TY - BOOK AU - Venable,Sam AU - Smith,Tommy ED - Project Muse. TI - Warning! this product contains nuttiness: a fun look at the bizarre world in which we live SN - 9781621900153 AV - PN4874.V46 A25 2013 U1 - 741.6092 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Knoxville PB - The University of Tennessee Press KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Edited essays that originally appeared as Sam Venable's columns in the Knoxville news sentinel; Introduction: does Sam Venable even exist? -- Who needs fiction? -- Still waiting for Y2K -- A strong regional bias -- A two-ring circus with elephants and donkeys -- We interrupt this program -- A few extra slices of our daily bread -- The science of silliness -- Very important dates -- Sports of sorts -- Being a guy UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781621900153/ ER -