What we've been loving.

The Office, Season II. Cracking us up.

But really, I'm writing to tell you about Pandora Radio. Our friend Amanda told Matt about it and really, if you like music--any kind of music--you must check it out.

First, create a user name and sign in. Then, start by entering the name of an artist or song that you like. I started with Bruce Springsteen. Pandora will create a radio station that plays songs by Bruce Springsteen and songs that are like Bruce Springsteen's songs. You can create many, many separate stations.

As you listen to the stations you can say if you like or don't like each song. You can also click on "Guide Us" and say that you really love songs, or really hate songs. You can bookmark songs or artists that you like and you can find out why they are playing the song they are playing.

But the QuickMix is the genius part of Pandora. You can set your QuickMix to play all, or some combination, of your stations. When you do this, the QuickMix rotates through your stations, playing a little something inspired by Bruce Springsteen, then a little something inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, then a little something inspired by Cake. It pretty much rocks.

I'm a big supporter of local radio. If you have a good local station, by all means, keep listening to it. But for times that station isn't playing anything good, or you wouldn't have been listening anyway? Pandora is the coolest thing I've seen this year.