life : Brett Fish

Saturday Round Up: The week that was: Episode 6: of being Matrixed, bone marrow matches, heartfelt apologies and a boy with tape on his face.

so my new ‘The Weekly Mash [and Peace!]‘ blog is still in its early days but it’s been encouraging to see new people subscribing almost daily – as it is still quite new though not a lot of people are visiting each of these posts and there have been some amazing things there, so if you are someone who reads stuff on Irresistibly Fish [my main blog] all the time, then i encourage you to [...]

By brettfish|2013-05-04T05:14:59+02:00May 4th, 2013|and other animals., life|0 Comments

This past week on The Weekly Mash [and peace!] – my other blog.

So subscribers of Irresistibly Fish [this blog] may or may not know that i started another blog three weeks ago called 'The Weekly Mash [and peace!]' which has a regular focus - so each day each week will have the same focus with Monday being something fun, Tuesday being a news-related post, Wednesday having something to do with relationships, Thursday having a God-focused, Jesus-following aspect and then Friday being 'My Day' where i can blog [...]

By brettfish|2013-04-15T03:52:42+02:00April 15th, 2013|activities, and other animals., life|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Cancer [Intro]

Cancer is a beast! it used to be this far off distant disease that you heard about and was pretty scary, but i'll bet you most people these days know someone who has been through it, is currently suffering from it or undergoing treatment, or knows a number of people who have died from it. my gran, Doris Anderson, died of skin-cancer related issues. as did my uncle David Anderson. and then just recently my [...]

By brettfish|2016-12-02T16:54:02+02:00March 22nd, 2013|friends and enemas, life, people, Taboo Topics|8 Comments

where do we live?

i was asking that question as i walked [by myself!] to the office today as tbV had a meeting at Darin's house... and the obvious answer would be 50th street [i'm convinced it's 51st in my head so have to type it down now or i may not find my way back home] Oakland, California, Americaland... but i'm looking a little deeper, after 19 months in the 'hood of Kensington, Philly [where in the city [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-20T12:39:15+02:00March 20th, 2013|adventures, and other animals., life, local news, the beautiful Val (tbV)|0 Comments

The specifics of Brett and Val's work in Oakland, CA…

so by now, anyone that is interested [and possibly some that aren't] knows that tbV and i will be heading to Oakland, California just across from San Francisco [come visit!] in the short next while to be working with Relational Tithe/Common Change and you also have an idea of what that is all about and how it works... but a lot of people have been asking about the specifics of what each of us will [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-26T05:52:09+02:00February 26th, 2013|activities, change the world, life, the beautiful Val (tbV)|2 Comments

Brett and Val in Oakland, California…

well i thought everyone who was interested had an idea of what we are doing next but having explained our next moves three times to people in the last few days i figured it wouldn't hurt having another explanation up - for those of you who have heard this, you can skip this one... from June 2011 to Dec 2012 the beautiful Val [tbV] and i were working and living with the Simple Way in [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-24T05:24:56+02:00February 24th, 2013|activities, adventures, change the world, God stuff, life, the beautiful Val (tbV)|3 Comments

the invitation

so the next step in the brett fish & the beautiful Val next americaland journey has taken place... after three great official times [as well as many unofficial times comprising many drinks of coffee, milkshake and tea or variants thereof] of sitting down with people we love [and vice versa] and talking through some of what Relational Tithe/Common Change is about we put together an invitation email to gather a group of friends and family [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-08T11:42:18+02:00February 8th, 2013|activities, and other animals., friends and enemas, God stuff, life, local news, the beautiful Val (tbV)|1 Comment

the truth about spinning

so i arrive late at my waitering shift last nite and the restaurant seems to be in a bit of chaos. to make it worse i have not worked there for a long period of time and so things and not where i remember them to be. tables are already waiting for me so i grab my stuff and head to the first table, not looking all that presentable as i have literally thrown on [...]

By brettfish|2013-01-15T02:05:25+02:00January 15th, 2013|activities, and other animals., life|2 Comments

i benefit from apartheid

a short while ago two South Africans sparked an international discussion about racism, guilt and responsibility when they printed and distributed forty t-shirts with the slogan 'I benefited from apartheid' written on them: well-known political satirist Jonathan Shapiro [aka Zapiro] came up with this minimalistic but powerful cartoon which expressed his take on the matter: are they right? yes, for sure, i definitely [...]

By brettfish|2013-01-09T03:19:44+02:00January 9th, 2013|challenging thorts, change the world, life|11 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: (Resolved)

i really like this picture of me and the reason i chose it for this particular challenge is the idea of casting a wider shadow. the past 18 months i spent as part of a non-profit organisation called the Simple Way which in some cases meant a broadening of shadow as i was given the potential to influence [to some extent] an organisation that is world-known and has an extended sphere of influence and audience... [...]

By brettfish|2013-01-06T13:35:15+02:00January 6th, 2013|challenges, God stuff, life, people, relationships|1 Comment