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I was born and raised a poor farm boy, in a shack near the banks of the Mississippi… I was actually born and raised in Beverly Hills, near the banks on Wilshire Boulevard. Your intrepid author grew up in a two story, then a three story, and then another two story “ Beverly Hills 90210” mansion. My dad was the world’s first television superstar, Milton Berle, who had achieved fame, fortune, and infamy in show business starting waaay back in silent movies (really!). I attended several private and upscale public schools, including Carl Curtis School, Le Lycee’ Francais, and Hawthorne Elementary School, finally graduating the "real" Beverly Hills High School in 1979. I earned a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts/Career Aviation from Cal State University, Northridge in 1986 after an unhappy 3 month stint at Arizona State University (and after a very happy 30 month technical education at West L. A. College aircraft mechanic program). Although I definitely enjoyed many many privileges and advantages most people don’t get, life has a way of making sure you pay the same amount of dues as everyone else. Years of not having to live in the “real world” like everyone else does, years of not having to find work or actually do work, and years of not learning how to "look out for yourself"... is a time bomb that will always blow up sooner or later.
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