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Enslaved As Miner Against Your Will? Recent Malware Attacks May Have Your Systems Mining Crypto Without Your Knowledge
In the past few months, HLC has been noting a decided uptick in one type of malware: crypto currency mining. While our solutions have prevented these infections, the malware is often embedded into .png picture files, making it appear all the more innocuous to the user who is inadvertently infected.
Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, the popularity and adoption of cryptocurrencies as an asset class has grown at a rapid pace. Once reserved for black market activity, hobbyists, mathematicians, and computer geeks, cryptocurrency is now becoming a global topic of interest with a market capitalization of ~$400 billion and continuing to rise with Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) to further fund the development of projects related to cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, the anonymity provided by digital currencies has become quickly abused for illegal extortion, as was the case during the various ransomware outbreaks we've witnessed in the last few years. As the value of cryptocurrencies has increased significantly, a new kind of threat has become mainstream and replaced ransomware extortion: cryptocurrency mining malware. Malware creators target outside computing power because the price of a dedicated cryptocurrency mining machine easily exceeds thousands of dollars. The emergence of cryptocurrencies that can be mined by average computers has attracted malware creators and has contributed to the widespread abuse we are witnessing globally.
What Is Crypto Mining and How Do You Get Infected?
Cryptocurrency mining is a record-keeping service that is done using computer processing power. Transactions are recorded in blockchains, which function as a public ledger. The consistency and completeness of the blockchain is maintained in an unalterable state by miners, who repeatedly verify and collect newly broadcast transactions, called blocks. Cryptocurrency mining malware comes in many forms, for many different operating system and application platforms, but the common theme among all of them is threat actors leveraging the computing power of as many compromised devices to maximize cryptocurrency mining profitability. It is critically important for the malware creator that the cryptocurrency mining malware infects as many systems as possible, to control a larger pool of CPU resources for mining. Let's investigate the numerous common malware delivery methods for cryptocurrency mining.
The Wannacry ransomware, a highly publicized malware, exploits the leaked EternalBlue and DoublePulsar vulnerabilities and was modified to by different malware groups to leverage the same vulnerabilities to infect hundreds of thousands of Windows servers with a cryptocurrency miner, ultimately generating millions of dollars in revenue. Other vulnerabilities, such as a flaw with Oracle's WebLogic Server (CVE-2017-10271), were also used to deliver miners onto servers at universities and research institutions. Servers are a favorite among malware creators because they offer the highest hash rate to solve the mathematical operations required by cryptomining. Existing malware families like Trickbot, which is distributed via malicious spam attachments, added a cryptocurrency miner module to its payload. Another commonly used malware delivery method is fake software patches for highly publicized vulnerabilities such as Spectre and Meltdown. The favorite malware group is SmokeLoader and cryptocurrency miners have become the most commonly installed malware payloads.
Despite a preference for servers offering the highest processing power, mobile and desktop users are not immune to cryptomining either. Trojanized apps, which are laced with cryptocurrency mining code, are also commonplace, especially for the Android platform. Google Play has become a favorite malware distribution method to infect smartphones with cryptocurrency miners. These malware apps utilize hidden JavaScript that tap into a phone's CPU to mine for cryptocurrency. The most popular mobile malware to date, Loapi, physically broke a phone after just two days of infection because the battery bulged and deformed the phone cover from the constant processor and generated network traffic. Steganography, or the practice of concealing a file, message, image or video within another file (a technique used by DaVinci in his paintings), message, image or video, may be an older delivery method, but it continues to be an incredibly versatile and effective method for obscuring or hiding information in plain sight. Malwares creators continue to use steganography because it is easy to convince users to open images without prompting suspicion. The common malware delivery method for steganography in command injection, which is also the catalyst for its detection. Detection and remediation of this particular delivery method, however, can be elusive since it may not be possible through network policies. HLC offerings thwart and remediate this particular method and many other methods of malware injection.
Indicators of Compromise: Identifying Infection
There are 3 common IoC (Indicators of Compromise) on every infected victim's device.
First, for cryptocurrency mining to occur, the malware runs background processes on the infected host that results in the significant over-usage of its resources, and subsequently its performance slows down significantly. Common symptoms are an overheating system due to constant CPU & GPU over usage, drastic system performance degradation, and hardware malfunction. Open a resource monitor on your computer to check if CPU usage is abnormally high; on a Mac that's Activity Monitor, and on Windows it's Task Manager. Additionally, the worst part is that there is no residual file, also known as fileless malware, meaning it is very difficult to detect and impossible for standard signature based anti-malware software. What is fileless malware? Just as the name suggests, fileless malware is a variant of a malicious code which affects your system without leaving an installed file on the victim' s device. Fileless malware is written directly into the device's working memory, RAM. You may think a simple reboot will remove the malware, however, the malware code is also injected into commonly running processes such as service.exe, chrome.exe, to sustain life after each reboot.
Second, in order to achieve maximum profitability mining cryptocurrency, malware must connect to a C&C (command & control) server to download the cryptocurrency mining software and execute without leaving a file. Most importantly, the malware must add the compromised host to a mining pool network. This abnormal network traffic is a common identification method to confirm you're a victim of cryptocurrency mining malware. All mining software must be able to connect to either the cryptocurrency network or a mining pool to exchange data, in other words its proof-of-work. Without this connection, it cannot get the data it needs to generate hashes, rendering it useless. Malware creators will add network rules to block the ports associated with exploited vulnerability to close the proverbial door behind it for other potential attacks. This is done to keep the infected system to itself and close it off to any other malware targeting the same vulnerability. Not only are malware creators mischievous, but apparently greedy.
Third, websites have become the biggest culprits of cryptocurrency mining campaigns, specifically CoinHive and its derivatives. Coinhive is a cryptocurrency mining service that relies on a small chunk of computer code designed to be installed on Web sites. The code utilizes all of the computing power of any browser that visits the site in question, enlisting the machine in a bid to mine cryptocurrency. Coinhive is pitched as a way for website owners to earn an income without running intrusive or annoying advertisements. However, Coinhive's code has emerged as the top malware threat because the code is installed on victimized websites. If you surf to a particular website without additional browser tabs, no other applications running and notice a huge spike in CPU usage while on that website, then it is likely running a cryptocurrency mining campaign such as CoinHive unbenounced to its visitors. Commonly, cryptocurrency mining malware will automate and force the visitation of these particular websites in foreground and background browser tabs to generate cryptocurrency revenue.
By now, you've learned that cryptocurrency mining malware is something you want to avoid. How do you avoid infection? And what should you do upon learning you're infected?
Preventative Measures
You didn't think you would make it through this article without yet another reference to common sense, right? As previously described, the numerous methods for cryptocurrency mining malware center around making careless mistake such as installing trojanized mobile apps via your App Store of choice, Apple App Store or Google Play, opening an attachment with malicious malware, or surfing to a website with malicious code installed. Since no one reading this is going to be happy with the gratuitous common sense takeaway, here some other simple steps to take if you'd like additional protection to ward off pesky cryptocurrency mining malware:
First, avoid mobile apps with low or limited app reviews. Apple has an extensive mobile app review process, but trojanized apps still find a way through the process as we saw with the XcodeGhost malware that was installed in over 4000 mobile apps. Review the mobile app developer's logo and profile to confirm the legitimate mobile app you're about to download is not merely a copy of a legitimate app with malware added by a malicious actor. This practice is more prevalent on Google Play because of the open source policy and developer freedom that Android practices, which results is less oversight of mobile app distribution.
Second, install a trusted browser-based extension to detect CoinHive website code. Common Chrome browser extensions to block CoinHive code are Miner Dectector, Coin-Hive Blocker and No Coin. These browser blockers review a website's code and alert an end user that CoinHive and other common cryptocurrency mining code has been detected/blocked. Similarly, to malware mobile apps, ensure that the browser extension you are installing is indeed not a knock off of a trusted browser extension because there are always malware creators are looking for any method to get you to make that careless mistake.
Third, while your standard anti-virus software is rendered useless against fileless cryptocurrency mining malware, it can protect you against the necessary network traffic to participate in a cryptocurrency mining pool. Large anti-virus software companies have the scalable resources to identify and research cryptocurrency mining campaigns and thusly, are constantly updating their host firewall rules to ensure that network traffic to aforementioned command and control cryptocurrency mining servers is blocked. This feature eliminates the need for users to tediously monitor cryptocurrency mining pools and update their hosts file to redirect network traffic to those C&C servers.
As we've discussed, cryptocurrency mining malware has gone mainstream and will only continue to increase in deployment and proliferation thanks in large part to cryptocurrencies' values and the inability to confidently detect. As we face this increasing threat, we must remain vigilant in proactive steps taken to avoid and remediate cryptocurrency mining malware. Those steps require previously discussed common sense steps combined with relying on a trusted provider like HLC to help you navigate pre and post malware infection troubles. That powerful combination is necessary in the continued escalating battle against cryptocurrency mining malware and other emerging malware types.
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I did not realize that the anniversary of John Denvers death was upon us until one of my neighbors was giving me a bad time about my mandolin playing. He told me I should be playing down at the beach today not in my garage. It turns out that on the second Sunday in October there is a group of folks that get together down at the beach to remember John Denver.
For those that don't know. John Denver crashed his airplane about 150 yards off shore here in Pacific Grove on Oct 12th, 1997. He was flying a Long EZ experimental aircraft that he had just purchased. It was finally determined that his death was caused by pilot distraction. He was in a new aircraft that had the fuel transfer switch in an odd place. Instead of the normal location (for that plane) between the legs the switch was located behind the left shoulder. They believe he had turned in his seat to reach the fuel switch and applied right rudder in the process. The Long EZ is such an agile aircraft he just banked the plane into the water.
Strange to think someone could die over such a simple thing as a switch's location. But, that's what appears to have happened.
Every year since his death a group of folks have gathered at Point Pinos and held a tribute to his life. There is a driftwood log that has his name carved in it, sadly there is no other sign here that this is where he passed. It seems that the City of Pacific Grove in it's normal style determined that they didn't like the idea of any kind of memorial and so has successfully blocked any type of rememberence. Guess the bribes, I mean "donations", just went to the wrong folks. Not even a memorial bench, like the others scattered up and down the coastline sporting the names of unknown people who "donated" the proper monies to the local government.


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Mmmmmore essential Summer jams:
The Clear Spots are the three Bugaj brothers (or two brothers and a cousin or a dad and his two sons or WHATEVER) and a fellow named Kevin Moist kicking up a rowdy free or no wave two guitar/ bass/ drums racket on the "Mountain Rock" CD-R. Look past any obvious homage of the name, drink it down like the slightly tainted mountain spring water it is, and you just may see blurred visions of small glassy eyed woodland creatures scurrying in broken spirals about a Pennsylvanian hillside, drunk on bad ale and strange berries. These are ten tracks of barn-burning fuzz clang (actually recorded in a farmhouse!) and noise ragas that bite hard whether exploding like volcanoes or pluming as incandescent smoke signals. It all owes something to pals Bardo Pond, the long lost Juneau and the most damaged Mirza—spontaneous and raw but always moving forward towards some ultimate catharsis. Tracks like "F.O." and the 12 minute skronk prog opus "Hawk Wallace Pine" should send Dead C and Skullflower fans somersaulting through the crop circles of his/her gray matter with their propulsive webs of distortion and cracked rhythmic flow.
"Ruskeatimantti" (Tumult) by Finnish Avarus is something more clattery and cosmically (de)tuned. This 2 CD is an excellent all encompassing jumping off point for these manic Tampereians, drawing together a few of their long gone early CD-R and vinyl releases, all deserving of a larger, more permanent pressing. This spastizoid Beefheart cum Yahaweh insanity is not so easily digested on first listens, but sometimes such a sound is just what the witchdoctor ordered, and it tends to go down better after a few piña coladas. Also, the excellent extended kraut-freakout "A-V-P" is included in all its Ash Ra Tempel worshipping glory.
The Gray Field Recordings latest is a limited CD-R entitled "Hypnagogia," and if the title isn't a hint, the first track--"Bloodstream (Runey Moon Version)"--should tell you where this (mostly) one woman band from Oklahoma is coming from. It's a bewitched brew consisting of spliced lysergic noise pieces, tribal percussive eruptions and gorgeous archaic folk spells that should appeal to anyone who ever chased Nico's "Desert Shore" with "Musick to Play in the Dark" or Current 93's "Thunder Perfect Mind," but like her forebearers, she's not derivative at all. It can be ordered directly from Anticlock Records.
Falling further down the rabbit, er cat, hole is the brotherly drone duo, My Cat is an Alien, whose "Through the Reflex of the Rain" comes via the excellent Free Porcupine Society. The Opalio brothers incorporate electric alien guitars, "cosmic effects," toy keyboard/ piano/ xylophone, field recordings and more into dense clusters of static drone and fractured almost folk across 39 mins of building aural hypnosis. The intensity is glaring for such a repetitive piece, with things picking up at about the 10 min mark with percussive clatter and meandering guitar plucks before the oscillating organ shifts to another key entirely and things get maximal in the best way. A lot of folks are making these sorts of damaged extended trance pieces lately, but MCIAA resides in another sphere. On a similar, albeit more minimal tip, comes the excellent "Czechoslovakia" CD-R from With Throats as Fine as Needles (Celebrate Psi Phenomenon). The duo of Campbell Kneale and Pseudoarcana head honcho Antony Milton is more claustrophobic and piercing than the above, which makes sense given it was captured in abandoned bunkers and tunnels in the hills of Wellington. The end results are the sort of relentless void scapes one would expect from all involved, lent a damp resonance via their musty surroundings. Two tracks of windswept tunnel vision, the the sort of headphones bliss I can't get enough of, and the echo chamber aura only further distorts/enhances an already intense sound that falls somewhere between Mirror and noisier early Popol Vuh.
Pefkin is one half the very cool, very underheard late 90s Scottish duo Electroscope. The "Asa Nisi Masa" CD-R (Foxglove) is the first thing I've heard from from Gayle Brogan since then. Skeletal, fractured bedroom folk and feeback with occasional hushed vocals falling somewhere between the Charalambides and early Sarah Records. More like sketches than songs, lending the entire, and very brief--23 min--affair an intimacy that could draw comparisons to Nico and Alastair Galbraith and little else. I'm also happy to finally have a chance to wrap my ears around something by Ben Reynolds. "Oh Joy and Beyond," also on Foxglove, has a wondrous ethnic folk quality that I suppose could most easily be compared to Pelt, but that's only on the first track. Elsewhere we get tribal space jams and dense minimal journeys growing more massive with each swing of the pendulum. What makes it more than just another drop in the "avant folk" bucket is the the way Reynolds explores deep drone, homemade electronica and pure raga with equal mastery, blending them all into one gorgeous little ride. One of the best CD-R's I've heard in 05, though I'm not sure if it was released in '05.
Nagisa Ni Te's "Dream Sounds" (Jagjaguwar) CD is yet another essential offering from everyone's favorite dream folk duo. Three old songs, one new one, all recently re-recorded with maximum headphones ingestion in mind. It's not really a greatest hits, just more aural gold ripe for mining. I will review this thoroughly soon, so there's no need to get all specific on yr ass. Let's just say that David Grubbs' description of Nagisa as a dreamier Crazy Horse is pretty on the mark. Both Yo La Tengo and Galaxie 500 come to mind too, but Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda have one of the most unique minimal folk pop vibes, and Shinji is a master guitar player who makes every note shine with the brilliance of a thousand stars. Case in point: the 20 min epic, "True Sun," which is sort of like Nagisa Ni Te's own personal "Cortez the Killer."
Peter Wright's "Yellow Horizon" (Pseudoarcana), the latest from the New Zealander by way of England is easily one of his greatest. Carefully constructed ambient mood pieces drawn almost entirely from guitar and effects, careful and deliberate plucks and drones. Roy Montgomery, Loren Mazzacane Connors, early Labradford, Fripp/Eno could all be reference points, but Wright has his own signature somnambulant aura as he hits the golden chord repeatedly. Highly meditative stuff that teeters on the line between deep meditation and more song based melodic bliss. "Tone of the Universe (=Tone of the Earth)" (Pseudoarcana) by Various Artists is a strong contender for comp of the year so far. Included among its ranks are some of the most important out noise artists today (Keijo, Peter Wright, The Nether Dawn, My Cat is an Alien, Vibracathedral Orchestra, AM/Uton, Blithe Sons, CJA, Anla Courtis, Birchville Cat Motel, Seht, Of, 1/3 Octave Band, The Skaters and plenty more) spread out across 2 CD's with galactic tonal eminations as a loosly binding theme. Brilliantly edited and arranged from start to finish.
And now let us get proggy wid it. Circle's "Forest" (Ektro) is the northern most masters' ultimate harmonic convergence of trippy acoustics and throbbing exploratory repetition. Amon Düül II, Can and more come to mind, only these gems originates from Pori, Finland. This is one of the first Circle albums that I've come across to continually fascinate from start to finish while maintaining a mellower incantatory aura. Arguably more transcendental is the lovely sophomore effort from urDog, "Eyelid of Moon" (Secret Eye). The Rhode Island trio tones it down slightly this time in favor of a more minimal head space, although the rambunctious pieces are still there, too, and quite funny in an early Soft Machine/Pink Floyd sort'a way. "Paths of the Meridians" sounds like an homage to early 70s Nico, and the title track would've fit just fine on Amon Düül II's "Tanz Der Lemmings." Yes, that is praise.
That's it for now, but I've recieved plenty of other packages recently from Drag City (new GHOST DVD!), Eclipse, Social Registry, Music Fellowship, Volcanic Tongue, Jagjaguwar (new ONEIDA!) and more, so don't be surprised if I post another one of these mid Summer roundups in a week or two. Also, thank you to the nice fellow from the Foxy Digitalis forums who sent me the copy of Peter Walker's "Rainy Day Raga"--definitive stuff. Cheers!


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Strength training. I love it. And I need to do it more.
I used to be a total cardio junkie because it burned so many calories. I would run more just because I needed to know that I had 'burnt enough' calories. I needed to do a TOUGH workout, so I could feel like I actually did something.
I defined my identity by cardio. I thought it would make me thin and beautiful.
I would watch the people who could run miles and miles, and I wanted to do that.
And I did. I ran miles and miles, but it felt like I was chasing an impossible dream of defining myself by a certain body, a certain exercise identity.
I admit that I despised strength training.
I was proud about it. I wanted to be the strong tough woman, and I thought strength training wasn't tough enough.
Then I discovered that I couldn't run all the time, that my body needed healing, it needed time off of cardio, it needed LESS. I learned that exercise was affecting me, because I was doing too much, and therefore the amount of exercise I was doing wasn't healthy. All the joint pounding and heart pounding (And I LOVE Robyn for the way she talks about exercise!) wasn't as healthy for me as I thought it was.
Let me tell you that a life consumed with the idol of cardio is absolutely miserable.
That's what I'm talking about on the podcast today:
– Why Strength Training Has Been So Healing
– Why Cardio Is NOT as healthy in excess
– Why Learning to Be Gentle With Your Body Takes Time
– How To Be Inspired But NOT Compare Your Workouts to Others
– Learning to Say 'No' to Exercise that just makes my body hurt
– Being humbled by the fact that I can't knock out as much cardio as I thought I could
– Learning From Others That Rest is a Good Thing (Some of my favorite social media influencers that promote the beauty of rest days)
Needless to say, I run less and do less cardio than I used to. Sometimes I feel bad that I don't, but it's been healing. It's been actually strengthening to my mental health and emotional health to focus more on strength than on being skinny.
Proverbs 31:17, ' She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.'
Now I want to hear your thoughts about strength training and cardio.
Also I wanted to share a fun new YouTube channel I found centered on recovery/food freedom/eating disorders –
Are you a cardio junkie or strength junkie?
Do you like a blend of cardio or strength?
How do you stay balanced in your movement?


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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
11:32 pm
To my Rennie Family
I read this and thought of many of you. *huggles* Many of you, I see this as true.
An Historical Overview of the Whereabouts of Gnomes and Elves, Fauns and Faeries, Goblins, Ogres, Trolls and Bogies, Nymphs, Sprites, and Dryads, Past and Present.
-- by Buck Young
A long, long time ago, the Earth belonged to the creatures of the wood. By creatures of the wood I mean gnomes and elves, fauns and faeries, goblins, ogres, trolls and bogies, nymphs, sprites, and dryads. They tended it and took care of it, played in it, danced and sang in it, cared for wounded animals, worked out disputes between species, sat on mushrooms discussing matters of import and drinking Labrador tea, rode down streams on leaves and bark, and parachuted from trees with dandelion seeds. This was the world into which mankind was born. These early days, when man was but a newly arrived dinner guest who hadn't yet taken over the entire house, are fairly well documented in the literature and folklore of the world, so there's no need to go into it here. What I am interested in, and what I am asking you to be interested in, is the question, "Where did all the gnomes and elves, fauns and faeries, goblins, ogres, trolls and bogies, nymphs, sprites and dryads go?"
The friction between man and the wood creatures began with the discovery of agriculture. With the discovery of agriculture, civilization arose and spread. The forests were cleared to provide wood for shelter and fields for pasture and crops. Mankind had set up camp. No longer just a visitor in someone else's world, he pushed the wild back from his newly built doorstep. At first this wasn't a problem. There weren't many people and everyone else felt that it was only fair to allot them their own little half acre to do with as they wished. Some of them even decided to help out. Gnomes moved into the barnhouses and helped out with the gardening chores. The devic spirits of the vegetables helped the humans better organize their crops and plan rotation, and taught them the correlation between planetary and lunar cycles and the agricultural year, plant radishes when the moon is in Cancer, harvest when the moon is in Taurus. Many trolls felt that the heaping piles of manure were a change for the better, and decided to stick around too.
The rest of the wood creatures just backed off into the wood, occasionally playing mischievous tricks on the new settlers, like turning the milk sour, rearranging furniture tipping the cows, tickling people's faces in their sleep, and occasionally stealing babies and leaving bundles of wood in their place.
But man's dominion spread (and spread and spread and spread), and the forests got smaller and smaller and smaller. Things got real crowded in the woods, and things were getting worse in civilization. Most farmers weren't listening to the devic spirits anymore. People found that they could increase their output by disregarding the needs of the Earth. They were raising productivity and killing the soil. Petrochemicals were just a step away. Most of the devic spirits and the gnomes fled. The trolls stayed. Today they live mostly under bridges and in the shallow, mucky ditches beneath the metal grating on farm roads that cows are afraid to cross. Be sure to honk your horn before driving over one of these. A troll may be hanging from the grate, swinging over its living room, as they are apt to do after rolling in muck and manure, If you don't give a warning honk, you may run over its fingers, and it's not a great idea to get either your name or your license plate number on a troll's shit list.
Now there is little wild land left at all, and even that is shrinking at an unprecedented rate. There is simply not enough space for all the gnomes and elves, fauns and faeries, goblins, ogres, trolls and bogies, nymphs, sprites, and dryads.
So where are they?
Are they dead?
So where did they go?
The answer is a bit surprising. They didn't go anywhere. We did.
Early humans had an intuitive knowledge of their role in nature, just as bears and raccoons and mice and every other critter does. They understood, from the ways of the wild around them, that nothing ever comes from nowhere and nothing ever just disappears. Things change form. Death is necessary for life to continue. They offered up their kills as sacrifices to the gods of nature. They offered praise, prayer, sacrifice, and song to the spirits of the wild, to brother buffalo, brother deer, brother fish, and brother tree.
Now we know that everything that has ever existed continues to exist, in one form of another, and as far as we can tell, they were more aware of that back then than we are now. So the sacrifice, song, praise and prayer did not ensure the immortality of the slaughtered, either in body or in spirit. That was already taken care of. What it did ensure was the continuance of the connection between the spirit of the slaughterer and the spirit of the slaughtered. Killing is risky business. The membrane separating the internal from the external is not necessarily as thick or as dearly defined as we have come to believe. Every time we kill, we risk killing the reality of that thing inside ourselves as well as outside. We risk breaking the connections that lead in and out of the membrane. Taking life to feed life requires a keen understanding of the natural law of give and take. When we lost that understanding, gave up the songs, the sacrifice, the prayers, the praise, we lost the connection. Saying grace is not enough.
When we lose those connections, everything becomes dead - fish, rivers, frogs, mice, even each other. There is no way they can reach inside us any more. The five senses we are left with are not enough. We have given up those connections in exchange for the freedom to clearcut forests with skidders, turn cows into milk machines and chickens into egg factories. We can experiment on animals, club seals, wear mink coats, exterminate passenger pigeons, dodo birds, whales, bear, dolphin and condor. Not a twinge of guilt. The lines have been severed.
And we are all under the impression that it is the forests, the creatures, the spirits, and the wildlands that are disappearing from the universe and not us. Not so. Thinking that is like thinking that if you stand on the end of a limb and saw that limb from the tree, the tree will fall and you will remain standing. Bugs Bunny might be able to get away with that, but we can't. When a marionette cuts its strings, the puppeteer doesn't collapse to the ground. When a spider severs the lines that connect its web to the trees, the forest doesn't fall away.
It is we who have fallen away from the real world into a world where we may carry out our twisted sterile dreams without threatening the Earth and its inhabitants. Ever wonder why the trees and stones and rivers and streams, the birds, the snakes, the bears and the frogs no longer talk to us as they did in the early tales of the Native Americans, the Hindus, the Africans, the Bible? It's because we're not around to talk to any more. Every clearcut, every vivisection, every mechanized slaughter of cow, pig, or chicken moves our dreamworld farther and farther from the tree, making a reunification, which is still possible, more and more difficult.
Somewhere not so far from here, in the real world, the ancient forests are still standing, the buffalo roam the prairies, the sky is full of condors, the deer and the antelope play, and dodo birds wander the sandy beaches, bumping into things.
Where there are still wildlands in our dreamworld, strong connections still exist. Bridges, tunnels, and portals. Occasionally a traveler will get lost in the wilderness and find himself in the real world, returning the next day to find that a hundred years have passed, or never returning at all.
There are more ephemeral connections as well - brooks and waterfalls where you can still hear voices from the other side, if you listen carefully enough. When they sit by these waters they hear loud clanking and screams. When they eat psilocybin everything stops glowing, and condos rise where forests stand. Our children can see their world in their dreams. Their children see ours in their nightmares.
And there is another connection. Sometimes agents from the other side infiltrate our world in an attempt to expedite the reunification. Believe it or not, they miss us over there. Sometimes - more often than you might think - they send souls over to our world to be born as human babies. Sort of like a socialist, communist, or anarchist entering the American political arena and running for office in an attempt to effect change from the inside. There are quite a lot of them actually - gnomes and elves, fauns and faeries, goblins, ogres, trolls and bogies, nymphs, sprites, and dryads - running around in human bodies, doing crazy things like writing on walls, working in co-ops, running inns in the mountains, talking to themselves in the streets, making pottery, illustrating children's books, spiking trees and blowing up tractors. They are planting bio-dynamic gardens, sitting in the back yard naked, arguing with Satan. They are in asylums pumped full of thorazine, in the classroom on Ritalin and lithium. They live with Indians. They run recycling centers. They are starting revolutions, corrupting the young, inventing paranoid conspiracy theories, making up religions. They're directing movies, gobbling acid, drinking heavily and writing poetry.
The transition from their world to ours is not an easy one. Intricate rituals and incantations are involved. The transition is not easy on the soul. A great deal is lost. They may have no idea who or what they are at first. They may or may not find out. They will know that they are not like everyone else. They will know that this world is not theirs. They will faintly remember something better, where things made sense and worked like they ought to, where love and magic had the power to heal.
They will know that what makes other people happy does not make them happy, and that what makes them happy makes them happier than anyone else alive.
They will see things others cannot see, hear things others cannot hear, feel things others cannot feel, and know things others do not know.
They will laugh a great deal or cry a great deal or both.
They will love humans individually, but have a hard time with humanity as a whole that may occasionally approach loathing.
They will have a handful of very close friends, and often be very lonely.
They will be unhappiest when forced to act like a human and do the things that humans do, want the things that humans want, or when they are convinced that they actually are one.
Things will not be easy for them. Because of their memories of the other side, the world will seem to them to be a wondrous calliope with just a few teeth missing on one of the cogs, and because of this tiny deficiency, the music is all off key, the horses are crashing into each other, and the children are frightened, bruised and crying.
The solutions will seem obvious and no one else will listen.
They will be repeatedly punished for shouting FIRE! in a crowded theater when the buildings are in flames no one else can see. They will get slapped on the wrist for pointing to the EXIT signs when everyone else is running around screaming and trampling each other.
They will be zealous, fanatical, and didactic about their beliefs. They will feel utterly confused.
They will have ecstatic visions and babble incoherently. They will be extremely articulate. They are prone to long periods of silence. They have no idea how to say what they really mean.
They will spend a lot of time with children and animals.
They will become drunkards and dope fiends, organic gardeners, Essene soapmakers, carpenters, madmen, magicians, jugglers and clowns, lunatic physicists, painters and scribblers, travelers and wanderers.
They will dress in bright colors, frumpy sweaters, or all black.
They will smoke too much and drink too much. They will eat only macrobiotic foods. They will develop addictions to Mountain Dew.
They will often be accused of living in their own fantasy world.
They will make great lovers. Yeah, even the trolls.
They will spend too much time either making love or thinking about it.
They will speak to inanimate objects.
They will have much brighter eyes than everyone else.
They will expect their magic to work in this world and their love to heal, and they will be crushed by this world, and often they won't expect it.
It will come close to killing them.
They will visit the places where the connections still exist: the waterfalls, the mountains, the ocean, the forests. They will draw on all the power they have, and sometimes, sometimes, the magic will work. And everything will be wondrously easy. The teeth will grow back on the calliope's cog, the tune will right itself, the horses will bob gracefully up and down, around and around, and the children will giggle and sing with cotton candy stuck to their cheeks and noses.
They will spend their days trying to reconnect a branch that millions are still busy sawing away at. Often it will be more than they can bear.
While the rest of humanity is busy working on new and more efficient ways to lay waste to the Earth with the push of a button, they are saving it, a handful at a time.
They will share a common conviction that they are the only sane individuals in a world gone mad.
They're right.
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So usually I have great Friday the 13ths... I don't know what it is about the day... but usually they are wonderful. My day started out, bleh. Thoughout work it stay bleh. Nate my best buddy up at work is usually my cheer when I am up there. When he gets a spare 30 seconds he trots by, we both get a laugh and get back to work. That day, both of us were just bleh. There was nothing that either of us could do to cheer the other one up. Mike and friends were supposed to come to the house to game, but alas only Feral and Nate showed up. With one book between us all, since Nate left his at home, and the DM didn't even show up, Nate and I ended up on the porch. Doing what we potheads do best... matching and getting stoned. With this said for the background, lets move on the the main topic... I had brought out my baby, my beautiful, Shroomy the Blue Majik Mushroom. She is a little, short, fattie, blue, swirly pipe. Super thick glass with swirls of blue, white, dark blue, teal, and brown that looks like snakes across the pipe. She started out clear and turned these colors. Near the mouth peice and the bottom of the bowl it is slowly turning purple with streaks of dark blue and sky blue coming from it. The entire pipe is this beautiful sky blue color with a fade to the dark purple near the mouth and bowl. It has a large round deep bowl on it, a little carb on the side, with the second part between the mouth and bowl are just a little bith longer and just a little bit less wide so when you hold it in your hand it looks like a little blue majik mushroom. One of the snakes on the side of the pipe is very defined white and blue stripes, even has the bends of a snake, and the head of one. Her name is Ani Konda , because I'll smoke any kinda weed out of her. As you can tell I love my pipe. It took me a long time to find the PERFECT glass pipe for me, because I knew that I was going to have it a while. I didn't go and get a glass pipe for the longest time becuase: A) they are quite expensive and if I can't afford good weed then why do I need a nice pipe, B) unless you spend a good deal of money they are thin glass, and break easy, C) I was traveling on the road; Traveling is hard enough on metal and ceramic pipes let alone cheap glass or worse cheap plastic, and D) they were kinda a status symbol for me in the, I can always have good weed to smoke out of a good pipe, sort of way. So after I had been stable in one place for a long time, and on my feet long enough that I didn't need anyone to help me with bills that I was even helping my roomate, I splurged and got my pipe. I bought it from the B.C. on Westhiemer. They have FABULOUS merchandise. Glass flown in from around the world. The pipe that I bought was lifetime warrenty glass. When they took it out of the case of that day a year ago they strong armed it into the case... didn't hurt it at all. I laid my 60 bucks down and got my beauty. Tried her out with recently found Purple Haze. I felt like the dorky white guy in "How High" with RAINBOWS coming out of my head to the music. (<"http:// www.lastconcertcafe.com"> look up PotRoast") Yet, I have digressed again. Nate and I were passing back and forth Shroomy and the time to reload was upon us, when horror struck! Nate went to tap Shroomy into his hand.... Shroomy splipped and skittered across the pavement. At first it looked like Shroomy was ok... then we turned the pipe over, and alas a small slice out of the bottom just left of the mouth piece. My supposed lifetime warrenty glass had just broke. I can still smoke out of the pipe, I just have to press the slit out of the glass up againsit my lip. It is odd cause it sit right over the scar on my lip. I have the peice that broke off and I could glass glue back together. I could also take it back to the B.C. and get another pipe at the cost of giving up Shroomy. Then again I could let Shroomy Rest in Peices and still smoke out of the pipe> I don't know what I am going to do yet with the situation. Maybe it is just a sign I should switch to keef, now that I have a good keef contection and a nice glass keef pipe?
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Yea for Nekid Hippie Time!!!
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name is jayne. Im told i am a hippy. You can call me Bird.
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K kids. Last Concert Cafe is a cool venue. We usually go Weds. nights for the drum circle. 5$ to get unless you bring a drum and get in for free. A cool band plays for a while then during intermission, everyone with a drum gets in a circle and the rest of us girlies jump in the middle and dance our asses off. This is 18+ and you do need IDs though there are ways around the fee.
I was told thurs nights, girls get in free, so I might be going to that soon enough.
1403 Nance Street
Houston, Tx. 77002 is the addy and here is the site, though I never find those of much help.
There is also a lot of herb smoking. I do not smoke at all but I it doesn't bother me. There are sticks and hula hoops for fun. Let me know if ya wanna go and we can meet up.
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2:35 pm
Woooohooo a hippie community!!!!! *smiles*
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6:46 pm
Welcome to my world.
Hey kids. Here is the first post *giggles in excitement*
Well, there is a cool place to hang out, but because of leack of us and more prep types, it is dying. Last concert cafe has a drum jam weds. nights. You should check it out.
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FOLLY: We headed to Ikeja City Mall to check out the new Krispy Kreme and a Mexican Caribbean restaurant that a follower had sent us a tip about. Krispy Kreme was delightful and we finally got to try the non-glaze varieties. The Mexican Carribean restaurant was a different story.
NOSA: They had efo in a "showcase".
FOLLY: Off to Casper & Gambini's we went cause #notaboutthatlife
NOSA: This was my first time at the Ikeja C&G location so I was really curious to see there was a drop off in quality compared to the VI location
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NOSA: Speaking of soup + sandwich combos, one summer in college, my flatmate and I ate tomato basil soup and a grilled cheese for dinner almost every night. Until the Nigerian girl I was dating at the time came into our lives and ruined everything by cooking rice all the time.
NOSA: The Tomato Basil Soup is one of my go-to orders at Casper & Gambini's. It's very "hearty" and if I'm being honest, it's worthy of an entire meal. I'll admit, though, that it's not for everyone. It's not as rich as typical Nigerian "soups" so you might need to manage expectations if it's your first experience.
FOLLY: I saw the Asian Sesame Salad on the Casper & Gambini's Instagram page as a new item so naturally I wanted to try it. It looked exactly as it did on their Instagram so they weren't lying.
My favorite components in the salad were the ginger, chicken, and the chin chin.
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FOLLY: Eating this made me realize that I hate spinach in salads, I'm not sure the technical way to describe this but it's a bit harsh (to taste when it's raw) and just too green. I'd have preferred if the base was just plain ole lettuce or Arugula but that won't have made it typically Asian.
NOSA: Arugula and kale are the ultimate salad greens for me.
Arugula especially.
It's such a massive shame that salads in Lagos are so disappointing for the most part. Most restaurants put very little effort into their salads. C&G does a decent job, however.
FOLLY: Now moving on to the sandwich. First of all, for those that are wondering that brown mess atop the chicken salad filling is caramelized onions. Yes, they made the sandwich so unattractive but they added a much needed sweetness to it.
FOLLY: I had the slide that big leaf out of the way cause the taste was too harsh (again). The bread was also over toasted but that was not a big deal.
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FOLLY: I feel like a lot of Lagosians don't know this but Casper & Gambini's has a nice range of sandwiches - get hip.
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Three freshman started and five saw action on the Charles Page High School ladies' basketball team this season and all were major players in pushing a turn-around program the final step into their first winning season in half a decade.
The program pulled a complete 180 after a 2011 State Tournament-appearing team graduated several starters and won only a single game the following year. 2012-2013 wasn't much better, posting a 2-20 record.
In 2013, Dustin Morrow took over the program and the team went 10-14, a drastic improvement, but still a losing record. Last season the girls won the regular season but went 1-2 in the playoffs for a final record of 12-12. The eighth grade girls, however, went 28-0 for an undefeated Frontier Valley Conference Championship.
This season those girls were the difference makers, adding depth to a small but talented team that lost three players the year before. Jacie Taber, Holly Kersgieter, Destiny Johnson, Kimi Presnall, and Isabella Regalado combined for 40% of the team's points this season with Johnson coming in as the second-highest scoring player on the whole team.
"DJ" Johnson continued a new tradition of freshman excellence. For the last three years, at least one freshman has registered a 200+ point season. Sydney Pennington debuted with 376 in 2012-2013, Gloria Mutiri scored 200 last season, and Johnson finished with 212 this year. She was a major inside threat, shooting 46% on two-pointers and 67% on free throws for an average of 8 points and 3 rebounds per game. She doubled nine times, led her team in scoring four times, and set a personal-best of 15 points against Owasso. She was also named to the All-Tournament team at the Bishop Kelley Invitational.
Jacie Taber and Kimi Presnall also made an impact on the State Runner-Up Softball team this fall, then scored 21 points each in their first year at varsity basketball.
Isabella Regalado, daughter of Vic Regalado, the Republican nominee for Tulsa County Sheriff, scored 90 points, more than 3 PPG, and set a team-high career-high of 17 in an upset win over 5A No.4 ranked Shawnee in the championship game at the Bishop Kelley Invitational. She averaged 41% on two-pointers, 50% on free throws, and snatched about 2.5 rebounds per-game, and saw action in every game this season.
Holly Kersgieter came in fourth in team-scoring with 166 points and a career-high 14 against Shawnee. Playing in every game this season, and starting most of them, she averaged 6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 45% on two-pointers and 79% on free throws.
The depth of quality competitors allowed the Sandites to run a solid bench against their opponents and give the whole team more resting time during games. The young Sandite talent will only increase next year as the girls only graduate one starter, Cierra Scott, and inherit yet another incoming class of undefeated 8th grade girls.


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Brighton, East Sussex (17.June 2017)
According to Lonely Plant: "Brighton is where England's seaside experience goes from cold to cool" and I can't agree more. The town is fun, hip & colorful. My socks were totally charmed & if it wasn't over 1,5 away from central London, I'd totally move there! With a town slogan "BrightOn your day!", that's totally a place to be!
- Walk the gardens of the Royal Pavilion - an impressive Eastern-looking palace, which is the finest example of early-19th-century chinoiserie in Europe (although it was unaffectionately called "a strange, odd Chinese place" by Queen Victoria). Initially a palace of Price George (& later King George IV), it's a symbol of Brighton's decadence & fun-loving attitude.
- Visit the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery - situated just next to the Royal Pavilion, it has a good collection of 20th century art & design, notably hosting Salvador Dali's sofa modeled on Mae West's lips.
- Have lunch in one of the award-winning vegetarian restaurants, for example in the North Laine (we landed at Iydea (17 Kensinston Gardens), which had an affordable, delicious & generous lunch menu).
- Get lost in the Lanes - full of vintage boutiques & charming little shops & cafes. Worth a stop: Choccywoccydoodah (3 Meeting House Ln, Brighton BN1 1HB), a dangerously chocolaty emporium.
- "Gamble" in Brighton Pier - tacky & fun, the amusement arcade is full of extremely addictive nonsensical games & fairground rides that can keep one entertained for a good part of the day.
- Take pictures of the West Pier during the golden hour or at sunset - its skeletal iron hulk is very photogenic!
- Check out i360 Tower - Brightonian cousin of the London Eye.
- Have a craft ale either on the peer or in one of the quirky pubs hidden in a maze of little streets.
- Continue along the Beach in direction of Hove for a nice stroll & in order to see some colorful beach houses.


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Tony Stephenson was tripped in the box two minutes later and Walton dispatched the resulting penalty to ensure no extra-time was needed.
After a disappointing display against West Auckland Town last weekend, the Terriers needed a response and Andy Ferrell's men did just that.
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Brandon: O'Brien, Searby, Calvert, Best, Clarey, Todd, Sweeney (Turnbull 46), Duffy-Weekes, Pearson, Gash, Thompson
Subs Not Used: Smith, Rush
Terriers: Staples, Nellis, Dummett, Ferrell, Capewell, Stoneman, Baxter, Allen, Walton (Somerville 86), T.Stephenson, M.Stephenson
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Pattaya Thailand Holiday Package
Pattaya Thailand Holiday Package
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2 night hotel accommodation in Ohuket (twin/triple sharing)
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2 nights hotel accommodation at Pattaya (twin/triple sharing)
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Pattaya Thailand Holiday Package Landing in Phuket Airport, our delegate will get you from the airplane terminal and exchange you to the lodging. medium-term remain at lodging.
Day 2: Full day Phi Island Tour with Lunch
Phi Islands is a standout amongst the most popular islands in the Andaman Sea district. Phi Island is at present one of the world's principle swimming and plunging goals for visitors.
Day 3: James Bond Island Half Day Tour with lunch and fly back to Bangkok (Pattaya Thailand Holiday Package)
After breakfast, will go to the James Bond Island half day visit Suwankuha Temple (Monkey Cave), touring at Phang Nga Bay National stop, visit Koh Panyee a Muslim Fishing Village, visit James Bond, Ping-Gan and back to the lodging. Fly towards Bangkok, touch base at BKK air terminal and we will exchange you to Pattaya. Reach over yonder and O/N remain at the lodging in Pattaya.
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Day 5: Arrive in Bangkok and visit for Half Day City Tour (Pattaya Thailand Holiday Package)
Visit Royal Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha, Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) the wonderful Royal Chapel, Cross Chao Phraya River by watercraft to visit Wat Arun and exchange back to the lodging.
Day 6: Full wander off in fantasy land world/Snow Town visit with lunch
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Reading TOO MUCH!
TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! is a Read Out Loud video (and podcast!) for KidLit TV! Special thanks to Julie Gribble, Sam Devotta, and KidLit TV for making the magic happen!
In other book news, I will be at Strawbery Banke for their annual Children's Literature Festival from 11-3pm this Saturday. I will be joined by lots of other talented authors and illustrators and it's always a fun family event! Admission to the lit festival is free, and their Fall Festival goes on at the same time and looks fabulous.
I finished this Meet The Artist promo piece this summer and it just went around to editors last week. It was fun to illustrate my kids - they grow so fast, even this seems like forever ago. It also gave me an excuse to teach them about the Renaissance man (ahem, and woman). I packed another "fluffernutter with apple slices" again this morning, so not everything has changed!
Drawing Peanut & Moe
Please enjoy this time-lapse process video of me, drawing Peanut & Moe. I created all the final art for this book on a Wacom Cintiq monitor using photoshop. The drawing part is sped up, but I believe it took me about 4 hours to paint from a fairly tight sketch to finish. Look for TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! in stores in just two weeks!!!
As a side note - many (many many) years ago, I worked as a compositor at several different animation studios. I worked with 2D, 3D, and stop motion animation - taking all the elements and blending them into final frames for TV, motion ride films, and video games. I loved my work. I was pretty good at it, too. But I knew I wasn't in the right field. I wanted to make MY ideas and stories come to life - and being a compositor is just about following direction. I've been too chicken to jump into making videos (or...book trailers!) because I thought I wouldn't remember how to do any of this. And isn't it a terrible feeling to no longer be good at something? But I surprised myself by picking it up quickly and having fun. Something old became new again, and it's lovely!
It's Great Being a Dad - The book birthday approaches!
In 12 days, IT'S GREAT BEING A DAD will be released - can you believe it??? You can pre-order it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or your local bookseller. I'm super excited about the above launch party at Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH. It's just kismet to have National Unicorn Day fall days after the book release. Come join me for unicorn fun, a reading, drawing, and goodies!
If you JUST can't wait or can't make this local event, you can download and print a fortune teller yourself. It's part of the activity kit for the book. It was so fun to think of all the activities that could make this fun story into a library event, celebrating all the imagination and positivity in Dan's story.
Time-lapse Painting
I've wanted to share a process video for some time. I hope you enjoy my speedy gouache brushwork. For those without hummingbird eyes, I'm painting with Holbein gouache, mostly primary colors, and drawing on tracing paper with a Tombow mono pencil. The missing moments are all digital magic. See below for the finished piece. Can you find the A to Z in Ginger's hair?


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Does a seed planted in a barren place
dream of what he may someday be?
Although he may accommodate himself amid his arid environs
he never fully acquiesces all hope.
In so doing he finds a courage that refuses to be vanquished
as he smiles amid his current adversity
and chooses to flourish nonetheless.