achieve the life fully lived.
Tags: Banded Hairstreak · Black Swallowtail · colour outside the lines · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Milbert's Tortoiseshell · Red-spotted Purple