Brian Jean's Beard
I don’t watch much news on TV, so sometimes things sneak up on me.
Yesterday, I was on Alberta Prime Time’s political panel, and as I was yammering on about methane they ran some B-roll of Brian Jean. It took everything I had to keep talking and not shout “What is that on Brian Jean’s face? IT IS FANTASTIC.”
Twenty-four hours later, I’m still wanting to talk about it.
It is a truly fantastic beard. It makes a statement. Like “I thought I was going to be Premier, but no, I’m the Energy Minister. And I don’t even get to go to Dubai with the rest of the gang. So I’m going to grow a hipster beard.”
It’s a beard that can tell us what’s going on in Danielle Smith’s caucus. Mark my words: if it comes off, there’s internal caucus shenanigans in the works!
Back when Twitter was great, Brian Jean’s beard would have had its own Twitter account.
Now, over at the Daveberta substack, Dave’s running a Best of Alberta Politics survey. But it has no category for best facial hair. Not too late, Dave!
Yes, this has been an entirely frivolous post about Brian Jean’s beard. It’s my substack, and I’m too grumpy to write anything serious about Alberta at the moment. Good thing it’s free!
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That beard needs its own chair! It is so over the top that I have to agree with you that it is a huge act of rebellion. But, get the Beard a chair!