activities : Brett Fish

the day i took on city hall…

and by 'took on' i mean 'visited and got to speak' - have written a two parter blog about today's public response to mayor nutter's ban on public feeding on my other blog and here are the links... http://thesimpleweigh.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/i-had-a-dream-part-i http://thesimpleweigh.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/i-had-a-dream-part-ii-blooper-reel and now 'got stalked by' http://thesimpleweigh.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/i-had-a-dream-part-iii-aka-stalker-in-the-gym/ and quoted... http://thesimpleweigh.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/i-had-a-dream-part-iv-aka-pressing-on/

By brettfish|2012-04-12T21:18:35+02:00April 12th, 2012|activities, and other animals., change the world, life, local news, people|0 Comments

big brother [part ii]

it has been in the context of 'being wronged' that i have noticed it. and also brought up by an email i received the other day asking how we can be okay with the fact that God ordered genocide in the old testament [a really important question which i have grown up not asking - killing of many in the old testament was always seen as okay because it was 'the goodies killing the baddies' [...]

By brettfish|2012-04-10T07:19:26+02:00April 10th, 2012|activities, change the world, God stuff, life, people, relationships, shtupidt people|1 Comment

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 20

there seem to be a lot of 'i' and 'me' psalms leading up to psalm 20 and then some that focus on God but from an 'i' or 'me' perspective... and so this one has a very different feel to it: 'May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion. [...]

By brettfish|2012-04-07T08:07:28+02:00April 7th, 2012|activities, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|1 Comment

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 19

psalm 19 is a tough one. because there is just so much in it. it is a beautiful, beautiful psalm. make sure you read the whole thing. It starts so powerfully with a declaration of who God is: 'The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.' [Psalm 19.1] This makes me think of Jesus calming the storm in the boat ['The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, [...]

By brettfish|2012-04-06T07:34:18+02:00April 6th, 2012|activities, change the world, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|2 Comments

Losing weight, while needing to find some. [a message to the wronged]

so i have been going to gym, with my good friend from across the street, Coe aka Cobra [aka creator of the most powerful beast in the world - the Snuck - it's a snake, but it looks like a duck so you think it's all cute and innocent and go to stroke it, but watch out, it's a SNAKE!!!] [disclaimer: Coe has not actually created any Snucks as of yet so back of PETA, [...]

By brettfish|2012-04-03T08:42:22+02:00April 3rd, 2012|activities, and other animals., challenging thorts, church, friends and enemas, God stuff, people, relationships|2 Comments

Dangerous Things You Can Least Expect: The story continues…

once upon a time i developed a bad pseudo afrikaans accent and an idea for a show that would warn people about the inherent dangers lurking behind innocent-seeming things [like paper, ice-cream and screaming "Lego" when someone who is dangling you over a cliff asks what you will give them if they pull you up to safety] and a few people started really enjoying these videos and some people even started sharing them with their [...]

By brettfish|2012-04-01T10:57:37+02:00April 1st, 2012|activities, and other animals., humour'ish|2 Comments

Aquaponics and other things that go blllloooop in the night…

so for those of you who missed my post on my 'the simple weigh' blog, here is a link to that and the story of the first week of aquaponics building that has been taking place at the simple way communtiy in kensington, philadelphia where we stay... aquaponics is like hydroponics but with fish [sustainable food growth] click here to see...

By brettfish|2012-03-31T15:21:19+02:00March 31st, 2012|activities, change the world, God stuff, inspire-ations, life, local news|0 Comments

does it count if the person you're stalking is you?

last nite i was sitting chatting to my friend and hardcore gym buddy Coe at Mad Mex where we were hanging out celebrating Erica whose residency has reached an end and i suddenly had this surreal moment of watching myself/listening to myself speak. the main topic of our conversation started with 'Hunger Games' which we both had watched this week and had different reactions to or feelings about, but then extended to the topic of [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-29T14:26:30+02:00March 29th, 2012|activities, friends and enemas, life, people|0 Comments

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 18

this is a long psalm, with much stuff in it, but i am just going to focus on one or two things: 'He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.' [vs 34] when i was young, in a galaxy far far away, there was a song we used to sing that went like this: 'it is God who trains my hands for battle, my arms can bend a bow [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-26T17:45:38+02:00March 26th, 2012|activities, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|3 Comments

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 17

my housemate Monkman [aka Aaron Condon] and i are trying to set aside a meal to fast and pray together every week and this week on Thursday we sat on the floor in the office and read through psalm 17 which was the next one i was going to look at. and when we finished we read through psalm 18. and then 19. and it was so refreshing just reading a bunch of psalms together [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-24T10:37:12+02:00March 24th, 2012|activities, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|2 Comments