In your average year, an extra day of February would be enough to make you want to stay in bed. But this February in southern Indiana just skipped on by like a small girl on a spring day, and if February is like this, one more day is just fine. The … [Read more...]
The NFL Combine, race and bodies
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As a big fan of the NFL, I cannot quite resist the call of the Combine, the annual celebration of freakish athletic ability and the source of the intimate information sportscasters have about how quickly a linebacker can run 40 meters. Here’s the … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: community, gossip and the Internet
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A few years ago at the college where I teach, there was a kind of message board attached to our intranet page that allowed students to post anonymously. I no longer remember what it was called, but eventually, the college decided to shut it down. … [Read more...]
February (and a little bit of January) Wrap-Up
February 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
February is a short month for sure, but if anyone out there is keeping track, this February has been an unusually slow month for You Think Too Much. Last February when I was basking in the warm fuzzy glow of my sabbatical, I posted 22 times in … [Read more...]
To listen or not to listen: My three minute return to the land of news
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I have a shocking confession to make. When Obama won the election in 2008, I made a conscious decision to tune out. After months of checking the internet compulsively for the latest polling numbers, I decided that I was done with the news. I had … [Read more...]
Book Review: So Much Pretty
February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is the cover on myARC copyI don’t think most of us in the book blogging world write reviews of every book we read. I know I don’t. How do we pick the ones we do decide to write about? For me, sometimes I review a book because I know it’s a … [Read more...]
Book Review: Raising Stony Mayhall
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What’s up with all the zombies? First there was Sean of the Dead. And then Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and all its spin-offs. And now it appears there’s a whole world of very good and interesting zombie fiction out there, moaning and lurching … [Read more...]
A Year on Trail 3: January
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
January is almost over, and I came dangerously close to failing on my New Year’s resolution less than 30 days into the new year. As I wrote at the beginning of this month, I resolved to walk the same trail–Trail 3–in Clifty Falls State Park at least … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Paris Wife, gender and the writing life
January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’m almost finished listening to The Paris Wife by Paula McLain as an audio book. One more round trip drive to Louisville should do it. It’s a lovely novel, and well worth listening to. I would say it’s probably a book I would have actually read, … [Read more...]
Book Review: Carry the One
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’m in a bit of a beginning of the new year book slump. In fact, I have to say that in general, the first 3 weeks of 2012 have been crappy for myself and many of my friends and family members. In protest, I’m just going to start writing the date, … [Read more...]
