mom, nooo!

I went to see my parents and I swear, when I do that, it makes me feel so much better. Its amazing. Its almost therapeutic. I spent maybe an hour at their house and now, all its good in the world. This is probably something that shouldn’t be said but im gonna say it anyway and hope that my mommie doesn’t read it. I walked in the door at their house yesterday around 5p, and there my mom was walking around the house with her t-shirt and panties on. MY 70 YEAR OLD MOTHER! In her panties!!! She’s so funny she goes, “hmmm, why did I take my pants off??? Like always, we hugged, which was kinda oogie, haha…then she said, “Oh yeah, I was about to cook and I didn’t want grease to splash up on me!” I love my mom!!! Haha….

 

In the wonderful world of rental properties, I think I have one sold or rented. Its so funny how things can go so far in one direction for so long and then they can change. This house has been sitting there empty for some months, but hopefully, that’s gonna change today! I am still not out of the woods but at least there is light at the end of the tunnel. (maybe).

 

I didn’t go out last night! Yea!!!!! Well, I did go to “fireside pies”, a place that may just have the greatest pizza in the world. I ordered a “triple roni” just in case you were wondering. Man, I need to work out. Ok, today… im hitting the gym… for real! TODAY!!! REALLY!

 

Steve is going to check on the bar down in mexico. I wont be able to go back until thanksgiving since there are no 3 day weekends between labor day and thanksgiving. I could sure use a trip down there right about now. The business is going ok. Not making a whole lot, not losing a whole lot, just kinda treading water right now. But the busy season is just around the corner.

 

Well, its 4:30 in the morning and im already thinking about dinner. That cant be good. I think Tuesday is gonna be sushi night. Shin sei, here I come!

 

Also, only 3 days left to get on the list and hang out with us at the state fair this Saturday. You don’t have to win it or compete in any way… I just need to have your name to put you on the list. And I think theres like 10 or so spots left. Its of course happening in dallas and we’re meeting at 3 in the afternoon to start our evening. If you wanna hang out, have some fun, leave me a comment here and I’ll send you a confirmation email.

Or you can email me at bigalmack19@gmail.com.

 

Holla!

To my parents:

First I want to say that it is because of you both that I am who I am. And even though I have made mistakes in my life, im pretty happy with who I am. You showed me what love is and you also showed me the definition of commitment. Its kinda funny but the things that you showed me most are the things that im worst at. but that clearly had nothing to do with you and your example. You did your part! I Have a long way to go. But im going to try to be as good of an adult as you both have been.

Im sorry that I spend so much time at primos and so little time hanging out with you. Clearly, this is way backwards. I guess subconsciously, im looking for something and im thinking that that’s where im going to find it. with as much time as I spend there, if I was going to find it there, I would have found it 10 times over by now. I really don’t know if im typing this letter for you to hear or if its for me to hear but it’s a struggle that I go thru and I don’t feel like im being a very good son right now. And I wanted to take a moment to apologize to the people that mean more to me than anyone else.

Even as an adult, I make mistakes. But I also am so thankful that I have you both in my life and you both continue to teach me life lessons.

Thank you mom and dad. I love you!

al
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ok, this weekend i need to party with you. the state fair is going on and there is a huge football game that night as well. even though is open to the public, if you wanna hang out with us, i need to put you on a list. we’re going to meet at Primos, have some food, hop on a bus where i will hand you your tickets to the fair. if you wanna go to the game and hang with the group, thats cool. if you wanna just go out on your own, thats cool as well. then we’ll get back on the bus and come back.

so if you’re interested, come on. i’ll be happy to meet you and hang out. its gonna be FUN! leave me a comment or email me.
bigalmack19@gmail.com

hope to see you.

al

big al day at the fair!

Whether you’re near or far, I got something for ya. First, for you folks that live in this area or somewhere close by, or maybe you’re planning on coming this way next weekend, October 4th. LETS GO TO THE FAIR!!!! I have state fair tickets for that day. Im getting a small group of listeners together and taking them to what is quite possibly the biggest game in black college football, which happens to be taking place at the State Fair of Texas. IM TALKING PRARIE VIEW AND GRAMBLING!!! And the game itself isn’t even the best part of this event. IT’S THE HALFTIME SHOW MAN… YOU GOTTA SEE THEM BANDS! MAN, THIS IS GONNA BE SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!! HANGING OUT AT PRIMOS…RIDING OVER TO THE FAIR!!! WALKING AROUND THE FAIR, EATING FOODS THAT HAVE NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE AT ALL!!! PLAYING A FEW GAMES!! RIDING SOME RIDES! WATCHING THE HALFTIME SHOW!!! We will be sitting on the 50 yard line at the cotton bowl. Now, we have transportation to and from the fair taken care of.. PRIMOS on mckinney avenue will be the meeting spot as well as as the drop of spot at the end of the night… they are even providing free food at the restaurant before the game. BRING YOUR OWN MONEY FOR DRINKS AND FUN AT THE FAIR! HOW DO YOU WIN? its pretty dang easy…The first five pair of tickets will just be given at random to FUN listeners (or readers) i hope to have a few people with us that have never been to the state fair before. Just leave me a comment here or shoot me an email at bigalmack19@gmail.com and tell me a quick story about how fun you are…maybe even how your fun time took a really embarrassing turn. looking for fun people to have a fun night… fun people that know how to laugh, even at yourself!!! also, theres gonna be a group of 50 of us and im gonna try my best to keep it pretty even as far as the number of guys and girls going. maybe some hookups!!! who knows???

Now if you live far away, don’t worry…we haven’t left you out. we have something for you as well. But we haven’t worked out all of the details just yet. Check back here on Monday or Tuesday of next week for all of the details!

Go out and have a really great weekend!

a special moment!

Chicks??? Naaa, Im done. No, im not going to the other side. Im just done with the effort, the time, all of it. now, I will have to replace this part of the content that I attempt to bring to the show, as well as this part of my life, with something else. As you know, a very big part of my life and the things that I share on air and in my blog has been “my pursuit of relationship happiness.” But I will find something, trust me. Maybe bowling! What has happened to make me feel this strongly? Nothing really. Just tired of the headache and frustration of it all and I am going to focus my energy somewhere else. And I’ll tell ya. Its pretty liberating when you decide to adjust your settings and head another direction.

today, i witnessed love. shanon and i went to tell a kidd’s kid family to learn their story. it was a mom, dad and 2 kids. only the youngest was at home but actually both of their kids were sick. one however, is way sicker than the other. in fact, she is terminal. she is 7 years old and to look at her, the first thing that strikes you is how delicate she appears. her name is kendall. she has cystic fibrosis. the parents have known each other since 6th grade and have dated since high school. the dad is a tall, rather stocky guy. as i walked in the house, nascar was on the tv. the mom walked in a few minutes after we got there. one of my first questions to him was “please tell me about your daughters condition. instantly he started to cry. the love that he has for his little girl was so pure and genuine. he also told me about the job that he took as a contractor in iraq so that he could make a little more money to better care for his family. the mom told
me of her dreams as well. while she was growing up, she dreamed of being a nurse. never dreaming that the patients she would later be caring for would be her own daughters. they told me how they have NEVER been on a family vacation. NEVER! and here i am going to mexico every 2 months to fulfill some stupid dream i have had to own a bar and it made my dream sound so freakin stupid. all they want is for their daughter to make it thru another day. they told me of their typical day which included feeding tubes, medicines, breathing treatments and more.
i cant help but wonder why this family??? why this little girl???
i ended the visit by telling them that they were going to disneyworld and the floodgates opened up like Niagra falls. daddy hugged daughter for maybe 5 straight minutes. i felt so lucky to be able to witness this display of love. thinking back, i almost feel mad at myself for not hugging my own kids like that.

single aint so bad!

I am going to be single forever! And im ok with that. These are words that a brother told me to say to myself. Its his mantra and he said that from the time he started saying that to himself, it was like a huge burden was lifted from his shoulders!

 

As I talked to him, he shed a different point of view on the whole “spending the rest of your life with someone” issue. Us single people spend a lot of time, energy, even money trying to find that person that is supposed to make us happy.

I don’t really know how we got into this conversation but he is single like me, about my age, and he said to me that he doesn’t think he is cut out for being married. And he went on to say that he is ok with that…I told him that the one thing that I think about, as I watch my mom take such great care of my dad, is growing old all alone. he said that he worries about being a bother to someone else.  In my parents case, they are close to the same age. Maybe 6 or 7 years apart. I told him how great I feel about my parents when I think about how long they’ve been married and what great care my mom takes of my dad. An his point of view was why not just work hard enough where you can just pay someone to take care of you? he said that he usually finds himself hanging with girls 10-15 years younger than him. Not really by choice but that’s usually just the way it happens. And he then said if he is 70years old, why have some lady that’s 55 all burdened with taking care of him. Then he added that if he is older and his wife is younger, she would probably be just waiting around for him to kick the bucket. Whereas if you’re paying someone to take care of you, they would want you to live as long as possible just so she can keep getting paid. I have to admit…what he said made pretty good sense.

Why get all stressed about finding someone when there are people that make their living taking care of you when you cant do it for yourself? I spend a lot of time as a lot of other single people do, at bars, on single sites… its easy to let it consume you. why???

I actually have never thought of it from that stand point before but it actually makes sense. Lets face it. All people are not made to be paired up with someone else. Maybe, my problem is that ive been looking for something or someone that just isn’t there. I think im just not meant to be with anyone! Whew! What a relief!!!

 

As always, feel free to leave a comment here and if you ever want to get in touch with me, you can email me at bigalmack19@gmail.com.

 

Have a great day!

 

al

guess what!

This is not to sound self aggrandizing at all but I did something that I have to share. After receiving the invitation for the past 2 years or so, I have finally joined a ministry at my church. Im embarrassed to say that I have been one of those people that goes to church and just absorbs the message and goes home. I have been a member of the same church for over 10 years and honestly, I may have actually had long conversations with 10 people in that whole time. Ok, I may be exaggerating a little bit but not by much. I literally go in, usually a little late, listen, sing the songs, watch the people, and I go home.
So when by buddy Ira asked me for the 50th time to meet him in the church parking lot yesterday to help out in the “parking ministry”, I finally agreed. Going in, I really didn’t know what to expect. I guess I just thought I would go, wave my arms a little, direct a few cars and go home. It was so much more. just watching the people from all walks of life drive into the church parking lot put a smile on my face. Im the guy that as I enter a bar, everyone waves and says “Hey big al!” sadly, working in the church parking lot, there were no “hey big al’s”.. why? because, I don’t know anyone at my church. It was a serious rude awakening. In the grand scheme of things, its so much more important to surround yourself with people that have a good heart. Not to say that people in a bar don’t have good hearts but I think you know what I mean. Every one else that was working the parking lot knew the “regulars” that pulled in the lot and they waved, said “good morning” and I thought that was so cool. after we finished the parking lot duties, we went inside church for a bible discussion and that was awesome as well. All in all, it was a really great day. I humbly thank the folks in the parking ministry at OCBF and I look forward to working and growing with them.

austin rocks!

The events of yesterday were almost as interesting as the day before.

Shanon danced on the bar  at coyote ugly. And that alone was worth the price of admission. (actually, there was no cover charge…that’s the point)

The coyote ugly girls here in Austin were all pretty nice and they take their job pretty seriously. But regardless of the amount of practice and rehearsal they put into their craft, that didn’t stop our own, psycho shanon, from hopping on the bar and shaking her stuff. And what shanon may lack in skills, she makes up for in enthusiasm. I love me some shanon. She even let some dude take a body shot off of her!

 

Speaking of girls doing things that are out of character… we were walking down 6^th street yesterday, which is what you do when you’re in Austin, and I decided that it would be a good idea to get a ride from a total stranger… please don’t try this at home!!! Im a professional. Anyway, the 4 of us, j-si, shanon, Andrew and myself, were turned down by multiple people and we finally ran across a young lady by the name of Allison. She was headed down 6^th street in her mini cooper and I walked up to her car while Andrew was filming and we asked her for a ride. understandably, she was a little startled, but she agreed. So, the 4 of us were about to hop in her mini. In fact, shanon did. I did. J-si did. But Andrew hollered “stranger danger.” And he was serious. Really Andrew? Theres 4 of us. 3 of us are guys. And you’re afraid to hop in the car with this 5 ft 115 pound girl . what is she gonna do? knock us out with her yoga mats in her back seat?

So we left Andrew on the sidewalk, and we went to do a bit with her. we later found out that the girl, Allison, was a singer and we took her, (or she took us), to a restaurat down the street. This is where I was able to convince the manager to turn their music off and let our girl sing. She did and it was awesome.

 

Ok, the trip is wrapping up. Austin is awesome. If you live there… man, you have a great town. If you’re planning on visiting there, you’re gonna have a great time.

 

2 quick notes: a lot of people are emailing to see when steve and I will be at the bucket over the holidays. Go to the website and look for the calandar. There are dates marked for the few of you that may want to plan a trip to playa del Carmen, mexico when we are going to be there. (thank you for that by the way!)

the website is bigalandredneckstevesbeerbucket.com.

 

also, if you ever want to email me, heres an address that I check regularly.

Bigalmack19@gmail.com. I think we are getting “show email addresses” soon. I will keep you posted on that.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Big al

 

 

another day, another near fatal stabbing by a 70 yr old white man!

The first evening/night in Austin was a memorable one to say the least. It included

A near butt kicking, an heartbreaking insult, interaction with the parent of a death row inmate, a kiss from a stranger, and a show that ive never seen before.

 

We are in Austin for a huge radio convention and we decided instead of flying, we would get in the car and drive. Hoping that the journey would provide some material for the show. IT DID!

 

First the near butt kicking. On the way down, we stopped to eat at this place called buzzard billy’s restaurant. While we were sitting in the restaurant, I do the “can I get a bite of that” bit. This is basically where I walk up to total strangers and ask if I can get a bite of something off of their plate. I approached a lady and she let me steal one of her alligator tails. Success! I’ll get back to this lady.

 

My next idea was to sit with this elderly white couple and sing “lets get it on” to the woman. When I approached this table, the reaction was waay different from the previous lady. This time before my butt could even hit the bench of the booth, she hollered out NOOOOO! NOOOOOO! GET AWAY FROM MY TABLE. It caught me so off guard that I didn’t know what to say. I extended my hand for a hand shake and introduced myself but she wasn’t having it. Then the 70 year old husband got into the act. He stood up to “protect his woman.” He hollered out “leave my table”… I stared at the two of them for a second as he put his had on his dinner knife at the table. I never really have given much thought as to how I would die but I never thought it would be by a stabbing with a dinner knife at buzzard billy’s… I returned to my table.

 

A few minutes later, I interviewed a waiter at the restaurant. He sat on my lap. (don’t ask.) anyway, we introduced ourselves. Kidd was not with us but our waiter was under the impression that Andrew, our video guy, was kidd. We all got a kick out of that. And then after we found out that chad, the waiter was gay and happily married, I asked the question: of all the guys at the table, to rate us from best to worst looking. Jc, myself, and Andrew, who he thought was kidd. Well, I guess coming in third isn’t so bad, huh? I mean if it were the Olympics, I would have won the bronze…

 

That was about the time the alligator tail lady called me back over to her table. It turned out that she was the mother of a lady that was convicted of murdering her 2 kids 12 years ago outside of dallas. The convicted woman’s name is Darlee Routier. This was a huge story way back when and the mother is confident that after dna testings, her daughter will be cleared of all charges.

 

After we arrived in Austin it was time to hit the street and we did. We had dinner at “bess”, the restaurant owned by Sandra bullock. It was great and we started our walk back. We ran across a girl that was parking her car and I decided to do another bit. “whats in your trunk?” I would give her $20 dollars if she let me rummage thru the trunk of her car. She did and dang the luck, it was a rental car… nothing in the trunk. So I changed the bit to can I go thru your purse. She played along and even this was kinda boring. One item in her purse was some type of lip gloss. She said it was nasty tasting and I challenged that. Still searching for something that will be entertaining for radio or video. Yes, tape and cameras were rolling the whole time during this ordeal which is why im trying to be entertaining. We wanted something for the radio. That’s when I suggested that she put on the nasty lip gloss and give me a 5 second lip kiss so I could determine the taste of the lip gloss.  Again, she played along. This girl was the radio stunt guy’s dream. We kissed, I made stupid noises while we kissed, and tadaa, we had a bit.

 

We asked where she was going and we decided to go with her to the “air guitar” show at the RITZ. After getting there, we found out it wasn’t air guitar, it was air sex. Ive never seen anything like this before. People, one at a time, on stage simulating air “googling.”

(if you know what I mean.) 

3 dates/ 3 days

I had 3 dates over the weekend and im trying my best to remember things about them. The first of the three was the one that I messed up with the worst. She came out with not only me, but the entire morning show. She seemed like a very nice girl that was kinda crazy as well as a lot of fun. The plan was to meet up at primos and then we would hook up from there. Well, I also had to meet up with a person that was interested in leasing a house from me. She was there and she was sitting with the “doctor” that I had been out with a few times before. I sat with the two of them and I also pulled another table up as to make room for the morning show. They were on the way. And so was my date. Well, my date did show up and to say things were awkward for me would maybe be am understatement. But to my date’s credit, she didn’t seem to be bothered at all. BUT, I will say that later on in the night, things did take a nasty turn. The first incident was when a guy that we’re sitting with, (lets call him adam), that apparently likes the doctor, sits down and makes small talk with her. no problem.. its not like shes my girlfriend and besides, I have a date. But when I got up to go to the bathroom, this adam dude that is also a regular at the bar, spouts off the “N-word” in reference to me. The doctor lady has an immediate problem with this. They get into a bit of an argument. J-si, hears them and he pops up, (and bows up), trying to see why this dude is talking so rudely to the doctor lady. I get back from the bathroom not knowing anything has happened. the adam dude leaves the table. Shortly after, we get in the limo and we go to another spot.
Whew! We get there and we know people that are already there. So, im moving around, saying hi to people and socializing and my assumption is my date is fitting in and doing great. Oops! An hour later, maybe midnight, my date was gone. She didn’t say bye. She just left. And I called her and she just said she felt ignored and she was right. I hadn’t spent much time with her. I apologized and we did talk more the next day.

The second one was much more calm. It was Saturday afternoon and we met for a little lunch. She said on the way to meet up at the restaurant, she fell in a big puddle of water.
I think at this point, most people would take that as a sign of things to come but she didn’t. she invited me to hang with her and her friends that night but I had prior obligations.

The third date started out as an invitation to go to the Eagles concert. Im really not much of a fan of getting all dressed up on a Sunday. Its my day for the patio and football. So instead of going to the concert, she gave her tickets away and she came to hang out with us. When she arrived, she came and sat with the group of us. Maybe 10 people or so. This can be rough but she managed to fit in pretty well. And not only did she manage to fit in, at the end of the evening, she paid the whole tab! It was like $150 and she just paid it and didn’t let anyone of the other guys or girls chip in. the guys just kinda stared at each other in amazement!

Wow, I just realized that all three dates started at the same place! You would think that there are no other restaurants in town.

boy, the bar is sloooooow! i knew the months of september and october would be slow but wow!
i guess this is what they call the calm before the storm. daily sales are about half, (if that), of what they were just one month ago. and from what i hear, this is pretty normal.
for those of you that may be new here, me and a buddy of mine, redneck steve, just bought a bar in playa del carmen, mexico. it has been open for about 4 months now and its going about like a new business should. slow but steady. we have been fortunate so far this season to have dodged the hurricanes. (knock on wood). we want to do a little bit of work on the place and i guess now is the time to do it because it is sooo slow. its kind of cool to think about the fact that we own a business thats in a whole other country. its definitely a dream come true and something that i have talked about doing for a long time. so, now we are. to check out pics from the last time we visited the bar, go to bigalandredneckstevesbeerbucket.com

ive been talking to my son payton just about everyday this week and he wants a car. i mentioned to him that i would get him a car if his grades were good and thats when the questions started. what kind of car? what year? what color? hey, im just glad that hes motivated. im sure he will do well. he’s not playing football this year to focus on his books more and i think thats awesome.

Ive really done a great job trying to keep busy this week. Trying to keep my mind off of “the break-up” and all that stuff. So this week I have been meeting new friends from match.com among other places and its been interesting. Hey, at least im busy right? Last night was no exception. I met a girl while I was talking to a few friends and this girl was a little different. First of all she was freakin beautiful.. second of all, she was black! Dude, she looked just like jada pinkett-smith.

I didn’t talk to her for very long but we’re supposed to get together again soon.

im off to start the weekend!
have a great one everybody.