postaday : Brett Fish

hey, i just met you, and this is crazy, but could you please-look, after your baby…

my wife and i love children! other peoples! we love the bit where we get to give them back afterwards. and then return to our childrenless lair. [okay, it's not quite a lair, more an intentional community house in the inner city area of kensington, philadelphia... but still, no children living with us in the house at this particular point in time] so kind of like a choose-your-own-[children]-adventure of sorts - we get to decide [...]

By brettfish|2012-10-24T00:10:20+02:00October 24th, 2012|challenges, friends and enemas, humour'ish, life, people, relationships, shtupidt people, silly things|37 Comments

faith, hope and love… and the greatest of these is Love. [unless you're gay]

i read these two powerful blog posts while i was eating breakfast before work today and really felt the need to pass them on [the third blog post where the author shares two of the negative responses from so-called christians i just don't even want to post a link to - you can find it - because i just get so crazily annoyed that people can think of themselves as Christ-following Bible-reading people and still [...]

By brettfish|2012-10-23T09:24:41+02:00October 23rd, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, thorts of other people|2 Comments

Ten Ways to Love part IV: Answer without arguing

Proverbs 17 verse 1 says, 'Better a dry crust with peace and quiet, than a house full of feasting, with strife.' i'm hoping there is a feasting with no strife option, but in the meantime i think i will reach for the dry crust. to Answer without Arguing feels like it belongs hand in hand with Speak without Accusing. and perhaps if person 1 speaks without accusing, then person 2 will be more inclined to [...]

By brettfish|2019-08-09T23:05:35+02:00October 23rd, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, marriage, relationships, the beautiful Val (tbV)|2 Comments

Ten Ways to Love part III: Give without sparing

Proverbs 21 verse 25 and 26 read, 'The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.' Okay, so my hand is up again, but this time i think it's a good thing. Giving generously is a way in which we can show Love well. In fact when I read the words "without sparing" the [...]

By brettfish|2019-08-09T23:04:45+02:00October 22nd, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, friends and enemas, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, the beautiful Val (tbV)|2 Comments

Ten Ways to Love part II: Speak without accusing.

James 1 verse 19-20 says, 'My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.' Oh no, why is my hand up again? Anyone else got their hand up in the air for this one? Really not starting so strong there, mister Fish. Another way to definitively show love to someone [...]

By brettfish|2019-08-09T23:03:56+02:00October 21st, 2012|challenging thorts, change the world, friends and enemas, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, the beautiful Val (tbV)|3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: (Silhouette)

in Americaland the hockey stick is a symbol of a women's sport whereas in Africa it is the epitome of a fast-paced man's [and womens] astro field battle of skill, perseverance and chance-taking... I would call this a half-silhouette as the light comes brightly from the side giving a sense of the depth lurking behind this pose while concealing enough to keep you guessing as to what is really being thought about. [hint: [...]

By brettfish|2012-10-20T13:07:24+02:00October 20th, 2012|and other animals., challenges, poems and other creativity, silly things|2 Comments

Ten Ways to Love: Intro

i saw this as a typical Facebook post, like, share piece and so can not claim that it is original, but also do not know what the original source is, so please be gentle plagurism police... and while i am not a huge fan of "the 7 keys to financial success" or "118 ways to a better waistline", this list feels like a good thing to give consideration to not as THE ONLY 10 WAYS [...]

By brettfish|2019-08-09T22:58:47+02:00October 20th, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, the beautiful Val (tbV)|13 Comments

the country of africa [aka 'these americaners are crazy']

so the other day i am on one of the bizarrest [so bizarre in fact, english grammar policers, that it took 'most bizarre' to another level] phone conversations at work that i have ever been on, which basically ends with this old couple [him speaking, her in the background] letting me know emphatically that the appropriate number of times for one to have read the bible through from beginning to end is somewhere >30 ["I [...]

By brettfish|2012-10-19T07:40:39+02:00October 19th, 2012|activities, humour'ish, shtupidt people|13 Comments

read to

so yesterday i posted a very simple blog as a response to the wordpress challenge of the week which was a splash of colour [or 'color' if you're americanese] i found a picture of a splash of blue and posted that as the solitary post of the blog and then i gave it the title 'red' and then posted it at various times of the day with the following intros: do you believe everything you [...]