Good morning friends.
We brought you a little visual Vitamin-C this morning. Today is Three Smile Thursday. Three great people, Three great smiles. Vanessa, Briggette and Sammy came to wish you all a great day.
Tip of the day; We do the best we can with what we have, that’s all life can ask from us.
Happy Thursday.
Good morning friends.
Sometimes being content is good enough. Its like Ferris Bueller said in 1986. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”
So today on this Wednesday April 29th, 2015 I want to pay attention to my life. Less static, and more substance.
Happy Wednesday friends.
Today we have the privilege of featuring Morkel Erasmus out of Africa. He’s one of the Best wildlife photographers on the Planet. And still, he keeps it simple, he loves Africa, loves its people, its wild places and its wildlife. Great quote from Morkel; “To me, nature photography is all about being in the moment, and capturing that moment in a way that can relate to someone who didn’t have the privilege of being there with me”
Morkel is a passionate wildlife photographer and part-time photographic safari guide based in South Africa. When he’s not in the field, he works as an Industrial Engineer working in the supply chain industry.
Elephants drinking water at Chobe River in Botswana. To join Morke on a Safari; http://photography.wild-eye.co.za/ambassadors/morkel-erasmus/
From Morkel himself now; “My love for nature was shaped by many trips with my family to the Southern African wilderness as a child growing up – picking up a camera was when it all really clicked for me (pun intended).
Spotted hyena in the rain. Hasthtag #Wow on this picture. To Join Morkel on a Safari; http://photography.wild-eye.co.za/ambassadors/morkel-erasmus/ Continue reading
Good morning friends. Dr. Harp Seal here with a nice practical message;
“To be happier we have to do more of what makes us happy. If you don’t know what makes you happy, start by doing less things that make you unhappy”
Happy Monday everyone.
Good morning friends. We have a very special feature today on The Good News Channel. We always talk about funny being positive too because laughter helps us live longer. And if want to laugh, where do we turn ? We turn to comedy. So today we are featuring a real comedian leaving the dream, doing stand up comedy, podcasts, writing and producing for shows, commentator on shows, a family man so and so and on.
We’ve all heard the expression; “Jack of all trades, master of none” Well Alex Barnett is a walking revision of that, “He’s a Jack of many trades, master of many things. But whether he is doing this or doing that, at the core Alex Barnett is a family man.
Alex Barnett’s Website; http://www.alexbarnettcomic.com/
My comedy is about family, specifically my family. As the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 3 year-old, Biracial son, I focus my attention on the challenges of being a parent in a bad economy and the issues that confront interracial families (including the dynamics between members of the same family who are of different races). In the Age of Obama, my material is very timely, relevant, and (if I may say so myself) very funny.
Alex Barnett on Twitter; https://twitter.com/barnettcomic
I’ve performed at clubs, colleges and venues throughout the country. I’ve appeared on the Katie Couric Show, been featured on Sirius/XM Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” NBC’s EVB Live, Bloomberg Law TV, ComedyTime TV, RT TV America and NYC-TV and in VH1.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com. I also won the 12th Annual Gilda’s Club (Northern NJ) Laugh-Off.
My wife, son and I are a multiracial family. We’re part of a small, but growing trend. We’ve encountered a variety of “interesting” (some bad, but others good) experiences along the way — looks, questions, comments, head-nods, and high-fives. And, based on comments to this blog and to my Facebook page; www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic, I know that we’re not alone. Based on our own experiences and those of others, I launched a podcast called the Multiracial Family Man. You can find the latest episode here: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/multiracial-family-man-ep./id969793342?i=340254993&mt=2 Continue reading
Good evening friends.
Welcome to the movie rewrite for “The Life of Pi.” — Now the truth is “Life of Pi” ended pretty well. But some parts have to be rewritten, which in turn will cause the end to change too.
Pi’s quote; “I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. It broke my heart. You know my father was right: Richard Parker never saw me as his friend”
So in the Rewrite we’re going to mend Pi’s broken heart. Lets pick it up from the scene where after all the battles with Mother Nature, they finally made it safely to Mexico’s shores.
This is where the Tiger (Richard Parker) jumps out of the boat and runs directly into the jungle without even glancing back back at Pi. After 227 days at sea, not even a glance. You can feel the anguish when you think of all that time together at sea. But we also have to remember what Pi said, “Tending to Richard Parker’s needs gives my life purpose” — And that purpose kept Pi marching forward each day and essentially kept him alive.
Remember, Richard Parker the Tiger grew up in a zoo and while he was always in training, he didn’t have to fend for his food, it was provided for him. And despite the magnitude of the shipwreck which set Pi and the Tiger on a 227 day journey, Richard Parker still didn’t have to fend for himself with food, Pi provided it by fishing for both of them.
The tiger finds himself in the jungles of Mexico alone having to provide for himself for the first time. This was the scariest time in Richard Parker’s life. Now if you remember in June of 2012, the tiger Vitaly in the movie “Madagascar 3” was always looking out for his circus buddies and was quite the risk taker. Vitaly was now part of a failing circus that the Madagascar team hooked up with to make another attempt to reach home. When they escaped the circus they fled to Mexico as well. It turns out Vitaly and the gang were hiding out in the same Mexican Jungle that Richard Parker now finds himself in. Being the Madagascar Crew had been there a few months already they helped provide Richard Parker with food.
Within a few weeks, Vitaly and Richard Parker were best friends. After all, they are both tigers and both grew up in a zoo entertaining people from near and far. So being the brave tiger that Vitaly likes to be, he suggests to Richard Parker they head to Hollywood to put their skills at use. Vitaly was a smooth talker so took the role of the manager, and Richard Parker would be the actor.
When they got to Hollywood Vitaly immediately gets Richard Parker the tiger an agent. The agent sends Richard Parker on a call for a Frosted Flakes commercial, only now they wanted a real life Tony the Tiger actor instead of just the cartoon we’ve all grown accustomed to. Low and behold, Richard Parker was a natural entertainer and a perfect fit. Richard Parker got so comfortable in his role, he suggested to Frosted Flake Cereal company that their slogan should be; “Have Frosted Flakes for breakfast and give your life purpose”
Needless to say that slogan became the main tagline for Frosted Flakes Cereal across the world. Eventually Pi caught wind of all this media surrounding the New Tiger’s face and tag line for for Frosted Flakes and realized it was Richard Parker.
Now at this point , Pi is a middle aged man living in Canada with his own family. Eventually, while The Frosted Flakes company was touring the world with their new ad campaign, they made their way to Canada; “eh” lol. Slang joke right there.
Pi made sure to be at the location he heard the Cereal gang was coming to. When he saw Pi after all this time he heart was pounding. As Pi approached the Tiger Richard Parker, Richard ran up to him and said; “your father was wrong, I did see you as my friend, I didn’t look back because i saw the two Japanese investigators approaching from a far to rescue you. I didn’t want to be captured and killed” — Pi felt the weight of the world just unravel off his shoulders.
Pi looked Richard straight in the eyes and said; ” How did you come up with that slogan: “Have Frosted Flakes for breakfast and give your life Purpose?” Richard Parker said; “I got it from you Pi, I knew that keeping me alive took you into adulthood and gave your life purpose”
The End….. The Movie Still would’ve been great.
Good morning friends.
Saniya and his friend Sammy came to say good morning. Saniya is from Kazakhstan and we met her in Times Square. This was a real treat for Sammy. Love was in the air as you can see.
Happy Thursday friends.
Good morning friends. You can read this message here, or just below the text, you can listen to the Audio;
Dr. Harp Seal here. Thank you for stopping by. So today, lets take a walk down memory lane. Most of us have driven by or even revisited our grade schools that we attended decades later.
And what’s the one thing we all say to ourselves ? When did this school get so small, I don’t remember it being so small. Now of course, intellectually we realize the school is the same size, and its us and our experiences that have gotten much bigger.
So what’s the point ? The point is, the things that are troubling us right now, at some point in time will also seem small, just like the grade schools we attended do to us now. This is very important to be aware of because a lot of times when we are inside of a crisis, it feels like it will never end. We have to remember that in time this problem will be reduced to what it actually is. Its this awareness that will help propel us forward right now.
Audio message;
I started dreaming when I was a little kid and now I continue to be a kid. One day I realized I wanted to stay true to myself and experience life in the way I wanted to experience it. So I decided to go my own way, and do my own thing. I was learning from my own challenges and from my own mistakes. And despite all of life’s challenges, life is an incredible and amazing adventure.
One of his first artistic production near his home town where this girl follows the wind with skates and a long dress. – Molino Rojo –
I studied at The University of Cinema in Buenos Aires, working in the meantime in Advertising, television, video clips and cinema. After a few years I realized that my place was in photography, not depending on other people, just me with my camera and computer. That led me to start traveling around the world.
Bernabé loves mixing, so he did this piece with a group of painters in his home town, this image was capture together. — Aire —
I’ve being working as a photographer for more than 15 years now and I hope I can keep on learning about this fantastic world.
This was one of a 15 pictures of woman in a rush to her birthday party. — Apurada —
I found thousands of friends during those trips, every year I meet more and more people that teach me and make me understand a little more about this planet.
La Habana in Cuba is one of those cities that blow your mind, the people, with a different energy, those places where the time and only the time can paint in that way. — La pandilla —
The magic is around every corner, I intend to capture it with my lens, sometimes I catch it, and I know it was luck, but that’s the kind of luck you can catch when keep going for it.
In one of my trips I did a portrait of this little boy with a traditional costume. — chalandamars —
At this stage of my life I’m trying to experience new or different things, life is always ready to teach me, I must be ready to learn about it!
In china, one morning while I was waiting for the bus, I saw many people riding their bikes in different situations. “If you can fit 2, you can fit 5”
I´m always thinking about my next artistic production, but I always have something to do first, like working for money. I wish I can put my artistic work first as this is the most important thing to me, I’m not in this life just to make money.
The carnivals in Argentina are very special, I used a costume in a natural landscape. “Laguna Roja”
Things do not go the way you want, they just go… that is great!, the unexpected, the unknown …the amazing adventure of living starts everyday in this world, your world!.
India, one of these authentic countries, This girl showed me her hand in the street. “The Pinterest”
This is Bernabé Della Mattia. He takes some of the most interesting photographs all over the world. He is an incredibly talented photographer. Sammy & Family wants to thank him for letting us feature him today. Friends take a look at his website, the link is below. His photographs will show you the world like you’ve never seen. Real people in their lives from all over the world. Every picture is as good or better as the next
Bernabé Della Mattia’s website; http://www.bernabedellamattia.com.ar/
You can Find him on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/bernabe.dellamattia
Good morning friends.
People always ask me who is Dr. Harp Seal and what is he about ?
From the time Sammy was a baby he had an amazing ability to make people happy. People from all walks of life took to him. He reminded me of a doctor because doctors make people feel better.
Additionally I have always had a tremendous amount of compassion for Harp Seal and the hunts they are inflicted with.
Lastly, Sammy looks like a Harp Seal as we have all seen. So Dr. Harp Seal was morphed out of that information.
When people think of Dr. Harp Seal, I want them to see a symbol for animal equality and kindness across all species.
Have a great day friends.
