They Might Be Giants' Why Does The Sun Shine.  Why? they ask and then, rather conveniently, go on to supply the answer:  The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a giantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen and helium (or some such gases ...) etc etc.  

This song has rescued any number of conversations that wanted to stall for lack of knowing the proper ingredients in the Sun Recipe.  Of course, its value is somewhat diminished if you've got physicists at the party, but most of those are at labs and Los Alamos, so ... in general, it's a catchy tune and plain old useful. 

I love this new Mindsay feature. 

A little bit later:  I realize that this entry is little proof of being at work, but consider that when I'm not animating or designing and writing Scary Fairy postcards, I make cash working for venture capitalists who chose this luxurious little spot on the California coast as a satellite office.  They might be Republicans (oh!  a recurring phrase o- the day!) but they're no fools.  Point is ...my job is to be poised to respond.  VC folk aren't about creating paperwork.