change the world : Brett Fish

the day i didn't give a stranger a ride…

Earlier today i was sitting working in Starbucks while Chris Martin sang gentle somewhat melancholic tunes to me. SUDDENLY, like in a movie [one that was maybe titled 'Everyone in Starbucks rushes pointingly at the window'] everyone in the store suddenly started rushing to the window behind me, pointing and looking very much like they had just witnessed someone steal a laptop computer from an unassuming customer outside before jumping through the window of a car that came [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-29T18:00:05+02:00May 29th, 2014|activities, adventures, and other animals., change the world, inspire-ations, love and chocolate|0 Comments

Yesallmen should really pay attention to #YesAllWomen

There's a new hashtag in town. Followed by a yawn right? Cos who cares about hashtags? Aren't they just like 'groups' on Facebook? What is a group on Facebook? Someone starts a group based on some topic they feel passionate about such as interesting shapes of clouds, bonsai tree gardening or stuffed animals - you get an invite, you join the group and... NOTHING ELSE EVER HAPPENS. I dunno, maybe you're in better groups than [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-25T19:30:13+02:00May 25th, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, life, local news, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments

The Character Equation: Saying and being sorry

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man." [Jack Handey] Ah, i love me some Jack Handey, but as i continue to look at some different aspects that define the character of a person, i'm not quite sure that would be the best approach. However, when we hear the word "Sorry!" coming out of our mouth, we should always be asking ourselves one key question: [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-23T09:59:50+02:00May 23rd, 2014|activities, change the world, inspire-ations, love and chocolate, pain and Hope, relationships|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet The Panel

I am very excited to introduce this Panel of Race Experts... and by 'Race Experts' i mean friends of mine who happen to be from a variety of different race group backgrounds and are not claiming to be experts or to speak on behalf of their particular race in any way, shape or form. I have invited them to be on this panel because they are people who i respect and who are passionate about [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-21T14:22:51+02:00May 21st, 2014|activities, change the world, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

some thoughts on Truth in terms of coffee and life and race-related things [meet Susan Hayden]

This is a reblogged post courtesy of Susan Hayden who posts some worthwhile musings over at Disco Pants & A Mountain - you should check her out... but this felt really relevant to some of our recent race conversations and so i asked her if i could add it here... When you’re told a coffee shop is the best coffee shop in the world and that coffee shop is not in New York or [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-21T09:55:07+02:00May 21st, 2014|activities, change the world, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Be the Significance

a short while ago i stumbled on to this link about these 2 college students who snuck into an empty classroom and then did some incredibly creative stuff. i can only imagine the effect it would have had on the students. the anticipation that it would have built up in the whole school of which class is going to be next, what saying is going to appear, how is it going to look and all [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-20T07:35:48+02:00May 20th, 2014|activities, change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – Identity: What makes me me? Meet Caley Daniels

What a shock some of you reading this will get when you discover that my dad, yes, my biological father, is coloured. “But you look so white!” many have noted. Well done. It is true – I am a mixed baby, although I got the paler skin of our mother while my brother has many a time been compared to a Mexican. We’ve heard some interesting guesses of our ethnicity over the years: Portuguese, Brazilian, [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-17T09:07:38+02:00May 17th, 2014|change the world, friends and enemas, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|4 Comments

turns out Sharing IS Caring!

[Tuesday May 13th] I am taking a break from a Share conference I am attending as part of Common Change... I really wish I could capture the heart and essence of the opening remarks and the morning's sessions, but I imagine I will fail dismally. But I will try out something together anyway because I really believe this is something we all need to be thinking about, reading up on, talking about and getting [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-16T16:09:34+02:00May 16th, 2014|activities, change the world, inspire-ations, life, relationships, thorts of other people, world news|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – What makes a person? – Meet Kevin Lloyd James Lok

What makes a person? What makes me, me? For me I’ve struggled with identity for my entire Life – one of the biggest struggles I’ve had over my identity is the one over ‘race’ (now many would consider it strange for a white guy to struggle with identity over race and don’t get me wrong – I’ve never thought I am not white) the reasons being that I was brought up (My mom assisted [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-16T08:03:47+02:00May 16th, 2014|change the world, friends and enemas, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

I will not apologise for my ‘white privilege’.

This feels like an important part of the conversation to spend some time on and i would love to hear your response to this. You may have seen the article by Princeton student, Tal Fortgang, titled 'Checking my Privilege: Character as the Basis of Privilege' that has been doing the rounds this week in which Tal [as an 18 year old, good to remember and hold in context] begins by explaining what his problem with [...]

By brettfish|2016-02-18T22:23:30+02:00May 9th, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments