A glowing example of the old adage.
Ford & Chow: Strange Bedfellows
November 29th, 2023 No Comments
Tags: Doug Ford · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Olivia Chow · Ontario Place
50 Years of Corporate Welfare Bums
November 24th, 2023 No Comments
Questionning the logic and the ethics of billions of dollars in government handouts to bribe mega corps to locate within our borders.
Tags: Bell Media · corporate welfare · Ford Motor Company · LG Energy Solutions · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Stellantis · Toyota · Volkswagen
My Season of Self-Indulgence, Part 2
November 18th, 2023 No Comments
Part 2 of my posts reflecting on the first summer of my retirement exploring the amazing world of insects.
Tags: Bee Fly Villa Lateralis · Green Stink Bug · Inchneumon Wasps · Leaf-footed Bug · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Tiger Bee Fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug
AI: The Tipping Point Deliberation
November 9th, 2023 No Comments
Contemplating our growing reliance on artificial intelligence and the worrisome tipping point that we may be approaching.
Tags: AI · artificial intelligence · human empathy · human reasoning · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · self-aware AI · sentient AI
My Season of Self-Indulgence: Part I
November 4th, 2023 No Comments
The highlights from my nature walks in the first spring, summer and fall of my retirement.
Tags: American Lady · Brush-tipped Emerald · Feather-legged Fly · Giant Swallowtail · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mocha Emerald · Mother Nature · Oblique-banded Flower Fly · Traverse-banded Flower Fly
Just Putting It Out There
October 28th, 2023 Comments Off on Just Putting It Out There
Just putting it out there… a few technology applications that do not deliver on their promise.
Tags: Faraday Bag · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · push button start · technology glitch · touchscreen
Trapped in Online Purgatory
October 21st, 2023 Comments Off on Trapped in Online Purgatory
Advance warning that I may need character witnesses when I land in online purgatory and blow my cork.
Tags: metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · online purgatory · password · security code · user name
A Baby Boomer’s “Just So You Know” Declaration.
October 14th, 2023 Comments Off on A Baby Boomer’s “Just So You Know” Declaration.
Declaring that I am Baby Boomer stubborn and will continue to resist the corporate world’s “do it our way” campaign
Tags: Baby Boomer · just so you know · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · stubborn as a mule
The Last Indulgent Exhale of Summer
October 7th, 2023 Comments Off on The Last Indulgent Exhale of Summer
Giving thanks for summer’s encore performance and a few hours on the Rotary Riverside Trail.
Tags: Grand River · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Mother Nature · Rotary Riverside Trail
Leadership Lessons for Premier Doug Ford
September 30th, 2023 Comments Off on Leadership Lessons for Premier Doug Ford
Advice for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on what is leadership is and is not as it relates to the Greenbelt scandal.
Tags: Doug Ford · Greenbelt scandal · leadership · metaphor