(Let’s just start with a note to the producers of Idol: STOP it with the intensely dramatic opening video packages full of crying...

Last weekend, I pulled out a well-worn cookbook from my shelf and thumbed through it, looking for the recipe I needed. I could even...

It seems like we’ve been training for this race forever; and like we only started yesterday. I think that’s why it kind of snuck up on us...

On Wednesday night, I found an elderly neighbor lying on the concrete at the foot of the steps leading to his unit. At first, I thought...

When I read the theme of this week’s episode (songs of the 80s), I groaned inwardly. There’s so much that could happen. A lot of awesome...

It’s Opening Day (or night since the Cardinals and the Miami Marlins kick things off with a night game) today, and I, for one, couldn’t...

This weeks’ long run was a little different. That’s because: A) It didn’t happen on the weekend; B) Alisha and I didn’t run it together;...

On Tuesday night, my friend, Buddy, and I headed out to hear Tin Pan South round. If you don’t know what Tin Pan South is, it’s basically...

Yesterday was a good day. That’s a little weird to say, because yesterday was also a day in which nothing out of the ordinary really...

You may not be able to read the sign this time, but stick figures reappeared! Let’s just say after the previous week’s 9-mile run...

It’s time for “American Idol” and once again it starts with shots of Deandre crying. He cries more than I do and that’s saying something!...

My name is Mandy. And I’m a perfectionist. I’ve always known that I like things to be just so, particularly things I work on. But...

Sometimes, no matter how much you want it to be, a run just isn’t awesome. First, let’s just get a few things out there: • We had to run...

Oh. My. Word. 2 hours! This show takes so much of time commitment! (Also, did anyone else thinks Ryan’s opening about Jermaine’s...

Yesterday was just a weird day. The whole, entire day felt like a whirlwind. From the time I got out of bed to the time I went to sleep...

I’m happy to report that we’re finally getting to the point in training where I don’t hate every minute of it. Or at least those moments...

“Get ready!” my friend Buddy warned when I told him my plan to watch Wednesday’s American Idol on DVR before seeing who was eliminated on...

Sometimes, you just need a night off. A night without work to do at home, housework, places to be, expectations, and everything else....

Yesterday, when I set out for my 4-mile run, my mood couldn’t have been lower. I was tired, stressed, unsure, a bit confused. I’m living...

Really, this week’s sign kind of says it all: 7 is not a perfect number. Yeah, maybe it is in biblical passages, but when you have to run...