brettfish

About brettfish

Brett Fish is a lover of God and people, and owns the world's most famous stuffed dolphin, No_bob (who doesn't bob). He believes that we are all responsible for making the world a significantly better place for everyone.

Ways to Make a T-Rex sad.

so i started a hashtag today which i think could go viral if you all played along... the hashtag is #waystomakeatrexsad which if you can't read it says, 'Ways to Make a T-Rex sad' and plays off the idea that a T-Rex has short arms and so might struggle with certain activities. tell your friends. add me as @brettfisha if you haven't yet and lets get depressing that beast. some examples so far would be: [...]

By |2013-04-23T10:48:39+02:00April 23rd, 2013|activities, and other animals., humour'ish, silly things|0 Comments

How much sex in marriage?

So i got this comment at the bottom of the recent 'Singleness' Taboo Topic posted and approved it and started replying, but then thought that responding to 'How much sex in marriage?' on a Singleness post might be stretching the boundaries of love and sensitivity and so i decided to deal with is directly as a separate post... [singles are welcome to read, because maybe this will help]. So the comment i received is below, [...]

By |2016-12-02T16:20:19+02:00April 22nd, 2013|challenging thorts, love and chocolate, marriage|0 Comments

Pastis before Swine…

so yesterday i got to meet Stephan Pastis, creator and draw'er [i guess] of the greatest cartoon strip alive, Pearls Before Swine... [more importantly, he got to 'meet' No_bob, the world's most famous stuffed dolphin] The Far Side, on it's good days [and when it was good it was great, and it was usually good] is definitely up there. so is Dilbert [Scott Adams who draws Dilbert got me started on Pearls Before Swine and [...]

By |2013-04-22T14:00:06+02:00April 22nd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Saturday Round Up: The week that was: Episode 4: of Geeks & Wild Animals Eating Habits, a woman made of iron & a lot of mirrors

so recently i started another blog called 'The Weekly Mash [and Peace!]' which has a different theme for every day and i have decided that i am going to post the Saturday Round Up on my Irresistibly Fish blog so that subscribers can have access to the week that we have just vibed through... so if you missed any of these, pick the ones that look interesting, and enjoy... [the FRIDAY one feels like one [...]

Weekly Photo Challenge: (Up)

another week and another great photo challenge, this one offering a range of interpretation, although i decided to keep it simple... here is a picture of me and the world's most famous stuffed dolphin, No_bob [because he doesn't!] taking in the sights of the Petronas towers in Malaysia... a strong sense of Up happening there... and then these three from my website photo shoot many years ago... which i call 'preparing for take-off' [...]

By |2013-04-19T08:03:01+02:00April 19th, 2013|activities, and other animals., challenges, silly things|0 Comments

Recap: Most read posts from the last quarter.

so according to wordpress stats, these are the 5 most visited posts of mine this last quarter which means people must have liked them [or really hated them i guess, altho i don't think i've had one of those for a while - must be doing something wrong] so i thought i'd display them here in case you missed one or more of them: First up there was Kate Hurley sharing on Singleness which always [...]

Taboo Topics: Singleness – meet Dani Scoville [and a look at Deconstructing Boundaries]

[Dani is a friend that tbV and i met while working with the Simple Way and she currently lives in San Francisco, which is just across the water from us, this is a piece she wrote a year ago which was published in Sojo.net and which she offered to share with us] When my intoxicated friend leaned in to kiss me, I didn’t think I was just the most readily available girl. No, I convinced [...]

Change is on the way! [of the Common variety]

many of you may know that the beautiful Val [tbV] and i flew over to Americaland just over a month ago to start working in Oakland, California with a non-profit called Common Change [formerly known in parts as Relational Tithe] and i wanted to just share a little about that because we are hoping that the grand launch is going to be in a few weeks time, so it is a good space for you [...]

By |2013-04-17T09:37:47+02:00April 17th, 2013|activities, adventures, change the world, local news|0 Comments

the tragedy and not so tragedy of the Boston Marathon explosions

what happened yesterday with the bomb explosions after the Boston Marathon that up til now have claimed three lives and injured well over 100 people [with ten or more amputations that occurred with some of the survivors] was a tragedy. any time someone is killed it is a tragic thing and more so because this was something that was ruthlessly planned and carried out. and Facebook knew about it - scrolling down my news feed [...]

Thort for the Week: the one about having and being beautiful feet

for years i have sent out a weekly challenging Christ-following email message called 'Thort for the Week' which you can sign up for by emailing me at brettfish@hotmail.com and asking to be added to TFTW... but this week's one i really felt i should share here as well... In Isaiah 52 the prophet says, 'How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, [...]

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