Physical Fitness - Recognized

January 25, 2009 - Sunday

In our stake of the church, they have a program to help motivate people to go out and get exercise - to stay physically fit. It is not a big deal, and for a lot it is not very motivating. It was for me. I actually decided to do it and really keep track. Here is how it works. Your get 1 point for exercising. That can be a 1 1/2 mile walk or run. It can be working out. It can be biking for 1/2 hour. It can be swimming. It can be playing an aerobic sport. You have to keep track of your points. Then, if you get 200 points in a year, that is good for a bronze award, 300 gets you a silver award, and 400 for a gold medal and award. That means more than one point per day for gold - so running 3 miles is 2 points (and you can't get more than 3 points in one day.) I really kept track and it really did motivate me - and I made 427 points last year. Today they passed out the awards. There were five men who got gold - I was one of them.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Movie Critics Corner

Here are some of the movie Mar and I have seen and our ratings of them. We have seen these movies over the past two months.

Note that we are highly regarded as movie critics and our opinion is always sought by others as they plan on wastin' - I mean spending their hard earned cash. All ratings are on a 5 point scale - and I just interpreted what Mar said into the scale.

1 - Yeck - who made this.

2 - I wish I hadn't wasted my time.

3 - Okay. Not bad entertainment.

4 - Good movie. Gets a hearty recommendation.

5 - Only 10 movies ever made got a 10 - and I can't remember what they all are.

X-File: I Want to Believe

After all of the bad publicity this got, we still rented it. Was it great? No. Was it horrible? No It was just what X-Files should be. Conflicted Scully. Weird Mulder (who looks better with a beard than he does clean shaven and old.) And just enough weirdness to keep suspense.

Mar - 3 Lar - 3

Traitor

A real drama. The plot was a little hard to follow. The good guy was a bad guy, but maybe not. At least you didn't want him to be. A little bit slow at times. Well acted. Not for the young.

Mar - 2.5 Lar - 3

Narnia: Prince Caspian

Okay, Mar fell asleep. I didn't. I thought it was good. Mar fell asleep. This may be one of those movies that it is hard to follow and really get involved in if you haven't read the book. Now if you hadn't read the book or hadn't seen The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - just forget it. You won't have a clue what is going on. Good effects. A little romance.

Mar - 2.5 Lar 4

Eregon

A dragon movie. And a few years old. A lot of people didn't like it, particularly those who read the book. I only read the first chapter of the book, so I was not one of them. We both liked it. Mar liked it more than me. Unfortunately, there will probably not be any sequels.

Mar - 3.5 - Lar - 3

Get Smart

I didn't see it. Mar did. She said I shouldn't waste my time. Too bad, cause the trailers made it look fun.

Mar - 2

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Don't get too excited. But it was fun. Not a well made movie. Not at all believable. Not good effects. But it was fun. It is a hard one to rate. It's not great entertainment for adults. It's not great entertainment for kids. But it was exactly what it set out to be.

Mar - 3 Lar - 3

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon King

Boring with none of the life of the first two Mummy movies. It took us three nights to get through it.

Mar - 2 Lar - 2

The Riddle

We got this from Redbox cause there was nothing else there. It is British. Sometimes the British accent is hard to follow. It bounces all over the place. It's weird. All in all - it is a loser.

Mar - 1.5 Lar - 1.5

Australia

I made you wait till the end for the good one. We went to this one in the theatre. First of all - don't take small kids. It's too long and you'd have to explain too much. The cinematography is outstanding. The acting is good. The story is far-fetched, even for a story about Australia. However, it is put together so well you can pass it in spite of some flaws. It was good.

Mar - 4 Lar - 4

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Book Club

Margaret went to her book club tonight. There were only 5 ladies there but they still had a good time.

The book this month was Fairest by Gail Carson Levine. Margaret liked it very much. By the way, the protagonist is not the fairest, except in . . . wait, I shouldn't tell you that. Maybe you should read it yourself. Mar says you will enjoy it.