people : Brett Fish

when Desmond Tutu met No_bob

So former Archbishop Desmond Tutu [or present Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whatever an Emeritus might be] must be the most famous purple-dress-wearing man in the whole of Africa. No_bob the yellow-and-white [yes, he's still not nor ever has been blue] stuffed dolphin, is the world's most famous stuffed dolphin [largely because the competition in that particular field is highly limited] and called No_bob because he doesn't, well, bob. It was inevitable that one day the [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-10T07:13:30+02:00October 10th, 2014|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, church, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am watching|2 Comments

Taboo Topics: Living with Disability – meet Lachlan Nicholson [Spastic Cerebral Palsy]

I’m a quadriplegic, not an inspiration By Lachlan Nicholson Fresh off of my twenty-fourth birthday and living with a condition known as spastic cerebral palsy, I consider most things in my life to be causes for joy and gratitude. After all, I have a full-time job, several good friends and though severe, my disability is not in any way degenerative. However, one thing which has become a major annoyance, particularly since entering adulthood is constantly [...]

By brettfish|2016-12-02T17:34:05+02:00September 16th, 2014|change the world, pain and Hope, people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|14 Comments

Taboo Topics: Living with Disabilities/Special Needs – Intro

From my friend, Dalene Reyburn: So, I’m honoured to be hanging out with Brett in this bustling corner of the internet to introduce the next Taboo Topics series: people with special needs. I think Brett’s a hero for having the courage to open up these sorts of topics – things that are often ignored or misunderstood or too fraught with pain to be voiced. This series will give parents and others a safe space to [...]

By brettfish|2017-01-31T13:01:02+02:00September 15th, 2014|pain and Hope, people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|20 Comments

a sTROLL through memory lane

today i happened to stumble upon this blog post titled, 'Simple is the way' announcing that we had been invited to move to Americaland to work with The Simple Way non-profit and live in Philly. it's not a particularly great blog post - more of an announcement for friends and family and just sharing the excitement at the time, but what was interesting, and what was again skimming through, was reading the comments [56 of them, [...]

By brettfish|2014-07-25T09:09:16+02:00July 25th, 2014|and other animals., humour'ish, people, shtupidt people, silly things, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

When enemies work together

A third extract from ‘Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion’ by Father Gregory Boyle, which you should clearly be able to gather by now i am adding to my 'Books i would love for all my friends to read' list so just do it already. So brief background to this short piece is that Father Boyle works predominantly with gangsters and ex-gangsters through a number of different businesses that fall under the banner of Homeboy [...]

By brettfish|2014-06-13T09:12:04+02:00June 13th, 2014|activities, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – The Panel – Questions from you about Race-related things – Q1: Framing our Identity?

A short while ago i introduced this panel to you made up of friends of mine from South Africa who are from a variety of different race groups/backgrounds and then invited you to ask any race-related questions you might have. The opinions of the members of the panel are in no way expected to represent the thoughts, feelings and ideas of a whole race group or culture, nor are they anticipated to be complete expositions [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-30T12:55:27+02:00May 30th, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, thorts of other people|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

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

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 and What makes me me?

Here are simply a collection of stories from people who have lived in countries or areas of diversity and have a race theme to a part of their story which they have so graciously decided to share with us: Meet Deborah Dowlath [Trinidad and Tobago] Meet Kevin Lloyd James Lok [South Africa] Meet Caley Daniels [South Africa] Meet Susan Hayden [reblog of 'Disco Pants & a Mountain' post]

By brettfish|2014-05-16T16:24:47+02:00May 16th, 2014|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments