A reflection on the seminal moments in my life and how they are the ones that did not grab headlines.
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Seminal Moments
December 6th, 2025 No Comments
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · seminal moments · T.S. Eliot · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
A Quiet Port in the Storm
November 29th, 2025 No Comments
Finding a place to sequester amidst the storms that life is throwing at us,
Tags: AI · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · port in a storm · wind storm
Nature as a Quilt: Little Stinkers
November 22nd, 2025 No Comments
Stink Bugs – a much aligned insect that nonetheless has an important role to play in the quilt of nature.
Tags: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug · Dusky Stink Bug · Four-humped Stink Bug · Green Stink Bug · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · One-spotted Stink Bug · stink bugs
Seeking the Guiding Light
November 15th, 2025 No Comments
The perplexing times in which we live necessiates that we seek out the guiding light of the soul.
Tags: confusion response · guiding light · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · surprise response · the soul
Street Prophet: Ripple in a Pond
October 31st, 2025 Comments Off on Street Prophet: Ripple in a Pond
Saluting an unassuming prophet for being the voice of hope in a time when hope is bruised and battered.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · prophet · ripple in a pond
The Thief of Time
October 25th, 2025 Comments Off on The Thief of Time
Frustrated at how the thief of time stole autumn from me and trying to learn a lesson from the experience.
Tags: autumn leaf · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · thief of time · time
Customer Service: A Desert Wasteland
October 18th, 2025 Comments Off on Customer Service: A Desert Wasteland
Bemoaning the era of cold, impersonal and frequently A.I. driven customer service.
Tags: customer service · desert · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet
Trench Warfare in the Grass
October 11th, 2025 Comments Off on Trench Warfare in the Grass
Observing the encounter between a European Mantis and a Banded Garden Spider and drawing a parallel to Donald Trump.
Tags: Banded Garden Spider · Donald Trump · European Mantis · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Meanwhile, the Epstein Files
October 2nd, 2025 Comments Off on Meanwhile, the Epstein Files
What will happen first? The Republican Party grows a pair or the Epstein files time bomb implodes?
Tags: Donald Trump · Epstein files · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Data Security: 4,876 Failures
September 20th, 2025 Comments Off on Data Security: 4,876 Failures
Arguing that we have officially lost the cyber war and that we should retire the obsolete term “cyber security”.
Tags: Canadian Automobile Association · cyber breach · cybersecurity · Equifax Canada · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet