Nathan Murray

Yeah nobody wants to listen to their kid play scales for seven years straight but you don't get a concert violinist any other way

Just figured out my costume for taking my daughter trick or treating. If we’re gonna beat Baseball Jesus, we’re gonna need:

Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads They Oz you up, your mandyias. They may not mean to, but they do. They give you vast and trunkless legs A sunken shattered visage too. But they were Ozzed up in their turn By Mandyias upon the sand Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command. Oz hands on mandyias to man. Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can Ye mighty and despair yourself

It was actually changed recently by the federal government to from “all thy sons command” to “all of us command”. But Rufus changed it to “only us command” for the night.

If you look at my post I replied with a video of it, so you can watch the video :)

I love Rufus but he is the most mumblemouthed singer out there

I rewound - it was “that only us command”. I think he might have changed the French words too but couldn’t catch it.

He changed the line to “that only us command”, which I interpret as a middle finger to the US

Did you notice that he changed the words of the anthem?

Rufus Wainwright is singing the Canadian anthem at the World Series and he changed the words as a fuck you to the US - “that only we command”

Reading slumps can be really dangerous for English majors! Great to have some tips to get out of them.

There's nothing like new experiences to help you grow!

You brought the weirdness, haha.

Who is the person you're talking about in the video? The great thing about a video format is that you could have included a clip of him or a photo.

This is a great story, though I wasn't quite sure by the end what was true and what wasn't.

Some great points in here.

I'm definitely in team 'roll' for packing!

Packing light is essential! Very efficient, I like your plan.

Excellent advice!

This looks amazing, Mauli! What a great set of memories.

Well put.

love the 😉 at the end

Very true - it's valuable too reflect and learn from nos in the past, but it's important not to dwell too much on the past as it can hold you back from future success.

Great video!

Have you seen the Pixar movie Elio? It's just a fun kids movie about aliens but the Golden Record plays a role in it.

This will result in some expensive changes for a lot of university stadiums. I wonder who's going to pay for this?

Blowing out the candle at the end was a perfect 'beat' to end this.

I can't help but focus on the bare ankles of the guy in your video and think about how much that would hurt to fall off without any protection!

I don't think every kid made up secret code languages - I think that might just be kids who grow up to be linguists and/or programmers!

What a great video! I might need some of these tips to stay focused myself :)