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Brian C. E. Buhl

@briancebuhl.com
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Writer (SF/F) Day Job is programmer. No AI. He/Him One of my books! --> tinyurl.com/3hmccptd Write Something Good --> open.spotify.com/show/1Fxa7eJNO8CFb…

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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 24/09/2026
Here are a couple more showing the transformation.
From the back, short hair. Some balding maybe visible, but fuxk it.Me, short hair, still with the beard, but clearly happier than with long hair.Me, from the back, with long hair. Not a flattering picture.Me in my office, dark shirt, light shorts, with long hair and looking... okay. Not the happiest version of me.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 24/09/2026
Finally did it. I feel like my old self. I feel like me again.
Me, with short dqrk hair and clean shaven. Probably looks 5 to 10 years younger than the other picture.Me, old white man with long graying hair and a lot of white in my beard. Been growing the hair out for 5 years.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 08/09/2026
I wrote some observations about the WXR: Grand Finale, which I'm currently enjoying.
Blue water, gray clouds, dark mountains dipping down to the water on each side.  In the middle, the blue ice of a glacier.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 24/08/2026
I'm not starting a podcast to get famous.
A blue background with 2 black boxes, with white text in each.
The first box:
Your Followers - 0

The second box:
Average followers for shows like yours - 4
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 24/06/2026
The hits just keep on coming.
Picture of an arm with a large, obvious spider bite. The bite area has been circled with a green marker.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 14/05/2026
My daughter, Bryanna, is competing is the district batista competition and I'm so proud of her!
Busy Starbucks picture, Bryanna with green hair in Starbucks apron putting a latte on the counter.Close up of a latte in a porcelain cup, with a heart in the foam.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 10/05/2026
I started off wearing my Dad t-shirt for Mother's Day. My son suggested we both switch to wear the same Hawaiian shirt. We were only trying to coordinate shirt and this happened.
Chris Buhl on the left, Brian Buhl in the right, both standing on a lawn. They look very much alike, both wearing dark Hawaiian shirts, kaki shorts, black shoes, and socks.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 10/05/2026
Back home from the Paradise Chocolate Fest. We had a good time.
Brian and Melissa.  Brian has a beard, wearing a Mandalorian Hawaiian shirt.  Melissa has red hair, wearing a pink shirt.  Both are smiling, sitting under a canopy outside, with a leafy green tree behind them.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 09/05/2026
I'll be in Paradise, CA for Chocolate Fest. If you're anywhere near there, come check it out and say hi!
A flyer for Chocolate Fest in Paradise, CA, scheduled for Saturday May 9th.

2026, 21st annual
Join the fun!

Saturday, May 9th
Terry Ashe Park 10AM - 5PM
Chocolate Candy Land
Chocolate Cuisine Challenge
All About Books
Arts & Crafts Booths
2 Stages Live Music
Wine & Beer Garden
Free Raffle Prizes
Admission only $5
Children 4 and under FREE
Admission includes:
FREE Chocolate Samples
FREE Chocolate Pie and Ice Cream Eating Contests
FREE Kidz-Zone/Bounce House, Carnival Games, Crafts, Prizes!
ENTERTAINMENT
Hot Flash
Radio Relapse
Rigged
Spark & Cinder
Tally Band
Whiskey River Band
Sponsored by a whole lot of people
chocolatefest.us
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 06/05/2026
Holy shit!
A screen grab from Kickstarter, showing that the kickstarter is going very, very well.

$2,425,015 of $40,000 goal
15,608 backers
30 days to go
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 17/04/2026
The girl from The Ring, coming up out of pipe, pouring beer into a glass on a small table, that also contains an open box of pizza.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 16/04/2026
This is how your letter finds me.
Me, wearing shorts and a t-shiet. More importantly, I'm leaning forward and my long brown and gray hair hangs in front of me, nearly to my knees.

Cousin It, but less attractive.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 06/04/2026
If I was going to change it up, though, I'd consider someone like this.
Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk.

Since we were talking about someone that talks a little bit funny and asks probing questions, Cunk came to mind.

In this picture, Cunk, a woman with red hair and a suit, is standing in front of ruins, staring into the camera with eyes slightly narrowed.  Maybe she's about to say, "Oh, and just one more thing..." Or maybe not.  She's not the next Columbo... yet.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 17/03/2026
This is how I showed up in all the Team's meetings today. Some days, I wake up and choose violence. Today, I chose Irish.
Middle-aged man with long hair and a gray beard, wearing a green shirt featuring a shamrock, and a complicated green stain-glass background featuring an Irish knot.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 07/02/2026
Melissa and I have great seats.
Two middle aged people, Brian and Melissa, with a stage behind them. The lighted sign above the stage says "The Venue."
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 06/02/2026
Someone shared this me, so I feel obligated to share it with @damnyouwillis.bsky.social
Bumblebee and Shockwave, standing together.  Bumblebee is in Shockwave's blindspot, as it were.

Text across top: How to hide from Shockwave:
More text:
big boob blindspot

Shockwave is saying: Where are the Autobots?!
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 31/01/2026
This is my son's cat, Pancakes. Until a moment before a took this picture, she was on my desk, being a nuisance. I said, "Why are you going after my mouse? Oh. You're a cat. Guess I just needed to say that outloud. Carry on."
A black cat standing on a wooden floor, yellow eyes looking up at the person taking the picture.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 26/01/2026
Face reveal! Wrong answers only.
Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the last Crusade, after he's drank from the wrong cup and started aging... badly.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 19/01/2026
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
Biff Tannen from Back to the Future part 2, where he has taken over with his criminal empire.  He is holding a gun.

Yes, I know this is on the nose, since this version of Biff is based on that fucking guy, but I'm a couple beers, waiting at the airport, and creativity is just beyond my grasp.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 16/01/2026
This bent stick I threw around the yard will return in Avengers: Doomsday.
A classic boomerang, made of wood and with red tips.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 01/01/2026
Trying to write today.
White man in a suit with a blue tie, carrying a pen so large he has to tuck it under his arm.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 03/12/2025
Here are the top 5 of my #spotifywrapped. The fact that a Lewky song is my #3 means that I was very serious about very not serious songs.
A picture of the first 5 songs from the Spotify 2025 Wrap Up list.
Text includes:
Your Top Songs 2025
Spotify Wrapped presents the songs you loved this year
Made for maldarrien * 100 songs, 6 hr 40 min

The top 5 in this list:
Too Sweet by Hozier
Human by Rag'n'Bone Man
I Have One Daughter by Lewky and sad alex
Atlas Falls by Shinedown
I Am the Fire by Halestorm
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 20/11/2025
Old man from The Simpsons explaining something.
The text below:
So I formatted my meme like this
Which was the style at the time
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 19/11/2025
She's coming.
Scene from the first Terminator movie, where Kyle Reese is explaining the dangers of the Terminator to Sarah Connor.  The text is changed to:
Listen, and understand.  Mariah Carey is out there.  She can't be reasoned with, she can't be bargained with.

She doesn't feel pity or fear or remorse, and she absolutely will not stop, ever.  Because all she wants for Christmas is you!
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 11/11/2025
Happy Veterans Day! Here's a picture of me just on my way out of Basic Training. Hard to reconcile this young guy with the old man I see in the mirror these days.
A picture of a very young Brian C. E. Buhl in US Air Force dress blues, with a flag behind him.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 10/11/2025
Happy Disembodied Circulatory System Day, for all who celebrate.
An image from The Watchmen comic book, in which an ambulatory circular system moves through a kitchen, much to the horror and dismay of the cooks and serving staff presiding there.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 10/11/2025
*me, waking up, counting the doors*
Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek:TNG, looking upset.  From the episode where he was tortured and told that there were 5 lights when there were, in fact, four.

I think there were four, anyway. It's been a rough year. I'm not actually sure how many lights there were anymore. I'm sure there were only four, but when I woke up this morning, I could have sword I saw five.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 30/10/2025
We're doing our Halloween costumes at work today. This is what I look like in Teams.
White man, gray hair, dressed in Jedi robes with a Tatooine background. Keep getting confused for Obiwan, but was going for Quigon.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 29/08/2025
Trying to schedule a Covid vaccine before the WXR cruise and I get this:
A screenshot with highlighted text:
The patient must be between 3 and 11 years old to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in this state.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 02/08/2025
Melissa snapped this picture of us at Shut Up and Write. I wrote close to 3000 words today.
Room full of writers sitting at tables. The smiling woman authenticator front, taking the picture, is pretty. Sitting at the table with her is a long-haired, hippy-looking dude in glasses and a hawaiin shirt.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 17/07/2025
When me and my crew roll up on you
Four Kerbals (little green men with big heads and googly eyes) floating in a space capsule.  One of them is upside down and looks mildly stressed about it.  They're all generally happy though, because Kerbals love space, because space is The Shit.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 24/06/2025
Gozer (also known as Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Gozer the Traveler, Volguus Zildrohar and Lord of the Sebouillia) endorses Andrew Cuomo for mayor of NYC.
(Gozer, from Ghost Busters)
During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 04/06/2025
SFWA 2025 Silent Auction!  Support writer advocacy & uiplift!  And nab great swag while doing it!  May 29 - Jun 12.  SFWA - Advocating for SFF since 1965 -- in partnership with Worldbuilders.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 30/05/2025
A picture of Clippy, an animated paper-clip, hovering over a blank piece of paper and speaking:
"It looks like you're about to do some crime!  I can help you pick a lock."
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 03/05/2025
Last week, I attended the Festival of Books in LA. At the end of this month, I'll be at the Sacramento Book Festival! This is going to be a fun event! Come check it out! May 31st, near McKinley park!
Image promoting the Sacramento Book Festival.  The text reads:
Sacramento Book Festival
Free Event!
Let us know you're coming!
* 140+ local authors & bookstores
* Readings/activities for kids/adults
* Food and refreshments on site
* Scavenger hunt and prizes

May 31st, 2025 * 10AM-4PM
Shepard Garden & Arts Center next to McKinley Park
www.sacramentobookfestival.com
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 29/04/2025
Here's a link to my wrap-up for the LA Festival of Books. And here's a picture of me at the event.
Man wearing a Labyrinth T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, holding a book while standing in front of a table of other books.  He's got graying hair and a beard.  The table is inside a white tent, and there is a banner in the background which says "SMALL PUBLISHING IN A BIG UNIVERSE"
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 26/04/2025
Old white dude, hippy-looking with long hair, looking dismayed.A purple table under the tent, getting wet.Rain on the concrete, just outside the tent.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 08/04/2025
I'm pretty sure it's the one that had "X-Man" on the cover. He's not my favorite, though.
Cover of X-Man, which shows Nate Grey on a snowy cliffside, his left eye glowing.  Text also says, "The Saga Continues" and "The Man who fell to Earth".
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 05/04/2025
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 05/04/2025
I feel seen.
A yellow sign on a door.
Eggslut 
Please stand clear of door.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 04/04/2025
Been driving 4 hours, in our way to Vegas when the check engine light came on. At a mechanic now. I suspect alternator, but who knows? Here is a picture of Melissa and me.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 04/04/2025
With $80 in hand, you come up $60 short getting the worst tickets at your nearest Dave Mathews Band concert. #YIAYkart
A screen shot from a tickets vender.  It's a showing for Dave Matthews Band, Fri Aug 22, 7:30PM at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

It's Upper Bowl 232, Row 14, and the price is $143 each.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 01/04/2025
If you're wondering how my day is going:
A screen shot of part of a conversation in MS Teams.

Coworker: "How late are you going to be on today?"
Me: "Time is a human construct, created to keep us constantly looking towards a future that doesn't exist."
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 20/03/2025
If you were to tell me this character was anti-vax, I might believe it.
Don Knotts from the Andy Griffith show.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 19/03/2025
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
The crew from Galaxy Quest, standing in a rocky environment.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 18/03/2025
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
Buckaroo Banzai
In the foreground, he's wearing a jacket and a loose tie as he looks directly at you. In the background, he's wearing a bow tie.  He has a troop of folks with him.  It's a still from the movie sharing the main character's name.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 17/03/2025
From one of my coworkers.
A message in Teams:
I asked my son to give me the phone book. 

He laughed at me, called me a dinosaur, and handed me his cell phone, so...

The spiders is dead, the phone is broken, and my son is very upset.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 14/03/2025
I see these folks, lead by Chuck Schumer, and I think of Ted Cruz and the Republicans in 2013, when Cruz led a shutdown.
Here are the Democratic senators who just caved to Donald Trump and the GOP.  These democrats just sold out their senate colleagues and every Domacrat in the U.S. House that opposed the GOP's spending bill which gives the Trump Administration tremendous spending power.

Shown are Catherine Cortez Mastro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, John Fetterman, Brian Schatz, and Jeanne Shaheen.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 09/03/2025
Honestly, it could have gone worse. If it stuck around, it might have split into two, bringing about magic and Ookla the Mok.
Animated GIF of Thundarr the Barbarian, which features Princess Arial, Thundarr (with his fabulous Sun Sword), and Ookla the Mok.
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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.com · 27/02/2025
Memes like this one always make me think of @chuckwendig.bsky.social for some reason.
A series of pictures of possums, with text.
"1) Do you eat garbage?" is above an image of an adorable possum surrounded by dirty yet tasty snacks.  There may have been old chicken nuggies and fries, but now the possum has eaten them and only the wrappers remain.
"2) Do you scream in the morning?" is above an image of a possum that may be in great distress, or may be laughing. The image itself says "[screaming begins again]"
"3) Do you shutdown in high stress situations?" is above an image of an adorable possum lying on the ground, eyes squinted shut and mouth agape.  This is how I look when during sprint planning when I'm confronted by tasks I know I'm not going to complete, but I have to commit to regardless.  It may also be how I look when I receive particularly devastating suggestions from my editor.
The final text is not above an image: "If these apply to you then you may need to contact a physician immediately"
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