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Monday, June 30, 2025

About Fools...




Hi. Brian Joseph Johns here.


Fools often say things without fully considering the repercussions of their words. Most often in reaction to those who'd provoke such words with the intent to do so, but in all honesty it cannot be their fault, for the person who speaks them is entirely the bearer of so, and often as much, a fool without ever realizing that fact in the moment they're uttered as much.


I've been called many things in my life, but I'd have to say that the most appropriate of nomenclature every applied to my person is that of jerk, for speaking without carefully considering the effects of vitriol of such words is a careless propensity to visit upon people and life.


I believe that everyone has to follow their own path, and that they alone should be mindful and responsible for their choices in that way, especially where it regards a life partner.


I recently had the crude brash idiocy to state that my own love interest isn't blonde without carefully considering the repercussions of that statement. I spent a wonderful portion of my life with such a woman, who is amongst the most inspiring of relationships I've had. Enough so to become the inspiration for Alicia Westin, despite Alicia's very different career from the woman about whom I'm speaking.


There are certainly many women who have blonde hair who I've admired and found myself attracted to, but not because of their hair, but because of some resoundingly obvious fire that burned in their spirit and the expression of their personality. 


Whether in private, or to the world. There's even one who I regard ultimately as a priceless Jewel. A woman of such wonder and creativity whom I elevated to a place beyond my reach, never considering that she might have invested some interest in someone as hidden and mysterious (and desolate) as myself, despite the world's awareness of her versus me.


I am a fool for stating that my love interest isn't blonde, because in all truth, that isn't entirely true. I am often tormented verbally by people who practice cow tipping as a social sport, and often this involves deciphering the love interest of the people they target so that they can divide those people as well. In a moment of hostile reaction and clarification, that was my verbal and written response.


I was in the relationship of my life with an absolutely extraordinary (Chinese) woman throughout 2006. She's a very big part of the inspiration for everything you see and read here on Shhhh! Digital Media, but we've long since parted ways and mostly for her protection from the crass nature of being stalked, because she's older than me by almost a decade and a half, and I'm a fifty-seven year old (57) Scorpio. I've never felt so dedicated to any woman before as I have her, but given our difference in age and the progression of time, it makes our reuniting almost impossible.


Now if I suddenly pushed my devotion to her aside and then pursued a Jewel on a whim, what kind of a man would that make me? Chasing even the best match I'd probably ever have in terms of an obsessive creative artist who is a well of that divine spark we all pursue. I think that would make me a very untrustworthy partner, especially if I simply jumped ship and pursued the nearest and most potentially "profitable" relationship. 


I don't know what's worse, declaring that my own love interest isn't blonde, or simply pushing my loyalty and dedication to a woman who made the biggest difference in my life aside, to chase someone else, who despite how incredible a match we might be, would leave any person wondering how can a person such as I actually truly know what love is?


Regardless, it hurts a lot more to know that I might have hurt someone else who looked upon me in much the same way. I am heterosexual by the way, and no, I don't send secret messages by the movies I watch online or by any other means. My art is as free as am I, and I'm certain that any Jewel that found my person would very much feel the same. If my words hurt anyone in that sense, I sincerely apologize for that was not the intent. It was a clarification meant to protect the idea that I don't throw aside one about whom I care so much, to pursue another whose being seems very much to be compatible with mine. 


Nobody I know would want me to be happier than my former love Helen, but I can never betray her heart, or the heart of any incredibly creative and inspired Jewel I'd come to know.


From the depths of my heart, I apologize for making that statement. That my love interest isn't a blonde haired woman, because the truth is the difference between what we desire, and who crafted us into who we are now. Like changing lanes in a car in hopes of moving ahead faster in life. Lovers are not lanes, and hearts are fragile.


There is no fool bigger than I for uttering such words.


However, from a fool who pays attention and learns from his mistakes, there are new chapters coming to at least two, possibly three of the story lines at the midway point in my vacation. I know that will not make up for my foolishness, but it will at least move us forward. A more accurate statement would have been, that my heart and interest is very loyal to Helen, and as she'd approve, a certain cat, or at the very least, she's a lover thereof.


Brian Joseph Johns

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.

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Tripped Up On Calculus...

Its been many, many years since I've actually put to use my skills or knowledge of mathematics, and over the weekend, I played an online knock-off of trivial pursuit, which is a trivia game that adapts quite well to online play, though this trivia game was very much like the kind that you find in arcades and bars.

One of the questions was a very basic question dealing with Eigen matrices, and given that I was on the eighth day of a water fast (for no religious reason as I'm an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism), I faltered and flunked the question. Its been twenty four years since I last used that sort of knowledge, not to mention being eight days into a water fast.

Regardless, I signed up for a few refresher courses to strengthen my knowledge in that area. When you're a writer, there are people who believe and act upon the fact that your conscious mind and knowledge originates from a collective, and if you can't prove being consistent with your own writing and knowledge, this same cult will steal the credit for your writing (they turn it into a sort of competition like musical chairs), and give it to the person most consistent with it from your own circle, which they often then use to divide you or pit you against one another.

They'll also try to use your name in a similar battle, where they either try to deny you of your own identity by tricking you into being inconsistent with the meaning of your own name, or they might try to imply that in order to retain your own identity, that you must take on a meaning for your name based upon the words in it or how those words sound.

For instance, with my last name being "Johns", they attempt to force me to carry the weight of the customers of prostitutes (a person who uses the services of a prostitute is often called a "John"). Where I live that's the kind of thing that this cult do. Where that fails, its toilets (the slang name for a toilet is "John"). So you see how that works? Then, my readers end are forced to carry the weight of those things, and believe that is my lifestyle and activity when nothing could be further from the truth. Not to mention, during this whole process, there are literally tens if not hundreds of people who harass me, while I'm at my apartment at home, or sometimes when I'm out on the street. Now keep in mind that I'm not a sex offender or using my computer for anything of a crude nature, so they're not really justified in doing so. They're more so just a criminal racket that provoke conflict from other people.

I guess this post is more of a warning to other content creators out there to be mindful of this cult and what I'm warning you about, because they're very systematic in taking everything from you, not to mention they literally cannabalize people, and then erase the people they've cannabilized. They're one step away from genocide.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.

I'm still very much on the red black, red white and red yellow team just like my Shhhh! Digital Media colours.
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Retired...

Hi everyone. I tried playing a game of Red Dead Redemption 2 Online tonight and had quite a bit of fun with it until I was cyber stalked and had my horse killed and then stolen, presumably by hackers and in a coordinated way by Posse West383.

I generally stayed away from the game for that reason, but thought I'd give it a reprieve. Unfortunately I was let down, so I decided to retire and delete my character for good.


It sounds a little trivial but when you encounter things of that nature, its kind of frustrating because just like the characters I create in my books, they really grow on you and become a big part of you.

When you're a writer, or other kind of creator, people try all kinds of crazy things to take your creations from you, including trying to break your name, or trick you into breaking aspects of your creations, in which case they feel that the credit for your creations should go to someone who better protects them.

Also as most of you know, there are people who take the red versus blue fight very seriously and perhaps obsessively enough to create situations that paint one side as hate and the other side as love (conveniently so). In most games, red is depicted as the opposing force, which is already a strike against red. So a lot of it is motivated according to those ideas.

The sort of thing that psychotic cults and real criminal rackets do, and this has become a very organized aspect being online unfortunately. 

The very reason I'm taking a vacation in the first place.

Anyway, its sad to see her go. Fortunately all the other characters from Butterfly Dragon, A Lady's Prerogative and The Legendary Of Xarn are still fine and will be appearing soon.

I hope that you'll consider taking part in one of the Conquer Cancer events I spoke about in my previous post.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Boudicca's And Alicia Westin's War On Cancer...




On a much less controversial and much more enlightening note from the last post, I'd like to remind all of you out there that the War On Cancer is very much a reality, and there have been warriors fighting this war for quite some time. They are the scientists, medical researchers and clinicians who've dedicated their lives in the war against one of the greatest threats to a full and healthy life. They are very much like the character Doctor Alicia Westin from my Butterfly Dragon series of books, and more recently, my fictitious resurrection of Boudicca (who in the novella Unfinished Bee's Wax declares war on Cancer).


If you live in Australia, you can take part in the 100 km in July Challenge for Breast Cancer Trials, which means that over the course of the month (of July), you'll accumulate 100 km by walking, running or even rolling, raising money with your sponsors as you do.

In Langley BC, Canada, you can take part in the Ride on 2025 Cycling Event, which takes place on August 23, 2025 in one of the most scenic places in the country.

Closer to home in Canada and whether or not you are actively mobile, you can participate in the Princess Margaret Walk To Conquer Cancer on September 6, 2025.

On October 5, 2025, there's Run For The Cure (for Cancer, not the famous Goth band).

You also might want to check out the Canadian Cancer Society's events listing page as they have quite a host of upcoming and future events.

Click here for a list of global events...


Have a great weekend and join the fight to Conquer Cancer!

Brian Joseph Johns (no, I'm not Bob or being remotely controlled by Bob. Nor am I Ron or Chuck.)

I'm still an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism. I'm not a Mormon, or a Jehovah's Witness, or a Scientologist, or a member of Prince Hall and never will be. I am not from Nova Scotia and I've never been there and my father doesn't live there with all due respect.

My love interest is Southeast Asian, but not Filipino with all due respect to that industrious and hard working community.

Oh, and no blue brown team for me. I'll stick with my Shhhh! Digital Media colours.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.



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My Internet Activity And Updates...


Hi again. Just here to clear up some facts about my own internet activity and that of some who live in close proximity to me.

A warning, I'm going to be quite blunt in this post, but I'll try to temper it with some form of linguistic civility.

I believe that one or more of my neighbours are passing off their internet activity as originating from my computer and network from what I'm seeing in terms of "insinuated coincidences" around me.

I've mostly been away from my computer during the daytime hours (3:00 AM - 5:30PM EST) since Friday June 20, 2025, and I don't use my computer for erotic adult content (that duty goes to my phone).

My tastes are pretty tame when it comes to that sort of thing and certainly don't involve any sort of obsession with fellatio or painting a woman's face with any sort of bodily fluids if you catch my drift. 

For me, a woman's face is the most elegant and wonderful part of her, along with her heart and mind. Seeing as my last serious relationship was with a wonderfully attractive woman from Southeast Asia, that pretty much encompasses my interests in the regard of internet activity on my phone. That and a healthy dose of ASMR and other healing videos on YouTube.

Where I live, there is literally a criminal racket who attempt to make their activity look like mine, and make my activity appear to originate from their computers. A sort of identity switching cult who literally erase people like me and then wear my output as their own. Scumbags.

 Even this post, they'll attempt to attribute to someone else, as when I get harassed by members of this cult, I get quite vocal and certainly have no fear of any such group whatsoever. I am civil, but I am fearless and sometimes I will speak in a willful and projected tone that such abusers can understand. That doesn't mean that I'm possessed by anyone else. It means that I believe that I have a right to defend myself against such treatment and to become a much more hardened version of myself to do so.

Also, apparently there is a fellow in my building named Trent who has been impersonating my phone (ie they hired a "working girl" that looks like my ex-girlfriend, whose photo I have on my phone's main screen), so that they could pass their phone off as being mine, and themselves off as being me, and so that I would be abused for their activity because in this community as I stated, there is a criminal racket who spy on people's phones illegally, mostly as a means of blackmail or extorting and this involves a considerable part of the community. Not only that, but in order to justify spying on the people they target, they'll trade identities with the target, giving them the identity of a paedophile if they have no other justification to spy on them. I'm not that by the way.

This activity also includes their completely switching their victim's identity in order to replace their culture, which makes it a hate crime. I'm European Canadian and this criminal racket often attempt to replace my identity with that of someone African or Caribbean, giving them the credit for my writing and work. They've been doing this for more than a couple of decades now, so if and when you see a heated post speaking out against such a thing, remember that's what this cult have been doing and for quite some time. I was completely betrayed by the very communities for whom I stood up in the early years in my life, but as the band the Who once said: I won't get fooled again.

Anyway. I'm still an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism. I'm not a Mormon, or a Jehovah's Witness, or a Scientologist, or a member of Prince Hall and never will be. I am not from Nova Scotia and I've never been there and my father doesn't live there.


I might return to writing for a short bit on Monday June 30, 2025 , after which I'll resume my vacation seeing as the four months leading up to this time, I worked 60 hours a week on this site and its content, putting in 7 days a week. I was completely exhausted when I started this vacation and feel much better now (after a 7 day water fast).

If I do decide to write, it will be on the Monday and/or Tuesday, but not beyond that point until my vacation is done.

To my less harassing and abusive readers, I sincerely hope that your summer is going well and that you're enjoying it to its fullest.  See you soon I hope...


Brian Joseph Johns (no, I'm not Bob or being remotely controlled by Bob. Nor am I Ron or Chuck.)

My love interest is Southeast Asian, but not Filipino with all due respect to that industrious and hard working community.

Oh, and no blue brown team for me. I'll stick with my Shhhh! Digital Media colours.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.


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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Identity Clarification And Updates...



I've been locked out of the facebook account associated with the brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com email for about two years, so that facebook account is no longer valid, not to mention I don't often use facebook at all. I'm not really a blue kind of person (or brown for that matter).

Not to mention, on facebook, one or more of my contacts seem to be associated with the cult that's been stalking me, so I tend to lay low on that platform. It could be connected to Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons (of which I am not a member and never have been with all due respect).

As I stated, the stalking cult in my community seem to swap my identity with that of someone whom they feel they have the justification to spy on illegally. Either someone who has committed some kind of sex crime in the past, or sexual assault or something of similar nature and something that is not connected to my life and conduct in any way. This is also connected to the efforts of others to take my content from me and credit it all to someone named Bobby, and a transgender guitar player named Rob.

I recently had a relative try to contact me on that facebook account (the brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com facebook account), and it seems that person is helping the stalkers to keep the illusion in place of my identity being different from my actual identity (in other words helping this cult to swap my identity with that of the guitar player named Rob). The relative has sent me numerous birthday cards with guitars on them (which is odd because I don't play guitar and have never owned a guitar) so this person also seems to be in on the ploy to replace my identity, which has been an indication to me that I should keep my distance from them. Not to mention, I'm not from Nova Scotia and have never been there in my life.

There is also an effort to associate me with activity such as crack cocaine use, which I have never used in my life. I don't smoke and I don't use narcotics, though I supported the decriminalization of cannabis long before it became decriminalized and legal in Ontario, Canada. If anything, I enjoy a few alcohol drinks every now and then and that's about it.

Regardless of this ongoing soap opera, everything else at Shhhh! Digital Media is fine, and I'm currently on vacation until July 12, 2025. I might continue writing sometime next week, though I haven't decided.

I'm still very much an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism and no, my love interest is not named Louise with all due respect.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.





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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Updates And Conan Exiles Screenshots...


Conan Exiles stuff once again... Remember, I'm a guy who promotes women, when on the occasions that I play, I often play as a female character. Almost like my writing in Butterfly Dragon: The Two Butterflies and Tales Of The Sanctum: A Lady's Prerogative, which I remind you are published under the email fav.inbox@gmail.com (which is mine), as much so as brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com is also mine. Both emails belong to the same person. Me.

I'm not transgender. I don't play guitar. I'm not Guyanese Bobby. I'm just a normal (whatever that might mean) guy. None of those other people have anything to do with Shhhh! Digital Media at all and never have. They're just leeches. They've probably given people a very different impression about me than is factual, because they likely swapped my reputation and identity with that of someone else. That's one of their methods by the way. Not to mention, any time I produce something of value to others, the members of this cult are very quick to take it from me and usually I end up getting bullied by in the neighbourhood of between a hundred to a thousand people over the course of a day or weeks. Its pretty stressful. Then I get lambasted for defending myself.

I got harassed a lot over the weekend by close to a hundred people, which started from Friday afternoon and continued until the wee hours of Sunday morning by people trying to steal my content and my other efforts and to give them to the credit of other people that have nothing to do with them, while literally erasing me.

This content, including all of my writing, is produced at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as it always has been, while a bunch of other people lay claim to the credit for it. Essentially a criminal racket.







Anyway, I'm going to take two weeks off for holidays, seeing as I've been working seven days a week for the last three months. This holiday will start on this coming Monday (June 23, 2025) and run for two weeks, at which point I'll resume writing and other work related to Shhhh! Digital Media.

Enjoy your summer,

Brian Joseph Johns

Hate isn't love and love isn't hate.

I'm still an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism, and I am both fav.inbox@gmail.com and brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com. I am not biracial African or Caribbean with all due respect. I'm European Canadian. Its a hate crime to replace a person's identity in order to replace any protected aspect of their identity. I am not a Jehovah's Witness or a member of Prince Hall and never have been with all due respect.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.


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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Notes on Shhhh! Digital Media...


This is truth by the way, and not the opposite thereof.

Nothing on Shhhh! Digital Media is written or published from any homeless shelter anywhere, and none of the content on Shhhh! Digital Media is written or published in the United States. I don't work at or reside at a homeless shelter, so none of the content is created in a homeless shelter.

One thing I've noticed about organizations like that is that there are criminal rackets that operate from shelters and other similar organizations that socially erase people. That is, they gang up on a person and take every aspect of their identity from them and relocate everything produced by that person to seem that it originates from another location and a group of people, most often whom are of the same criminal racket. This racket also is interconnected with other franchises in other cities of similar rackets operating the same way.

They're groups that take a person's identity from them based upon their computer and phone activity, and quite often swap it with the identity and activity of those conducting criminal activity in the same area. This also involves a small number of corrupt members of infrastructure and sometimes phone and online service providers as well who coordinate with said criminal racket in the communities they operate to achieve these ends associated with identity and creative and intellectual property theft. Also from what I've seen, the complete swapping of people's reputation and history. 

These same groups will give you a very different impression about me than is the actual case with my life, like sticking aspects of other people's lives to me, and then giving you the impression that those aspects are connected to my life and quite often, the members of this group will make that weight quite heavy for my person, and for others who read my content despite it having nothing to do with my life at all.

Often this activity takes on a racist tone as well, because members of the rackets nearest me most often attempt to give people a very different impression of my race and culture than is the case, and often to benefit specific groups operating within their criminal racket.

As I've stated, I'm European Canadian and I don't hire out for sex, or have a fetish for "brown skin" and never have. I don't use narcotics such as cocaine, heroine or crack cocaine and never have, not to mention I don't smoke at all. I have no criminal record or history either and have never been incarcerated in jail or prison, or been placed under house arrest. My two most recent relationships were with a South Korean woman, and previously a Chinese woman, both of whom I care for very much.

I am not a guitar player. I am not transgender and I am a heterosexual male. I've stood up for rights of those communities before, only to have my own rights trounced upon by the same community, their logic being that you get what you stick up for, hence why so many people attempt to take the content of Shhhh! Digital Media from my person and my credit, and then replace what they take in that way with aspects that are very different from my life, giving people the impression that I have some kind of "brown skin" fetish, or that I'm homosexual or into cross dressing or transexual relationships, which I am not and never have been.

This same criminal racket's activity goes so far as to spy on my phone, where I enjoy most of the erotic content I watch (of European and Southeast Asian variety as those are the women I tend to be attracted to most). The criminal racket then denies me of my own idnentity associated with my phone, and gives me the activity associated with someone else's phone, again, most of the time being related to some form of "brown skin" fetish, which as I stated I do not have and never have. I find it disturbing that infrastructure and admins for such companies have the time and propensity towards voyeurism of their clients and customers that they'd conduct themselves like hoodlums and gangsters. If you're going to act that way, I'll treat you that way.

Nothing from my writing originates from other people or writers (not from Jeff Johnson or Reba, the sextortionist), including my personal experiences and training with formal martial arts, horse back riding, programming, artwork, the military and other knowledge and experiences I have that even the closest of my family and friends don't know about me or my travels in that regard, nor do they have any idea of with whom I've worked in my past to have knowledge of such things. I am inspired by people who have done many of these things in real life, but I also have my experiences as well that form the foundation of what I've written here.

Currently, there is a Faustian cult and criminal racket operating in society that uses a person's life experiences and history as a form of currency and barter system, which can also be stolen from you by others and worn by them as if it were their own. This is the foundation of the criminal racket and how they're manipulating and radicalizing people in society. I'm sure that each effort in this way is very specific to the person, and therefore very difficult to use standard means of investigation and analysis to break it down. The whole idea of objectivity versus subjectivity.

I'm Brian Joseph Johns and I'm the creator and owner of Shhhh! Digital Media and the only writer and I live at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 I had plans to write today, but I'm withdrawing them in lieu of a recent social attack against my person and won't be writing again for at least a week or two. 

Its good to see that journalism seems to be drawing attention to some of the horrific tragedies that are affecting people in the two wars going on currently. I certainly don't mean to be griping about my situation, but it seems that's exactly what this criminal racket are going for in order to discredit influencers and those who speak out. Be careful of those people because its all towards the ends of a manipulation, and they're trying to draw a reaction that will harm your reputation and benefit them.

I'm an Atheist that leans toward Buddhism and Taoism. I don't and have never claimed to be enlightened.

The fav.inbox@gmail.com email doesn't belong to anyone named Jake "N". It belongs to me, Brian Joseph Johns as much so as does brian.joseph.johns@shhhhdigital.com. Both emails are mine.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.

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Friday, June 20, 2025

The Shhhh! Digital Media Summer Solstice 2025 Top 4...





Truth And The Summer Solstice

For this year's summer solstice, I'd like to do something special to begin this summer, as I imagine many people will hopefully be taking some time to enjoy the good weather, their adventures out of doors and of course the wonder of their bodies. No matter how fit or unfit you are, your body is pretty much one of the greatest gifts you've ever received, so enjoy while you can but be kind to it now, because you'll pay for it later. 

When you have time for this web site and to read my stories, I'm always very grateful for your readership, but I'd prefer it if you were able to come here with a healthy mind and body. Don't let the gremlins keep you from enjoying the aspects of life that you have every right to enjoy.


Here statistically speaking, are the top 4 stories, one from each of the four major episode story lines: The Two Butterflies, We Who Stand On Guard, Night Boat and Tales Of The Sanctum (A Lady's Prerogative). 

I'll include the statistically most popular story, and one runner up I've chosen personally, for a total of eight selections for the summer solstice and to get the summer started. So without further ado, here they are...


The Butterfly Dragon: The Two Butterflies

Top Episode: Episode 10

This story is a collection of mini-stories connected to the larger plot of the Two Butterflies, starting with a conversation between a young Ai Yuanlin Ying and her father when she was a little girl. We then jump forward to the current time in the storyline, with each chapter going back and visiting a crucial part of each of the character's experiences in life, while touching upon aspects connected to the bigger picture.

My Personal Choice: Episode 06, The Butterfly Dragon II: What Different Eyes See - Vietnam Special Addition, The Butterfly Dragon: A Piano, A Full Glass, And The Disappearance Of Time

Episode 6 really touches upon the storyline involving Warai Jeong-Min Tokama, Heylyn's adopted daughter, when Kori Jonglyu and Sebomnim Hoon Kwang take her out for a staycation in Toronto. Their staycation quickly turns dangerous when those seeking to kidnap Warai arrive on the scene of one of Toronto's greatest landmarks, where one of the most character defining showdowns occurs, and one that most readers overlooked.

The second one, the Vietnam Special Addition is a stand alone adventure that happens within the book What Different Eyes See, that brings together the entire cast of Butterfly Dragon to solve a mystery, when the mysterious Ms. Huệ Vân summons the cast to her home outside of Ho Chi Minh. Heylyn Yates, (Ai Yuanlin Ying) The Butterfly Dragon, does double duty in this story, as her and her friends put their minds and their hearts together to solve Ms. Huệ Vân's mystery. This story also introduces us for the first time to Linda Delmore.

The third one, A Piano, A Full Glass And The Disappearance Of Time brings Quantum Biologist Alicia Westin into friendship with one of her heroes, Physicist Bryce Maxwell when her fiancé Walton Norler arranges a special night out for her to the Looking Glass Lounge. There, she meets with her alumni peers and engage in the conversation of a lifetime for our favourite Quantum Biologist.



We Who Stand On Guard

Top Episode: Episode 07

This episode focuses on Stanton's time in Tel Aviv during the 1990s, and where he first meets Dina. Its connected to a rather interesting plot that doesn't seek to stir up conflict, but rather to deal with the complex nature of the situation, where our civilian lives and loves sometimes overlap the threat of conflict. Its also connected to a very significant point in our recent history and one about which every member of the modern generation should do their research. The assassination of Yizhak Rabin, and the Oslo Accords. I'd also recommend watching the excellent movie: Incitement (2019).


My Personal Choice: Episode 11

This episode (though currently unfinished), deals with a particularly difficult situation involving two members of a spec-ops team attempting to exfiltrate from a hostile region in Syria, with two prisoners after their chopper is shot down just short of the Jordanese border. One of their prisoners is actually on their side, while the other is hopelessly radical and hell bent on the idea of his reward for turning them all over to Syrian authorities. I find that the tension level and how this story connects to the bigger picture is what makes it enjoyable, though that remains to be seen dependent upon the last few chapters. These chapters will be finished by sometime next week (between June 23 and June 30).


Night Boat

Top Episode: Episode 7: Economy Of Sin Part I

This story is the history of Alomera Constanza Zekestes, in his own words as he recalls while lying in bed in his cabin at the rear of the ship known as the Many Faced Maiden. Its a Gearing Class Destroyer Refit with modernized stealth technology inspired by the rumours surrounding the Philadelphia Experiment (courtest The History Channel). Zekestes aka Mr. Zek, is a former industrialist who reached the apex of his power in the early years of the new millennium. This is the first half of Zek's story as he recalls his own life and history from his childhood to his adulthood.


My Personal Choice: Episode 01

Episode 1 really get the story going, and creates the initial dynamic between Steadman, the Captain of the Many Faced Maiden, and Mr. Zek, who at this point is basically Steaman's prisoner. Zek has very valuable information that would essentially help to put Steadman in the position of power that used to be Zek's. The two men play a cat and mouse game with each other, often switching the roles of the cat and the mouse. This story is crucial to what comes in later and the more recent episodes.


Tales Of The Sanctum: A Lady's Prerogative


Top Book: A Lady's Prerogative II: Wounded Aerth

Of all of the books that I've written for the Tales Of The Sanctum series, this one is still my favourite and one that I'm proud of. Its story line is encompassing and grand, without diluting it given the many characters or sacrificing the their individual story lines. Mila follows the course of her story with Barris and Sato by her side as they search for the Haven Of The True. Nelony visits the darkest places of her soul as she uncovers the mystery of the Wytch hunt of the 1650s and her legacy as a crucial instrument of the Aerth Mother. Shaela's adventure brings her into contact with a man very much like her own father, and the two of them seek to unravel the stranglehold the mysterious Wytch hunters have over the township of West View and the colonies. Yirfir and Jasmer gain the friendship of Thedrick, a farmer who lost his wife to the Wytch hunters, and who guides them to the Haven. Meanwhile, the Sanctum Seclorum itself comes under threat of attack, and all in the absense of its most beloved protectors. This book set the stage for what would eventually be resolved in Unfinished Bee's Wax, after five (failed) attempts to write a fitting follow up that matched its epic story arc and vast scope.


My Personal Choice: Autumn In Alivale, Unfinished Bee's Wax

Autumn In Alivale is perhaps one of the funniest of the A Lady's Prerogative series of stories and books, while still exploring some very deep and emotional aspects of life, live and the pursuit of happiness as Mila and Barris soon find out. Everyone is along for the ride in this one, despite some of the ill effects that a mysterious fog has upon their Wytchcraft.

Unfinished Bee's Wax is the book that couldn't be written. Somehow, after failing five times to write a suitable follow-up to  Wounded Aerth, I managed to salvage the plot and put it all together into an as of yet unfinished tale that seems to have the same scope and humour as the second book in the series. It has a few more chapters to go before its final curtain, but this one sets the stage for things to come. Fans of Tales Of The Sanctum: A Lady's Prerogative shouldn't be disappointed.


Updates


I'll be continuing my work writing tomorrow (Saturday June 21, 2025) and I'll try to get one of the episodes finished, though I won't say which one. If I do, I'll post it by early Monday afternoon.  Regardless, I'll be continuing with the three most prominent story lines.


Have a good weekend and thank you for reading my content, and I meant every word of the rant that I removed from this post.


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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Trying Out Unreal Engine 5.6 For The First Time...


I can't believe that it just took twenty-five seconds to compile twelve thousand shaders for my MidSpace - PlaneSpace project...

It used to take about ten minutes, any time I'd open the project in a newly installed version of Ureal Engine.

Way to go Epic! Its truly real!

Oh, and there is no guitar player that works for or creates anything for Shhhh! Digital Media, and that's the truth.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Star Travels... Elite Dangerous Voyages Continued...

Some more photos as a lady pilot flew around the galaxy, I basically hung out in the back bunk, trying to catch up on some writing...

So here's what I missed out on...

Journey's Start





Surface Exobiology 









At Betelgeuse








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Monday, June 16, 2025

Recent Vacation Shots From Conan Exiles And Elite... By Brian Joseph Johns

My time with a very unique warrior queen character in Conan Exiles... 

On her first day, she captured and tamed a wild rhino pup. Riding them has given most
of the expedition motion sickness, but she seems to be quite enjoying riding into battle on
the back of a rhinoceros!


On her throne...


Oh, and some of this on the weekend too...
She's an awesome pilot. She flew, while I lazed around in the bunk of the ship trying to
figure out what the heck I was going to write this week...


Stay tuned for some more screen shots... I'm working on some coding in Delphi today. 

I should be back by tomorrow with updates to at least two of the stories. I would have been more than glad to post something writing wise, especially to honour a wonderful Canadian woman in a brilliant white dress, but I have a bunch of nasty people trying to lay claim to the authorship for my writing, so I'm holding off on writing for a day or two... See you then...

Oh, and don't others take your identity from you, or deny you of it, no matter who they are.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The Last Lonely Loung Comic: Review Reviews...

 


Picture a run down lounge with wall to wall pink carpeting. An imitation silk curtain hung above a fake mahogany floored stage and you've got the Last Lonely Lounge. Empty two seat tables line the theatre, where in the back there might be a single couple in the audience, though they're not listening.


This section of Shhhh! Digital Media is a unique escape. For it is the home of the Last Lonely Comic. 


In a leisure suit that went out of style in the eighties, he approaches and speaks into the microphone:


Warning: This content is intended for a mature audience, there being occasional references to sex, tobacco products and narcotics. Reader discretion is advised. 



Review Reviews


<the sound of ringing feedback as a man steps forward from backstage to center stage in front of the microphone and stand>


<he adjusts the height of the stand and then retrieves the microphone from it>


"testing... 1 2 3... cash... cheque... cash... paypal..."


"Just testing. And yes, I do accept cash, cheques and paypal..." 


"you can send it to: give.me.all.your.money.or.I'll.release.those.photos.of.you.from.last.night@paypal.com"


<dead silence, with the exception of a short muffled cough from the kitchen>


"Yes. Those photos. The ones of you eating the last bowl of ice cream from the container in the freezer without sharing any of it with your wife... Enough to ruin any solid marriage..." 


"how are you all tonight?"


<dead silence>


"you know what they say... Silence is golden. I take gold too. Judging by the silence tonight, I'd say you're a rich audience. Maybe I'll got back to my first plan. With the paypal account..."


"I think I might know why its so quiet in here..."


"Its the reviews..."


<a short chuckle, but it turns out to be coming from outside the bar>


"Yes. That's right... I get reviewed all of the time..."


"For instance, the last review I saw on google reviews was like:"

"**1/2 Good flamenco guitar... the food was lousy..."


"It was on google maps. Miraculously, they got the right place. I mean, it was right there on the map. I mean how could you even get lost?"


<silence>


"Apparently, he did however, because A: I'm not Mexican. and B. I don't play guitar..."


"But at least it was a whole star and a half better than the previous review..."

"* Get a security guard for your own safety." 


"Or the one before that:"

"* Complete and utter shite!"


"Apparently shite is the Irish vernacular for poo. However, given the accuracy of that review, I'm inclined to think that the reviewer had the right place... despite the fact that I'm not Irish..."


"I had to use google translate to figure out what the heck shite was..." 


"So, I thought to myself, why not fight fire with fire? So I replied to his review, with a review of his review:"


"* Educational. Recommended for those studying Irish linguistics and expletives. Would read again."


"And I reviewed the Mexican's review:"

"*1/2 There's a reason you don't eat the worm at the bottom of the bottle."


"And the one about security:"

"* Bought Kevlar Vest, Helmet and Taser instead. Better price and getting more laughs from intimidated audience. Reviewer should be aware that there are many career options for fast food clerks."


"And so I ventured forth into the world, with a renewed sense of vigor and purpose. For I alone could correct every one of the wrongs that had been visited upon the courageous creatives out there, at the hands of heartless reviewing trolls. Those who'd trounced their dreams with the destructive force of few crushing words and a dire review..."



"A Song at Dead Man's Cove by Ana Yudin: * bad book and bad rating manipulation... review by LO22"


"And so I jumped into my costume and began my review review..."

"* I heard from a butterfly somewhere that the Green Goblin is asking for his costume back LO22, unless you're a close relative of his? Reviewing isn't for everyone. Stick to cosplay and leave the reviews to the professionals!"


"Somewhere out there, Iris Barry, Josephine O'Neill, Nancy Banks-Smith, Pauline Kael, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Rex Reed, Gene Shalit and Brian Linehan were all secretly cheering for me..."


"Shortly after my review, I was contacted by Marvel's legal department for infringement of intellectual property simply for mentioning Green Goblin. Perhaps I should have used Cyan with a bit of Blue Cheese Goblin...? This illustrated the fact of why I needed a costume and a secret identity..." 


"Again, I found another scathing review, possibly crushing a blooming writer's career even before it had a chance to flourish..."

 "*1/2 The prose of this book leave far too much to be desired. Shallow characters and flimsy plot take this book astray..."


"And so my review review was sent forth..."

"* Its a frickin' children's colouring book for crying out loud. What are you expecting? Dostoyevsky?"


"Followed by this other troll's work:"

"* Just plain stinks!" 


"and so I reviewed his scathing review..."

"* Literacy is a challenge for more than half the people in this world, but its something that you can change by reading the frickin' title before you post a scathing review like that! Its a Limburger Cheese Cookbook, not a new scent by Givenchy!"


"And before I knew it, I'd risen to the top ranks of all superheroes in the world... Protecting all of those aspiring content creators the world over... But I needed a name, and that's when it came to me:"


"Re:View"


<dead silence>


"I know... it left a little to be desired... not to mention my costume was a little bland. A leisure suit, with a kevlar vest, helmet and a taser worn over top. It just didn't make sense, but what does in this often dark and dingey world? I was now walking the streets at night, a superhero of anecdotes. A warrior of words. A reviewer of reviews... I had become the Dark Plaid Writer known as Re:View..."


"I was on top of the world. Keeping an ever watchful eye from my seventh floor apartment from the balcony at night, I'd take the elevator down and purge the streets of trollish reviews..."


"Until one day... I realized that I'd been undone..."


"For I'd found a review that I couldn't undo... No matter how hard I tried..." 


"Review: Last Lonely Lounge Comic: *1/2 Contrived and pretentious garbage. I regret reading it, but not half as much as I regret having written it... Review by Brian Joseph Johns..."


The End


Credits and attribution:

Check out Ana Yudin's books...

Special Thanks To Rocket Fuel Lakeshore Blvd West, perhaps the best place in history to get a coffee, circa 2001-2004. Miss you all very much.

Artwork: Amy Wong, Wendy Pusey, Ghastly, Birdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3D, Unreal Engine...

Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...

DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.

InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.

Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.

Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.

Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)

Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)

Special thanks to Aitrepreneur, Mickmumpitz, Hugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.

Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life

Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery 
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life

Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts

Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history

Seamus O'Dowd
An extensive growing archive Katas, Techniques and Waza (mostly Shotokan)

Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai 
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art

Tapp Brothers Exercise For Better Motion 
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility

Special thanks to Canva for inspiring other creators and giving them the tools

Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!

Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof

Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.

This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 200 Sherbourne Street Suite 701 under the Shhhh! Digital Media banner.

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