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Metaphors of Life Journal - I Am Canadian

METAPHORS OF THE DEEP – I AM CANADIAN… Debunking the myth of the Canadian identity crisis and defining what it means to be a Canadian.
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Saint Jude - A Short Story

SAINT JUDE – Short Story by Michael Robert Dyet: A chance encounter draws Ed Sullivan into the tragic life of Jude Neale and his mother Jessie in a quest to return a keepsake entrusted to him.
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Dead Sea Scrolls

METAPHORS OF LIGHT – DEAD SEA SCROLLS… Reflecting on the humbling experience of viewing the Dead Sea Scrolls at the ROM and the emotions they invoke. Long forgotten, never lost.
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Metaphors of Life Journal - A Christmas Wish

METAPHORS OF CHANGE – A CHRISTMAS WISH… Reflecting on a particularly unChristmas like confrontation. And making the case for turning the other cheek at Christmas and throughout the year.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 22 / 2009
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Until the Deep Water Stills - Excerpt

Excerpt from “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel”. Print novel plus optional online companion featuring, text imagery and professional quality audio recordings.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 19 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Cloud Storm

METAPHORS OF CHANGE – CLOUD STORM… Why we need a “me day” from time to time and why we need not feel guilty about it.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 19 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Malware, Black Holes and Karma

METAPHORS OF CHANGE – MALWARE, BLACK HOLES AND KARMA… Tongue in cheek look at the many things we have in common with computers and some creative uses of antivirus and anti-malware programs.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 16 / 2009
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Ransom Heart

A man who has lost his way faces up to this past and learns that redemption has many faces.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 13 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Requiem for Bailey

METAPHORS OF THE WILD – REQUIEM FOR BAILEY… A tribute to a sweet and loving dog who was a little piece of heaven on earth. Farewell and fair winds, Bailey-boy.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 11 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Requiem for Bailey

METAPHORS OF THE WILD – REQUIEM FOR BAILEY… A tribute to a sweet and loving dog who was a little piece of heaven on earth. Farewell and fair winds, Bailey-boy.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 09 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Random Act of Metaphor - White Noise

Random Act of Metaphor WHITE NOISE Hmmm, have we become addicted to noise? That ubiquitous din and clamor that punctuates every waking moment of our lives. In the office where I work we have a “whi...
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 06 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Tiger Woods - Deep in the Rough

Tiger Woods: Deep in the Rough Hmmm, it seems Tiger Woods ran up a triple bogey on his marriage fidelity scorecard. For those of you who are not golf fans, that’s 3 over par on a single hole – some...
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 12 / 05 / 2009
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Having a Nietzsche moment

A paper on 'force' in argument, referencing Plato's Gorgias, some military history, Metaphors we live by by Lakoff and Johnson, and various works by Nietzsche
  • mmonaco published this 12 / 03 / 2009
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Corn in Egypt---Charles H. Spurgeon

“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do you look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get down there and buy...
  • hcesquivel8903 published this 12 / 03 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - The New Yellow Brick Road

Shifting Winds: Metaphors of Change THE NEW YELLOW BRICK ROAD Hmmm, how is that we have become such an attention-deficit society? Always craving change, forever chasing the next big thing, convince...
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 11 / 29 / 2009
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A River of Change

An essay about the nature of change based on Ray Bradbury's phenomenal "The Martian Chronicles." Written in 9th grade English, first real English essay I got an A on.
  • kennymoran published this 11 / 27 / 2009
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Mockingbirds: The Defenseless Gems that Enrich our Society

An essay I wrote in 9th grade on To Kill a Mockingbird. Not very proud of this one.
  • kennymoran published this 11 / 27 / 2009
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Invitation - The Metaphor Tour

A guided, cyber tour introduction to "Until the Deep Water Stills - An Internet-enhanced Novel" and the author's "Metaphors of Life Journal aka Things That Make Me Go Hmmm" blog.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 11 / 26 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - 12 Moods of the Rebel Wind

METAPHORS OF THE DEEP - 12 MOODS OF THE REVEL WIND: A philosophical and lyrical tribute to the many moods of the wind shaped around the Beaufort scale - the official scale for wind speed.
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 11 / 22 / 2009
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Metaphors of Life Journal - Harry Potter and the Corporate Bogeyman

METAPHORS OF THE DEEP: HARRY POTTER AND THE CORPORATE BOGEYMAN. Delving into the Harry Potter phenomenon and the perfect storm of colliding social, political and economic factors that made it a hug...
  • mdyetmetaphor published this 11 / 20 / 2009
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