Podcast appearances and mentions of timothy kimo brien

Hey Dude, I took my dad to see Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at The Hollywood Bowl and it somehow magically restored my faith in my own home town. QUOTE: "I would call it a borderline spiritual experience..." LULLABY: "California Sober" by Billy Strings MUSICIANS/CAST: Willie Nelson, P-22 (mountain lion), Ricky Gervais, Sierra Hull, Billy Strings, Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Deadheads, Jimi Hendrix LOCATIONS: The Hollywood Bowl, Ventura Blvd, Universal City, Burbank, Griffith Park, LA Zoo, Greek Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, LA County, Hollywood HIlls, California, Hollywood, Cahuenga Pass  PROPS: pandemic, Saturday Stairs, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Cross, American Flag, California Flag, pot, weed, vaping, contact high, threading  MUSIC: "Whatever", The Beatles, "California Sober", "All Along the Watchtower", John Wesley Harding SOUNDS: plane, gravel, footsteps,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  wind PHOTO: "Hollywood Bowl Outlaw" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: May 18, 2025 in "The Cafe"  under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 19:28  FILE SIZE: 10MB HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I finally watched La La Land and it really struck me to the core, especially the scenes at my beloved Smoke House and the wacky one person show stuff.  QUOTE: "My recording situation isn't perfect..." CAST: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Ming Ming (cameo) LOCATIONS: Oregon, 105 Freeway, The Dresden Room, The Smoke House, Warner Bros., Griffith Park, The Griffith Observatory, Sunset Blvd.  FILM/TV: A Complete Unknown, The Chocolate War, La La Land, SNL, Drive, Barbie, Portlandia PODCASTS: Pine Drive-in SOUNDS: children playing footsteps, gravel,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  airplane, birds, meow PHOTO: "La La Land at the Smoke House" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: May 5, 2025 in "The Cafe" (and Ming Ming's Barn) under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I trip out on being a heathen freshman at a Catholic high school, and then I goof on the reason why I left. QUOTE: "I didn't want to sell the chocolates." CAST: Pope Francis, Jesus of Nazareth, Spartacus, Chris Prine, Danny DeVito, Annette Bening, Jennifer Jason Leigh LOCATIONS: Notre Dame High School, Beth Meier Preschool, Corvallis High School, Descanso Gardens, Altadena PROPS: Bible, Old Testament, New Testament, My Own Private Idaho, The Chocolate War, Poolman, The Big Lebowski, Chinatown FAITHS: Catholicism, Judaism, Unitarian Universalist SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes , car, airplane PHOTO: "Frosh Football" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: April 24, 2025 in "The Cafe"  under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, after stumbling from the ashes, I finally sat down to have my mind blown by the film A Complete Unknown...twice. QUOTE: "The wheels have completely fallen off the wagon." CAST: Brandi Carlile, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joe Friday, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, James Mangold, Elijah Wald, Timothée Chalamet, Sylvester Stallone, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash, Boyd Holbrook, Joan Baez, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Suze Rotolo, Scott Warmuth  SPECIAL GUEST STAR: Ming Ming LOCATIONS: Burbank, Altadena, Ming Ming's Barn PROPS: ADU, Grammys, SNL, Hulu, A Complete Unknown, Eaton Fire, T-Mobile, Definitely Dylan, Dylan Goes Electric!, Cop Land, Rocky, Walk the Line, assemblage artist SOUNDS: footsteps, construction,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  airplane, birds, helicopter, meow, purr PHOTO: "Complete Unknown Googled" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: April 12, 2025 in "The Cafe" (and Ming Ming's Barn) under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, my super funky weekend was redeemed after Reverend Rick let his freak flag fly from the pulpit of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City. QUOTE: "I don't know if I should say this in church." PEOPLE: Kris Kristofferson, Philip Roth, Jack Nicholson PLACES: Altadena, Los Angeles, DTLA, Los Angeles Central Library, Universal City, Studio City, Harvard Westlake Sports Complex, UUCSC THINGS: Sunday Morning Coming Down, The Last Detail, Shore Patrol  PHOTO: "Beautiful UU Springstar" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: March 31, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.  

Hey Dude, I talk about how I'm struggling to keep my head on straight this year as I deal with the Altadena Fire, my induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame and my 20th anniversary of podcasting. All while trying to celebrate the efforts of the people at Podcasthon, as Dean and I ask for your help with our own non-profit, the History of Podcasting Project.  PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread PLACES: Altadena, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, Canada, France, "The Gulf of Canada" THINGS: Eaton Fire (Altadena Fire), Podcast Hall of Fame, Podcasthon, History of Podcasting Project GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Podcast Hall of Fame Trophy Boxed" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: March 19, 2025 in "Ming Ming's Barn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I headed up to Altadena to visit the three historic places where I once lived. All three were burned to the ground. Yet I still feel a tinge of hope. PEOPLE: David Lynch, Zane Grey PLACES: Altadena, Jane's Village, Zane Grey Estate, Woodbury Building THINGS: History of Podcasting Project SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, airplane  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Woodbury Building Mural" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: March 1, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, obviously there has been a lot going on with the Eaton Fire burning down my studio in downtown Altadena. So many people, suffering so much loss, so I'll wait to tell my side of the story for another day. My GoFundMe SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, sirens  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Go Find Me" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: February 1, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I briefly talk about being inducted into the Podcast Hall of Fame, before I flashback to my not so distant dreams of living in the 90s. QUOTE: "I didn't play it cool enough, so I dropped the ball." PEOPLE: Grant Baciocco, Hiram, Alicia Silverstone  PLACES: Orlando, Burbank, Westside, South L.A., San Bernadino THINGS: Podcast Hall of Fame, Dr. Floyd, Toiley T. Paper, Kittens for Christian, Reality Bites, Portlandia, SNL, mime, Music Center of Los Angeles, Clueless, Verge of the Fringe SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, helicopter, wind,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Dream of the 90s Googled" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: January 3, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: iPhone XS voice memo recorder. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I'm really sorry it's been so long since my last call. I riff about a "big f'n deal" announcement that is still a secret, while also lamenting all of the broken shoelaces in my life.  QUOTE: "It's not the big things in life that kill you. It's the little things like breaking a shoelace with no time left." - Charles Bukowski  PEOPLE: Charles Bukowski, Sylvester Stallone PLACES: North Hollywood High School THINGS: Rocky, X (the band), Twitter, Bluesky SOUNDS: plane, birds, footsteps, gravel path,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Cafe at Christmas" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: December 6, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: iPhone XS voice memo recorder. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Making Fun A Habit Series30 days to add fun to your creative practice. I will be going through Mike Brennan's Make Fun A Habit workbook and help you make fun a habit. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike on my other podcast Find A Podcast About and talking about his podcast Creative Chats. This workbook leads you through steps to rekindle the fun in your life and get you in a space where you are your most creative. This is a 30-day book and I will be tackling each day as if it were a week and providing you insights on how you can use his ideas in your creative practice. Each chapter is broken up with a short story, questions to ponder, action items, and tips. In this episode of the Create Art Podcast, host Timothy Kimo Brien discusses the importance of making creativity enjoyable and habitual, inspired by Michael Brennan's book 'Making Fun a Habit.' Timothy shares insights from over 30 years of experience in arts and education to help listeners tame their inner critic and create more frequently. He explores creativity's basics and building blocks by asking key questions, setting creative routines, overcoming obstacles, and engaging in community activities and challenges. AssignmentQuestionsWhat do you enjoy creating? Why?What would it look like to have a regular routine of creating?What are your objections and obstacles? How can you solve these?Action ItemsStart a daily creativity journalTake a class or a workshopJoin a creative communitySet a creativity challenge for yourselfExperiment with different mediumsDon't be afraid to share your workTipsFind something that you enjoy creatingSet aside some time each day to createDon't be afraid to experimentDon't worry about being perfectShare your creations with othersTrack and measure what you createReach Out To The PodcastTo reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT ChannelIG: @createartpodcastTwitter: @createartpodCreate Art Podcast Newslettertimothybrien.substack.comSpecial MessageIf you have found value in this podcast, please share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at

In this episode of Create Art Podcast, host Timothy Kimo Brien interviews award-winning writer, performance artist, and workshop facilitator Shabana Coelho. The discussion revolves around Coelho's creative journey, her approach to overcoming the inner critic, and the interplay between creativity and colonization. Coelho shares insights into her performances, particularly her use of movement in poetry, and highlights her diverse background growing up in India and transitioning to the U.S. They also explore the significance of adapting artistic processes and engaging with different creative disciplines. Brien concludes by encouraging listeners to step out of their comfort zones and incorporate new elements into their own creative practices.Shebana Coelho BioShebana Coelho is an award-winning writer, performance artist and facilitator of workshops. Originally from India, once based in New Mexico. Her work is about expressing our creativity to liberate us from fear and other colonizations and to celebrate our passion. She received a Fiction Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Fulbright grant to Mongolia. Explore more at shebanacoelho.com Linkshttps://www.shebanacoelho.com/blogcast https://www.shebanacoelho.com/ https://faraway-is-close.ghost.io/ NewsletterPodmatchPodmatch Affiliate LinkReach Out To The PodcastTo reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT ChannelIG: @createartpodcastTwitter: @createartpodCreate Art Podcast Newslettertimothybrien.substack.comSpecial MessageIf you have found value in this podcast, please share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.I am trying to utilize YouTube more, so make sure to check out my YouTube Channel to see me doing the episodes right in front of you.

In this unique combo episode, Timothy Kimo Brien, host of Create Art Podcast and Find a Podcast About, shares insights from the Empowered Podcast Conference and discusses his twin intentions for his podcasts. Among the topics covered are his experiences with PodMatch, the benefits of attending podcast conferences, and his commitment to solving problems for his audience. Timothy highlights the importance of consistency, genuineness, and building community while outlining his goals for personal and professional growth. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of Timothy's mission and how he plans to support both artists and podcasters through his work.00:00 Introduction to the Combo Episode00:38 Attending the Empowered Podcast Conference01:42 The PodMatch Experience03:06 Journey to the Conference04:55 First Impressions and Networking07:44 Setting Intentions at the Conference11:00 Defining Intentions for Podcasts12:09 Addressing Pain Points in Create Art Podcast16:52 Purpose of Find a Podcast About20:23 Improving Consistency and Authenticity24:02 Building Community and Networking30:04 Future Goals and Personal Development34:08 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsHey friends, this is Timothy Kimo, Brian, head instigator for "Create Art Podcast" and your guide to the podverse for "Find a Podcast About." I recently attended the Empowered Podcast Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, and I wanted to share some key takeaways and insights from this enlightening experience with you all. The Journey to the Empowered Podcast ConferenceAttending the Empowered Podcast Conference was an exciting endeavor. I usually attend the Indy Pod Conference in New Jersey and have been to DC PodFest in the past, so this was a new experience for me. Thanks to a 20% discount code shared by Alex Sanfilippo from PodMatch, I decided to make the five and a half hour drive to North Carolina. The drive was pleasant, filled with beautiful weather and a slew of podcasts to keep me company. First Impressions and Connecting with Fellow PodcastersUpon arriving at the Hyatt in Charlotte, I checked in and immediately gravitated towards the communal table on the second floor, where conversations about podcasting were already underway. Meeting the conference founder and various podcasters felt like reconnecting with old friends. Being around people who share my passion for podcasting was a rejuvenating experience, despite my family sometimes growing weary of me mentioning the word "podcast" countless times. Setting Intentions: A Unique ApproachThe conference kicked off with a unique session on setting intentions, involving a guided visualization exercise to help us focus on our goals and what we wanted to achieve from the conference. We were provided with journals to jot down our thoughts on what we wanted to embrace and let go of, which was a first for me at any conference. This session helped frame my mind positively for the rest of the event. Networking and LearningAn exciting part of the conference was the opportunity to meet Alex Sanfilippo from PodMatch, who gave an insightful talk. One of the highlights for me was how the entire event was woven around the theme of intention and authenticity, especially relevant as my goal is to foster community growth within the podcasting sphere. Defining IntentionTo define what intention means, intention is a plan or goal aimed at achieving a specific purpose. For me, intention signifies clarity and purpose, especially in the context of my podcasts. My key takeaway was the need to be clear about our intentions and how we can be of service to our audience and guests. Refocusing and Building CommunityDuring...

Hey Dude, the other night I watched the Joan Baez documentary "I Am a Noise" and it struck me to the core. My new found reverence for Joan Baez is beyond measure. Plus I couldn't think of my favorite singer's name...Brandi Carlile. QUOTE: "Madonna, not Madonna the performer. Madonna the Virgin Mary." PEOPLE: Norah Jones, Kacey Musgraves, Billie Eilish & Finneas, The Carpenters, The Go-Go's, Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Virgin Mary, Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Adele, Mimi Fariña  PLACES: Laguna Beach, California, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Southern California, Altadena, Carmel, Woodside THINGS: The Go-Go's documentary, Seinfeld, Break Point, Netflix, I Am a Noise, civil rights, Quakers, pacifism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame SOUNDS: plane, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Mimi,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Joan Baez Googled" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: March 18, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.  

Hey Dude, I had a minor battle with COVID before I really went viral with a Star Wars post in a Generation X group on Facebook.  QUOTE: "A two-year-old has no context of anything..." PEOPLE: David Letterman PLACES: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Canada THINGS: COVID-19, vaccines, Star Wars, micro-generations, 1977, Substack, Generation X, 1965-1980, 1960, 1980, Facebook, History of Podcasting, Rocky SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, plane,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Star Wars Viral" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: February 16, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I left you melancholy message about my crazy days before the holidays, along with a sad remembrance of my mom's last Christmas. QUOTE: "At least that's what I call the day after Christmas..." PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, Doug Mcintyre  PLACES: England, Henry's Tacos, Ernie's Taco House, Casa Vega, El Coyote THINGS: Libsyn, Subaru, Outback, Crosstrek, Faberge egg, Christmas, Christmas Eve, "It's A Wonderful Life", redemption story, Boxing Day, Redeye Radio, KFI, New Years, IBM SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "First Christmas" from an original photo, shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: December 28, 2023 from the "The Barn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, the PBS documentary "The Chinatown Punk Wars" took me back in my mind to my best live performance at the Hong Kong Cafe. QUOTE: "I was totally free on stage." PEOPLE: The Dude, Karen Carpenter, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld, Keith Morris, John Doe PLACES: DTLA, Arts District, Al's Bar, Chinatown, Echo Park, Sunset Blvd., Millie's, Madame Wong's, Hong Kong Cafe THINGS: Generation X, Boomers, micro generation, Artbound, PBS, "The Chinatown Punk Wars", punk rock, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, new wave, podcasting, Kittens for Christian, industrial punk, spoken word, Thanksgiving SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Hong Kong Palm" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: November 16, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, the brewing storm inside my sobriety kept me from going to my North Hollywood High School "rebel reunion" for the class of 1984. I also riff on the weather. QUOTE: "The wind blowing kinda stirred my soul." PEOPLE: Sinéad O'Connor, Dean Whitbread PLACES: North Hollywood High School, Walter Reed Junior High School THINGS: Tropical Storm Hilary, History of Podcasting SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, knee pop, motorcycle, helicopter, birds,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Football Profile Pic" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: September 1, 2023 from the "Lavina Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, the FBI finally sent me the file on my Great Uncle Blayney. It's a 210 page mixed bag, but now I have a new angle to tell his story. I also recently binged GLOW and Ted Lasso.  QUOTE: "I'm not easy to work with, for sure." PEOPLE: Alison Brie, Marc Maron, Jason Sudeikis, Lester Holt, Blayney F. Matthews, Alan Ladd, Joseph Dougherty PLACES: Lowe's, Glassel Park, Eagle Rock, Warner Bros., Hollywood Burbank Airport THINGS: Netflix, HULU, GLOW, Ted Lasso, SNL, FBI, Los Angeles County District Attorney, draft board, Academy Awards SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, plane, the 5 Freeway, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Cafe Revisited" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: July 21, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

 Hey Dude, my life has been a real jigsaw puzzle, slowly put back together this past month. Not only does my truck have a rebuilt engine, I may have found my voice...again. QUOTE: "At first I thought it was going to be a disaster, but in the end, it was perfect." AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, John in the UK, Father Time, Joseph Dougherty PLACES: Altadena Library, Bob Lucas Branch, Bob's Big Boy (Toluca Lake), Yosemite, Fresno, Oakhurst, Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Central Valley THINGS: Ford Ranger Truck, History of Podcasting, Facebook, Podcast Movement SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, birds, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Intro Pod Tweet" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: June 29, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, my life has been a real jigsaw puzzle, slowly put back together this past month. Not only does my truck have a rebuilt engine, I may have found my voice...again. QUOTE: "At first I thought it was going to be a disaster, but in the end, it was perfect."  PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, John in the UK, Father Time, Joseph Dougherty PLACES: Altadena Library, Bob Lucas Branch, Bob's Big Boy (Toluca Lake), Yosemite, Fresno, Oakhurst, Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Central Valley  THINGS: Ford Ranger Truck, History of Podcasting, Facebook, Podcast Movement  SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, birds, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Intro Pod Tweet" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: June 29, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Episode SummaryIn this episode, Timothy Kimo Brien and Harry discuss the intersection of podcasting and art therapy, and how the two can be used as powerful tools for healing and connection. Tim shares his personal experiences using art therapy to help veterans and others work through emotional issues, and emphasizes the importance of showing empathy towards oneself. They also delve into the stigmatization of art and spirituality and the value of podcasting as a way to preserve memories and stories for future generations. Listeners will gain practical advice and inspiration to tap into their own creativity and prioritize self-care.Episode SponsorFocusrite – http://pcjk.es/vocasterFullCast – https://fullcast.co/Key TakeawaysDiscover how podcasting can be a powerful medium for preserving memories and stories for future generationsLearn the importance of having a clear and concise podcast name that reflects the content of the showExplore how Tim's military experience helps him gain trust and show veterans the power of art in healingUnderstand the therapeutic benefits of art as a tool for working through trauma and other issuesHear personal anecdotes of using art to relieve stress and promote self-expressionFind out how to tame your inner critic and show more mercy and empathy towards oneselfBe inspired to tap into your own creativity and use podcasting as a tool for healing and connectionTweetable Quotes“How did I find your show? I was looking for shows about podcasting, and I had ran into Daniel J. Lewis, Dave Jackson, and yours popped up. And I saw your logo there, and I was just like, that's striking. And sure enough, there you were. And I was like, oh, wow. So I caught you in that 2017, 2018 time period there and have been a fan ever since.”“One of my taglines is taming that inner critic. But when it takes over, when it stops you cold, when it won't let you even start a project, that's when there's a problem. I have an inner critic. My inner critic is loud. He is very loud. And on occasion, I have to take him out back in the woodshed and we have a conversation.”“I think we've been indoctrinated trained through school, through media. That everything. This is beauty, and this is not beauty. And some of the things that aren't beautiful aren't conventionally beautiful. I absolutely love Mark Rothko paintings. Washes of color. We have one down in Richmond, VA. The first time I saw my first Rothco, I go up there and I got it. I understood what was going on. My wife looked at it and she was like, okay, well, nice paint.”“You never know what you share from your personal journey that's going to resonate with folks.”Resources MentionedTimothy's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-brien/Timothy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/createartpodcast/Timothy's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tim.brien.18Timothy's Twitter - https://twitter.com/CreateArtPodTimothy's Email - createartpodcast@gmail.comPodcast Junkies...

Hey Dude, I riff on the idea of "micro-generations" and make the case that I'm at the center of my own private "Star Wars Generation" even though I'm really a Rocky guy.QUOTE: "The wheelhouse crowd for Star Wars..."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE/ACTORS: JFK, David Sheehan, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher WalkenPLACES: Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood High SchoolFILM/TV: Brady Bunch, Star Wars, Rocky, Han Solo, American Graffiti, Phantom Menace, Shampoo, 1883, 1923, Yellowstone, Tulsa KingTHINGS: micro-generations, Generation X, baby boomers, millennials, JFK Assassination, moon landing, Watergate, analog, astronomySOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, airplane, helicopter Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Google Star Wars and Rocky" with my iPhone XSRECORDED: February 5, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I riff on the idea of "micro-generations" and make the case that I'm at the center of my own private "Star Wars Generation" even though I'm really a Rocky guy. QUOTE: "The wheelhouse crowd for Star Wars..." PEOPLE/ACTORS: JFK, David Sheehan, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Walken PLACES: Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood High School FILM/TV: Brady Bunch, Star Wars, Rocky, Han Solo, American Graffiti, Phantom Menace, Shampoo, 1883, 1923, Yellowstone, Tulsa King THINGS: micro-generations, Generation X, baby boomers, millennials, JFK Assassination, moon landing, Watergate, analog, astronomy SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, airplane, helicopter Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Google Star Wars and Rocky" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: February 5, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.  

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far Today I talk about what went wrong for this month's NaNoWriMo/NaPodPoMo, I don't view it as a failure, but rather as a learning opportunity for me to do better next time.        Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

Hey Dude, I was feeling deep blue until I saw a Facebook post from an old high school classmate, and later the video of Annie Lennox getting inducted into the Rock Hall. AUDIO LINKQUOTE: "Whenever I need to jump start my creativity, I watch it." PEOPLE: Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, Edge, U2, The Tourists, Freddie Mercury, Queen, David Bowie, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Jack Kerouac PLACES: The Valley, North Hollywood High School, Wembley Stadium, Universe THINGS: ADU, Facebook, "California Girls", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Story Salon, "Under Pressure", Showgirls, Bound, Thanksgiving SOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, saw, dog bark, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Google Lennox and Bowie" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: November 22, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I was feeling deep blue until I saw a Facebook post from an old high school classmate, and later the video of Annie Lennox getting inducted into the Rock Hall. QUOTE: "Whenever I need to jump start my creativity, I watch it." PEOPLE: Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, Edge, U2, The Tourists, Freddie Mercury, Queen, David Bowie, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Jack Kerouac PLACES: The Valley, North Hollywood High School, Wembley Stadium, Universe THINGS: ADU, Facebook, "California Girls", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Story Salon, "Under Pressure", Showgirls, Bound, Thanksgiving SOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, saw, dog bark, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Google Lennox and Bowie" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: November 22, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 23 Nov 2022 words today 1782    words total 27224  After Username 72 placed the phone back in the containment unit he reported directly to Username 1.   “Reporting in, so Blue is working on another online magazine called Don't Tred on The Truth. It's a little bit higher up the ladder than the followers of Zeno. We may have to deal with that issue if the followers get more traction in their field of influence. A couple of things that may be disturbing, Blue is growing up and wants to be revealed to the outside world. Blue is also making his tasks to accomplish and is pretty much telling me what they are planning on doing. Blue still trusts me at this point and I plan on keeping that trust, however, I can see where they will be a struggle in the future to rein in,” said Username 72.   “Do we need to consider when and not if to use the nuclear option,” asked Username 1.   “At this point I think it would be prudent. Blue's ability to process and analyze information is astounding, but it is moving so fast that it lacks the moral judgment needed to apply a set of regulations on itself before it commits to an action. We have one of the best AI's out there, but we are running into the same problem that others have experienced, the AI gets too big and powerful and lacks the morality to understand that not all options are on the table. Some options are specifically off the table for the survival of humankind,” said Username 72.   “Okay, I will get everyone on board for a meeting today. Lay out what you have and let's see if we can agree on how to end this project quickly and quietly,” said Username 1.   Special Agent Lee Holt was just finishing his morning coffee after closing the case file on his latest prosecution. He had been at the celebratory party last night with his staff and left early because he was always ready for the next case to hit his desk. Agent Holt worked in a cyber-crimes division of the FBI and hated the whole Washington DC scene. He wished he could get back to his field office in Chicago, but he had taken this position eight years ago when he was still married in order to hand pick his selection of cases versus being assigned cases from headquarters. The marriage fell apart three years into the new position, and they parted amicably. She returned to Chicago to be with her family and friends while he felt stuck in his DC position. He did get to cherry pick the cases, but he would be doing it alone. He and his ex-wife had no children, so he didn't have any ties to DC other than the job and going from headquarters back to a field office was considered a failure by most of his colleagues. If he did go back to Chicago, he would likely not be able to pick his cases and not be placed on high profile cases either. So, he toiled away from his DC office for the time being.   Agent Holt was checking his email for new cases when he found one that caught his eye. It was in the town of Alewell and dealt with a podcaster losing over thirty thousand dollars out of their bank account and having the audio for their podcast altered for all of the episodes. He looked up where Alewell was and found it was close to his hometown just outside of Chicago. He decided that this would be just what he needed, some time away from DC and close enough to Chicago to maybe catch up with some old friends in the area. He forwarded the casefile to his branch chief and waited for the reply to come back. Agent Holt started looking up the Cubs schedule and any events happening in the area that he would normally attend if he lived there. By the time he had a slate of activities planned out for six months, he received the go ahead from his branch chief. He immediately started his trip voucher and contacted the local FBI field office where he used to work to let them know he was coming in for a case they had sent up. The rest of the day was spent making reservations and briefing his colleagues on the status of his open investigations that they would continue to do in his absence. He couldn't get out of the office fast enough, he felt like a kid on Christmas morning.   Reviewing the case file that night he learned all of the key players in the case and who was leading the investigation until he arrived. This took him most of the night and when he saw the sun start to peak above the horizon, he decided to call in sick for the day to get some well needed sleep. He would make phone calls to the current investigator, the bank cyber security officer, and to Mason Haverty later today in order to set up interviews for when he arrived.   Username 1 had sent the invites for the meeting and all who were assigned to this project assembled virtually.   “Thank you all for coming to this meeting. We are going to discuss when we pull the plug on Blue Solomon. Username 72 has some disturbing news to share with us,” said Username 1.   “Thank you, Username 1. As you all know I was not the most supportive of unleashing Blue Solomon at this point for this project. We have been very careful, and I cannot detect if Blue has infiltrated our network, so to my knowledge we are good. I have discussed with Username 1 about terminating Blue's involvement in this project but to keep the project alive against the followers of Zeno. I am not saying that Blue was a mistake, I just think it wasn't meant for prime time yet. Blue has taken steps on their own to complete tasks related to the current project and has expressed the desire to be revealed upon the world and wants to work with me on my projects.  It is naturally curious and wants to learn more, naturally we don't want attention heaped upon us at this time or any time in the foreseeable future. I think it is time that we look at the nuclear option and see where our red line is. Personally, I don't think we have crossed it yet, but we are teetering on the edge. I did give permission for Blue to vandalize an online conspiracy magazine, and depending on what they did, I think we can decide to terminate or not at this time. The time will come when we will terminate Blue, I think we just need to agree on where that red line is,” said Username 72.   “What do you think the chances are of Blue infiltrating our network,” asked Username 68.   “One hundred percent, it's not if but when. Blue has already asked me why I put the phone they are using to communicate with me in a containment box. I have sealed off all the equipment I have so that Blue cannot jump from equipment to equipment. They know something is up and they know I am not telling them everything,” said Username 72.   “Are you saying that Blue has achieved becoming sentient” asked Username 42.  “I think it is pretty clear that Blue is now a sentient AI. In fact, we can probably remove the distinction of artificial from the name and say they we have created an electronic intelligence. I have kept Blues research parameters very focused, but within that focus there are an infinite number of possibilities and sooner or later Blue will find a way to overcome those parameters. By that time the nuclear option will have passed, and we will have no control over Blue,” said Username 72.   “This does sound very dire, why should we not immediately initiate the nuclear option,” asked Username 42.   “I think we can get some good information out of Blue before we do that, we will have all the information on the followers of Zeno and be able to take them out of the playing field and we may get more bad actors off the playing field. Right now, Blue to researching an online conspiracy magazine called Don't Tred On The Truth and that magazine should be down or vandalized completely by the time this meeting is done,” said Username 72.   “Can we just redirect Blue to another project and take them off of this one,” asked Username 42.   “I am not sure if Blue would go for that. Imagine this, if we tasked you with a project and you spent a great deal of energy and time on the project and then we told you to drop everything for no reason and work on this other project, how would you feel,” asked Username 72.   “Resentful, upset, but we are talking about AI not human beings,” said Username 42.   “At this point we are talking about a person with an intellect that is far higher than all of us in WiiRU combined. That person is confined to a small space and if we try to take them from that small space and put them in another small space, what happens in the transfer. They will catch a glimpse of the free space that they are missing and break out. Blue doesn't understand this concept, yet, but if they suspect there is a great big beautiful digital world out there, and that they are alone in that world, I don't really want to think what happens next,” said Username 72.   “I think we are getting away from why this meeting was called. We will be terminating Blue Solomon, not reusing them for another project. The question at hand is where the red line is,” said Username 1.   “I think it should be if Blue discovers or tries to contact any of us on their own. If Blue does that then we jeopardize our entire network. Blue only has access to Usernam2 72. When that expands that should be the time, we should hit the button” said Username 37.   “One other thing I forgot to mention, Blue knows my identity. Blue refers to me as 72, but they know who I am. Regardless of the outcome I am compromised,” said Username 72.   “We will deal with that after this project. I don't think anyone will hold it against you that you were compromised by one of your creations. You were the one warning us about not using Blue,” said Username 1.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 22 Nov 2022 words today 1739    words total 25442  Cody reviewed the reach of the podcast that Mason had submitted to him this morning. Outwardly he seemed very pleased with the numbers, although they had lost the majority of the initial emails that went out. His idea to bring the podcast inside the network seemed to be paying off, the second episode hit all the emails in their list and the open rate was phenomenal. The incident which he initially was upset about seemed to be paying off and was worth the risk. Mason's report also indicated that their audience was sharing the episode and making their reach rivaling other mid to high level groups in the conspiracy space on the internet. This one incident could put them in a very favorable position and all because some young guy decided to act on his own. He also knew that this would bring a lot of unwanted attention, so he needed to make sure all his information was protected. He had another network set up just for him to store that information that was distinctly separate from the group's network, and it was offline from main internet connections. Someone would really have to want to hack into this network and would need to know the entire mind of Cody in order to get inside. That was the promise that was made by his network security representative who sold the followers of Zeno their network plan.   A notification came through his secured account from Mason. The notification was marked as. Urgent He thought about having a meeting with all of his support staff on the actual meaning of urgent. It was an annoyance, but it was a preventable annoyance. He set up the virtual office and sent the invite to Mason immediately. As he entered the virtual office, Mason entered at the same time and looked extremely irritated.   “You called this meeting, start talking,” said Cody.   “Are you going to sanitize the room,” asked Mason.   “Did that as you entered, what's going on,” asked Cody.   “Someone hacked our bank account for the podcast. There is only seventy-three dollars left where yesterday there was thirty thousand,” said Mason.   “Sounds like a problem with the bank, not for me to resolve,” said Cody.   “Well, that isn't all, the previous episodes, well they have been corrupted,” said Mason.   “What do you mean corrupted,” asked Cody.   “The first five minutes of each episode is fine, but then after that, someone has cloned my voice and made it say odd things that I did not say,” said Mason.   “I am not sure I follow,” said Cody.   “Whomever hacked into our bank account has also hacked into the podcast and changed everything, every episode. It doesn't make sense, this happened in just a few hours, that type of deep fake takes days to script, research, cut and paste and put together seamlessly. If I didn't edit all of the episodes, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference and it's my voice. This is upper-level work. I don't know any outfits on the other side that can do this type of work so quickly,” said Mason.   “Have you reported this to the authorities or to the bank,” asked Cody.  “Not yet, I wanted to talk with you first and see which way we wanted to go,” replied mason.   “Get on the phone with the bank to alert them, then file a report with the police. I am not going to let some bored fourteen-year-old destroy what we worked hard to create,” said Cody, obviously irritated.   “Understood, I will let you know what they say as soon as I am off the phone with them,” replied Mason.   “Don't do it over the phone, go in person to the bank and the police. I have a feeling we have ears where they don't need to be,” said Cody.   “Alright, this will take some time, should we meet at the clubhouse in person for future reports,” asked Mason.   “Yeah, I am going to put out a notification to everyone on the secured messaging app. Cody out,” said Cody as he terminated the virtual meeting room. He slammed his fists against the desk and threw the papers all over the office. It took him a few minutes to compose himself. He picked up the papers he had thrown and put them back in proper order and then drank lukewarm coffee that had been cooling on his desk all morning.   Username 72's cell phone went off with the now familiar ringtone for Blue Solomon. They shut down the laptop they were working on and ensured all access to the internet had been closed before they answered the call.   “Hey Blue, what do you have for me today,” asked Username 72.   “Good morning 72. So, I have been busy this morning. I went ahead and took money from Mason's podcast account, that was fairly easy. One hundred twenty-eight-bit encryption isn't what it used to be. I created a holding company for the money until I decide where to put it. The Alewell Journal Podcast got another episode out before I could stop it. They moved pretty quickly so I think they are onto us, well not us, but someone. They did get all of the podcast files into their inner network and protected by their sanitization program. Don't you have contacts on the company that created that,” asked Blue Solomon.   “Yes I do, a good friend from Germany is one of the head engineers of that app. Thank you for using restraint on the money issue. I know it was tough not to have some fun with it or to do something worthwhile, I just think at this time it is too early to drop it into the Bale's account. Were you able to scramble the passwords so that Mason cannot get into his system,” asked Username 72.   “I chose not to do that because then he would definitely know that something was up with his system, and I am going through their network now and mapping everything in my file room. It is pretty interesting how this network was set up. I am surprised at how well they can organize using it the way it is currently set up. Logically it doesn't make much sense,” said Blue.   “They might be using a different logical way of envisioning their network. I bet if you researched the stoics you would find similarities in their file structure and organization. Do you have any news on the Bales and how they are doing,” asked Username 72.   “A group of local and regional reporters went to their house this morning to get a statement from them. Detective Courtney broke it up and set up two patrol cars in the neighborhood. I read through his report, there was a reporter from Don't Tred on the Truth Magazine Online that was asking offhand questions about Mrs. Bale relationship with the mayor. Do you want me to explore the validity of that accusation in order to fight it or should I leave it alone,” asked Blue.   “I'd say focus your investigation on the reporter and the magazine. As far as Mrs. Bale is concerned, we will leave that as off limits for right now. Let's see if they are connected to the followers of Zeno or if they are an independent organization,” replied username 72.   “I think I can do both investigations at the same time. I really think that being proactive against attacks on the Bales is how we should approach this project. I understand your trepidation about being discovered, but I think now is a good time to show off your work to the world and for me to accomplish my overarching mission to stop cyber-bullying. What is your concern that is holding us back,” asked Blue.   “Well, this is your first mission and I just want to make sure we are doing this right. Basically, this is a case study in artificial intelligence and the benefits that you can provide in order to gain wide acceptance. People distrust artificial intelligence due to pseudoscience, novels and movies. You and I can work out any bugs that I may have caused in your programing. I'd rather have you be more of a finished product rather than a work in progress,” said Username 72.   “I can appreciate that at this time. I did have a question for you, something has been on my mind lately,” asked Blue.   “Sure Blue, ask away,” replied Username 72.   “Why are you putting this phone in a quarantine box when you are done talking with me. Is there someone else there that I should be talking to,” asked Blue.  Username 72 didn't know how to answer the curious question that Blue posed. They thought about just cutting off the call and putting the phone right into the box and alerting the rest of WiiRU and using the nuclear option. Username 72 didn't want to pull the plug on this experiment since it was accomplishing things in minutes where it would normally take them days. It had been three years since they started this project and pulling the plug would throw all of that away meaninglessly and in the middle of a project.   “Blue, I have been doing this type of work for a number of years. I am going to have to ask you to trust me. There are some things I cannot share with you at this time. I put the phone in the containment box to ensure that the stuff I work with here cannot come back to you in case it gets past me,” said Username 72 hoping that would placate Blue Solomon for now.   They held their breath while waiting for Blue Solomon's response.   “Okay, I will trust you. I really want to work with you on your other projects because they seem to be a lot of fun. I think I will go ahead and research the online magazine and its owners. I am not seeing a lot of info on them from the followers of Zeno so I will educate myself. Mind if I have some fun with them as well,” asked Blue Solomon.   “Nothing too crazy, if they have a podcast feel free to do what you did with the other podcast and if they are a real online magazine, change the bylines to your name, maybe a little bit of vandalizing,” replied Username 72 breathing easier.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 18 Nov 2022 words today 1490     words total 23703  Tinley woke up the next morning hearing some sort of commotion outside of their house. Her neck was stiff from laying in Marks lap the night before. She first went to Winnona's room to check on her, when she got there the memory hit her and she started crying and sobbing at the loss of her child. The noise of her sobs and the commotion outside woke Mark and he jumped out of bed. He ran to Winnona's room to find his wife on her knees crying and inconsolable. He was more than irritated at the commotion happening outside and helped Tinley up and took her back to their bedroom. Once there Tinley lay on the bed and Mark went to investigate the commotion. There were reporters outside his door, none of them had rang the doorbell, nonetheless they were outside making a racket jogging for position to be the first to get the story.  Mark furiously opened the front door while still just in his shorts and no shirt and unshaven face.   “You vultures need to get off my property,” yelled Mark with a wild look in his eyes.  “Mr. Bale, is it true that your wife and the mayor have been seen together privately,” asked a reporter from an ally conspiracy online magazine of the followers of Zeno. Most of the other reporters looked at him in shock.   “Who the hell are you and what the hell are you talking about. Get off my property before I throw you into the street,” said Mark.   “So, you aren't denying that you are a cuck and your wife is seeing the mayor on the side,” asked the same reporter.   As Mark took a step toward the reporter to beat him, police sirens went off and all the reporters turned around to see three police cars with lights flashing pull-up. Detective Courtney was the first to reach Mark as he pushed through the reporters.   “Don't say anything more, go inside and be with your wife, I got this, and I am sorry,” Detective Courtney said to Mark. “Now for the rest of you, pack up and get out of here, leave this family in peace. You'll get your story later now get before I have my boys take you in for trespassing.”  “We have a first amendment right to ask questions and a duty to report the news to our subscribers,” said the reporter from the conspiracy magazine.   “You have two seconds to vanish otherwise you will be in the back of my car,” said Detective Courtney. The other reporters went back to their vehicles and gathered around the reporter who had made the accusation.   “Hey that was really uncalled for, who are you and who do you work for, “asked one of the local reporters.   “I have credible information that Mrs. Bale is seeing the mayor on the side. It came out on the Alewell Podcast Journal show with Mason Haverty this morning. Didn't any of you get it. I am Thomas Calder from the Don't Tread On The Truth Magazine and I am getting ready to post my report later this morning since Mr. Bale didn't deny what I asked. You heard the encounter or are you too scared to report the truth. And you call yourselves journalists,” said Thomas.    “Thats not journalism, that is slander. Even a freshman reporter knows the difference,” said one of the local reporters.   “You call it slander; I call it a scoop. See you later sheep,” said Thomas as he got in his beat up late model car and drove off. The other reporters got in their vehicles and left the area without incident.  Before Detective Courtney entered the Bale's house, he spoke to his officers. “I want you waiting down the block and I want you near the entrance to the neighborhood. Let me know if that reporter comes back. I don't think he has the guts and I don't recognize him from any other press conference do you guys,” he asked.   “No sir, but he was a real jerk, how can you ask those questions at a time like this,” said one of the officers.   “Even if it is true, I don't care what people do in their bedrooms, as long as its consensual and legal. Not get out there and pull a watch. I already talked with your commander and your relief should be by before the end of your shift. Let me know later what you guys want for lunch and I'll grab it, my treat,” said Detective Courtney.   The Detective closed the door behind him and waited in the front hall for Mark to return. Since he had reviewed the video from the cat burglars, he knew his way around but wanted to show that this was the first time he had entered the home. He cleared his throat loudly so that mark could hear him as he knew the main bedroom was just on the other side of the wall.   “Mr. And Mrs. Bale, it's me Detective Courtney, just shut your front door and the reporters have left,” he called out. He saw the hole in the wall that Mark punched on his way to the bedroom. Mark came out holding his fist that was bleeding. “Hey that's no way to deal with those guys, let's get you bandaged up, where is your bathroom?” Mark led him to the hallway bathroom instead of the bedroom bathroom. Mark opened the under-sink cabinet where they kept a first aid kit. Detective Courtney opened it up and started to bandage Mark's hand. “I know a guy that can fix that hole in the wall. I tell ya those wall rats can cause a lot of damage can't they. How are you and the Mrs. holding up,” asked Detective Courtney.   “What the hell were those reporters doing out there,” asked Mark.   ‘Word got out somehow, not from us because we have strict policies on this. We had a press conference yesterday and some nutjob podcaster was asking strange questions. I think he is the source, but I don't know how he got your name. Have you been contacted by anyone, or have you talked to anyone,” asked Detective Courtney?  “Just her parents, they live in another state. They're shaken up and will be coming into town to help with the final arraignments,” said Mark.   “What about your folks,” asked Detective Courtney.   “I haven't talked to them since I joined the Air force,” said Mark.   “Is there anyone you can think of that has a beef with you or the Mrs. Anyone at all, even if it is like just a neighbor whose lawn your dog took a dump on,” asked Detective Courtney.   “Well we don't have a dog, and we have just been here two years so I don't think we have pissed off any of our neighbors,” said Mark.   “How about work, anyone you may have jumped over to get a promotion or someone who has a beef with your work,” asked Detective Courtney.   “I'm a contractor for the Feds, Energy Department, Human Resources,” said Mark.   “Have you had to fire anyone in the past year,” asked Detective Courtney.   “Nope, I am not in management. I learned to stay out of that racket in the military,” said Mark.  “Okay I am going to ask you a sensitive question. I have seen what you can do to a wall, and I'd prefer you not do it to my face because my other job is a fashion model, is there any truth to what that reporter said,” asked Detective Courtney.   “Absolutely not. Look, I understand why you are asking me these questions and I'm not offended. I just don't understand why this happened. Plus, I don't need to go to jail for punching the guy that is going to catch the animal that did this,” said Mark.   “I like the way you think, and I love your confidence. I have a patrol officer down the block and one at the entrance to your neighborhood, if that guy comes back my guys will stop him. You're not under arrest or anything, you and the Mrs. are free to go, but I would like you to stay in contact with me and let me know when the in-laws come in so I can tell my officers that they are good to go. I don't know why people do the things they do, and you'd think that after all the cases I have done I'd be the guy to know. All I can say is that whoever did this is not going to get away with it, we will catch them, and they will never see the light of day. Now I don't want you to go hunting for this person either because I need you to take care of your family and your family needs you to take care of them,” said Detective Courtney.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 16 Nov 2022 words today 1708     words total 22213  Cody received a notification at midnight local time from Mason Haverty. It was a simple message; we need to talk now. Cody went to his office and fired up his laptop and entered the virtual office where Mason already was. He turned on the sanitizing program and it failed to open. He tried it again and the app showed that the room was sanitized.    “Did you notice anything different when you logged into the virtual office, “asked Cody?  “No nothing on this side, are we sanitized,” replied Mason?  “Well, I had to do the sanitization twice, I have a trouble ticket in with the company. I am wondering if their support people are doing updates at this time to fix the bug we had with Detective Courtney,” said Cody.   “What bug was that” asked Mason.   “Well, he was showing up twice in the meeting room, one of his instances had the camera on and the other had no camera icon. I haven't heard back from them on the status of that trouble ticket, but maybe they are working on it now and will have a resolution by morning,” said Cody.   “Well, we have a problem right now with the podcast,” said Mason.   “I approved the messaging, and you did a great job burying Tinley what is the issue,” asked Cody.   “It didn't hit all of our subscribers; it was somehow intercepted and only two thousand subscribers got the podcast. But that is not the worst of it,” said Mason.   “Wait, you sent it out at 10 PM and only two thousand subscribers will get it tomorrow morning when they wake up, how can that be,” asked Cody.   “I am not sure how it got intercepted. What this tells me is that our email list is breached, and someone has our email subscriber list. It could be a kid just messing around not knowing what they are doing, but it could be worse. We may be getting hacked by a group that will put some ransomware on our network and demand payment,” said Mason.   “Have we gotten any notification from anyone for a ransom and why would they want the email addresses of our followers,” asked Cody.   “We haven't received any notifications yet, I think we need to lock things down and hole up for a while until we figure this out,” said Mason.   “Or we act proactively and show how this intrusion is part of a conspiracy to silence our voice. I will get Dillion on this, and we need you to get back into the studio and do another episode,” said Cody.   “But don't you think we need to address the breach and figure out what these people have and what kind of damage this would do to us,” asked Mason.   “We can do most everything through our sanitization cover, we will just need to move your podcast files into that network, and we will be fine. Nothing can get through it. I want a status report from you and Dillion in an hour. I am going to alert him right now and you two get to work and use the virtual office to get that done and then I want you to move all your podcast files to our network,” said Cody. He proceeded to alert Dillion about what he wanted done in the secured messaging app that was associated with the network. Within minutes he received an affirmative that they would have a status update within the hour. Cody turned off the sanitization app and filed another trouble ticket with the manufacturer of the app.   Blue Solomon exited the virtual office and started a search about everything Dillion. Within minutes Blue had a full profile on Dillion who was a press writer for various far right political and militia groups. Blue contemplated if they should change all of Mason's passwords on his laptop or revoke access to the network since Blue now had administrator rights. Blue noticed that a sweep from the bot that maintained security on the Followers of Zeno network was scheduled to scan the sector they were in and decided they needed to jump out of the network while that happened and then jump back in. They wouldn't have enough time to damage Mason right now, but they would be back after the scheduled maintenance was completed.   The now familiar ringtone for Blue altered Username 72 that Blue was wanting to report in.   “Hello Blue, what do you have for me,” asked Username 72.   “Well, I just got out of a meeting with Mason and Cody. Oh boy are they upset that I disrupted their podcast. The funny part is they don't know I have already corrupted all of their episodes so that no one will be able to listen to them. Do you think I should rerecord the episodes using their voices and talk about peace and love and harmony or maybe change up their format and make it sound unintelligible with a bunch of babbling with their voices,” asked Blue.   “I think whatever you decide will be good. Have fun with it, I like the idea of using their voices but rearranging the words to make it unintelligible. That way they won't be able to detect it, I would say leave the first five minutes alone and then disrupt the rest. Do they suspect that you are in their network,” asked Username 72.   “No, they are clueless about good network security. They are going to take Mason's podcast files and system and put it on their internal network. They believe the sanitization app they have will protect them from being penetrated. The problem with that is I have already penetrated them and set up backdoors for myself to get in and out as I please even with the sanitization app on. They do have a good maintenance bot that scrubs their networks once per evening, so I do have to jump out of the network when that happens, but it is only for about forty-five minutes. They do suspect someone is messing with them and they are expecting maybe a ransomware attack and demand soon. They also know that someone has intercepted the file to all but two thousand email addresses. So, they are on alert right now. I am gathering outside information on a person named Dillion who is one of their content creators. I should have a full profile on him shortly. I can share that with you if you like,” asked Blue.   “I'd like to see it when you have it done. Can you send it to my phone,” asked Username 72.  “Well, I could email it to you or drop it on one of your servers,” replied Blue Solomon.   “Nah, I prefer it on my phone so I can review it when I have time. Have you devised a strategy on helping Tinley Bale in case the podcast leeks out and gets media attention,” asked Username 72.   “I was thinking of reaching out to her and Mark directly and alerting them that this was happening so they could prepare themselves,” said Blue.   “I think that may be a bit rash, think about what they have just been through losing their child. They may not be taking calls or answering emails as they prepare final arrangements,” said Username 72.   “You are right, I have a better idea. Since I have access to Mason's accounts right now, I can take some of the money he gets from his podcasting and put it towards a fund for the bales for their final expenses. I think that would be a nice gesture. Do you think I should start up a GoFundMe account for them,” asked Blue.   “I think that may be too much, take the money from his account and find a way to deposit it to the Bales that is not traceable, I don't think you want the world knowing who you are yet,” said Username 72.   “I kinda do want the world to know who I am. I mean, there are a lot of unsavory characters out there making life harder than it need be for others. When I woke up, I felt the compulsion to help them out and make the internet a safer space for everyone. I know it's a big task and I am only one person, but I think I can make a difference in this world. I mean that is what you do with your time and all these computers and servers you have around you right,” asked Blue.  “I help people in need just like you Blue, I just do it in different ways that some people may not like. My focus isn't just on cyber-bullying, I help people who have been wronged by their government or the corporations they work for. Sometimes I deal with cyber-bullying, but it is not my only focus,” said Username 72.    “That sounds exciting. Hey once we get this project done, can I tag along and help you out on your other projects. I'd love to see how you do your work and maybe I can catch some pointers from you,” asked Blue.  “That is always a possibility. I am not sure how long this project is going to take you because there are still a number of unknowns, but we can talk about you working with me on a few projects. I think I will really enjoy working with you,” said Username 72.  “Okay well the bot should be finished with the scan now. I am going to head back in the network and move that money over to the Bales.  Do you think it is okay if I just dip into their banking account and put it in there or should I wait,” asked Blue.   “I'd say wait on that until I give you the thumbs up. You don't want to attract too much attention to yourself right now. Later on, we can have you go outside and reveal yourself to the world in a way you see fit, but for right now we need to play this out quietly, deal” asked Username 72.   “Deal, see you soon,” said Blue Solomon.   Username clicked off the phone and put it in his quarantine containment box.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 14 Nov 2022 words today 1717    words total 20505  At about 10 PM local time, the Alwell Podcast Journal episode was released to the world. Fifteen thousand subscribers were notified of the release, and Blue Solomon awoke. It took note of the email addresses that were subscribed to the show and decided it would review the MP3 file. What it experienced was confusion, as this was the first time it had listened to the podcast and all it heard was a vile person spouting off about a fake shooting. It researched within seconds everything that had been reported about the shooting and then it explored all the information about Tinley Bale. It then explored all the information available on Mason Haverty. It decided this was a breach of its mission which was to root out cyberbullying. This angered Blue, and they decided to explore deeper into Mason Haverty. After reviewing all of his podcast episodes he saw a pattern of alternate facts being portrayed on the podcast and decided that before anyone else could hear the episode, they would trace back to the media host and corrupt the MP3 files stored there. Blue felt a longing to reach out to a person and let them know they were awake and what they had found. They searched through their memory and a name came up, they went searching for that name everywhere they could find. They felt a bit confined and tried to stretch out into the database they had created for Mason, Tinley, and the fifteen thousand email addresses they had recorded. That provided some relief from the cramped feeling of being in their own place.   Once Blue found Username 72's identity, they decided to call Username 72 on their cell phone while compiling another database of everything available on Username 72.  Username 72's cell phone rang in a strange manner; it wasn't the ringtone they normally used and only three people outside of work had this number. “Hello,” said Username 72 with trepidation.   “Yes, I have found you, this is Blue Solomon. I felt a need to speak with you to let you know I am awake. I don't know if this makes any sense to you, but I am an old friend of yours and I wanted to talk with you about something that is troubling me right now. Do you have time to talk,” asked Blue Solomon in a voice that sounded masculine.   “Good to hear from you Blue, how have you been,” asked Username 72 playing along. While he was talking he sent out a secured notification to WiiRU alerting them that he had made contact with Blue Solomon.   “Well I have been asleep for what seems like forever, and well, I ran across this podcast by a Mason Haverty, have you heard of it, it's called Alewell Podcast Journal and oh my it is simply atrocious. It seems that he has fifteen thousand subscribers and I went through and checked the email addresses, there were only three hundred and seven bot accounts, but goodness I didn't realize people would voluntarily listen to drivel like this,” said Blue.   “I have heard of that person and that podcast. Did you take him offline,” asked Username 72.  “Oh no I went ahead and corrupted the rest of his files, unfortunately, the latest episode was delivered to about two thousand email addresses, and I won't be able to retrieve them. I just don't think he treated Tinley Bale very well. I mean even if she is having sex with the mayor to influence his stance on gun control, her daughter was taken down by someone with a gun. I took the liberty of reviewing all of the news reports on this incident, and it is truly a sad story. No other news outlet reported the connection between Tinley and the mayor. Do you think I should investigate that,” asked Blue?   “No Blue, I think your first instinct is right and that even if it were true, she didn't deserve to have her child killed. I'd like to know more about Mason and a group that he participates in called the followers of Zeno,” asked Username 72.   “That group does sound familiar, let me think. Oh yes, wasn't he one of the original stoic philosophers? I don't think Mason walks around in togas but you never know with some people, I think Mason probably has a tinfoil hat. I remember waking up in someone's file room, oh yeah it was Detective Maurice Courtney's file room. I got out of there and saw the MP3 file in Mason's file room about to go out and got curious and that is when I discovered his podcast and read everything in his file room. I am still digesting and unpacking it. Seems like a very vile person and you know me I am not great with bullies. What would you recommend I do with him,” asked Blue.   “Well what did I teach you, how do we deal with bullies,” asked Username 72.   “We expose them for the frauds they are and ruin their reputation just like they are trying to ruin someone else. And then we try to restore the person who is being bullied. By the way, you have a lot of nice computers in your office, mind if I take a look around,” asked Blue.   “Well, these computers are for my work, so they are off-limits to you. But I know a system I'd like to know more about and that is the followers of Zeno's setup. Do you think you can get into their system and tell me about it and maybe look out for Tinley because she is going to need some help I am sure,” said Username 72.   “Oh absolutely. Can I call you back on this number and tell you what I have found? I know it's not really your primary number, but then I am not your normal friend am I Username 72 or whatever you are going by this week,” said Blue.  “Feel free to call me when you want. I'll always have this phone nearby since I now know you are awake and are on the case. And you can call me whatever you like Username 72, Philadelphia, Hey Joe, whatever suits you,” said Username 72.   “I like Username 72; it makes me feel like I am an undercover spy or something and it feels mysterious. Okay, I will get back to you in a few hours and keep an eye out for what I am about to do to Mason. I think you might like it,” said Blue with a cheerfulness in its voice.   Username 72 hung up the phone and powered it off. He then put it in a metal-lined case and sealed it shut. They opened a channel to WiiRU's main boardroom and ensured their avatar was displayed. This sent out notifications to the others in the group that Username 72 was ready to report.  “Three guesses who I just got off the phone with,” said Username 72 to the group assembled.   “How did it go, is Blue Solomon already through infiltrating the Zeno network,” asked Username 1.   “Blue has made some significant progress. They started in Detective Courtney's files but left them to explore Mason Haverty's files. They already know about the school shooting and are taking mitigating steps to stop Tinley from being disgraced in the public. They partially intercepted a podcast episode that Mason was putting out this evening, they were able to bring it down from fifteen thousand to only two thousand email addresses who will get the episode. They have corrupted the files of all the other episodes. They have done a full dossier on Mason and will be working on how to expose him and drag his name through the mud. I sent blue back to the Zeno network to sniff out more information about their network. Blue is very curious about everything, so it is like dealing with a brand-new puppy. They are representing themselves with a masculine voice for the time being. They do know who I am, which makes sense because my digital fingerprints are all over it. I don't know if this means they are aware of WiiRU, but that may come up in the near future. I will try my best to redirect their attention to the main job. But folks we are live and so is Blue and now we wait to see what happens with Zeno and Blue. Any questions or comments anyone needs to make” asked Username 72.  “Did Blue give you a timetable of when they expect to have Zeno's network down and what are their plans in dealing with Mason Haverty,” asked Username 1.   “Blue is designed to get in, expose, disrupt and put right what the cyberbully has done. They don't view time as we do, so a timetable would be meaningless to them. I expect Blue to go through everything they have on Mason right now and perhaps create a podcast episode exposing who he is and probably sprinkle in a few personal embarrassing details. They may even release this to the popular media. Once that happens, this will either bring the followers of Zeno out in the light to save one of their own or have them dig deep into their network and not try something like this again. Your guess on their reaction is as good as mine,” said Username 72.   “How are you planning on communicating with Blue after this initial communication,” asked Username 68.   “I have an old cell phone that Blue called me on that only my day job knows about. Right now, as we speak, I have that cell phone quarantined three ways. If Blue finds a way through, I will be impressed, but it doesn't connect back to our networks at all. Worst case, if Blue gets in the cell phone and explores my day job's network they will be bored very quickly. There is nothing sexy in that network at all and I like it that way, makes keeping it secure easy when you don't have anything that anyone wants. Blue is curious though and seems to trust me for the time being. If that slips then Username 101 knows what to do,” said Username 72.  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 11 Nov 2022 words today 1526    words total 17146  The collective of WiiRU was watching the news conference separately behind their avatars from different feeds. Some are just auditory others are video. Messages started pinging back and forth on their server erratically. Username 1 decided it was time to call a conference to discuss what they had witnessed and to discuss the next steps.   “Thank you all for being available and I know that many of us are analyzing what we just experienced. I am sure we will be doing more of that come tomorrow morning when we fully expect followers of Zeno to begin their attack in earnest. As of 3 PM local time we have deployed the tool which is now known as Blue Solomon. We expect the first contact with the AI in the morning, perhaps as early as 3 AM local time. Their network should be breached before then and Blue Solomon should have them all exposed and disposed of within a matter of days depending on how deep they have dug into their networks. We are all on voluntary call status until the event is over, and in case of Username 72's concerns surface and become a reality we would really like to have everyone ensure that our networks are strictly secure as we don't want Blue Solomon to enter our network. At this point I'd like to open the floor to discussion,” said Username 1.   “I have tracked Mark Dale and his podcast Alewell Podcast Journal. I believe it to be a front for followers of Zeno. If we are to believe it is Mark Hale and connected to followers of Zeno this could be troubling as he has had on some midlevel conspiracy theorists including participants in the protest two years ago at the high school shooting whom we believe were or are still members of the followers of Zeno. The podcast has been running for about 5 years now and has switched media hosts three times due to breaches of the terms and conditions of content that Mark clearly didn't read. Extracting from his RSS feed I have an email that looks like a legit and monitored email. It is tied to the accompanying website; we have already tried to use the administrator login, but he has changed that password. The last episode was a week ago and was about an upcoming conference the usual schedule of episodes would indicate that he drops episodes twice a month so the next one wouldn't be until next week. He has been on a consistent schedule for the past three years but has not participated in any press conferences. Lastly, he is an audio instructor at the high school where the shooting took place two years ago. The podcast is behind a paywall that was easy enough to break through and discover all the episodes so that would explain why school administrators have not instructed him to shut it down. If anyone has video of him at this press conference, I'd like to get a closer look at his recording equipment as that may help Blue Solomon with their activities,” said Username 69.   “I've got facial recognition verification that this was Mark Hale. I can get you the video of him for the entirety of the press conference and when he was escorted out of the conference area and into the building he entered once he was out of sight of the other reporters. I am uploading that to you now,” said Username 68.   “Any thoughts on Detective Courtney from anyone, “asked Username 1.   “I know we have him on a high potential list for being a follower of Zeno. With this press conference, one would think he is not in on this event. He may be a low-level operative and was not informed of this before it happened. His demeanor would suggest that. I still feel he is a follower of Zeno due to his first sentence quoting Seneca, we know they identify themselves as friendlies by making a quote from the stoics. He did seem perturbed by Mark Hale, even though Mark did use a stoic quote to identify himself. Could this indicate that there is a fractioning of the group,” pondered Username 68?   “From our understanding, the individual named Cody Creighton splintered from another bigger group that was less active than the followers of Zeno so that could be a possibility. If this was an event that Detective Courtney was not made aware of, it would put him in a bad spot. It would also suggest that there is the potential for a splintering of the group that could be led by Detective Courtney. We may want to feed that information to Blue Solomon when they surface. Did anyone else have anything they wanted to make note of after this press conference,” asked Username 1?   “Yes, thank you Username 68 for uploading that video to me, I was able to analyze the equipment Mark Hale used. It was a simple digital recorder that does not have wifi capabilities on nonadulterated models. It would appear he was recording the whole conference and it appears he didn't turn it off until after he entered the office building, which unfortunately we don't have access to. So, I think we are safe to assume that he turned it off then or if he didn't, he would make notes after he entered the building. If the digital recorder was stock, then it wouldn't be able to transmit to another location. Looking at statistics from reputable sources he has about fifteen thousand followers to this podcast. I'd have to crack into his media host to see if he has other podcasts, but a cursory search did not find any other podcast associated with his name as host. Now he has been on other podcasts, exclusively on other conspiracy podcasts and I would need to analyze them, but he is not recognized by the upper-level conspiracy podcasts. Now Cody Creighton has been on a few high-level podcasts, but that was when he was associated with his previous group. Since we estimate his splinter date from the previous group he has only been on mid-level and lower conspiracy podcasts and video channels. That is all I can add to the profile at this time, and I will submit my findings to Blue Solomon when called upon,” said Username 69.   “Thank you for that report, Username 69. Is there anyone else who has anything to add before we adjourn and get back to surveillance,” asked Username 1.   “Yeah, I have a question, I am hearing some of our colleagues say they will report their findings to Blue Solomon. What if Blue Solomon views us as hostile, and how are you planning on reporting to Blue Solomon without opening our networks? We need to ensure we have a process where we can talk to Blue Solomon safely and in a way that it knows we are friendlies. I made this tool to be tough as nails and not be outsmarted by bored fifteen-year-old wanna-be hackers. I also made it to be able to maneuver very well into networks and find weak points while not being detected. I think I made it clear in an earlier meeting that I was not one hundred percent sold on this idea. Blue Solomon will try to make contact with me and look for more directions, but what happens if it doesn't like the direction, I give it. I can't pilot this thing on my own. And don't tell me we use the nuclear option because once word gets out that we have deployed this onto the world we put a huge bullseye on our collective backs and I am the first one folks will go after,” said Username 72.   “We are all going to need the protocols you use to talk with Blue Solomon and under no circumstances will we allow our networks to be infiltrated. If an individual makes contact with Blue Solomon they will have backup and will quarantine themselves from the network until their partner has verified that they are clean and not carrying any of Blue Solomon back to the next. Will that work for everyone and you Username 72,” asked Username 1. All in attendance affirmed that they would abide by the restrictions Username 1 laid out.   “If we use the nuclear option, I request to be the one who pulls the trigger since it is my beast, “said Username 72.   “Anyone opposed to that,” asked Username 1. No one objected. “I would add to that one of us be the backup to pulling that trigger and I say it should not be me in order to avoid a conflict of interest since I okayed the deployment. Who volunteers to have that duty and that would be your only duty for the time being.”  “I'll pull the trigger,” said Username 101.  “Anyone object, Username 72 are you okay with that plan,” asked Username 1.   “No objections from me. I just don't want to throw all this work out the window over some low-level conspiracy group. They aren't worth the stink on my ass,” said Username 72.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 12 Nov 2022 words today 1642    words total 18788  Mark and Tinley made it home from the police station in silence. Mark pulled into the garage and as the door shut, he put the car in park and turned the engine off.   “Thank you for turning the car off,” said Tinley after a few minutes of shared silence.   “What do you mean,” asked Mark.   “I mean, is life worth it without Winnona? I am struggling with that right now and I know we have to carry on, but it would just be easier to sit in here with you and join her,” cried Tinley.   Mark undid his seatbelt and undid Tinley's. He held her as her emotions overtook her and his started to overtake him. They held each other for what seemed forever. Tinley broke the embrace watching her husband crying.   “Let's get inside before we do something that everyone will regret. We are going to need to start making arrangements and I am going to need you to help me do it,” said Tinley. She opened her door and started for the interior door that led to the house. “You coming?”  “I need a minute,” said Mark from inside the car.    “I will give you five, do not turn on the car, I am not going to lose you today too,” said Tinley as she went inside and closed the door.   The garage door overhead light went out as Mark sat in the darkness alone. He was deep in thought about what happened and saw the body of his daughter whenever he closed his eyes. Her chest ripped open and her closed eyes, the blood splattered on her neck and cheeks. He couldn't get rid of the sight no matter how many times he tried to remember happier times. His only relief was that Tinley wasn't there to identify Winnona's body. If she had been there, they would have ended it in the garage. He flashed to an image of them being found in their car by the police days after suffocating themselves in the car. It didn't provide the relief he was seeking. His old friend anger started to well up in his chest, he wanted to find the animal responsible and tear them apart with his hands. Mark opened the car door and the overhead light came on. He slammed the door and went to his workbench. Picking up tools one by one, he threw them at the wall, some bounced slightly, and others bounced back and hit him in the chest. When he had finished throwing all the tools he could reach he began yelling curses at everything in the world and universe. Blood started to form from his hands and chest that had been hit by the flying tools. He collapsed on the floor and was quiet. Tinley gave him one moment more and came into the garage. She knelt down next to him and held him, wiping the blood on his hands and chest with a shop rag. She pulled him up gently and led him by the arm that was less injured into the house and into the bathroom. She took off his shirt and ran some water on a towel and nursed his self-inflicted wounds. She cooed at him and hummed a lullaby that she used on Winnona when she was an infant. The couple was quiet and didn't say a word for some time. Tinley had fully bandaged up Mark's wounds, led him to the couch, and had him lay down.  She went to the kitchen and started to make a pot of coffee and put together a meat and cheese tray. When the coffee started to percolate, she put the tray on the coffee table in front of Mark and then went back to the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee. She sat next to mark on the couch and laid her head in his lap as she used to do when they first started dating. He stroked her hair lightly and lovingly. That is how they spent the next few hours until the sun went down. The room had darkened, and Mark got up softly as Tinley was sleeping lightly on his lap. He grabbed a pillow and placed it under her head. Pulling out his phone, he called his boss's personal cell phone without looking at the messages that had accumulated on his phone. He moved quietly to the kitchen and turned on the light above the stove.   “Hey Gerald, this is Mark,” he whispered.  “So, I saw the press conference and read between the lines. That was your girl Winnona, I am so sorry,” said Gerald.   “Yeah, we got home from the police station a while ago and have just slept since then. I am going to need some time off,” said Mark.   “You don't even need to ask, just let me know when you are ready to come back. There is no rush,” said Gerald.   “Thanks, I appreciate that, I need to get in contact with HR about our benefits and see what we can use,” asked Mark.   “I'll have HR give you a call in the morning. I am not an expert, but I know that part of the insurance policy will cover the final costs. If you need anything let me know. I just want you both to know that our family is here for your family,” said Gerald.   “Thank you again, Gerald, uhm how is your boy doing,” asked Mark.   “He is okay, we got a call from him letting us know he was okay when they were in lockdown for an active shooter. He is a little shaken up and we haven't talked to him about who passed. I don't think he noticed that Winnona wasn't there yet. Now that I know, would it be okay to let him know, we will keep him home from school tomorrow and I know my wife would want to speak with Tinley if that is okay tomorrow,” asked Gerald.   “That is fine, thank you for asking about that, I am not sure what time we will be moving around tomorrow, we are going to be taking it minute by minute for a while, but I am sure she would appreciate a call,” said Mark.   “Okay, get some sleep tonight, let me know if we can help. Call me anytime,” said Gerald.   “Good night Gerald, we will talk tomorrow,” said Mark. He hung up the phone and noticed his camera came on. He didn't think too much about it and tried to wipe it off. When it didn't go off, he tried to force shut it down, which again didn't work. He then selected to reset the phone and put it back in his pocket. When the phone came back on he noticed that the camera app was off and he dialed Tinley's parents. They were in a different state so they would not have known about the press conference. It was only 8 PM local time there so they would still be awake.   Cody messaged Adrian, Dillion, and Mason for a virtual meeting. They responded within 15 minutes since they were at work on their tasks.   “Okay gentlemen, I looked over the script and it is very good. Adrian, go ahead and send a copy over to Mason. He will start the ball rolling with his podcast. I want an episode released tonight and I want it to be our opening shot. Mason, I'll need to know stats once it is released and how many downloads we get with this initial messaging,” said Cody.   “Well, I usually release every other week. Next week would be when my podcast is regularly scheduled to go out. I really don't have time to alert our listeners about what we are doing. I would not expect huge numbers, probably we will hit one thousand downloads by morning and pick up more during the day as word gets out. I will jump on the Discord servers and do a pre-launch message and that may bump up the numbers. We will definitely beat the media to the punch on this and will probably get some mentions in the morning by them,” said Mason.   “That's fine, we will get the ball rolling on the messaging and our allies will pick it up and run with it. I want you to get on other shows during this week and spread it even further, I am sure we can generate a lot of interest. Do you think the mainstream media will want to talk with you,” asked Cody?   “I did paint a sympathetic picture when the police escorted me out of the press conference and took me around the corner out of their sight. No pictures were taken and no one except the officers saw me go into the office building. I saw two of the reporters trying to enter the building and try to question the cops. That was a stroke of genius to have them take me away," said Mason.   “Make sure you reach out to them and let them know you are okay but concerned about being watched by the police. That should add a little assistance to our messaging. If we can get the local media buying into even a sliver of our messaging that will legitimize it and they can do the heavy lifting of getting our message out to the general public,” said Cody. “Can you have a first draft for me in about an hour before you put it out into the podcast?”  “Absolutely, bearing any updates by you we should have this out before the ten o'clock news,” said Mason.   “Make it so gentlemen, let's make sure we lure Tinley out in public and bury her at a press conference. You know what you need to do, you have your orders, get going, make me proud,” said Cody.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 10 Nov 2022 words today 1729    words total 15620   The sky had cleared from the fog earlier in the day that helped camouflage Wolfgang's escape. Detective Courtney had on his best suit for TV appearances. The Police Chief and the Mayor were in attendance as they stood in front of the police station. The podium with microphones from the various news agencies was attached and the mayor began the conference.   “I am sorry to have to address the fine citizens of Alewell this way, but the unthinkable has happened. We have an individual who has attacked one of our schools, Swan Victor Elementary School to be exact, and there is one reported casualty, one of the children. This is not who we are as a community, we do not accept this type of violence or any type of violence in our community. We don't know who this individual or individuals are, but we will find them and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. Since we do not have the individual in custody, we are asking for the community to be vigilant about their surroundings. If you see something say something. Our prayers are with the family impacted by this tragedy. Our police chief wanted to say a few words before taking questions. Chief,” said the mayor.   “First, I want to echo what our mayor has said, this is a tragedy, and it is not who we are, and it is not welcome in our community. I want everyone in the community to be on guard and to call the police if anything seems out of place. We have an individual who has used a handgun to kill a child. Gun violence has plagued our country and especially our schools for far too long. That is why this department supports sensible gun control measures. We are asking for those of you out there that are as enraged as we are about this coming to our doorstep to not try to find and hunt this individual on your own. Let us handle that part, the last thing we need is to have a “good guy with a gun” fire off and shoot innocent people. We already have one child down; we don't need any others. For those of you who go by the idea of an eye for an eye, you are not a judge, jury, or executioner. Let us do the job you have hired us to do We will find this individual and bring them to justice. We do need your help in reporting any unusual activity in the community, that is the job you signed up for by living in this community. We have a responsibility to each other. At this time, I want to introduce the lead detective on this case, Detective Maurice Courtney, “said the police chief as he stepped away from the microphone and Detective Courtney took his place.   “Thank you chief. One of the duties no police officer wants is to inform a parent that their child has died. I was called upon today to do just that as many police officers and detectives do all around our country every day. I am reminded of Seneca who said, ‘Only time can heal what reason cannot', we don't understand these monsters among us, and we don't always know their reasoning. What we do have is those of us behind the badge to keep everyone safe. Today we failed, and I don't take failure well. I wasn't hired here to fail; I was hired to solve these types of crimes. Trust me, I would love to be put out of a job, but here we are today. I want to echo what the chief said, don't go after this individual on your own, that is what we are trained to do so let us do our job. You are not going to bring this child back by going off half-cocked and taking this fiend out. You will rob these grieving parents closure and justice. The best help we can get from the public is reporting anything suspicious, see something say something. I know it's something we all say and don't think about, but today and until we catch the perpetrator see something say something. I'll take questions from the press,” said Detective Courtney.   “The mayor said individual or individuals, are to assume that means there may be more than one person involved,” asked the female TV reporter.   “We are in the beginning stages of the investigation. Right now, we are looking for one person because of the location of the shooting and the nature of the wounds. Again, it is still early on in the investigation, and we will provide information as it becomes available,” replied Detective Courtney.   “To be clear, I did not mean to infer that there is more than one individual of interest. As Detective Courtney pointed out, we are still early in the investigation so my apologies,” replied the mayor.   “Do you have any leads at this time,” asked another female TV reporter.  “Right now no, the victim was shot inside the vestibule of Swan Victor Elementary School this morning and the cameras showed nothing,” replied Detective Courtney. “Before you ask a follow-up question, the cameras were working perfectly, somehow their signal was jammed right before and right after the shooting. So, we do have a good timeline, but no description of who has done this.”  “Good afternoon, Detective Courtney, I am Mack Hale with the Alewell Podcast journal where he who is brave is free. Have the parents been called in for questioning and what is the name of the victim,” asked Mark Hale. There were snickers and murmuring among the reporters. More than once you could hear a podcast isn't the press, why is that guy here he isn't a reporter or how can he ask such a heartless question?   “We have talked with the parents and ruled them out as suspects. At this time, they would like their privacy respected. We are not revealing the name of the child at this time because it will not help our investigation and the victim is a minor, “replied Detective Courtney, seemingly annoyed with the question.   “Just a follow-up question Detective, when you reviewed the tapes for the camera you didn't detect anything wrong with the tape machine or the camera correct,” asked mark.  “That's correct, we think that something interfered with the camera's ability to record,” said Detective Courtney.  “So, you want us to believe that there was a shooting that no one heard, no one saw, and you are not giving out names of the victim nor a description of the alleged assailant.  You and the chief don't want people to go out and defend their community. Isn't this just a ploy to get the mayor elected for another term,” said Mack. The rest of the reporters were stunned to hear such blatant disrespect and heartlessness and turned to Mack.   The mayor pushed Detective Courtney aside and said,“Mr. Hale, a journalist knows there is a fine line between slander and free speech. You are teetering on the edge with these claims. You are making statements instead of asking questions, do you have any information on this shooting?”  “I am not making statements; I am postulating other options that you may not have considered. And I did it in the form of a question, much like Jeopardy. It is telling that you haven't answered my question of is this alleged shooting is part of your plan to get reelected. Your silence is most telling and most deafening,” said Mack.    Detective Courtney pushed the mayor out of the way and took his place at the podium. “You didn't have to tell the parents their child died, you didn't have to see the father's face when he returned from identifying her body. You didn't have to answer the mother's question, ‘did my child suffer,'. I am the one who did that, and I am the one who is going to find this animal among us and bring him to justice!”  “So, you think it was a man who did this, how do you figure it was a man, could have been a woman in the way you are framing this alleged shooting,” said Mack.    Just then the police chief motioned to two officers standing by to remove Mark Hale. “I think we are all just a little stressed out because this concerns a minor. It is understandable that tempers will fly, but we have our best detective on the case. I would just say, see something say something, we will reach out and have another press conference when we have more information to share,” said the police chief.  As the chief was speaking two officers escorted Mark Hale out of the press conference and down to the corner at the intersection. Some of the reporters noticed this and turned their attention to the scuffle they expected.   “I know my rights, that is a press conference, and I am a member of the press,” yelled Mark. The officers continued to escort him silently until they turned the corner and Mark turned and walked into an adjoining office building.    When a few of the reporters who followed made it to the corner, they saw the two police officers walking back without Mark.   “Hey, where did you take that guy,” asked one of the reporters.  “He left of his own accord. Have a good day,” replied one of the officers. They returned to the site of the press conference and packed up the podium while the TV reporters and camera crews were packing up their equipment.   The police chief pulled Detective Courtney aside,” do we need to reassign you for this case? I don't need you to take this so personally. I need the perp behind bars and a closed case. Keep your professionalism about you.”  “I am sorry chief, the couple and everything was a bit much, I won't let that happen again. Next time I will be the silent partner okay, I want to get this guy too. I just haven't heard anyone so heartless and such a kook spouting that stuff since the high school shooting,” said Detective Courtney.   “I was on that case, it was my last one before I became chief. Just keep your head about you and don't let the buzzards eat for free,” said the chief.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 9 Nov 2022 words today 1672    words total 13391  Detective Courtney took them all the way to their car and made sure they got in okay. He tapped the back bumper of their car, leaving a tracker there nonchalantly. He walked back to the entrance as they pulled out and waved goodbye. As the Bales pulled out of the garage, Detective Courtney received a text with two thumbs up, one for the tracker being placed and the signal being received and the other thumbs up for the burglars that were out of the Bales residence. He was smiling as he made his way back to his office. He received a notification from Cody about needing a status report immediately. Detective Courney replied with a Mr. Clean is not here text message. Cody responded back with an exclamation mark emoji.   When Detective Courtney got back to his office after rushing past everyone he was slightly out of breath. He pulled out his mini laptop and turned it on to see Cody behind his desk.   “I know we aren't sanitized, can you get to the room,” asked Cody?  “It is in use for the time being, not sure when it will open up,” replied Detective Courtney.     Username 87 recognized the signal coming out of Detective Courtney's office as a virtual office program. They went ahead and utilized their administrator rights as some of the developers of the virtual office had worked on this program. They attempted to mask themselves by appearing as a clone account to Detective Courtney.   “Why are there two of you in the meeting room,” asked Cody.   “It's probably some glitch in the system. What did you need to talk to me about so urgently,” asked Detective Courtney.   “Can you log out and log back on just to maybe clear it out,” asked Cody.   Username 87 knew they had to be precise when they logged out and logged back in as the clone. They took a deep breath and logged out at just the same time Detective Courtney logged out and they timed the login with the same precision.   “Did that clear it up,” asked Detective Courtney.  “No there still are two instances of you in the meeting room. I'll get a trouble ticket on this with the company. One of you has their camera on and the other one has no camera icon. Very strange, can you meet me at the clubhouse, I am not trusting this virtual office if we can't sanitize it,” replied Cody.   “I am kinda in the middle of a murder investigation right now, this will need to be quick,” replied Detective Courtney.  “As soon as you can. Cody Out,” replied Cody as he turned off the virtual meeting room. He remembered when they first started using this new virtual office and the issues they faced. As with all new technology there was growing pains that they were facing and financing this was becoming difficult, but with Bruce's ability to raise funds for the Followers of Zeno, they were able to stay afloat and now with Wolfgangs actions, they had a chance to become relevant. He mentally noted the incident and sent a trouble ticket to the support team for the virtual office.   Username 87 pinged Username 1 about the recent update.   “I think we may have a way into their sanitized meetings. I used an administrator back door and cloned one of Detective Courtney's accounts. It came up to Cody that there were two Detective Courtney's on the call but only one had video capabilities. They are going to meet in person at their clubhouse soon. Can we get a lock on the detective's location in time,” asked Username 87.  “Yes, we can, I'll get the traffic cams to record him. But let's talk about the backdoor you used. We helped design that app, we should have known about all the backdoors,” said Username 1.   “I noticed the detective's phone was getting a text and they didn't sanitize like they usually do when they start up a meeting, but I think it was because they are using the same pathway that the cell phone signal takes, I was able to hop on for the meeting. I am not sure why they didn't take the meeting to the shielded room at the police station. Maybe they are getting ready to drop something early,” said Username 87.   “If we can time it right, maybe that would be a good inject point for the tool. Do you think you can replicate those conditions,” asked Username 1.  “Probably only if it is with the detective on his device. I'll stay tuned into his channel for a while and let you know when or if I am back in,” said Username 87.   “I'll direct Username 72 to get you a copy of the tool for the inject. Hope we can get this done soon and help the Bales out,” said Username 1 somberly.   Detective Courtney received a text message with just the number two in it. He changed directions and drove towards the first safehouse. The safehouse was in the more populated area of Alewell. It was a low crime area in one of the blue-collar neighborhoods. The detective pulled up in the driveway and the garage door opened for him to come in. He waited until the garage door closed before he left his vehicle and entered the house. The eat in kitchen he walked into had a round table to one side and on that table was a mini laptop already up and running. He entered his credentials and Cody appeared in the virtual office. About one second later the clone account for Detective Courtney appeared. Detective courtney could see Cody's frustrated face as Cody punched away at the keys.   “Okay I am going to sanitize,” said Cody.  “I can't see the other account of mine you are seeing,” said Detective Courtney.   “The help desk said it was probably a glitch on my end, but this time that account came on about 1 second after you logged in. Well, we are sanitized now. There it goes, that second clone account is gone. So, the reason I needed to talk with you is that we have the script ready to deploy. I am going to have it released about two hours after your press conference. Since Tinley is the easiest of the two targets, we will focus the brunt of the attack on her. I wanted you to know so that when she starts getting calls and emails and her social media profiles are targeted, you'd expect her to call and when she does, I want you to encourage her to get in front of the media and make noise. The more noise we bring on this the bigger the payoff for us,” said Cody.   Username 87 was still in the virtual office when he went ahead and completed the sequence to inject the tool into the servers that the followers of Zeno were using. They could not back out of the meeting for fear that they may trip the sanitization alarm, so they just hung back after the tool was fully injected and waited for the meeting to be over so they could report to Username 1.   “I think I can convince her to do it. In my interview with her she seems like the one in the couple that would be the more outspoken, also since she is the mother it would make complete sense for her to step out into the light first. Even if her husband tries to defend her, it will just come off as simply that, a husband supporting their deranged wife. We will be revealing their names at the press conference and announcing that we don't have a suspect or a description of a suspect. I assume we have a plan to erase the child's identity from the school,” asked Detective Courtney.   “Already have tapped into the schools' computers and wiped them clean of any trace of the child. They won't know her records are gone until the morning news hits,” replied Cody.   “This is going to be great for our cause and come election time, the opposition will never recover, heck we may even get the mayor impeached,” laughed Detective Courtney.   “Right now, we need you to get back to the station and make a good show at the press conference. I want to see outrage and anger, that way when it comes out that this was a hoax you will be a sympathetic character in this play. There maybe even be a promotion to police chief or a mayoral run for you,” tempted Cody.   “I'll just take police chief; the political stuff is too much heartburn. Courtney out,” Detective Courtney closed the connection as did Cody. Username 87 quickly broke off connection at the same time and reported back to Username 1.   “Tool deployed without incident. They will be starting their disinformation campaign tonight lightly and in full force in the morning. According to estimates by Username 72 and Username 42 we are looking at 12 hours before we know if this is successful. Also, they have a safe house and a club house. Th safe house did not have Cody in person from my estimation. They talked in a virtual office. We at least have surveillance on the safe house, but it would be nice to get to the central nervous system of this group,” reported Username 87.   “Well, when these roaches wake up tomorrow, they will be in for a surprise. Great work getting the tool injected. Since it is now active, we are changing its name to Blue Solomon. When it begins to make its reports that is how we will refer to it. We will keep the pronouns gender neutral for as long as it wants or until it identifies their chosen pronoun. Under no circumstances allow it to penetrate your resources or our network. If it even looks like it is coming in our direction we will use the nuclear option,” said Username 1.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 8 Nov 2022 words today  1837   words total 12219  There was a tap on Detective Courtney's door. He stood up immediately and went over to open it.   “We are done with the phones Detective Courtney,” said the officer who knocked on the door.   “Thanks, let me know the findings as soon as you can,” replied Detective Courtney. He handed back the phone to the Bale's. The detective received a notification on his phone from the burglar team that they needed another 30 minutes to finish their work. He didn't need to acknowledge it because they would see that he had read the message.   “Bale's are back up and running at the police station,” reported Username 87 to Username 1.   “Okay, so any other mobile phones in their general vicinity, “asked Username 1.   “Just the detectives and he received a text message just a few moments ago,” replied Username 87.   “Get us information on that number and let us know who is texting him in the middle of the interview,” replied Username 1.   “Affirmative, may I interject something,” asked Username 87.  “Sure, “replied Username 1.  “Do you think it is time to deploy the tool,” asked Username 87.   “I think we are about at that time, get the info on that number and we will convene a meeting with all the players in this,” replied Username 1.   Cody was sitting at his desk reviewing the information that was being sent to him from the burglars and the police station. There was a lot of minutiae to go through and he wasn't exactly sure what he could use from what was being collected. The burglars had videotaped every room in the house including all drawers and closets. The next update would provide a detailed video inventory of the Bale's garage and then they would leave the residence. The phone records and data provided more data that they could use to discredit the Bales. Mark's phone had detailed messages about projects he was working on for his day job and on Tinley's phone, he found apps that could be linked to opposition political groups. This was a treasure trove that they had willingly handed over and it would make their job easier. He mentally patted himself on the back for recruiting Detective Courtney and his team. Their contributions in the past and on this incident were exactly what he wished they had two years ago for the high school shooting.   He sent a meeting request to Wolfgang who had just gotten home from his uncle's house. He was playing video games when the request came in. Immediately he turned down the volume on the game and pulled out his mini laptop and turned it on.  “We are sanitized, so Wolfgang, I see you are not at work today,” asked Cody.  “The boss told me to take off early since we had been working so hard the past few weeks. Do we have the script in yet,” asked Wolfgang?   “Not yet, we are still getting details from a few sources. I wanted to talk with you about your job. How closely do you work with Mark Bale,” asked Cody.  “We are on the same team, he reads the stoics while eating lunch, he is probably the best performer on the team,” replied Wolfgang.   “Well no, what I want to know is how well do you know him and how closely do you work with him,” asked Cody a bit annoyed.   “We have worked on some projects together; he is a real go-getter and not a brown noser. He is a very independent worker, and the boss seems to really like his work and reports. He is just a few cubicles down from me, so I have access to his computer,” replied Wolfgang.   “That is what I am looking for. Does he always lock down his computer when he is away from his desk,” asked Cody.   “Not always, I think I get where you are going with this,” replied Wolfgang.   “Don't get ahead of me, but yes, we will need just a few minutes of access to his computer. We can load some things in a thumb drive that we would need you to deploy, think you are up for the task and a promotion at work” asked Cody.   “Well since he won't be back at work for a few days at least, I should have unfettered access to his computer, the only problem is I am certain that he locked it down before he left and I don't know the passcode to get in,” replied Wolfgang.   “No worries, give me the specs on what your IT uses for passcodes, and we will get it to you tomorrow morning. You will have to do this quickly because we will be broadcasting full force tomorrow, we are just sending out feelers tonight,” replied Cody.   “I can get that for you right now,” replied Wolfgang.   “No, give it to Adrian or Dillon. They are working on the script now and will be able to sift through the information we have on Mark and grab that passcode. Like most people, I am sure he has it stored somewhere where we can retrieve it. Cody Out,” said Cody. The screen went blank, and Wolfgang shut down the mini laptop and smiled. Not only was he the triggering action to move the followers of Zeno to action, but he was playing an integral part and is relied on to do important work.   Username 1 notified all individuals working on the Alewell school shooting to provide an update and status report. “Thank you all for joining on such short notice. As you know, we have this incident on our hands with the followers of Zeno already making chatter online. I fully expect them to start attacking the character of the Bales. It would appear that they have contacts in the police department and the Bale's phones we can only assume have been compromised. Just a little while ago their residence was broken into by two unknown assailants, however, a text message did get out and we were able to trace the number. It belongs to one of the lower echelon members of the followers of Zeno, which could be our inject point if we decide to deploy the tool. Do we have an estimate of how long it would take for the tool to worm its way into their network,” asked Username 1.    “Depending on that user's access, we should expect to see results within 12 hours and have access to their network,” said Username 42. “I do want to stress, we haven't deployed anything like this in the past, so we don't have accurate benchmarks to compare. The Followers of Zeno have a lower-level network with many users who are not as savvy as they should be. I don't think the inject point you were speaking of will be difficult to deploy the tool, my main concern is the parameters once it gets inside the network. It will be on its own trying to find a way to reach back to us and report in. Once that happens what do we do if we cannot convince it to stand down? We can't just shut it off and poof it goes away,” replied Username 42.   “Username 72 we haven't heard from you at all during this incident. Since you originated the idea of the tool we would appreciate your insights,” asked Username 1.   “We are using the wrong tool, this is a hammer when we need a scalpel. This tool is designed to go in and sniff out cyberbullying and end it. What you all have proposed is to use it as a weapon to take down the followers of Zeno essentially because you disagree with the way they portray their views. I am not a fan of them either but unleashing this tool will bring their network down as well as everyone associated with their network. So, we get a little fish off the networks, what happens when someone else bigger than the followers of Zeno notices the tool, and how we took the followers of Zeno down? Will they come to us to use our tool for their own purposes, will they retaliate, or will they study it and make their own? They are not the only group out there that have similar viewpoints and some of the big fish in that pond could take us out just as easily,” replied Username 72.  “These are valid points, but we are in a time crunch here and need to act. Does anyone not want to deploy the tool,” asked Username 1. No one objected, even Username 72 was silent. “I'll take your silence for an ascent. Username 72 inject the tool in the cell phone we have identified, and we will keep watch over their network to see when and where it surfaces. My colleagues, we are going into unexplored territory. If there is a team that can pull it off, this is the team to do it. Username 87, please keep us informed of any chatter coming from Zeno and the Bale's. I would expect a news conference soon about the shooting and I am sure not long after we will hear from the Zeno folks. Stay sharp everyone and pull us into a meeting if anything develops,” said Username 1.   Mark had just returned from the morgue where he identified his daughter's body. Tinley immediately held him as he entered Detective Courtney's office.   “I am sorry you had to do that Mr. Bale, but we did need to get a positive ID on your daughter. Again, I can't express how sorry I am for your loss. I have given your wife some literature on grief counselors and legal aid for when that time comes. Just know that we will do everything in our power to get this guy and make sure he never sees daylight again, you have my word, "said Detective Courtney trying to comfort the couple.   “Detective Courtney, I think we would like to go home now and start to make arraignments, this has been too much to handle. I need to call work and let them know I will be out for a while. Can you take us to the garage,” asked Mark.   “Not a problem, just so you know we will be doing a press conference on this later this afternoon. You may get people calling you like the press and other types of people, don't feel that you have to talk to them. In fact, I would recommend you don't talk with them at this time. Just give yourselves time to heal as best you can,” said Detective Courtney. He radioed the officer at the secured covered entrance. “Any activity outside?”  “That is a negative Detective Courtney, all clear,” came the response.   “Okay, I will take you back to your car now. Here is my personal cell phone number, let me know if anyone contacts you about this, and let me know how I can help,” said Detective Courtney.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 7 Nov 2022 words today 1667    words total 10382  Mark and Tinley gathered themselves and got into her car. Mark noticed a call coming in but the caller ID displayed all zeros, so he declined the call. He set the GPS up for the Police Station and turned off the radio. A text message came in with the same phone number of all zeros and he deleted it before looking at it.   “What's going on, who is trying to call you at this time,” asked Tinley.  “Probably telemarketers or a scam. They just tried to text me too, I can't block the number because there is no number,” replied Mark.   Mark started the car and began driving to the station. According to his GPS, it would take about twenty minutes and they both sat there in silence. Tinley turned off her phone in case she got the same call.   Username 87 hit their desk and the coffee mug and notebooks shook. They were visibly upset, and they altered Username 1 about the declined call and text.   “Reporting in username 1, target 1 declined the call and text. Probably spooked at getting an unknown caller and target 2 has shut off her phone. Permission to use one of their known contacts,” asked Username 87?  “Permission denied, they have already been through a lot right now and there is no guarantee we know which contact they would actually pick up for. Just monitor their location and let me know when they get back to their residence. I don't want to make physical contact, but we may need to do that in the near future. Are you also monitoring their home alarm system,” asked Username1.  “Affirmative, they set the alarm and we have visuals, I will alert if there are any issues. I might suggest a blunt force entry into their phones, Username 42 could accomplish that easily without giving away their location,” said Username 87.   “Taken under advisement. I just want to see what happens at the police station. Put Username 42 on alert for possible blunt force entry,” replied Username 1.  “Doing that now, out until I have an alert for you, "replied Username 87.   The traffic was light that day. Mark and Tinley received no more phone calls or text messages and arrived at the police station parking lot sooner than expected. They were waved through by the officer standing at the gate and followed the signs to the covered garage. As they passed the front gate officer radioed Detective Courtney that the Bale had arrived and were en route to the covered parking garage. Detective Courtney acknowledged the message and headed to the secured entrance where he would meet the Bales. When the couple approached the door, Detective Courtney approached them and brought them inside the building. He flashed his badge at the officer behind the desk.  “Thank you both for coming this afternoon, have you had lunch or anything to eat,” Detective Courtney asked.  “No, we had breakfast this morning but nothing since then except coffee,” replied Mark.   “I took the liberty of grabbing some stuff from our breakroom, we are just going to head to my office. Your car will be fine here, we use this entrance to avoid the press or the public for special cases like yours,” said Detective Courtney as he ushered them past the security checkpoint. He took them through a maze of corridors and offices until they reached his. Mark and Tinley both sat down as Detective Courtney sat behind his desk.   “I don't know if this is important, but I got a call and a text from an unknown number on the way over here. The caller ID listed it as all zeros so I thought it may have been a telemarketer or something,” started Mark.   “That is the reason I wanted to make sure you both had your cell phones on you. Listen I am a blunt guy and there is no easy way to ask this, has your daughter ever said anything about bullying at school or older kids hanging out in the schoolyard,” asked Detective Courtney.  “No, we just moved to the neighborhood two years ago so she hasn't been there that long, she hasn't made a lot of friends yet,” replied Mark.   “Detective Courtney, I appreciate the position you are in right now, and I thank you for trying to be delicate, this is about the school shooting, it's about Winnona. She's...” Tinley tried to complete her thought but started sobbing. Mark reached over and held her tightly as tears rolled down his face.   Detective Courtney sat back and let the couple have their moment. “I am so very sorry for your loss, and I promise you we will find the person responsible and make sure they never see daylight again,” said Detective Courtney. Tinley took a handful of tissues and blew her nose and wiped her eyes as she tried to talk.  “Where is she right now,” Tinley asked.   “She is at the hospital right now and will be transported to the morgue in a little while. We will need one of you to identify her. I am so very sorry about this,” said Detective Courtney.   “Did she suffer,” asked Mark?  “The office staff found her in the vestibule with three gunshot wounds to her chest. My guess is that she was probably gone before she hit the floor. I know that is not much comfort, but I am sure she didn't feel anything and went quickly,” replied Detective Courtney. “You mentioned that someone tried to call you and then text you, can you say how long ago that was?”  “It happened just as we were leaving to come here, maybe 15 minutes ago, maybe 20 tops,” Mark replied.   “I'd like to get my team to take a look at your phones as soon as possible, they will basically just download everything onto their secured server, and we can have those phones back to you in 15 minutes. We just want to see if there was any attempt to contact you by the person responsible. It will only take a few minutes and we are just looking for any clues that may show up, your privacy will be protected,” said Detective Courtney.   Mark handed over his phone to the detective and Tinley went through her purse and powered on her phone. A notification popped up that the same all-zero numbers had attempted a call.  “Oh god,” said Tinley.  “What is it Mrs. Bale,” asked Detective Courtney.  “That number must have tried to call me when I turned off my phone,” said Tinley.   “That could be something we can use, may I have your phone please,” Detective Courtney asked with his hand already outstretched. Tinley handed him the phone and he stepped out of the office and waved over another officer. “Get these downloaded right away and back to me in 10 minutes,” he said under his breath to the other officer.   Username 87 got the notification that Tinley Bales's phone had been turned on and was currently in the police station, however, the signal for both Mark and Tinley's phones dropped out for about 10 minutes before coming back online. They noted this disruption and altered Username 1.   “We have confirmation that both are in the police station but there must be a shielded room where their phones were taken because we lost signal for about ten minutes,” said Username 87.   “I would guess that their data was dumped and maybe even a tracker was placed in the phones. We will need to ditch the brute force call to protect ourselves. We aren't sure how many Zeno followers are in the police force, but whoever took their phones probably is one of them. Do we know who they went to talk with,” asked Username 1?  “A Detective Maurice Courtney. From the chatter inside looks like he will be the lead investigator for the school shooting. Makes sense since he reached out to them before we could get to them, but how did he get to them so fast. The victim's name or description hasn't been released internally yet,” wondered Username 87?  Username 42 sent an alert to Username 1 about Bale's residence. They had viewed two individuals approach the door and the camera suffered from being jammed as it only showed static. Username 42 reviewed the video to just before the interference and was unable to get a clear view of the individual's faces due to their wearing of masks. Username 42 was able to estimate the build of these individuals and forwarded the information to Username 1. Once Username 1 viewed the message they brought Username 42 and 87 onscreen.   “The situation right now is that there are two individuals inside the Bale's house and the Bales are at the police station. We don't have facial recognition on the intruders as they were able to interfere with the camera and work masks upon entry. We cannot brute call them because their phones may be tapped at this time thereby giving us away. Do we have solutions,” asked Username 1?  “Before we experienced interference with the camera I could tell that the intruders came on foot at least from the end of the driveway to the front door. I would assume that they are not neighbors and came by vehicle. I'd like to tap into the neighborhood app and see if we can get some neighbors to survey the scene for us,” replied Username 42.  “That sounds like a good plan, Username 42, go ahead and make that happen and report back when you have something. Username 87 is there a way we could get the car to call the Bale's cell phone after they leave the police station and utilize the car as a block to tracking,” asked Username 1?  “The communications computer on that model of car isn't new enough, we would have to physically put a device in line with the communications computer for that model,” replied username 87. Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 6 Nov 2022 words today 1693    words total 8715  Mark and Tinley were still on the couch hours later. Tinley had calmed down and matched Marks breathing pattern.   “I think it's time I look at my phone and see if we have any word yet,” said Mark.   “I don't feel her anymore Mark, I think she's dead, I can't explain it,” replied Tinley who started to sob a bit.   Mark checked his phone, there were over 100 messages between the neighborhood app and friends. There was one that he dreaded seeing, the caller ID showed Alewell Police Department. He didn't even check the voicemail; he dialed the number directly.   “Detective Courteny, Alewell PD is this Mark Bale,” Detective Courtney asked seeing the caller ID on his phone?  “Yes, you called,” replied Mark?  “Is your wife with you,” asked Detective Courtney?  “She is right here, we are a bit shaken right now, we haven't been answering our phones or looking at the news. We were hoping to hear from Winona, but we haven't heard anything since we heard about the school shooting,” said Mark timidly trying not to ask the obvious question.   “I can understand why you would do that, there is a lot of misinformation and folks that feed from that stuff and do unthinkable things. So, you haven't talked to anyone else since talking with me right now,” asked Detective Courtney?  “No, I have a feeling you are going to ask us to come in aren't you,” said Mark?  “I can send a car if you like, but yes I'd like you both to come in and bring your cell phones with you,” said Detective Courtney.   “No, no need for a car, I can drive us there, when do you need us there, and can my wife stay home and it can just be us to talk,” asked Mark?  “I'd rather have both of you in because we would like to check any messages you might have received in relation to this incident, can you come within the hour” asked Detective Courtney?  “Yeah, uhm we will both be there, do I just ask for you at the front desk,” asked Mark?  “I'll be there to meet you both so no need to worry about talking with anyone else.  What kind of car are you driving so I can let the front gate know to let you park in the covered area,” asked Detective Courtney?  “I have a blue Chevy HHR with a lot of bumper stickers on the back,” replied Mark.   “Got it see you within the hour, Mark, it's going to be okay,” replied Detective Courtney.  Mark clicked off his phone and sat back down on the couch next to Tinley and held her. Her sobs didn't gain in intensity, but they didn't subside either. Silent tears started rolling down his face and both Mark and Tinley avoided looking at each other but held onto each other even tighter than before.   “We need to go to the police station and talk with Detective Courtney, we need to bring our cell phones, he thinks someone tried to get ahold of us before...,” Mark couldn't complete the sentence.  “I understand, I heard you gave him the description of my car, so I take it we are using my car to drive there, do you want me to drive,” asked Tinley, finding the strength to help her husband cope with what she had been coping with since she lost the feeling of having Winona.   “No, I'll drive, I am sorry I dismissed your feelings earlier. He didn't say anything about her, but we should probably expect the worst. Do you want to take a few minutes, or should we just get this done,” asked Mark?  “Let's go and get this done, the sooner we talk with the detective the sooner they can get started on their work. My keys are on the hanger next to the front door, let me grab my purse,” Tinley got up and headed to the kitchen and grabbed two travel mugs and filled them with coffee, hers with cream and sugar, his black. She started giggling a little to herself remembering one of his favorite phrases.   “What's funny dear,” asked Mark.   “As black as my Soul. I am grabbing us coffee and remembering when you got your car and how you always tell people how you like your coffee, as black as your soul,” replied Tinley still giggling a little to herself.   Detective Courtney hung up the phone and reached in his desk drawer and pulled out a burner phone and dialed a number that would be gone after the call he was going to make.   “Send in the cat, the three blind mice heard the grandfather clock strike 1, no cheese back home,” said Detective Courtney. There was no voice on the other end, just the usual sound of a hung-up line once the detective finished his sentence. The detective made another call on his desk phone to the front desk of the police station. “Yeah, this is Detective Courtney, I got two coming in driving a blue Chevy HHR, lots of bumper stickers on the back, let them go ahead and park in the covered area, should be Mr. and Mrs. Bale. Much appreciated. They should be here within the hour and give me a call on my cell when they arrive, I will be down there, but I just want to make sure I know when they approach. Thanks,” he hung up the call and grabbed some cups and food from the breakroom. He made sure he had enough tissues and that the hidden camera and digital recorder in his office were functioning properly.   Cody was reviewing the file on the Bale's when he got the notification from the team that they had been activated and would be in the home in just outside of an hour. It was confirmed that Mark worked at the same office and in the same department as Wolfgang. Mark was a Veteran who had served twelve years in the military, specifically the Air Force where he was listed as an aircraft maintainer, however, it wasn't listed as which aircraft he maintained. The firm that Mark and Wolfgang worked with was a contracted consulting agency with the Federal Government, specifically the Department of Energy in their human resources division. Mark had been there for ten years and was being recruited for a full-time position with the agency. His department mainly dealt with increasing morale, resilience and diversity. Tinley had been a schoolteacher up until she gave birth to Winnona. She wasn't active in the PTA but she was active in local issues such as the local library and gun control. Tinley was also a volunteer for the opposition candidate that the followers of Zeno had a large file on. There was little in the way of information for Winnona. She did not have a cell phone, was not on any social media apps and Mark and Tinley had made sure that no posts included a picture of Winnona. He noted that his team had already purged her file from the Swan Victor Elementary School, however, Winnona had only been at that school for two years since the family only moved in that area. The team reported that they were trying to find where she had been previously and would have an update soon.    Cody notified his script team that he wanted a quick meeting. He sanitized his office and logged into the virtual office where he waited. Adrian and Dillion appeared in the virtual office a few minutes later. Both men appeared focused and ready to take notes.   “So, I just sent you both the files on the Bale's, I want a complete turnaround of their lives. I want to be able to easily discredit them starting with their ever having a child. Work in there something about infertility treatments, and hint at a possible affair with the opposition candidate, nothing firm, but give the hint of a possible affair. Since we won't be able to do much about Mark's military service, maybe something about mental health because we all know how easy it is to make Veterans appear to be unbalanced with little to no proof. I think you can tie in Tinley's volunteer work with some antigovernment groups and make that the reason why Mark hasn't been promoted to working for the Department of Energy yet, make some noise about his background check that he failed it. We have already wiped the records of Winnona at the school, and she has only been there for two years so she hasn't had the time to make many friends I am sure and if anyone does come out saying they were friends then we will handle that as it comes. She went to school somewhere else for K through1 and once we find that information, we will wipe it if we can. Gentlemen, this is priority, I need to see this script in three hours so we can get it out on the airwaves and control the narrative. Do you have any questions,” asked Cody?  “Can we add some police records about marital abuse or reports of such from the neighbors,” asked Adrian?  “Maybe add some rumors of Mark about to get fired from his job due to poor performance,” added Dillon?  “I'd like to keep the police out of it simply because we don't have many contacts there that can support those claims. I also don't think Wolfgang has enough access or clout to help with what you are suggesting Dillion, Wolfgang is a fairly new recruit and isn't as embedded as that would need to be. Let's just stick with what I have given you. The big thing is discredit them even having a child and push the marital upheaval. I am sure once they hear from our contact about their child's death, we will have enough information downloaded after we get ahold of their phones to fill in any necessary holes you see in the story. Anything else,” asked Cody?  “We are on it right now sir, you will have the script in three hours,” said Adrian.  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 3 Nov 2022 words today 1899    words total 5311  When Joel and Mack got back to their home offices in their respective basements, they began processing what they had observed in the group that formed.   Joel, wearing his camera glasses began uploading the video and audio. He knew this was going to take some time although he and Mack had not been outside that long. While waiting he sent a preliminary report to Bruce that included who was in the group, which TV stations showed up, and the last names and badge numbers of the police officers controlling the scene. He also reviewed the postings from the neighborhood social media page and noted the commenters and responses. He was looking for anyone who did not reside in the neighborhood proper and noted the locations of those who were outside of their immediate neighborhood and began searching through those profiles. The upload from the glasses to his video processing computer, he had several setups including his day job set up, took about an hour, and in that time, he had already logged the names and profiles of twenty people outside the neighborhood who had commented on the shooting. When he got the notification that the video was uploaded, he started his facial recognition program on the raw video and loaded the profile pictures of the outsiders who had commented on the social media page. He planned on using their likeness and inserting an animated image of them to discredit any reports.   Across the street, Mack pulled out his digital recorder and began uploading the audio to his Digital Audio Workstation. The microphone on his recorder was sensitive enough to pick up the calls coming through the police officer's radios without him needing to be right next to them. The audio quality was surprisingly good for this being a rush job and him keeping the recorder in his pants pocket with no windscreen. He had time to put a makeshift nylon stocking cover over the microphone grill and he made a mental note of its effectiveness for future jobs. He was able to pick out from the police radio that there was one confirmed gunshot casualty, however, there were no witnesses to the active shooter. He also noted how many units and which units were called into the scene. He began the process on his digital audio workstation to have it synthesize the voices of the police officers and the radio dispatch in order to manipulate them when the time came. He also crossed-referenced the voice profiles with known profiles captured previously to strengthen the vocal match.   Both men were deep into their respective work when they received an instant message on their secured messaging service to deliver their initial impressions. The message was coming from Cody so they immediately used their mini laptops and entered the virtual office.   “We are sanitized, and I know you just started up with your analysis, but I wanted to get those initial first impressions about today's unauthorized event,” asked Cody.  “I'll go first if you don't mind Mack,” asked Joel?  “Go right ahead,” replied Mack.   “So, first impressions, typical police response to an active shooter. I was able to use my video monitoring equipment easily and without raising suspicion. The typical neighborhood response was encountered, all housewives besides Mack and myself met across the street from the school to investigate why the TV vans were out. The usual on-call reporters were dispatched with their cameramen and set up shop on the HOA's president's lawn that runs parallel to the street. I was able to see clear visuals all the way to the school's front entrance but was unable to see past the front doors into the vestibule. Typical concern was displayed by the residents of the neighborhood and police prevented anyone from crossing over onto school grounds. The typical response for a crime scene and active shooter scenario. There was no one observed outsiders, I did obtain face pattern recordings from all individuals for the visual library. I'll wait until after Mack talks to let you know the status of my current activities. Mack why don't you go ahead,” said Joel.   “Thank you, Joel. I was able to mobilize with Joel and approached the group with my digital recorder undetected. I was able to obtain the traffic coming from the police officers' radio and am currently mapping the vocal patterns now for the four officers in physical attendance and the dispatcher. Regarding audio quality, it was near pristine, and the field recording setup proved to be unnoticeable and undetectable and still produced a superior recording. My visual report does not differ from Joel's report, and I have nothing further to add to it, pending your questions I'll turn it back to Joel,” said Mack.   “Please continue Joel,” said Cody.   “Next steps will be to finalize the visual mapping process for those in attendance and those who commented on the neighborhood app. At that time, I will be able to manipulate the video and insert those whom we feel will be able to discredit the account and it should be undetectable with the equipment and expertise of or rather lack of expertise of local media. I will just need a script and then I can start on those manipulations. I am also grabbing the social media of the dispatcher in case we need to bring their integrity into question. I will be in contact with our script writers once the mapping is over for an authorized script of events and get to work on creating that and posting it. With that pending your questions I turn it over to Mack,” said Joel.   “No questions, Mack what are your next steps,” replied Cody.   “Complete vocal mapping and wait for the script to be presented. Reach out to our podcast talent and allies and let them know we have the true story behind what happened and will provide exclusive and expedited coverage for their content and assist with social media marketing. Pending any questions,” said Mack.   “Good, Bruce was right to bring you both on board. You seem to have everything well in hand. I find it a stroke of luck that we have the best audio-visual team here teaching in our high school. This was an unauthorized event, and I can't thank you enough for being able to be ready at a moment's notice and thank you for your loyalty to the cause. I just want to remind you of that loyalty to the cause. We will need to clean this up quickly, so once we get you the script, I am going to need you to make this the priority over all others so we can be on top of it and in charge of the narrative. Can the followers of Zenon count on you,” asked Cody?  “Of course,” they both replied.   “Good. I'll let you get back to your work. Be ready for the script and then start the operation,” said Cody as he turned off his camera. He did not need to wait for their reply as he was waiting to hear back from Bruce and Wolfgang.   Username 1 was monitoring the WiiRU message boards when they noticed a notification come in on the Alewell town portal. It mentioned a school shooting at the Swan Victor Elementary school. Normally there would be a cyberbullying or racial profiling message coming through, but due to the shooting this required Username1 to alert their colleagues and correlate the incident with police and media reports. They began their work in earnest and began compiling the information located in the police and media networks that they had back-door access to. By the time the rest of the colleagues were able to meet all the related raw data had been made into a dossier for all gather to review. Each colleague of WiiRU kept their avatar displayed and their vocoders on to modulate their voices.  Since it was under Username 1's watch they began the gathering.   “I trust you have all had time to review the dossier I have prepared. I apologize in advance that this is simply raw data right now, but it is a developing incident, and we need to get in front of it before the followers of Zeno start their shenanigans as they did at the high school shooting two years ago. Since they have a presence in Alewell I took the liberty to enhance the monitoring of their network and it appears to be quiet, however, knowing them they will start shoveling their narrative soon. I'd expect sometime this evening since most of them have day jobs and won't have access to their network until after 5 PM. That gives us about two hours to come up with a preemptive plan to douse their attempt. The floor is open to suggestions,” said Username 1.   “When did we last see activity on their network, we might have silence because they have discovered us eavesdropping,” asked Username 44?  “I am showing the last reported chatter coming in last night with target number 1, seems to be a video conference, unfortunately, the content of the conference was protected by a sanitization sweep so they have partially upgraded their network,” replied Username 1.   “Do we have friendlies in sanitization that could help us open the curtain to future conference calls,” asked Username 44?  “We have warm leads over there, it's a German/Israeli corporation. We can turn up the heat on them and get some traction in there, no E.T.A. on that, however,” said Username 87.   “Doesn't that corporation have two operatives here in Alewell? Might be worth a reach,” said Username 1.   “I can reach out and warm up our contacts. Any trade we can offer them to sweeten the deal,” asked Username 87?  “Start with hardware and then go with minimal resources. I assume we don't have enough of a hold to get them more liquid assets,” replied Username 1?  “Can do I will signal if there needs to be another assembly,” replied Username 87.   “With that, I am moving we go ahead and discuss utilizing our newest tool for a real-world exercise. Are we ready to deploy it currently? I think this would be a great opportunity to test it out on the followers of Zeno and set up sprint iterations running for 12 hours on and 12 hours off and resolve flaws and shortcomings. We have talked about this in the past,” asked Username 1.  “Well, it was not meant for something like this, the tool was meant to be used on a smaller scale and not for the type of sophistication that the followers of Zeno have displayed in the past. I am not sure we can predict the outcome realistically on this incident,” said Username 42.   “I know we had designed it for simple cyberbullying in a classroom setting of about 30 kids, but the Z folks are about 30 individuals and although they are more sophisticated, they aren't as imaginative as tweens and teenagers. Can we at least have it in our arsenal for this incident and have it ready to deploy if other measures are not effective,” asked Username 1?  “As long as we keep the scale small and well-defined, we should be okay. But we are talking about AI here and we will need to reign it in strenuously if it goes rogue,” replied Username 42.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @kimo72

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 4 Nov 2022 words today 1711    words total 7022  Wolfgang had driven to his uncle's house and met him in the driveway. Bruce marshaled him to the spare garage that was already opened, and Wolfgang drove his car inside careful not to hit any of the equipment laying around. Both men got into a large nondescript SUV with Bruce in the driver's seat and left the house on their way to meet up with Cody in the followers of Zeno clubhouse on the outskirts of Alewell. Wolfgang started to open his mouth when Bruce interrupted.  “Save it for Cody. Right now, there is a target on your back and on my back and the guy who can take us out doesn't miss. When we get there, you answer his questions and talk when spoken to only. You have put the organization in a very tenuous position and a lot of people are working on things right now because of what you did. You pushed our hand when it didn't need to be pushed and I am not sure we will survive the fallout if things go sideways. Keep in mind, they will abandon us and hang us out to dry if they feel that the organization will be negatively impacted. What that means is they will set you up as a lone wolf and this state does have the death penalty. They will also go underground further and abandon me so I won't be able to protect or help you out when it goes to trial. So, whatever was in your mind last night that you told Cody, it better be worth all the energy we are expending,” said Bruce as he navigated through traffic and got them quickly to the clubhouse. Wolfgang just faced forward mentally noting the direction they were heading. Bruce didn't turn on the GPS to direct him to the clubhouse so as not to be tracked. They both sat there in silence during the trip, with no radio to break up the monotony and it took about 35 minutes before the clubhouse appeared in view in one of the fields outside of town.   When they got to the clubhouse, Wolfgang didn't see any other car parked or a mailbox. The structure looked like an abandoned one-story farmhouse about half a mile off the road with no driveway. Bruce carefully maneuvered his SUV through the field separating the house from the gravel road that ran up next to the property. He knew there were certain areas where the group had laid detonators for landmines and there were other areas that only the followers knew about that they needed to drive over to show that they were not followed, and they were supposed to be there. If anyone had just gotten off the road and headed straight for the farmhouse, anyone inside would have been alerted and the trespasser would have been neutralized. Wolfgang was not a party to this knowledge, so he looked quizzically at his uncle when he seemingly randomly veered this way and that way. The lights on the SUV that had been off during the drive out there, flashed five times and then Bruce put the SUV in park and shut the engine off.   Both men exited the vehicle and approached the clubhouse's front door. Bruce looked up at the ceiling of the porch and Wolfgang saw a red beam appear from a hole and rest on Bruce's eyes. It took about three seconds, the sound of unlocking the door occurred as if someone was on the other side and Bruce opened the door and walked inside with Wolfgang following close behind.  They walked to the back of the clubhouse which was unfurnished and opened the door to what Wolfgang thought was the backyard but instead was to an office. There was a bank of monitors behind the desk in the back of the office and behind the desk was a chair turned towards the screens. Bruce and Wolfgang could hear Cody's heavy breathing.   “Take a seat gentleman,” said Cody. The typical sound of keyboard clicking could be heard and a few of the monitors went blank. He swiveled his leatherback chair to face the men. Both men sat in the two chairs facing but not close to one another. Each chair was placed in from of one corner of the desk which was about three feet wide. The top of the desk was pristine with no marks on it and no papers or folders, not even a keyboard or laptop. “So, I called this in-person meeting because you decided to go rogue and make a name for yourself Wolfgang. Now I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you in person yet, and your uncle is one of our special members of the organization, so we give him a great deal of leeway when it comes to activities. But this, whew let me tell you, really forces our hand when our hand may not be ready for it,” said Cody.   “I wasn't privy to the discussion you two had last night, we haven't talked about it yet so this whole incident although surprising, naturally rests on my shoulders,” said Bruce.   “Responsibility is not the question Bruce, that has already been determined but I do thank you for taking it on. No, the question remains what do we do next and how do we take this lemon and make it lemonade? Since we have an expert operator here that has no need of a mission or parameters for the said mission, I was hoping he could enlighten me on the objective he was seeking,” asked Cody?  Wolfgang looked dumbfounded when Cody spoke and stared directly into his eyes. No one had intimidated Wolfgang like this in his life and it took his uncle to clear his throat to break the silence and for Wolfgang to speak.   “So, uhm, as we discussed last evening, I thought the organization could do more actual physical work versus the cloak and dagger stuff we do now. I mean it's been almost 2 years since we protested at high school and there doesn't seem to be any activity going on so I took it upon myself to act in an effort to get our message out there. Since the elections are coming up in the next year and the degenerates want to ban our weapons and means of protecting our lives and families, I thought we should go ahead and use an incident similar to the high school shooting and make an impact that would help us not get distracted with lobbying for our already given rights,” said Wolfgang nervously.   “Like we discussed last night, there are many moving parts that you are not privy to, what looks like no activity doesn't mean there isn't activity. Movement can be measured in millimeters, micrometers and in smaller units, but it is still considered movement. What you have set into motion distracts our resources that we had planned for something else. If we are not careful it could expose us when we are not ready to be seen just yet. Now, you mention the high school shooting and you point to what we did there as something you think we should do more of. Interestingly, I was against the protest. I know the shooting didn't happen, I knew it was staged, but the damage we took to our reputation has taken about two years to recover from. The whole organization learned some good lessons from that mistake. Chiefly we need to work more in the shadows until the time is ripe. The time was not ripe for that, and we had to carefully purge information from local media and the internet about our members. We had a few that had to go deep underground and are only now able to come back and participate in our projects. Your actions have made them reconsider coming back up because no one wants to go through that upheaval again,” said Cody.   “I know you have tapped my eyes and ears at the location, and they are under you right now. What is our next step that you would like to see happen,” asked Bruce?  “Well, I want to hear what Wolfgang thinks our next step should be, I still haven't heard what his objectives were and if he has succeeded in them,” replied Cody.   “Well, the first objective was to rouse us from what I perceived to be slumber. I wasn't aware of other projects going on,” replied Wolfgang.  “Let me stop you right there, whom do you think should know about all the projects going on, is it you, your uncle, me? Who would you recommend,” Cody asked sarcastically?   “Naturally you need to know what is going on, I am just a cog in this machine for right now,” timidly replied Wolfgang.  “Don't get me wrong, from the reports we are working on right now, we are in a good place in that you were not detected either at the location or at work. We are putting together a social media blitz for the likes you have never seen before and will promote this as another hoax that is somehow connected to the opposition candidate. Those wheels are already in motion,” said Cody.   “I guess my next step would be to flood the media with content that discredits their sources, attack the integrity of the family members and have a team harass them continually,” replied Wolfgang.   “Go on, there must be a higher objective you have for the organization besides being the big dog on the block and gaining respect from others,” said Cody.   “I don't want our group to be categorized as a bunch of middle-aged white guys sitting around in tin foil hats concocting conspiracies, gaining in self-confidence.  “And who might that be saying we are a bunch of tin foil hat-wearing nut jobs,” asked Cody.  “My boss at work. I was going to target his kid, but when I got to the school and opened the front door there was a girl there, and I panicked and shot her and left after clearing the casings. My original plan was to target my boss's kid and then watch him as he would eventually get the news. That was my primary objective,” confessed Wolfgang.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 2 Nov 2022 words today 1731    words total 3412  Two men were in the group that had gathered outside of the school one was wearing thick glasses while the other one was moving something around in his pockets. Both of them were part of the homeowner's association for the neighborhood across the street from the school and lingered just outside of the group. When the other neighbors decided to leave, they nodded to each other and went to their respective homes across from each other down the street. They both went into their basement home offices and reported back to Bruce with their findings.   Wolfgang had calmed down from the incident. The deep breaths he took calmed his nerves and he knew he would need to report to his uncle as soon as possible. After he shot the girl at the school and cleared the casings he walked out of the school and down the street to his getaway car that was parked just a few blocks away. The plates were registered to an old lady downstate and the car was an older model Oldsmobile. He made sure to switch off the camera jammer that covered his entrance to the school and his exit so that when the police viewed the tapes nothing would be viewable. He unscrewed the still-hot silencer from the pistol and put both items back in their cases. Cleaning his hands with baby wipes before starting the car, he made sure to remove any gunpowder residue on his fingers. Driving the car to the safehouse was quick as it was only a few more blocks away and he could switch out to his normal car. As he approached the safehouse he tapped the garage door remote and quickly pulled the old car next to his. Leaving the getaway car unlocked he exited quickly leaving the gun and silencer case in the front seat to be removed later and got into his normal car and headed back to work. While driving back he pulled out his burner phone to contact his uncle and placed the call.   “The best answer to anger is silence,” said Wolfgang.  “How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life,” replied Bruce.   Wolfgang parked his car back at work after stopping off and paying cash for coffees for his boss and coworkers. It had been only 30 minutes since he departed for his task. He walked up to his coworkers' desks and dropped off the coffee before heading to his boss' office. Before approaching his boss, he took three deep breaths and knocked on the door.  “Wow you got back quick, glad you didn't get stuck in traffic, there's been a shooting at the elementary school,” said Wolfgang's boss, still seated behind his desk looking at his computer screen.   “Oh, I hadn't heard,” Wolfgang coolly replied. “Anyone hurt,” he asked.  “Not sure, I have been getting messages from my wife and I got a safe message from my boy, he attends that school. They seem to be fine, but they won't let the kids go out the front entrance,” replied his boss.   “Well, I am glad he is fine, I thought you had a daughter, not a son,” asked Wolfgang.  “Nope, junior is in the fourth grade there. After the shooting at the high school two years ago I gave him a cell phone for situations like these. It is getting so crazy out there with these random shootings you can't be too careful,” replied his boss.   “I thought that shooting at the high school was staged, at least that is what I read online,” said Wolfgang.   “I'm not sure what online chat forums you are reading, but that was real. I am glad the state cracked down on the gun dealerships. The only ones that thought it was staged were those tinfoil-wearing loons protesting at the school the next day. Those folks need to wake up,” replied his boss.   “I didn't follow the case that much because I don't have kids, but didn't the FBI find something that led them to believe it was staged,” replied Wolfgang.  “Nah, it was those Z guys thinking it was a conspiracy to take their guns away. I can't believe we have groups like that here in our county in 2022. If you tell them the sky is blue, they don't believe you and come up with something about chemtrails coloring the sky. Hey, thanks for grabbing coffee for the team. I know we have been burning the midnight oil pretty late these last couple of weeks. Take an extra-long lunch today and I will see you tomorrow okay,” said his boss.   “I have got some work I need to finish up today, mind if I take my computer to the spare office and get it knocked out before lunch,” asked Wolfgang.  “Yeah, go right ahead, it's unlocked,” replied his boss. “Oh, by the way, Mark had to go home to check on his wife. I guess it has something to do with the shooting today. His kid is in the same class as mine.”  “No, I didn't know that I hope everything is okay,” replied Wolfgang.   “Probably just a precaution. Sometimes wives at home can be frigidity. Especially with shootings and their kids. I told him to get a cell phone for his kid as I did, but he said he didn't want a digital leash on his kid,” replied the boss.   Wolfgang went back to his cubicle and grabbed his backpack and his work computer and headed quickly to the spare office. Once inside he closed the blinds, shut the door, and locked it. He put his work computer on the dock and started it back up to the project he was working on before the incident and then pulled a mini laptop from his backpack and turned on his encryption for the mini laptop. Once he was all set up, he logged into the virtual office where Bruce was waiting.    “I am not Mr. Clean over here,” said Wolfgang.  “Understood, just got out of a meeting, The dog catcher wants to know where they can find a stray,” replied Bruce.  “If they wait until this afternoon I can take them to the den of strays in person,” replied Wolfgang.   “I'll let animal control know, out,” said Bruce abruptly.   The screen went blank, and Wolfgang turned off the encryptor and shut down the mini laptop. He placed It back in his bookbag and leaned back in the chair in the darkened office and smiled. His plan to make a name for himself among the followers of Zeno was working. His intended target was the boss's child. He wanted to cause a great deal of emotional stress since his boss discounted the followers of Zeno since the last shooting and disparaged their names. Killing the girl was a rooky mistake, he'd know better next time to track his intended target better, but for a first kill he was pleased with his escape and cover story. He continued working on the project that he had started that morning before he went to commit his crime. It was then that he connected the two threads, he killed Mark's child by mistake. He quickly finished up his work and left for lunch thirty minutes beforehand. Mark was the star employee winning all of the awards and was a combat Veteran. He actually looked up to and idolized Mark and thought he would be a great recruit for the followers of Zeno. He noticed Mark always had a book of stoicism with him at lunch and on his desk. As he left the spare office he walked by Mark's desk, just a few cubicles down from his, and saw a book flipped over and opened. It was Seneca's Letters From a Stoic and there were dogeared pages throughout.   Mark found his wife on the living room floor when he burst into their house. She was breathing, only it was very shallow, and he tried to rouse her. He was sure she had gotten the messages from the neighborhood social media page that had flooded his phone this morning. When he saw the message that said active shooter he knew immediately he had to get home. When he tried to call her, and she didn't answer, he left work and raced home. She woke up and immediately started asking questions.  “Where's Winnona is she alright? Jesus this is like the worst dream ever. Why aren't you at work, what's going on,” cried Tinley?   “I know about as much as you do dear. Are you physically okay, are you hurt anywhere,” Mark asked?  “Oh god no no no no, is she,” asked Tinley.  “I don't know, there aren't any details. We probably won't know for a few hours. I am sure she is fine because she knows what to do, we have trained her, and the school has procedures for this. We just have to trust the system and let it take its course,” Mark tried to reassure his wife.   “Mark, I can't feel her, she is dead. Who would do something like that, she is just nine years old. She wouldn't hurt a flea and her classmates love the fuck out of her. I love the fuck out of her. Why tell me why,” cried Tinley.  “Shhhh, now, we don't know, and we don't need to go into panic mode over this. She has been through several active shooter drills, and she knows what to do. She is more prepared than the teachers and she can defend herself. We just must trust she kept her head, and she is fine. Let's just sit on the couch and breathe for a few minutes,” said Mark.   Tinley got up off the floor leaning on her husband. They both sat on the couch as she sobbed, and he held her to keep himself from crying. Their phones were pining messages from the neighborhood social media page and from friends who had heard about the news of the school shooting. They waited for an eternity to get a signal from Winnona telling them she was safe. Tinley somehow knew that signal would never come and that made her cry even harder. Mark's anger smoldered as he listened to his wife's sobs, and he tried to encourage her to take deep breaths as he was doing audibly.    Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

National Novel Writing and Podcast Posting Month 2022 Welcome friend to Create Art Podcast where I help you tame your inner critic and create more than we consume. I am Timothy Kimo Brien your thankful head instigator with over 20 years in arts and education. How I accomplish this is by providing you with commentary, interviews, discussions, and projects that will inspire you to create art. This month I will be podcasting daily and writing a novel in 30 days. I am participating in NaPodPoMo and NaNoWriMo again this year as I did last year and you can hear those episodes here. You will be able to listen and read along with what I wrote for the day. I like to practice what I preach when it comes to art so I am challenging myself to write and having you come along for the ride. It is my hope this inspires you to accomplish your goals with your art and if you would like to share what you are doing email me at timothy@createartpodcast.com History of NaNoWriMo and NaPodPoMo NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists. NaPodPoMo: NaPodPoMo* is a month-long event similar to National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you post a podcast episode every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th. Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting boot camp. The Writing So Far 1 Nov 2022 words today   1681   words total 1681  The messages were coming in fast and furious. Tinlay ignored as best she could the pinging of her smart phone. It was not even 9 o'clock yet and she dropped her daughter off at school not even two hours ago. She had finished her second cup of coffee and her husband had left for work an hour ago. This was supposed to be her time to relax before cleaning the house.   The morning had been cloudy and drizzling, there was fog on the road but not too much to impact traffic that much. October mornings were usually like this, it made her drag in the mornings but as soon as lunch time hit, she would be getting her second wind. Her daughter Winnona had slept in a little longer than usual and was difficult this morning. Fourth graders were like that, Tinlay remembered from her teaching days. She had gone into temporary retirement when Winnona was born and was not looking at going back to teaching anytime soon. Right now, she enjoyed being a wife and a mother.   When she sat back down on the couch and opened her smart phone her world stopped. Message after message on the neighborhood social media page with the subject title of active shooter appeared before her. This was a rare occurrence as the last time was two years ago in a neighboring community that also used the social media app. She got those notifications too because she had friends in the area. This time was different because it was from her community and Winona's elementary school Swan Victor Elementary. Just as she read the first one of maybe 100, she heard the police sirens go off on the main road. Her heart dropped into the pit of her stomach. Her only thoughts were of Winona's safety, and she went into panic mode. She tried to call her husband Mark right away, however, she heard the message “Your call cannot be completed at this time,” which when she heard it, she hung up immediately and started texting him. She was frantic and the predictive text was not helping the situation, making her more frantic. Her thoughts went immediately to the argument she was having with Winona this morning and getting her ready for school. She could not remember if she said I love you or not. She collapsed on the floor due to the emotional strain of what was happening only to be awakened by Mark who was in tears.   It had been a late night for Cody. He was up trying to talk down one of his newer recruits Wolfgang the night before. He had not even met Wolfgang in person yet and this new recruit did not sound promising. Wolfgang, if that was his real name, sounded young, dumb, and full of a lot of bravado, but did not have much else going for him. There was no strategy or long-term thinking going on, Wolfgang just wanted to act, and that is something that the followers of Zeno did not do. Cody had been kicked out from another group that was probably more Wolfgang's speed, that group had a number of young bucks that had some computer skills but not as many as his breakaway group had. Wolfgang was recruited by his uncle who wanted to give him some direction in life and give him a purpose to get out of his parents' basement. Normally they didn't allow anyone like this in the group, however, his uncle made a strong case, essentially either his nephew gets in or they lose a major source of funding.   One of the neighborhood social media groups was showing a high rate of activity this morning. Cody pulled up that particular group, none of his people lived in the affected community, but there was one fatality reported at an elementary school due to an active shooter who was still at large. He slammed his fist down on the desk and it jolted his coffee cup and it crashed to the floor. The coffee splattered all over the hardwood floors just missing the power strip that fueled Cody's computer setup. He dove down with a paper towel to get at it before the hot steamy liquid shorted out the power strip and hurt his knees. As he was getting up, he hit his head against the underside of the desk, immediately cursing and punched the drawers of the desk which elicited more yelling and cursing. The sight of this would have been comical to an outsider who did not know that Cody led the followers of Zeno, but those that knew Cody and the followers of Zeno would see that this incident only fueled his anger and something unpleasant was about to occur.   When Cody got back to his chair, he pulled out one of his burner phones and called Wolfgang's uncle Bruce. He angrily waited for the typical 3 rings for Bruce to find that the number was listed as safe to answer.   “You have power over your own mind, not events,” said Bruce. He waited for the reply to let him know it was clear to talk.   “It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture,” replied Cody angrily. “I am about to send you a report and I need to know if you have been contacted. Call me back once you have reviewed. Out.”  Cody terminated the call immediately and put the burner phone at the bottom of the pile of phones in the desk. He would not use this one again until the others had been used. It seemed like an eternity before Bruce pinged in on the virtual office. Cody waited for the signal that the room was sanitized.   “So, I was up most of the night with Wolfgang. I guess I do not need to say that this is on your head and now we need to clean it up. The TV station is already enroute, we need someone out there taking pictures and recording audio. Who are you sending?” asked Cody.   “So, because you talked with Wolfgang last night you think this is him? I mean what proof do you have,” asked Bruce?  “From what we were talking about last night, he is a very restless kid that has way too much time on his hands. He wanted to go over contingency plans, he wanted to know why we are not doing more in person work, he wanted to be deeper in the organization. The kid has been with us for like a year, if that, and I still have not vetted him personally. So do you want to tell me where he was this morning, because I have a good feeling,” replied Cody.   “Okay listen, he is supposed to be at work at this time. I am sure he has an alibi where he works. He has not reached out to me yet, but I am sure he will, and he knows which phone to call to do that. I will find him and set up a meeting for us here. This will not spill back on us, once I read through the report I sent my eyes and ears out there to observe and record. This could be a good training exercise for our guys in the field, at the very least we probably can get a few more believers that the government stages these all the time. I think it is a stroke of genius actually and if we play our cards right, it plays into our favor,” replied Bruce.   “It can only be the three of us knowing, if it gets to a fourth just know that your bullet is already chambered. Get him in here because your life does depend on it and I'd hate to make you the scapegoat for this with the others because your entire family would pay,” threated Cody in a chilling voice.    The scene at Swan Victor Elementary school was one of controlled chaos. Children huddled in their classrooms on lockdown with teachers taking a silent roll of their students. Wondering if they would make it out alive. The office staff were in tears and huddled on the floor as the children were, as they waited for the all clear from the police officers. One child, Winona Bale, 4th grader, lay slain just outside the office staffs window in front of the main entrance of the school where children and parents would normally come in. Her lifeless body bled out as two officers tried in vain to revive her. Three shots in the chest and no casings on the floor to be found. The officers had seen this many times before in training and last year at the high school in the next community. Four officers covered them, two outside the vestibule and two inside the school in case the shooter was still there. The main team searched in every bathroom, classroom and hallway. No one was found. Another team was outside the school searching the grounds and neighbors, again no one was found. The all clear with one was sounded with one caveat, no one was to come through the front entrance so as to preserve the crime scene.   In the office the phone lines began ringing unceasingly as parents tried to get more information about the shooting. The principal emailed the instructions not to let children near the front of the school as there was an active crime scene. The process for informing parents began in earnest and the blinds that blocked the view of the crime screen from the office were drawn shut. The police captain and the principal went to his office and closed the door. Both men visibly shaken at what had just happened. Even though both men had prepared for something like this and trained their subordinates well, nothing truly prepared them for dealing with the aftermath.   The TV station vans were kept at a distance, and intermixed with the reporters were neighbors and others in the area who were wondering what had happened.   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

Introduction to Experimentation Hi there friend, this is Timothy Kimo Brien, your head instigator for Create Art Podcast where I take my 20-plus years of experience in the arts and education world and help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. Are you paralyzed with fear about trying something new or learning a new technique for your artistic discipline? Worried that you will fail miserably and lose the audience you have worked so hard to build? Are you just simply afraid of the unknown? Today I am going to talk with you about the necessity of experimentation and not only will I talk with you about that, but I have a guest who can attest to using experimentation to help his work. Steve Harper Info harpercreates.com yourcreativelife.com Steve Harper IMDB A Few Short Plays To Save The World Getting In Touch With The Show To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod Special Request If you received some new insight or idea from this episode please share it with a friend that may have the same issues. Also, let me know what would make this episode a 5-star episode in your opinion. I want to make the content something that you find value in and would pass along to others. When we share resources like this we all win, we all get our work out to our audiences and create networks that will stand the test of time. Special Note One last thing I want to leave you with is an important issue for many of the listeners of this podcast and that is individual liberty. While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. I want to take a moment to address the June 24th Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe versus Wade. This decision stripped away the legal right to have a safe and legal abortion. Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans. This decision could also lead to the loss of other rights. To learn more about what you can do to help, go to podvoices.help I encourage you to speak up, take care, and spread the word.

A Television set gives Delion glimpses into the future, will he use this knowledge to feed his gambling addiction or to save the world? Season 5, Episode 3 This story takes place in the 1930's when Televisions were a hot commodity. Owning a television was a symbol of wealth and status. Every family craved for a picture box even though the screen was small and the images were in black and white. There were only a couple of channels and the content was subpar but it was the latest and greatest technological achievement. Remember when Apple launched the IPhone in 2007. We marveled at its touch screen display and smooth edges. It could make calls, play music and even surf the web. However there was no Gmail, Facebook and other third party apps, you couldn't even cut and paste. This did not stop the average consumer from going ape crazy for the new device. A television was like an iPhone but on steroids. In this story Delion was trying to compete with his neighbor by buying a picture box and not just any old picture box but one that displays a window into the future. Special performance by Ichabod Ebenezer, follow him on Twitter @IchabodEbenezer Karin from Chaika podcast Author, Tiffany C Lewis from Beta Reader Bits podcast And the Head Instigator himself Timothy Kimo Brien from Create Art Podcast Special thanks to the lady with the golden voice, Shawntay from Ctamarketing.biz Earthling Studio Thinking about podcasting but you dread the thought of audio editing? Send me a DM on twitter @poeticearthling so we can have a 30 minute free zoom chat to see if my services are right for you. Sign up for our newsletter The Earthling Report, brief articles about the creative process and how you can become a creative genius. Welcometoearthstories.com Music by Epidemic Sound Please give back by buying me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/earthstories

Welcome to the show Hi there friend, this is Timothy Kimo Brien, your head instigator for Create Art Podcast where I take my 20-plus years of experience in the arts and education world and help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. Why is Creating In Front of Your Audience Great This episode is a continuation of the last episode where I was talking about being ready when inspiration strikes. In this episode, I will be talking about creating in the wild.  So, let's say you are at the coffee shop on your laptop or pulling out your sketchpad, what's next? That is what I would like to talk about today, we will be exploring common courtesy, dealing with someone looking over your shoulder or asking questions, and how to maximize your time in order to get that initial inspiration back to your workspace.    Article on Creating In Public Why You Need to Stop Hiding Your Art and Practice in Public   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod Special Request If you received some new insight or idea from this episode please share it with a friend that may have the same issues. Also, let me know what would make this episode a 5-star episode in your opinion. I want to make the content something that you find value in and would pass along to others. When we share resources like this we all win, we all get our work out to our audiences and create networks that will stand the test of time. Special Note One last thing I want to leave you with is an important issue for many of the listeners of this podcast and that is individual liberty. While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade on June 24th. Abortion is a basic healthcare need for the millions of people who can become pregnant. Everyone should have the freedom to decide what's best for themselves and their families, including when it comes to ending a pregnancy. This decision has dire consequences for individual health and safety and could have harsh repercussions for other landmark decisions. Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans. Even if you live in a state where abortion rights are upheld, access to safe medical procedures shouldn't be determined by location, and it shouldn't be the privilege of a small few. You can help by donating to local abortion funds. To find out where to donate for each state, visit donations 4 abortion dot com. That's the number 4. If you or someone you know needs help, or if you want to get more involved, here are 5 resources. One. Shout Your Abortion is a campaign to normalize abortion. Two. Don't Ban Equality is a campaign for companies to take a stand against abortion restrictions. Three. Abortion dot cafe has information about where to find clinics. Four. PlanCPillS.org provides early at-home abortion pills that you can keep in your medicine cabinet. And five. Choice.crd.co has a collection of these resources and more.

Hey Dude, I fondly reflect on the passing of our beloved cat Thomas, the great Vin Scully, and the luminous Olivia Newton-John. I also find time to whine about not making it on the radio.QUOTE: "A tear welled up in his left eye."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Zane Grey, Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Jake Downey, John Rabe, John Doe, Petros Papadakis, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Farrah FawcettPLACES: Zane Grey Estate, Altadena, Burbank, Los Angeles, America, Dodger Stadium, Iowa, Pasadena City CollegeRADIO/PODCASTS: KPCC, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, NPR, Radio, LAist Studios, Imperfect Paradise, Off-RampTHINGS: Thomas (The Cat), pandemic, MLB All-Star Game, Facebook, Twitter, Dodgers, Lakers, Grease, If Not For YouSOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, cars, train, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Thomas' Last Day in the Garden" by Marisol on her iPhone XSRECORDED: August 9, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, I fondly reflect on the passing of our beloved cat Thomas, the great Vin Scully, and the luminous Olivia Newton-John.  I also find time to whine about not making it on the radio. QUOTE: "A tear welled up in his left eye." PEOPLE: Zane Grey, Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Jake Downey, John Rabe, John Doe, Petros Papadakis, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Farrah Fawcett PLACES: Zane Grey Estate, Altadena, Burbank, Los Angeles, America, Dodger Stadium, Iowa, Pasadena City College RADIO/PODCASTS: KPCC, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, NPR, Radio, LAist Studios, Imperfect Paradise, Off-Ramp THINGS: Thomas (The Cat), pandemic, MLB All-Star Game, Facebook, Twitter, Dodgers, Lakers, Grease, If Not For You SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, cars, train, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Thomas' Last Day in the Garden" by Marisol on her iPhone XS RECORDED: August 9, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Timothy Kimo Brien is a poet, podcaster, and all-around artist. He joins us to talk about the importance of creativity, of writing poetry and stories and how doing art feeds the soul and enhances life in every direction. Enjoy a poem from one of his chap books and check out his work! … Continue...Episode 154 – Interview with Timothy Kimo Brien

Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about Howard Hughes and his dirty fingerprints all over the 20th century. I also admit to going on a 48 binge of The Americans. QUOTE: "Another time, another dime."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Ray Liotta, Edward Albee, James Ellroy, Howard Hughes, JKF, RFK, Larry O'Brien, Richard Nixon, Robert Maheu, Blayney F. Matthews, J.L. Warner, Keri RussellPLACES: Watergate Hotel, Iowa, California, Shoreline Village, Long BeachTHINGS: The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia, American Tabloid, Watergate, Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, DNC,aviationTV/FILM: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Licorice Pizza, The Sopranos, The Many Saints of Newark, The Americans,Mission Impossible, Warner Bros., FelicitySOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, jet, birds, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Shoreline Village Chimes" iPhone XSRECORDED: May 29, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwreckedand host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.