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AI 10: They’re gonna put me in the movies
Ah, AI, I need you today. It’s been a long week already. . . Questions of the night: Did Steven Tyler steal his outfit from J.Lo’s...

Mandy Crow
Apr 13, 20114 min read


I can’t do this.
I can’t. I can’t do this. I am not a runner. There’s no way I can finish 13.1 miles. I can’t even do five! I can’t write this. I’m not a...

Mandy Crow
Apr 13, 20112 min read


Book Review: Every Last One
Date finished: 4/11/11 Review: Question: Every Last One is arguably your darkest novel since Black and Blue in 1998. What made you want...

Mandy Crow
Apr 12, 20114 min read
Dispatches
Oh, dear ones. It is Friday. That elusive day. My hope is to just get through the work day and get some important stuff done, then go...

Mandy Crow
Apr 8, 20112 min read
AI 10: R-O-C-K in the USA
Tonight’s theme is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which opens up a TON of possibilities. But at the beginning of the show, the only thing I...

Mandy Crow
Apr 6, 20115 min read


I’m living in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
Sometimes, I feel like I am the lead character on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” I am that single woman in her 30s who is somewhat...

Mandy Crow
Apr 5, 20111 min read
Times they are a-changin’
It’s no secret I went to journalism school. (The best one, by the way.) And in the hallowed halls of the first school of journalism, I...

Mandy Crow
Apr 4, 20113 min read
Dispatches
Oh, dear ones! It has been a week. . . except that now every one of my weeks can be described that way, so I’m dubbing “crazy busy” the...

Mandy Crow
Apr 1, 20112 min read
American Idol 10: The contestants sing Sir Elton
Ah, American Idol. You’re like water in the desert in the middle of this long week. I mean it’s only Wednesday and I’m exhausted. But I...

Mandy Crow
Mar 30, 20115 min read
Compromised!
This story is best told in the way it occurred, so please enjoy this slightly stream-of-consciousness rendering: It was 6 p.m. Monday...

Mandy Crow
Mar 30, 20113 min read
10 MILES!
I won’t lie: I’m visualizing my long runs in my Music City Half Marathon training by distances I can wrap my head around. 6 miles was a...

Mandy Crow
Mar 29, 20112 min read


Breaking up is hard to do: A letter to Mike Anderson
We get it. You love Arkansas. Arkansas is familiar and makes you feel like yourself and it’s home. Coaching at Missouri was kind of like...

Mandy Crow
Mar 25, 20114 min read
American Idol 10: Motown Philly Back again!
It’s Motown night, and all I can say is this could be very, very interesting. . . But tonight does narrow the field down to the top 10...

Mandy Crow
Mar 23, 20115 min read


Book review: Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog
My friend Alisha is a university professor. She teaches biology and other intelligent things and tells me she often invites her students...

Mandy Crow
Mar 23, 20112 min read


Discourses from the land of laundry
Last week, my washing machine started leaking. A lot. From the bottom. This was more than a “throw-down-an-old-ratty-towel-and-deal-with-...

Mandy Crow
Mar 22, 20113 min read


Lessons in remembering
In my hometown, cotton is king and basketball is the stuff dreams are made of. What I mean to say is that we grow a lot of cotton, and we...

Mandy Crow
Mar 21, 20113 min read
Dispatches
It’s Friday. I think I say this every week, but seriously, this was the LONGEST week ever. Daylight Saving Time (or at least the...

Mandy Crow
Mar 18, 20113 min read
American Idol 10: Happy birthday to you!
This week’s theme was “Songs from the year you were born,” meaning I’m going to feel really old by the time this show is over. Naema...

Mandy Crow
Mar 16, 20115 min read


Tomato Soup to soothe the soul
I don’t know what my deal is, but lately I’ve been on this soup-making kick. It’s like soup is all I want. And some of the time I’ve been...

Mandy Crow
Mar 16, 20112 min read


Book review: The Woman in White
Date finished: 3/13/11 Review: I will admit this: prior to last year, I’d never heard of this book. But there it was on the BBC’s list...

Mandy Crow
Mar 14, 20113 min read
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