Friday, June 26, 2009 

Big Al's Childhood Hero Passes

This blog entry is dedicated to Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. It was so sad to find out that you have left our world. Despite many weird things you did, I was always a fan. Captain EO will always be my favorite 3D movie. The Wiz will always be my favorite version of Wizard of Oz (you rocked as the Scarecrow). Moonwalker will always be my favorite Sega Genesis game. Beat It will always be my favorite song even though I have a different interpretation of the title.

(Today I will voluntarily drink Pepsi in honor of MJ.)

I was looking forward to traveling across the pond to see you in London. Seeing a live Michael Jackson concert was on my Life's To Do List. It will be one that will not be checked off. May you rest in peace. One day we'll meet up and we can find out what happened to Bubbles the chimpanzee and debate which Home Alone movie was the best of all time.

Sunday, June 07, 2009 

Big Al's Grandpa turns 97

Very few people get to see the big 100 in their life.  My grandpa aka "Papang" is headed down that road.  The strong guy celebrated his 97th on June 3rd with a small celebration of 32 family members last Saturday.  No doubt, that he'll make it to his 100th.

(A rare gathering of the entire La Familia.  Where's Big Al?)

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 

Big Al gets a HR ball then gives it to E-Money

So I didn't actually get the ball. I almost did. At the end of the day, E-Money got the prize and has the official bragging rights.

(I'm in the center of the picture with the cream Giant's jersey with the sling backpack on.)

I was at the Giant's vs. National's game last Monday to watch the Big Unit and the Gyros. VJ, E-Money and Big Al were hanging out int he arcade when Ryan "I have a 30 game hitting streak" Zimmerman launches his 4th hit as a home run. It bounced off of the right field awning, touched my right hand, rolled past VJ and into the hands of E-Money. My injuries are isolated to a few leg scrapes, a charlie horse and a bump right above my eyebrow. You can view the actual events in real time by fast forwarding to the 0:44 mark on this video. Watch as I bump my head against the rail.

http://nationals.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4520857

Big ups to E-Money for the pickup. Bigger ups for taking the fake ball that he happened to have in his pocket and throwing it on the field to please the rest of the Giant's fans.

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Friday, May 08, 2009 

Big Al is a geek.... not a nerd

There is much debate in definition between "geek" and "nerd". I consider myself a "geek". A geek is traditionally one who is immersed in a specific subject. One could be a Mac geek and he would be an Apple, Inc. purist who only has Macintosh's and Ipod's as their equipment of choice.

Geek can often be substituted with the word "whore" in certain contexts and it is usually applied to females. A female could be a brand name whore such as one that only uses Coach or Louis Vuitton. A female could be a whore if she sleeps around with you and your friends.

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(I would consider this guy from the Cheery Blossom Festival to be an Anime geek.)

A "nerd" is one that is an introvert. A person that is immersed in books and not into the latest fashion trends. A person such as Screech Powers and Joe Jeezy as depicted in the following picture.

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(Joe Jeezy is an aspiring Samuel Powers... no relation to Austin Powers)

Happy Mother's Day!

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Monday, May 04, 2009 

Big Al's Special Sauce Endorsed by PacMan

Last Saturday night Big Al unveiled his 3 special spicy sauces to coincide with the Pacquiao - Hatton fight, a fight that Big Al accurate predicted on Facebook that Pacquiao would win. I've been working on sauces for quite some time now, and I felt that it would be a great opportunity to unveil them at the Fight of the Year.

(Manny Pacquiao poses with near life size bottles of sauce right after his bout with Rickey Hatton.)

In addition to the unveiling, Big Al would like to announce that he has an exclusive endorsement with Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao who happily posed with his 3 sauces:
Mayweather Mouthful
Hatton Hitman
Pacquiao Punch Out

Although the sauces are not ready to hit the stores, the crowd at Big Mike's place gave it really good reviews. I'll take all the feedback into consideration and probably have the finalized versions of my sauce come Fall.

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