tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532459317899671580.post1658888806225088810..comments2024-03-18T12:48:54.155-04:00Comments on My Planet, My Rules: A Majority of One (An Important Public Service Announcement)Matthew Notohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08881509233809999186noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532459317899671580.post-7039670040938542102017-05-15T23:57:51.446-04:002017-05-15T23:57:51.446-04:00There is no point in doing this if we're not g...There is no point in doing this if we're not going to be honest: I have told this kid, repeatedly, to lay off the sauce, and to watch his back (this time, it would be literally!) around these guys.<br /><br />"Youth is wasted on the young", it's been said (Twain, I think), and so I figured he wouldn't listen (predictable! I didn't listen at that age, either), but the message had to be delivered, anyway.<br /><br />All drinking ever got me was broke and trouble, and I imagine when you're encouraged and enabled in your stupidity by others of similar shortcomings reinforced by feelings of entitlement it only comes home to roost sooner and harder (after all, they're "athletes". As if? Baseball isn't that difficult, Son. Try hockey or football, and see what I mean).<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words.<br />Matthew Notohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881509233809999186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532459317899671580.post-4863138671231095982017-05-15T23:31:24.685-04:002017-05-15T23:31:24.685-04:00 I wanted to find fault with you throughout this l... I wanted to find fault with you throughout this littiney because I figured you may, as most do, make bullshit excuses for family. You did not. And for that sir I applaud you. And like always the rest of it was enlightening and, to be expected, from you Matt. Nicely written. Nicely concocted Ireeeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015323405496687453noreply@blogger.com