[OT] Asking for a different kind of song recommendation

My sister-in-law, who lives on the other coast, has got it into her head that next time we’re all together, she and I have to sing karaoke together. Now keep in mind that I’m old — and will probably be considerably older by the time we see one another — and I haven’t sung in public since I was 12. Not even “Happy Birthday.” I’m not quite tone deaf enough to not know how bad I am.

Apparently she’s at least as bad.

I don’t know how drunk she expects both of us to be — which would be a feat in any case, since neither of us drinks.

But she’s fixated on this,  and wants me to pick the song, so what duet should I choose?

Totally OT Observation (Though we were discussing one of these films a few weeks ago)

In the early 60s, the star-filled Judgment at Nuremberg was to highbrow drama what the star-filled It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was to lowbrow comedy… and Spencer Tracy got to play a leading role in both.

That, I think, is seriously impressive.

Pokémon Gone?

Is Pokémon Go still a thing? Or does Mr. Anderson think it’s still a thing? Or is this just an old comic?

My one experience with Pokémon Go was just over three years when my nephew showed me how it worked while we were sitting in a restaurant. This might not have been the best decision either of us had ever made.

[OT] Trikini

A few weeks ago, this was a joke, an Internet meme. Now it exists.

We seem to be shifting from fiction to fact at an alarming rate lately…

[OT] Let’s Go to the Movies

Just curious… What’s everybody’s thoughts about the post-pandemic future of movie theatres? Will the local multiplex just pick up where it left off in early March (or whenever things shut down where you live)?

(Oh, and this question comes with its own soundtrack, because why not?)

Okay, maybe this is a better way to honor the graduates…

TOTALLY Off-Topic question, probably just for the Europeans here

Why do soccer/football players wear training bras over their shirts?

[OT] Today’s Upbeat Music to Start Your Day of Isolation with

Totally OT, but a nice way to start your day

So it goes

Kilby sent this to me asking whether Tralfamadorian is mainstream enough to be used here (leading to my question of what a “Tralfamadorian year” is)

(By the way, this post was actually supposed to go live before B.A.‘s question — but that’s easier said than done when you’ve lost track of days of the week. Maybe we’re all on Tralfamadorian time now)

And that led to whether Calvin and Hobbes had any business using “Weltanschauung” some years back.

And likewise the Washington Post’s recent use of a long German word (redundant, I know), without italics, which apparently both he and I noticed at the time although neither of us remembers what the word was.