Getting Schooled

9/9/2024

The other week, my oft-mentioned friend Myles Berkowitz took his daughter to start her freshman year at college. Afterwards, he sent me the father-daughter speech he gave before dropping her off. It was pure Myles.

Don’t become a vegetarian.

Israel does have a right to exist.

Putin is the bad guy. Not Zelensky.

The Philadelphia Eagles are the bad people. Not Saquan Barkley.

Whenever you are told something by a politician or college administrator, always keep these questions in mind: Who the hell are you to tell me what to do with my body or my money, what words to use, or how to think?

Always do the right thing and try to help people. It will always come back to snap you in the ass in some way. Just enjoy the drama.

Never say anything bad about a person behind their back. Say it to their face. Your life will be so much richer.

2 Comments

Nikon1

9/10/2024 02:41:35 am

I think your friend “Myles” lives in a bit of an “alternate universe” by his statement,

“The Philadelphia Eagles are the bad people. Not Saquan Barkley”

It’s more like “The Giants are the ever-dumb people, for not re-signing Saquan Barkley.”

After all, Money talks & BS walks.

Robert Elisberg

9/10/2024 12:54:18 pm

You misinterpret Myles -- something which is very common, and I often use a decoder ring when conversing with him. But his hatred of the Philadelphia Eagles has nothing to do with them signing Saquan Barkley, but rather him just hating the Eagles on general principle for years. It began long before they signed him -- for which he thinks Barkley was right to leave the Giants who were fools for letting him go..

That said, Myles (no "quotes" necessary, that is his name) *does* live in an alternate universe, though not for that statement. It's an uncommon universe because it actually overlaps with our universe in unexpected places, and the trick is always figuring out where and when..

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