Eureka! Making the Nut Christmas Giveaway
You could win a copy of Peter Fitzsimons’ “Eureka: the unfinished revolution” signed by the author.
You may not be aware of this, but Peter Fitzsimons – prolific writer, columnist, raconteur and TV interviewer – happens to be a Making the Nut fan (notwithstanding Nick Tedeschi’s strident anti-Rugby Union stance).
We have two free copies of his latest book about the Eureka Stockade in Hardback, which Peter has generously signed and given to Making the Nut. It’s a cracking read and would make a great Christmas present.
To win, all you need to do is write to Making the Nut and tell us about an act of rebellion you were involved with. It could be big or small.
- It could be the time you refused to eat green vegetables as a child. For a year.
- Or the time you fleeced a free soft drink from the cafe that charged too much for a sandwich.
- Or the time you went to the cricket, made a huge chain of plastic beer cups (banned at the MCG) and was set upon by security.
- Or the time you went to a protest march, chained yourself to a mate, and lay down in a blockade.
- Or the time you broke away from a silly sport and named the new game Rugby League.
- Or the time you threw a shoe at the President of the United States. And then another.
- Or the time you went streaking in front of the Queen’s car procession during one of her visits to Australia.
We want to hear your stories of rebellion (by the way, if you’ve done either of the last two of those, we can just about guarantee you’ll win the book).
Email Tim Napper and Nick Tedeschi at nick@makingthenut.comand tim@makingthenut.com
Send the email to both of us. We’ll judge and announce the winners on 19 December, in time to get it to you for Christmas.
Just got back from a bookstore and discovered Eureka had been discounted to $45. A signed copy was reduced to $25. Boom tish.
Happened to open at the prologue and was surprised Fitzy quotes Shakespeare to open up an account of an Australian story.
I thought we lived in a post post-colonial world?
Just goes to show that old fuddy duddies still run this joint. Australia: what a joke.
In another life, I was a cowardly French union player. I once rebelled against the conventions of manhood and fair-play and king-hit Peter Fitzsimons.
Why did I do it? To save the world from a bandana wearing (what IS that? a homage to David Foster Wallace?) blow-hard. I failed, but it is an ‘unfinished revolution.’
It's a good read Semi. If you have an interest in Australian history i'd recommend it (and give you comment so often, you may as well enter the comp).
I do appreciate his act. I notice that today he’s using his old technique of winding-up God fearing folk to generate Internet traffic. And via my man Timmy as well! I won’t tell him but I will share with you my theory on why Tebow hasn’t conquered NY: since 9/11, NY ( and by extension the ‘free world’) has looked for a saviour, a God spouting athlete, who will lead them to glory (think Joba Chamberlain, Jeremy Lin, Tebow). These saviours have the entire world on their shoulders and after briefly inspiring, they collapse in a heap under the expectations of so many desperate people. Humanity crushes them and so they should – Eli Manning is the true prophet.
Yes, I will miss Fitzy when he goes behind the SMH paywall.
Speaking of which, has there ever been a more appropriate coincidence in acronym sharing than Shaking My Head? Because the SMH is such a joke it leaves me SMH. More than half of its stories are from the NYT, the Guardian, Salon or Mashable and they want me to pay for that!?!? Puh-lease. No, there is nothing worth paying for on SMH, the standard of their journalism is teenage blog standard at best. I’ll continue to pay for the NYT and be happy not to know anything about the country I nominally live in.
Which brings me to saying no to your kind offer, Tim. Australian history is dead.
Not such a student of Australian history myself to be frank. Although I make some obvious exceptions: the Eureka Stockade; Canberra Raiders 1988 – 1994; Cold Chisel 1972 – 1983; John Curtin Prime Ministership 1941 – 1945, and Bob Hawke’s beer drinking feats.
NYT is a good choice.
SemiiPro, that's very unkind of you to refer to Fitz as a "blow-hard". Fitz, Richard Glover and Mike Carlton make the Sydney Morning Herald worth reading. Fitz's bandana is a bit weird but I have become used to what is hardly a fashion statement. You want to save the world from Fitz but I would be interested in seeing a list of your achievements and contributions before I supported your cause. I would be willing to bet that Fitz's achievements and contributions outweigh yours by a huge margin.
Semiipro's only achievement is survival. Semiipro is a bitter, twisted individual that, having failed to achieve even a modicum of success, rightfully hates the society that so manevoloently places him into the sludge and filth of the 99% caste (which would probably place him in the same caste as you, Penshy, if that is your real name). Is it nobler in the mind to bend over and take it from the 1% and genuflect to the 'cultural elite', or take up arms against it and become a keyboard warrior? Semiipro anonymously takes to the laptop because it makes him feel like a man.
Semiipro loves the K-Pop band Girls' Generation and his bedroom walls are plastered with their pictures.
Semiipro is a weird little man.
Ha. You've been on fire lately Semi.