There’s nothing like hearing a song you LOVE come on the radio.  Because it’s so unexpected, it’s just so much more satisfying than playing it on itunes.

What if we told you you could have the feeling ALL the time? Log on to Pandora for the ultimate radio experience. Just type the name of an artist or band you enjoy, and the genius Web site creates a perfect radio station for you of songs you’ll enjoy by that artist, and songs that have a similar sound and feel. You can then rate each song to help steer the station in the right direction, and it automatically saves your input. We have yet to dislike a song they’ve chosen for us.

Except for a few on the “Jessica Simpson” station.

Your neighbor’s dog won’t shut up. Every time you pick up the paper, walk to your car, get the mail and mow the lawn the little effer yips at you. But not all watchdogs are bad!

Log on to Airfare Watchdog, which alerts you weekly to the cheapest online airfares. That’s right, you don’t need to peruse Orbitz, Travelocity and Cheaptickets daily to find the best rates anymore! Just sign up, enter your city of origin, and you’ll be e-mailed the cheapest national and international flight rates weekly, with links to sites where you can snap em up. 

Maybe now you can escape from your neighbor’s obnoxious beast more often.

We always knew shoe shopping was the answer to most of the world’s problems.  But now they’re covering new territory. Improving circulation, toning calves and even DIMINISHING CELLULITE.

That’s right, ladies. Shape Up Shoes have created quite the buzz- they’re the ultimate in workouts for the ultimate in lazy. These flip flops, boots and croc look-alikes have special “negative heels”. They force you to balance on the balls of your feet, working muscles you normally use while climbing Stairmasters, and you can see results from 30 minutes of use per day.

Now if only they’d lower our gas prices…

It’s laughed about on Sex and the City, written about in Chick Lit, mocked on the big screen and talked about to the point where it isn’t even taken seriously anymore- shopping addictions.

But we’re no longer laughing.  This isn’t just silly ladies buying that extra pair of shoes and joking about how mad their husbands will be. This is a sick fascination with online shopping, shopping forums, beauty blogs and Fashion TV shows to the point where one neglects their boyfriend and dog to study the newest Neiman Marcus book or Saks e-mails. A sickness that has us up until 3 a.m. scouring the fall collections on Style.com. A sickness that can only be cured with credit card debt. 

But we can practice healthy window shopping with Polyvore, an incredible virtual shopping site. Similar to the closet computer Cher Horowitz had, circa 1995, this amazing site stores images of clothing from hundreds of online shops. You can then mix, match, and accessorize imaginary outfits, keep your favorite unrealistic dresses in your virtual closet, and dress your avatar self up in whatever strikes your fancy. Keep drafts of your favorite outfits, post them on blogs, and write accompanying stories to get it all out of your system. It may be totally dorky, but totally satisfies shopping cravings.

And as soon as you do come into that extra cash, go ahead and buy your favorite outfit. The virtual closet actually links to online shops that carry your dream wardrobe pieces!

We’ve hit it- the midsummer slump.  Many of us have used our vacation days, and need to be at our desks, ready to work. But those hot Roman men, the Eiffel Tower, Waikiki beaches and MGM Grand keep creeping their way into our minds.

Earthcam lets us escape, if only during our 20-minute coffee breaks.  Webcams around the world are all compiled onto one easy-to-use website, which acts as a fly on the wall in hundreds of locations in hundreds of countries.  So you can enjoy the excitement of Times Square, tan on numerous beaches across the globe, visit historic landmarks, and look for handsome men in Rome, all from your desk. 

That latte sure tastes better when you’re in a cafe in Paris, doesn’t it?

We’ve all dreamt of dressing (and undressing) Johnny Depp. Now’s our chance!

The electrifying Stardoll website lets you pick one of hundreds of celebs and dress them in whatever ensemble strikes your fancy. From tightie whities and combat boots on Johnny to Jimmy Choos and minidresses on SJP, your fashion dreams are sure to come true.

It may not get that big contract signed, but it’s a nice way to spend a lunch break or two.

Fourth of July cake, brats, kraut, pie and keg got you down?  Us too.

For something else just as American (but a heck of a lot more inspiring than your gluttonous picnic), visit MizFitOnline. This fitness industry guru offers cool food recs, workout tips and all sorts of other healthy advice, along with personal experiences.

There’s nothing like motivation, education and humor to help you feel better in those all-American short shorts.

Your bikini is pinching your sides and your nephew just called you fat. It’s time.

Make an appointment with Bret Contreres at his gym Lifts, where he’ll melt away your muffin tops and buns with just a few sessions on the Skorcher, the ultimate butt buster. Already a hit with major celebrities and a gift in award show baskets, the machine shows results in only a few weeks. If you’re not into gyms, order the machine on his site for only $295. We know a certain bride who dropped numerous sizes and had to have her wedding dress altered because of her Skorcher encounter.  If that’s not enough proof, we don’t know what is.

Now all you need to do is drop the doughnut.

Scrapbooking should be fun, but is too exhausting to actually get through in one setting.  Usually it takes hundreds of dollars and a few weekends of developing, cutting, gluing, sticking and rearranging to finally have something to be proud of.  And even then, you feel passe and a little dorky for investing so much time into a book of your drunken houseboat pictures.

Bighugelabs has quite the extensive library of cool Flikr toys, which can do just about anything with your digital snapshots. Our favorite is the mosaic maker, which takes your favorite photos and turns them into a fun quilt of pics.  You choose the order, number of tiles, border and background shades, and voila- a perfect, bite-size reminder of your Havasu vacation in two minutes flat, minus the trip to that seedy strip-mall Michael’s. 

The thought of being stripped down, shut in a chamber and sprayed with a cold black liquid that stains your skin sounds like something horrifying one would see on the LOST island. But this isn’t an island torture device. This is spray tanning.

And for a long time, the stories of neon faces, peeling brown patches, and tiger-like stripes were enough to keep us scared, hiding on the other side of the beach. But now that we’ve found Celebrity Tanning’s Mystic Tan machines, we feel more like bronze goddess Shannon than a tortured “Other”.

The amazing machine sprays a gentle clear mist, that gently develops into a deep, natural bronze. It needs no wiping, no buffing and barely any drying after the spray.  The best part? The clear spray doesn’t smell or transfer to clothing- even white dresses are safe.  Prices are minimal too- it plummets down to only $16 with the purchase of a five-time package. We like the added bonus of the magic $5 capsules they drop in your tanning spray; it acts as an industrial-strength glue, sealing that tan into your skin for more than a week. 

Sayid is sure to notice.