Although my academic concentrations may technically be in history and political science, I understand the futility of such subjects and as such devote much of my free time to the much more useful and fascinating emerging field of shenaniganology. What? You haven’t heard of shenaniganology? Don’t worry, not many people have. To put it simply, it’s the study of shenanigans and shenanigan theory. So many people out their declare shenanigans willy-nilly, and have no concept of what shenanigans truly are. Shenaniganology has emerged in recent years as a result of this gross misunderstanding of shenanigans. The subject has made great strides in gaining mainstream acceptance, but there is definitely a long way to go before shenaniganology can emerge from the underground of academia. With any luck Exploring Shenanigans, a textbook-style book that I am currently authoring, will help with that emergence.

The book itself is a product of playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live for so long. Other gamers would constantly declare shenanigans on someone or something, even if no obvious shenanigans took place, and I would cringe every time that I heard the word used in such an incorrect context. Eventually, I lost faith in other peoples’ ability to correctly identify shenanigans, and decided that they only way to correct their misguided ways was to educate them, and a book seemed like the best way to do that. As the study of shenaniganology is still young and support is limited it was difficult to get the book past its conceptual stages, but with steadfast endurance and devotion the team has pushed forward. Featuring contributions from some of the biggest names in the field including Chloe Brown, a pioneer in shenanigan etymology, Exploring Shenanigans promises to be one of the foremost books in studying shenanigan theory.

The book was originally just based around giving a comprehensive definition of what shenanigans are, but realizing the full potential that the book could have in bringing shenaniganology to the mainstream, the content was greatly expanded upon. Now, in addition to a basic definition of shenanigans, Exploring Shenanigans covers the history of shenanigans, shenanigan etymology, shenanigan politics and the process of declaring shenanigans, and the quest for attaining unshenaniganableness.

In an effort to continually improve the quality of Exploring Shenanigans, drafts of the book have already been previewed to some top media representatives in order to gain valuable feedback. Some of the responses that were gathered from anonymous reviewers are as follows:

“I don’t even know what to say.”

“A book about shenanigans? Are you high or just stupid?”

“If it were my call I’d recommend you for psychiatric evaluation.”

“It’s definitely a book. I’ll give you that much.”

“Stop bothering me, I’m having lunch with Hugh Downs!”

“I wouldn’t recommend this book as toilet paper.”

It looks like we’ve got a lot of support! Progress on Exploring Shenanigans is coming along on schedule and has the tentative release date of April 6, 2032, so be sure to mark your calendars!  

As a special bonus, check out this exclusive sneak peak at one of the early pages of the book. Enjoy!

*This blog entry is based on inside jokes and probably makes no sense to you. Sorry.