Podcast Appearances
There are a lot, these glasses. I want to try. And you're right. I wore at some time during college, I wouldn't wear a cross earring, but I wore a dangling ballerina earring. And I have stubble from time to time. It's all from George Michael. He was sort of a style person who I always respected and loved and couldn't necessarily pull off. But I think these glasses have a shot. I really do.
There are a lot, these glasses. I want to try. And you're right. I wore at some time during college, I wouldn't wear a cross earring, but I wore a dangling ballerina earring. And I have stubble from time to time. It's all from George Michael. He was sort of a style person who I always respected and loved and couldn't necessarily pull off. But I think these glasses have a shot. I really do.
That was shocking, what he just revealed there.
That was shocking, what he just revealed there.
I wanted to be George Michael. I'm ready to acknowledge that. I'm open about saying that. I have great love for George Michael.
I wanted to be George Michael. I'm ready to acknowledge that. I'm open about saying that. I have great love for George Michael.
I'm not saying that everybody got it, but it didn't matter because I loved it. And I had to take it out when I went home. I wasn't allowed to have an earring. And I got my ear pierced at the 86th Street subway in New York City when I was a senior in high school. And I walked there. There it is. If you're listening to this, you don't see it. But if you're watching.
I'm not saying that everybody got it, but it didn't matter because I loved it. And I had to take it out when I went home. I wasn't allowed to have an earring. And I got my ear pierced at the 86th Street subway in New York City when I was a senior in high school. And I walked there. There it is. If you're listening to this, you don't see it. But if you're watching.
And I got my ear pierced. Back then you would do it down in the subway. And I walked back to my apartment. And I was a senior in high school. And I was kicked out of the apartment and said, you can go live with your friends or take your earring out.
And I got my ear pierced. Back then you would do it down in the subway. And I walked back to my apartment. And I was a senior in high school. And I was kicked out of the apartment and said, you can go live with your friends or take your earring out.
Ich musste meine Tattoos von meiner Familie und meinen Eltern verstecken, als ich mein erstes Tattoo bekam. Und ich habe sie in einem Ort bekommen, das versteckt wäre. Und das erste Mal, als ich eines bekam, das visibel wäre, als ich Shorts trägte, war es ein schwieriger Moment, weil ich ihnen sagen musste. Der erste Gedanke war, dass es ein Bar Mitzvah Tattoo war.
Ich musste meine Tattoos von meiner Familie und meinen Eltern verstecken, als ich mein erstes Tattoo bekam. Und ich habe sie in einem Ort bekommen, das versteckt wäre. Und das erste Mal, als ich eines bekam, das visibel wäre, als ich Shorts trägte, war es ein schwieriger Moment, weil ich ihnen sagen musste. Der erste Gedanke war, dass es ein Bar Mitzvah Tattoo war.
The kind that just rubs off in three days, which everyone gets. It's what all the Jewish kids get to be cool. And then it just sort of washes off. So that was the first thought. And then it was, oh, this is real. And meanwhile, I was the president of a Major League Baseball team. And what I was told is that you cannot be the president of a team.
The kind that just rubs off in three days, which everyone gets. It's what all the Jewish kids get to be cool. And then it just sort of washes off. So that was the first thought. And then it was, oh, this is real. And meanwhile, I was the president of a Major League Baseball team. And what I was told is that you cannot be the president of a team.
It's like being the Secretary of Defense with arm tattoos. You just can't do it. But it turns out that you can't.
It's like being the Secretary of Defense with arm tattoos. You just can't do it. But it turns out that you can't.
So it is a Bubbemeister. I was taught growing up that you can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery with a tattoo. But I did consult my rabbi before getting my first tattoo, which was a World Series tattoo. And it turns out to be not true. You can be buried in a Jewish cemetery with a tattoo. So I presented that as an argument that was a losing argument.
So it is a Bubbemeister. I was taught growing up that you can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery with a tattoo. But I did consult my rabbi before getting my first tattoo, which was a World Series tattoo. And it turns out to be not true. You can be buried in a Jewish cemetery with a tattoo. So I presented that as an argument that was a losing argument.
But to me it was the end of the argument because I thought that was the main reason. But it turns out that their view was that if you have a tattoo, that you are not a mensch or the type of upstanding citizen. And I found that to be ridiculous, that you are who you are, having nothing to do with the tattoo.
But to me it was the end of the argument because I thought that was the main reason. But it turns out that their view was that if you have a tattoo, that you are not a mensch or the type of upstanding citizen. And I found that to be ridiculous, that you are who you are, having nothing to do with the tattoo.