Hulu

Hulu.com is a great website that has hundreds of television episodes and movies streaming for free. You can view content without an account, but the benefit to creating an account is that you can queue your favorite content. Once you have signed up for a free user account, you can add individual episodes and movies to your queue, and/or you can subscribe to series. Subscriptions will automatically add the newest episodes of your favorite shows to your queue as soon as they are added to the site. This is a handy tool if you're like me and always forget or don't have time to tune in to your favorite shows during the week, but don't have a TiVo. It has helped me stay up-to-date with some of my favorite shows like The Office, 30 Rock, and Bones.

Hulu has a wide variety of shows and movies from which to choose. I believe Hulu is owned by NBC Universal, so most NBC shows are available, but there are still many popular shows from all networks available for viewing. Shows like Bones, Battlestar Galactica, and The Colbert Report are all popular shows from other networks (Fox, SciFi, and Comedy Central respectively) that are available free on Hulu. Even if a show isn't available to view on Hulu, the website will provide links to episodes available elsewhere. For example, Gossip Girl isn't available through Hulu, but there are links to the current episodes on the CW's website. Not that I wanted to watch Gossip Girl or anything...


- Miranda C, Circ Assistant

New book

I was working the circ desk one day when a patron returned a book with a Christmas sticker. The title of the book is I Saw Mommy Kicking Santa Claus by Ann Hodgman. I thought the book was a humorous story, possible a romance, about Christmas so I checked it out.

Well it's actually a non-fiction book about surviving the holidays. I am so glad I checked this book out! It has some great ideas in it about ways to make the holidays easier, more meaningful and last longer. My favorite idea from the book is to "thin out Christmas" by spreading out your traditions. 

If you're looking for a helpful book on surviving the holidays, check it out. I think the ideas in it will actually be applicable to other situations, such as planning a family vacation or enjoying summer break. I enjoyed Ann's writing style and have placed holds for the other two books we have by her. 

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!

Mary S.