I only recommend things I think are truly special - like Betty's OK Country Cookin whose great food and the owner's warm heart have kept me going many a day - so when I tell you I think you might want to open a new window on your computer and type in "Pandora.com" and sign in, you might just take it seriously.

After signing up you will be able to enter the name of a song, or the name of a singer or musician, and it will play that music and find others like it. When you get tired of that, just type in another and it starts up a new station for you, finding music like what you entered.

Part of what's great about around students is that they are always making new discoveries and sharing them. I have to thank a student named Andre Tomaz who found Pandora and told me what was making that wonderful music from his computer in the Communications office at CU last year. Since then I've enjoyed listening to music favorites and found many new ones. So I recommend it heartily. It's playing in the background now as I read ColumbiaMagazine.com - my first recommendation! -Linda Waggener