Sam Venable is a humor columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. The winner of numerous writing awards, he is the author of 10 books. The newest collection is called "Someday I May Find Honest Work: A Newspaper Humorist's Life."
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Sam Venable: It was No. 1 in the No. 2 department
Published 7/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 5 comments
Second of two parts. Even in this lousy economy, there are some vocations most folks would quickly decline, no matter how high the pay.
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Sam Venable: She's really on a roll with dress design
Published 7/15/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
First of two parts.
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Sam Venable: The misery is going to last even longer
Published 7/13/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
If you think the searing summer of 2012 seems longer than usual, it's not your imagination.
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Sam Venable: Here's how to view the Vols up close
Published 7/12/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Recently I telephoned Bill Dockery with a strange request — strange even by Bill's exemplarily high standard of weirdness.
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Sam Venable: Hard to say goodbye to 'Ol' Ange'
Published 7/10/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments
It seemed fitting, even somewhat comforting, to be among North Carolinians when their favorite son passed away.
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Sam Venable: Hiking with the friend I never knew
Published 7/1/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 6 comments
GATLINBURG — I escorted my friend Harry Goody on an overnight hike to Mount LeConte last weekend.
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Sam Venable: Training in mud helped save suds
Published 6/29/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
When Chance Hebert was enrolled in the hotel-restaurant-tourism program at Pellissippi State, he studied a variety of subjects: event planning, travel management, cooking, things like that.
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Sam Venable: Staying a' head' of all the others
Published 6/28/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Oh, what cruel fate our daughter suffered 38 years ago!
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Sam Venable: No undies in the can for this man
Published 6/26/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
There's a hot new list making the computer rounds these days. It's designed for married couples who suspect there might be hanky-panky going on outside their relationship.
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Sam Venable: Will Medicare cover all that free love?
Published 6/24/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
Crank up the VW van! Road trip, here I come!
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Sam Venable: A bit too fast claiming this 'new' record
Published 6/22/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Once again, electronics have proven me wrong.
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Sam Venable: A big one that didn't get away
Published 6/21/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
In honor of the first full official day of summer, it is my pleasure to welcome swimmers, waders, skiers, boaters, anglers, sunbathers, picnickers and other outdoor enthusiasts to the many and varied waterways of East Tennessee.
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Sam Venable: We've been hitched to another list
Published 6/19/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Given the bleak state of economic affairs in the newspaper business right now, I don't expect any immediate action on this proposal.
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Sam Venable: Not a great way to spend Father's Day
Published 6/17/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
Forty years ago this morning, my dad died of a massive heart attack. It made for the saddest Father's Day in the history of family celebrations.
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Sam Venable: Memories of ruin by the other Bruin
Published 6/15/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 0 comments
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