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Brian Busby

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Writer, écrivain public, anthologist, literary historian, bibliophile, and three-time winner of the Ice Capades Colouring Contest. Author of Character Parts (Knopf), A Gentleman of Pleasure (McGill-Queen's UP), and The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis).

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Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 23h

I was thinking the same thing, but then I remembered that last December he made such a big deal about moving to the US because his Toronto neighbors were being so mean.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 1d

I read many a novelization as a young pup, most connected to Get Smart and Planet of the Apes prequels and sequels. What I found most intriguing were the scenes and characters that didn't feature in the TV series or film. Were they in the original scripts or things from the novelists' imaginations?

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking News: Karl Marx was born before Jesus!

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 2d

Great! Montreal is a great location. I'd also recommend Puebla, Victoria, Tijuana, Edmonton, Calgary, León, Hamilton, Ottawa, Quebec City, and Halifax.

Imaginary problem solved.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 2d

Latest meeting of the Hair Club for Men.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 3d

Fear of American aggression.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

It’s those tiny little hands of his.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

Frank's disappearance remains a mystery, which is in keeping with his past. Introduced as a man who had squandered his health, he has "just enough money to "float through this world without work," but the source of those funds isn't included. And so, his fate is left to the reader's imagination.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

It was just the thing Kirstie needed, though I did find it oddly convenient to the plot that she - never mind her growing daughter - had been just fine during the fifteen years or so before Young Dave enters the scene. 1/2

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

Were it not for Lisa Goldman I would’ve canceled my subscription.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

Love it, but isn't he too slender? His little hands are much to large.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 4d

This Canadian is cheering you on!

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 5d

This Canadian disapproves. The last measure of you president taken in this country was taken in mid-July. It had him at -30. Not good for someone who wants to annex Canada.s

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 5d

At one point, Kirstie begins to grow weak. Dave decides she's in need of meat, and brings her venison. During a lengthy talk, in which he speaks of his reading on the matter, he shares his conviction that the human body requires it. Kirstie eats the venison and is soon on the road to recovery. 2/2

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 5d

No, though he does cut back on eating meat and makes a point of not hunting anywhere close to the cabin. This of course makes the killing of Kroof's second cub even harder to square. I should add that mother and daughter consider themselves vegetarian, but do eat fish. 1/2

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

Faith and love of country? Yesterday, ICE agents shot a Presbyterian pastor in the face.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

It's a Presbyterian pastor who was shot in the face, legs and arms.

Let us not forget Trump's memorandum directing federal law enforcement to investigate "anti-Christianity" activity.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

Let us not forget that just two weeks ago, Donald J. Trump signed a memorandum directing federal law enforcement to investigate groups displaying "anti-Christianity."

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

Wait, what about the tariff shelf? What about all the taxes that foreign countries are paying?

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 6d

I'd be happy with it outsourcing after dinner clean-up, just not every time. There have been evenings in which, both hands submerged in warm water washing a wine glass, I've really come up with something.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 7d

Let us not forget that Trump, who is so much a "Christian" that he sells his own Bibles, not only hates his enemies but hates his opponents. He said just that during Charlie Kirk's memorial.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 7d

We are boycotting American produce, canned good, and processed foods. We're boycotting American-made products.

And yet, and yet, we've given no thought to boycotting American cultural product.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 8d

Added to this, he is physically weaker, and this is not simply a result of age.

Brian Busby @brianbusby.bsky.social · 8d

There are many reasons this man brings this up repeadly, none of them involve humour.