It is 2 days to go til 2015. In some ways, most ways actually, nothing really changes when the clock hand ticks off that final second. As a South African, i can be assured that Australians, New Zealanders and more have been experiencing 2015 for hours, and that it will be another ten hours after i do before my friends in Oakland, where we lived for more than half of this year, will be arriving [...]
Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la, screw you! Something like that, right? Or maybe more appropriately, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Yesterday i commented on the Book of Faces how amazing it was to be reading through my newsfeed and just reading positive, grateful-sounding stuff. Heck, even a death message to mourn Joe Cocker was made to sound appreciative. But then [...]
hey Brett "Fish" [well, this is a little awkward, cos that's me, why are you writing to yourself weirdo?] as the end of the year approaches at pace, i thort i'd i'd just drop in [okay, you're being weird again, you do know this is still you writing, right?] and share some quick thoughts [wait, quick? okay, maybe this isn't you] and comments so you can end 2014 well. [1] Don't stuff your face. i [...]
i like to call myself 'The Eternal Optimist' This is particularly true when it comes to sport, and especially cricket. If it is still mathematically possible, i hold on hope to the very end, even if it looks really likely that we are going to lose. And then get genuinely surprised when we do. i like to think i am the same with people to a large extent. i want to believe the best of [...]
Another week has passed and there has once again been a LOT going on and this time i have the most varied round-up from the few weeks i have been running the Friday FANatic so far. I hope you enjoy and would love to hear of anything you feel i might have missed from this list: MOST LIKELY TO BE AGREED ON: i took the race/reconciliation conversations on my blog a few steps back to [...]
I am the mother of two addict sons and I choose to remain anonymous both to protect them and myself from the judgement of those who do not understand. I am writing this because I feel there needs to be an awareness of the perception many people have of addicts. My sons are not drop down drunk homeless people who the world sadly throws away. They are contributing members of society who have been very [...]
When i started sharing stories on rarely spoken off issues in the form of Taboo Topics, one of the main reasons was to put a name and a face on a topic that is not often dealt with. There is a lot of power in this as it helps make an issue someone else might be struggling with seem a lot more real. There has been much positive feedback in this regard. However, as i [...]
You know, the whole, 'Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes' thing? Following on from the post and conversation relating to inequality at the moment still being a race thing in South Africa, what might be a helpful activity is to take a look at how you understand the other person's argument. Are you able to jump into the comments and comment from the point of view of the person on the [...]
my name is brett "Fish" anderson and i have dreads. "Hi, Brett" or something like that. it's been three years now and probably not a lot longer and i am super grateful to my beautiful wife Val [tbV] for setting it up and my good friends, Mike Dreads and Formerly Emo then Dread Kev for putting in the effort and practically working them into my bad-for-dreads-thin-untangly-white-man-hair but i have loved the experience of having them, [...]
So, the other day i tried to take a few steps back in this ongoing Race and Reconciliation conversation we've been having over here with this post trying to see if we could all agree that the incredibly out-of-proportion extreme gap between rich and poor in our country [and the world at large] is not okay. Most people stayed away from engaging at all [maybe it's cos of the busy time of the year, but [...]