Keeping Those New Year Resolutions

Hi All,

New Year's Eve has come and gone and the new year is 5 days old already.  As many folks know, its traditional to make new years' resolutions.  And lots of those resolutions have to do with exercise.  But how on earth do you keep those resolutions and keep to an exercise routine so it becomes part of your life? 

Great question and the following 4 website will help you keep that exercise resolution you made just 5 nights ago!

MoneyTalks News - 6 Tips For Keeping Your 2016 Fitness Resolutions

Eyewitness News - ABC7 - Easy Tips To Help You Keep Your Get Fit Resolutions 

Greatist - 15 Foolproof Strategies to Stick to Your Fitness Resolutions 

KCTV News - 5 - Tips To Keep Your New Years Fitness Resolutions 

Finally, don't forget the books and DVD's that are available in the library Fitness and Diet section - which is right next to the Reference Desk near the Teen Room.  We've got hundreds of books and dozens and dozens of DVD's running the gamut from pilates, cardio, weight lifting, yoga, running, stretching, dieting, nutrition and much more!

Enjoy the links - and good luck keeping your exercise resolutions!

Regards,
Stu

It's Friday Night...What Are You Watching on DVD?

Hi All,

I'd like to help solve a long-time problem that folks have: What to watch on DVD after a long, hard tiring week of work?

Well, back in the day when we had Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, customers could just go to the store and peruse...and peruse...and ask their friend or spouse (or whomever they went to the video store with) and then you would ask each other 'have you seen this movie?' or 'have you seen that movie?' (fill in the title with your movie of choice...)

Let me tell you, that gets old fast and there is definitely some sort of 'video law' that states the more people from the group you want to see the movie with, the more difficult it is to choose a movie that everybody likes - let alone find a movie that no one has seen...

Alas, I've come to your rescue with a fantastic website. I've mentioned it before - probably back in August or September in another movie or entertainment related blog entry.

IMDB

Yes, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) can come to your rescue. Click here to visit the site
What can the site do for you? Well, you can search for movies (and television series by the way), actors, subjects of movies, get television or movie news and much more.

But (I imagine you are asking yourself, 'how can this help me pick out what movie to watch on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday night?)

Indeed, users who click on this link will go to a part of the IMDB (which, if you haven't already guessed is a great way to get movie reviews, summaries and actor/actress information) that has the Top 250 movies by genre - as voted by viewers.

So, for action movies click here, comedies click here, crime click here, history click here...you get the idea.

By the way, the link to all the subjects is on the left side of the page and you can click on any of these subjects and you'll go to the specific page. Pretty darn cool because then you'll see a list of the top 250 movies as voted by viewers. Click on any of the titles and you'll link to that particular movies' site. Info on the site includes cast information, plot summaries, box office receipt information and much, much more.

If you are a movie buff or if you are just looking for a movie that you've never seen on a particular topic you'll definitely want to use the Internet Movie Database!

Regards and happy movie watching!

Stu

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