And a newer tune by Allison Adams Tucker.

Nina, of course...

To wit: Koop Island Blues....

What about the fantastic theme to The Saboteur? Not only an incredible original theme (by Christopher Young) but the game also had Ella, Nina Simone, and a bunch of classic French jazz tunes from the early forties!

Fun fact: the guitarist for Spacehog, Antony Langdon, has a cameo as a guitarist for a fictionalized version of David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars in the bizarre but brilliant 90's movie Velvet Goldmine.

...but this might be my favorite.

This one'll be played at my wedding...

When did threads like these turn into Magemasher trolling everyone?

The only use I can think of is comic relief in fieldwork photos.

It's also been the strongest La Niña since 1975! Check out the drop on that curve.

What's really interesting is that the last three winters have been cold in N. America, but they've seemed a lot colder than they actually have been. Even 2010, which was so cold and snowy, was actually no more than one standard deviation cooler than the average over the last 150 years. (Check out the middle part of…

Here's a two-second refresher on the ozone hole:

Yes, it is the same Koch family you're thinking of. One of the brothers (David), also donated the money for the Human Origins exhibit at the Smithsonian:

Button Gwinnett is in the "Stealing Independence" quest, which you get from a guy in Rivet City and takes you to the National Archives:

Damn! The amount of health that comes back after 7 minutes of that hot mess...that's throw-the-controller-at-the-TV level of anti-fun.

To echo britboyj, the Revolutionary War was kind of a sideshow to the long-term struggle between Britain and France over Western Europe. The obvious candidates are:

Yup, arcades in the 80s and early 90s here. Couldn't have said it better myself—totally hearted.

Also, the urban areas are pretty small, even in Boston and Philadelphia. It'll be interesting to see if/how they make this work.

Ugh, the oversharer. I've had guys like that come up to BOTH of us when we've both had to be in the store, buying gifts for people. They totally do that so they can stare at her close up. Unbelievably creepy. Haven't been in a store for a while, because of stuff like that.

Great point. I don't know how old that guy is, but the anecdata/revisionist history about arcades doesn't pass the smell test at all.