Paying tribute to the Hudson’s Bay Company – a true Canadian legend – as it winds down its operations.
Hudon’s Bay Company: The Curtain Falls
May 9th, 2025 No Comments
Tags: HBC · Hudson's Bay Company · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Rupert's Land
Election Fatigue Smart Button
April 26th, 2025 No Comments
Suggsting an A.I. solution to the problem of election / voter fatigue.
Tags: artifical intelligence · election fatigue · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · voter fatigue
The Electorate: A Ship Tossed by a Storm
April 19th, 2025 No Comments
Hmmm, which party will stay afloat in the stormy seas of the federal election? We are on the stretch drive to the Canadian federal election. It will be our second election in two months after the late winter provincial election. Hopefully voter turnout will be better this time than the dismal figures recorded for the […]
Tags: federal election · Jagmeet Singh · Mark Carney · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Pierre Poilievre
Ageless Wisdom from Charles Dickens
April 12th, 2025 No Comments
Finding perspective for our troubled times from “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens.
Tags: A Tale of Two Cities · broken mirror · Charles Dickens · Donald Trump · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
Trump: The Halo Effect
April 5th, 2025 1 Comment
Presenting the case that Donald Trump’s days are already numbered and that the rats will soon begin abandoning the ship.
Tags: Donald Trump · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · the halo effect · trump administration lawsuits
Trump: A Modern Day Icarus
April 3rd, 2025 1 Comment
Drawing a parallel between Donald Trump and Icarus of Greek mythology – predicting a similar end.
Tags: Donald Trump · Icarus · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · tariffs
Security Guards & Empty Shelves: A Barometer of Change
March 29th, 2025 Comments Off on Security Guards & Empty Shelves: A Barometer of Change
Contemplating the sharp rise in retail theft and shoplifting and the societal barometer reading it generates.
Tags: barometer of change · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · retail theft · shoplifting · Staples
Glitchy Tech: A Digital Swiss Army Knife
March 22nd, 2025 Comments Off on Glitchy Tech: A Digital Swiss Army Knife
A bitch and gripe session about temperamental technology and how it too often leaves me twisting in the wind.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Swiss Army Knife · technology · technology glitch
Trump: A Hunger Games Prequel?
March 16th, 2025 Comments Off on Trump: A Hunger Games Prequel?
Sounding the alarm about the Trump administration and what its real intentions are.
Tags: Canada · District 12 · Donald Trump · Hunger Games · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · President Snow
Scam, Scam, Everywhere a Scam
March 15th, 2025 Comments Off on Scam, Scam, Everywhere a Scam
Commenting on the barrage of e-mail scams in circulation and fantasizing on creating one to take advantage of the current political climate.
Tags: Donald Trump · e-mail scams · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · phishing scams