Publisher's Synopsis
In the twenty-first century, people have been bombarded by a blizzard of new social and political issues. Now a new torrent of media distracts, saturates, and numbs people's attention. Enough already! There is a need for us to look back and focus on where we have been. If only there was a volume that could evaluate our new environment and our evolving society in an enlightened, structured, and literate way. It should cover issues that affect all of us. That book for today's reader is Our Muddled Millennium. The purpose of this book, Our Muddled Millennium, is to inform and entertain readers in a light, spoof-laden vein. It is a comprehensive volume covering romance, entertainment, medicine, science and the environment, business, politics, the passing of time, vices and a gallery of witless wordplay. Our Muddled Millennium includes plays, ballets, generic movie plots, and global warnings about global warming. It examines human behavior at every stage of life, from toddler to teenager, to middle-ager, to an "elder statesman" or "mature woman." This book also skewers dumb marketing ads and TV channel promotions, political buffoonery, business flops and follies, scientific silliness, and medical advice you should never take seriously. It even includes a place for outer space. For dessert, there are puns till you drop. This includes excerpts from the Merriam-Weber dictionary, profound sayings with double meanings, lessons on what people laugh about, and a twenty-first century revival of Tom Swifties. It's all in fun, but it carries serious doses of information and thought-provoking ideas throughout. For persons who would welcome some humor to go with analyzing their chaotic twenty-first century, Our Muddled Millennium is a good first step.
