This morning was only the third time Madison’s R&D; into crying woke me up. 4:46 emitted against morning darkness and the daily ritual began. Baby girl must know Big Papi still has presents to shroud before our early Christmas morning unfolds in a couple hours.

My dawn routine consists of filling my head gradually with caffeine and data. It’s actually much more pleasant that that made it sound and it is elevated by the aroma of Green Mountain Fair Trade Organic Breakfast Blend. Yeah, it’s a mouthful. Once the caffeine drip commences, my narrow attention span turns to Bloglines for vast consumption of bits and bytes. This morning a post in the Creative Generalist blog on Neuroscience and psychology reminded me how music can “get you.” Think about the songs sleeping in your ipod. Some are “nice,” but they’re just a little above a dentist’s office background of acoustics. Then there are those that reach into your soul, pick you up off your feet and shake you. One of the great things about music is the freedom of it. OK, DRM aside, one person’s dental diversion is a “stop you in your tracks” heartbreaker to another. What song(s) have that emotional pull for you? This (lyrics) is one that does for me…