The Mad Hatter of Software has infected my computer. I’m defying him on principle alone.
Dueling with the Mad Hatter of Software
November 26th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Mad Hatter · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · sofrware updates
Random Act of Metaphor: Going Off-Line When the Headlines Rewind
October 29th, 2011 No Comments
Realizing that I’ve become too adept at tuning out bad news.
Tags: Africa · Japan · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Turkey
Howard Beale, Corporate Greed and January 4th
October 23rd, 2011 No Comments
Howard Beale’s 1976 battle cry may finally have come of age in the anti corporate greed movement.
Tags: corporate greed · Howard Beale · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Network
Autumn Gold, Fire Alarms and Pillars That Endure
October 14th, 2011 1 Comment
Learning to ride the waves of life and ground myself in those things that withstand the test of time.
Tags: autumn · fate · fire alarm · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · time
Wading Through Rhetoric to Ontario Election Day
October 2nd, 2011 No Comments
Lamenting that politicians keep playing from the same worn out playbook. But holding out hope that real change will eventually spring up.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Ontario election · politicians · rhetoric
Dialing Down the RPMs for Moments of Grace
September 18th, 2011 No Comments
Reminded once again that life is about graces – not races.
Tags: bird-watching · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · slow down
Random Act of Metaphor: Old Man Pine Reaching for the Sky
September 13th, 2011 No Comments
Inspiration found in a crippled pine tree that endures season after season.
Tags: grace · gratitude · hardship · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pine
ON THE EVE OF SEPTMBER: Bittersweet She Beckons
August 27th, 2011 No Comments
Giving in to the bittersweet beckoning of September and the graces she bestows.
Tags: birds · butterflies · harvest · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · September
PELEE ISLAND: A LIVING METAPHOR WE IGNORE AT OUR PERIL
August 6th, 2011 No Comments
A brief look at the interdependencies in nature on this unique island and what we can – and must – learn from them.
Tags: Hackberry Emperor · interdependency · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Nature · Pelee Island · Tawny Emperor
Flights of Fancy & Flights of Purpose Each in Their Own Time
August 1st, 2011 No Comments
My conviction that the recipe for serenity is equilibrium. Making flights of fancy and flights of purpose each in their own time.
Tags: balance · Darners · equilibrium · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet