Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

GENTLEMAN THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST

Carnage: A succulent Chinese meal, Mr Rent-a-Kill, and the Australian Manson Murders by Mark Dapin

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 A true crime jaunt about a meme-man. Democracy Manifest/Succulent Chinese Meal Guy is a rather famous (and ludicrous) arrest video taken in Australia in the early 90’s. If you have never seen the video in question, I’ll pop in here now for your viewing pleasure. While notable at the time, it became absolute meme fodder about ten years ago when someone decided to put it online.  And once you watch the video, you’ll have no doubt as to why this happened. The man being arrested […]

Who’s Up for a Day at the Races?

The Fine Cotton Fiasco by Peter Hoysted, Pat Sheil

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I am not much of a horse person. Far from being the kid who immersed themselves in Pony Club, I never learnt to ride and was possibly even allergic to them until the age of about twelve or thirteen–put me around the horsey stuff, and I would break out in hives. I’m not much of a fan of horse racing either, which is probably to the dismay of some members of my extended family, as they’re pretty heavily into it. There have always been suspect […]



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