Stuff that's Cool: Five Things to Try. FASHIONTRIBES POP CULTURE BLOG

Sometimes it's good to sit back & let someone else pick the movie/place for dinner/night's entertainment. CSMonitor.com recently did essentially that, picking five winners that are sure to please the mind, the palate, and the entertainment quotient:

• FOOD Full of "fake it, don't make it" recipes - our kinda cookbook! - this title from Real Simple has the 411 on everything from a fuss-free dinner party to the best gadgets, to how to know how long the fruit & veg can lurk in your fridge without killing you. Subscriptions available at Amazon.com
• A PENTOP COMPUTER A calculator, calender, and math help all rolled into one, the Fly pen computer is incredibly, well, fly - simply tap this toy "educational tool" & presto! it can sing, talk (and maybe even do the dishes). Available at FlyPenTop.com
• DOODLE PRODUCTIVELY At JacksonPollack.org, your mouse is transformed into a paintbrush, your screen a canvas...just right-click to emulate the master.   
•   RACHAEL RAY COFFEE KLATSCH Cooking diva Ray is now dishing on her own talk show, and possibly even cutting on in the doyenne of domesticity herself, Martha Stewart.
•   CHILL WITH BOB NEWHART From the classic routine of the newbie security in the Empire State Building on the phone with his boss, trying to explain King Kong, to the comedian's musings on life, love, and doing standup, this book rocks. Available at Amazon.com.

- Lesley Scott

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