The clock is ticking. How much longer will it take to topple the mad ringmaster who is running the United States?
Trump: Mad Circus Ringmaster
January 17th, 2026 No Comments
Tags: Donald Trump · ICE · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · NATO · Renee Good · Venezuela
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
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21st, 2025 Comments Off on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Let us consider this not a “one and done” acknowledgment but a a day to keep alive in our minds every day the debt of reparation we owe to Indigenouse Peoples.
Tags: metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · National Indigenous Peoples Day · residential schools · Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Full Moon Rhythms: Our Celestial Clock
June 14th, 2025 Comments Off on Full Moon Rhythms: Our Celestial Clock
Thinking of the full moon as an ever-faithful and enduring celestial clock we can find solace in.
Tags: celestial clock · full moon · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · once in a blue moon · strawberry moon
Nature as a Quilt: Tiny, Bristly Tachinid Flies
February 22nd, 2025 4 Comments
Singing the praises of Tachinid Flies and their important role in the quilt of nature.
Tags: metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Nature · parasitoid · Tachinid Flies
Grading the Election Campaign Slogans
February 8th, 2025 1 Comment
Grading the Ontario 2025 provincial election campaign slogans – what they do right and where they miss the mark – and awarding a narrow victory.
Tags: Bonnie Crombie · Doug Ford · Marit Stiles · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Mike Schreiner · Ontario provincial election · slogans
Woke: Boxing a Shadow
January 11th, 2025 Comments Off on Woke: Boxing a Shadow
Tracing the origin of the term “woke” and arguing that it is time to retire it.
Tags: awake · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · stay woke · woke · wokeism
Is Your Vote for Sale?
November 23rd, 2024 Comments Off on Is Your Vote for Sale?
Welcome to the age of tranparent, unapologectic vote buying.
Tags: Doug Ford · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Pierre Trudeau · Working Canadians Rebate
Nature as a Quilt: The Mighty Mantid
October 5th, 2024 Comments Off on Nature as a Quilt: The Mighty Mantid
An homage to Mantids and how they fit into the quilt of nature.
Tags: Chinese Mantis · European Mantis · Mantid · Mantis · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Nature · Praying Mantis
Stranded on the ISS: Elon Musk to the Rescue
September 14th, 2024 Comments Off on Stranded on the ISS: Elon Musk to the Rescue
The conversation a fly on the wall might hear between NASA and the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts.
Tags: Barru Wilmore · Boeing Starliner · Elon Musk · International Space Station · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · NASA · SpaceX · Suni Williams