Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Usually with artists I love, I have a friend or two into them, too. But as far as I know, I’m alone in my complete love for Joss Stone. Yeah, she’s 19, way too pretty, and English. But the “woman” has some SERIOUS soul. I’ve had this Soundstage performance on my TiVo for forever. Today, I finally converted it to a version I can keep forever on my desktop. I decided in a moment of kindness to share an MP3 of the full concert with the world. Not sure anyone I know will want this, but maybe somebody will be interested. If you haven’t heard her, grab it and listen. I think you’ll be surprised at how freakin’ good she is.

Yesterday, I was freaking out about my move, so I did what I often do when I’m nervous about something: I found a repetitive, menial research task which took up about half of my cognitive resources. Basically, I busied myself. So I ended up looking up the sunrise and sunset times of Boston and Raleigh. Here’s what I learned: Boston doesn’t really have less daylight than Raleigh. It’s just on the wrong side of the time zone. Boston has good daylight, but in the early morning hours when I couldn’t care less. Raleigh has that all-important post-work daylight, which I really need to remain a happy Abby. Enjoy my OCD graphs.