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Esther the Wonder Pig

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends. We are thrilled to be featuring “Esther the Wonder Pig” on “The Good News Channel” today. Esther is probably the most loved 700 pound pig in the world. Dads Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter not only turned Esther into a worldwide internet sensation but a created a whole new movement for animal rescue, kindness, welfare, and equality. Our “Everybody Loves Sammy” online community applauds Steven and Derek for making the world a better place, many animals at a time. Check out this fascinating story below;

Meet Esther-the Wonder Pig. Adopted by her Dads Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter as a supposed mini-pig three years ago, Esther had other plans and kept on growing. Turns out she was a full-sized commercial pig and Steve and Derek were duped. Steve said, ‘We just adapted and loved her more. What else could we do? It wasn’t her fault and we would never give up a pet.’

They fell madly in love with her and this tiny pig changed the course of their lives forever. Living in a small city bungalow along with two dogs, two cats and 3 rabbits, and spending her days lounging on her couch, Esther won over the hearts of all who met her.

Realizing that Esther was originally meant to be someone’s dinner, Steve and Derek became vegans and in the process become accidental animal activists and vegan ambassadors. They are now much sought-after speakers at Veg-Fests across the country and have started an Esther’s Army page which advocates for pig issues and animal awareness, ‘the campaign headquarters for change’. (https://www.facebook.com/EsthersArmy)

Her dads soon realized that Esther needed more room and so they started an Indiegogo campaign raising $440,000 in just 2 months time to purchase a farm property for Esther and to also start an animal Sanctuary to save Esther’s kind along with other abandoned farm animals. (https://www.facebook.com/happilyeveresther) and the happily ever Esther website; http://www.happilyeveresther.ca/

As Esther’s adventures are shared online, she continues to rack up thousands of fans and followers and in the process exposes the loving, compassionate, and extremely smart side of pigs and in the process has raised awareness about the abhorrent conditions of factory farmed pigs and their hellish lives.

Steve and Derek clearly share their intentions on Esther the Wonder Pig’s Facebook page:”We want to help show you that she understands everything we say to her. She knows what’s happening, and she feels every emotion we do. She is not a product, or a piece of pork.”

Esther is now an internet celebrity with over 294,000 Facebook fans, 156,000 on Instagram and 20,000 fans on Twitter. She has many celebrity followers including comedian and well known animal activist Ricky Gervais who has visited Esther at her home.

Esther who is house-trained and almost 700 svelte pounds loves to relax in her swimming pool.

She has also become a fashion icon due to fans that send her in hand-made clothing.

If you follow Esther online, you can’t help but notice how smart and sweet she is and her adorable pictures and witty captions will always make you smile.

This amazing story continues to grow and add fans on a daily basis, and it all comes back to Esther the Wonder Pig! Who won over two young men who took a chance and opened up their hearts, their home and their lives to the world allowing all to enjoy this amazing adventure. The lives of all of us who follow Esther’s pages have all have been made brighter all because of one not so mini, mini pig.

Website; http://www.estherthewonderpig.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/estherthewonderpig

Twitter; https://twitter.com/EstherThePig

Instagram; https://instagram.com/estherthewonderpig/

Poppy Tuesday on June 23rd, 2015

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends. It’s great to be alive on June 23rd, 2015.

Little Poppy Seeks came to wish everyone a wonderful Poppy Tuesday. As you can see Pops has some mischief going on his mind. I guess its true what they say; ” boys will be boys”

OK friends, lets kick this day off with two positive notions;

1. No matter the outcome of this day, if you show up for your life today and do the best you can joyfully, you are a winner in my book.

2. What makes someone a winner ? A winner feels good about themselves and rolls with the punches that life throws at them. How do you become a winner ? You don’t take the punches life throws at your personally. Because its not personal, its just life.

Happy Tuesday friends.

Happy Father’s Day, Basketball and Boobies

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Happy Father’s day to all the dads out there. Let me guess, most dads will receive a tie today as a present, lol.

OK, being I have been on the father kick lately, I decided to leave this particular story for Father’s day which happens to land on Sunday Funday, and also on a day we usually do features on “The Good News Channel”

Here we go. As i said my dad was obsessed with basketball and baseball and a result pushed me pretty hard in sports. Let me tell you a story specially about his training methods in basketball for me. This took place from the ages of 9 -12 years old. Being my father was very competitive he wanted to make sure I was the best. But sometimes practice just wasn’t good enough.

So he went out and hired me a basketball tutor whom I spent every Saturday morning with from 7 am to 10 am, three hours of hard core basketball training. Now if anyone thinks that I wanted to get up on a Saturday morning for three hours of basketball tutoring after a full week of school and basketball training with the team, then you need to think again.

Now here was my father and the tutor’s strategy. You see in basketball we all dribble the ball better with our stronger hand and arm. Being my strong side was my right side, naturally that’s the side I was most comfortable dribbling the ball up the court with. My father wanted me to able to dribble just as well with my left hand as my right. As many of you know this term is called; ambidextrous, which means you can go right or left just as easily on both sides.

So my father and the basketball tutor decided to tie my right hand behind my back, blindfold me and force my mind and body to only use my weaker side which was my left side. Now if anyone thinks I wanted to spend my Saturday mornings with my strong arm tied behind my back, blindfolded and dribbling a basketball on my weak side for 3 hours, you probably believe that Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah are still living in the ocean since 1984 from the movie “Mermaid”

Did i become ambidextrous ? Yes. Was i much better basketball player because I could drive the ball left and right ? Yes. Did it confuse the players defending me knowing I can go left and right ? Yes ?

Did I care about any of those benefits ? No. At the end of the day I was 12 years old and just wanted to run around squeezing girls boobies.

Happy Father’s days friends. Have a great Sunday Funday.

RIP, Barry Smith, February 3rd, 1984.

Saturday night always feels like a Movie Night

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good evening friends. It’s Saturday night around 8 pm and I usually get that; ” I want to see a movie tonight on cable” — Usually that’s when i break out in prayer that out of 500 cable channels that there will be at least one good movie playing.

In today’s times we are lucky because many a times out of 500 channels there is literally nothing to watch. And we know what that means right ? Pull out the smart phone and start browsing Facebook pages as if they are another source of TV Channels. God forbid anyone should just sit with themselves unconnected to something. I mean, who is crazy enough to sit peacefully in silence with no technology connected to them ? Not I. Alone with my thoughts ? No way Jose.

Friends tomorrow for Father’s day I am featuring the late Barry Smith on “The Good News Channel” — This particular story is one for the books, and not it does not entail me ending up in a garbage can. After Father’s day, I will slow down the father stories, i get a little OCD’ish as you know.

To any of Sammy & Family’s friends out there not feeling the “Saturday night light and breezy” kind of thing, reach out anytime, nobody has to feel down alone. Email me anytime; smith7024@yahoo.com. And you don’t have to in a relationship to have a nice weekend. Additionally you don’t have to pressure yourself to go out just because its the weekend.

Peace and love friends. Sincerely Scott Smith on day 160 in Puerto Rico.

Kelly and Sammy and TGIF

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends. Sammy & Kelly illustrations some togetherness here. Friday showed right on time as usual. Friday is like a genius or something, always so timely.

Let’s kick this morning off with two positive notions;

1. There is a good chance today will be a great day.

2. What will I give life back today for this gift given to me today ? A good attitude, or a not so good attitude. Things to think about.

Have a great day everyone. TGIF

Wanderlusters

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good mornings. We have a fantastic story about a couple traveling the world as House Sitters. Incredible adventures by two really nice people. Charli and Ben show us you don’t have to be wealthy people to live a rich life. How true that is. Let’s here what they have say and see their adventures below.

Our time in New Zealand encompassed 18 months, an epic road trip in a caravan, and five house sitting assignments. From the Bay of Islands to Stewart Island we soaked in all that this amazing country has to offer. I’d dare to say NZ stole my heart, there wasn’t a day that I didn’t wake up to a spectacular view.

In 2010 we made the decision to live a life less ordinary and six months later, after much downsizing and guide book consulting, we embarked on an undefined period of travel.

Flying over Honolulu in a tiny prop-plane en route to Molokai was one of the most exciting flights we’ve taken. Seeing the city from above was surreal, we hadn’t envisaged quite so much concrete in paradise but the urban jungle on Oahu was quickly forgotten after we landed in the real Hawaii.

We embrace every opportunity for adventure and have been fortunate to experience adrenaline highs in six different countries to date. Travel has enriched our lives to such an extent that we’ve no plans to return to the average existence we once knew.

Our neighbors, the Green Monkeys in Barbados were a funny bunch. Every evening they’d come and pick the flowers from the Royal Poinciana trees in our garden, and they didn’t offer us any! How rude! lolol.

If I told you that over the course of the last four years I’d not spent a penny on rent, you’d probably assume that I was still living with my parents or sleeping on a park bench.

A day of paddle powered adventure on Lake Wanaka is a must for anyone visiting New Zealand’s south island. I could almost hear the beating heart if the indomitable landscape that surrounds the lake.

The reality is quite the opposite. Over the last four years I have been living rent free and travelling the world as a house sitter. Along with my partner Ben I have lived in nine different countries and 27 different properties. We’ve looked after alpacas and deer in New Zealand, walks dogs along Caribbean beaches, and cared for cats in one of the world’s most expensive cities.

Leaving Oceania behind us we flew to New York for a short layover en route to our house sitting stays in the Caribbean. It offered a stark contrast to the vast landscapes of New Zealand, but as ever the change was welcome, and we took the opportunity to sample life in the Big Apple.

House sitting abroad has enabled us to explore the world and live like locals while dramatically reducing the cost of our travels. So often we talk to people who tell us ‘we’d love to do what you do, but we can’t afford to travel’, our reply is always ‘you can, why don’t you give house sitting a try?”

Beginning our adventure in Costa Rica we spent hours just chilling out with this green iguana. He was content to relax in the shade of a tree while the midday sun beat down overhead. We feel in love with the country’s incredible wealth of biodiversity as we traveled around house sitting and exploring for eight months.

We are not wealthy people but our lives are rich thanks to the opportunities we secure through house sitting. We live simply and spend our money wisely, but we live fully and enjoy each day. Checkout the Wanderlusters Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/Wanderlusters?fref=ts

Hiking the 19.5km Tongariro Alpine Crossing has to be one of the highlights of our stay in New Zealand. Although the challenging terrain certainly tests your resolve, the volcanic views are so inspiring!

We couldn’t quite believe our luck when we landed a house sit on Barbados. Ocean views, white sandy beaches, and far too many rum punches awaited us!

Follow the Wanderlusters Ben and Charli on Twitter; https://twitter.com/wanderlustersuk

Crossing the Nullarbor Plain was one of the highlights of our Australian road trip. We spent 12 months exploring Down Under and drove over 25,000 km around the continent!

We spent two months house sitting in Melbourne and fell in love with the city’s laid back, hipster vibe. Our charge during our stay was Digit Von Schoot, he loved nothing more than playing ball at the park.

Sammy & Family would like close with how inspiring Ben and Charli are out there living the dream. It’s one thing to dream and think about it, but its whole other thing actually doing it. Just like Charli and Ben said, you don’t have to be wealthy to live a rich life. With some planning, commitment and execution life can be anyone’s for the taking. The Wanderlusters have proven that. Thank you Charil and Ben. God bless.

Website: https://wanderlusters.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wanderlustersuk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wanderlusters?fref=ts

Instagram: https://instagram.com/wanderlustersuk/

Business is Business

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends. Sammy has a sales meeting later, he feels pretty good about it. It’s good to be alive today on June 16th, 2015. Wishing everyone had great day.

Lets kick the day off with two Positive notions;

1. Give today a chance. Could be the best day of our lives.

2. I am going to seek happiness today. If I can’t change my situation right now, I am going to change the way I look at it.

Happy Tuesday friends.

Vanessa & Scott’s two year Wedding Anniversary

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

Yes, so today is Vanessa and my Two year wedding anniversary. This picture was in Central Park on June 15th, 2013. We happened to have caught a really beautiful day weather wise which is not really surprising in June.

Thank you to all our friends that showed up and all the well wishes from around the world. For those of you that were not there, we can tell you Sammy & Henry stole the show. Unfortunately my mother and Jess were on a plane from Florida to NYC that day and were not able to make it.

This is very special day for us, I’m very happy we’re all finally together. The back and forth from NY to PR was very challenging for a while.

OK. Let’s kick this Monday off with two positive notions from two songs;

1. If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad — Sheryl Crow —

2. You get what you get when you go for it — Barry Manilow —

Happy Monday friends.

Sunday with Patreeko

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends. We gave Patrick a little adventure yesterday. This was his second time being on a plane. His first plane ride was to get to Puerto Rico and his second plane ride is right here at the mall. This plane actually does Not fly in the air in case anyone is confused about that.

Nonetheless on fight “Destination Anywhere” Patrick had the time of his life. Which reminds of that song “Time of my life ” in the movie Dirty Dancing starring Patrick Swayze who we named Patrick after.

It’s funny when you tell stories how eventually all things merge into one and a Patrick runs through. Those words were just taken and twisted from the movie “A River Runs Through it” — As you can see this is going to be a very A.D.D. kind of Sunday.

Remember friends, Sunday is our favorite day of the week. Its the one morning we let imagination in the door and back into our lives. On Sundays we get to be us again, the people we set out to be from the very beginning.

Like Father, Like Son

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Dr. Harp Seal

Good morning friends.

It’s great to be here with everyone. Another gift life offers us today. Happy Life Day. Henry is illustrating a depiction of where the slogan; Like Father, Like Son came from.

I have to give Henry “The Soldier of Love” a lot of credit, in the midst of his loyalty and regal presence, he still finds the time for a little sense of humor.

Happy Saturday. See you tonight.

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