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Who is Alex?

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2 years ago
by Alex in

I would say that 99.9% of the people who come to TheAlexShow.com or reading “The Beat It” blog have NO idea who I am…so let me tell you.

I was born Alexander Stanley Balcerski Jr, shortly after midnight on August 19th, 1981.  I was born four weeks pre-mature because, as my mother put it, “that Phil Rizzuto was so annoying (who was announcing a Yankees baseball game) he sent me into labor.”

I grew up in the same house my entire life in Linwood, a small shore town in Southern New Jersey.  Most of my childhood I spent playing baseball, basketball, and soccer during the school year and working construction with my father in the summer. When I was five I got a really rare disease called Guillain-Barre, I survived.

I attended college at the University of Richmond (in Virginia), which is where I started my broadcasting career.

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Beat it…Sloppy Baby Kisses!

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2 years ago
by Alex in

I rarely find myself feeling uncomfortable.

I’m not talking about the feeling you get when you’re in a room with a bunch of people that you don’t know.  I’m not talking about trying to find something to do with your hands, when you are in a situation that is unfamiliar to you.  My uncomfortable level is a mix of nausea and shock, disgust and contempt, confusion and anger all rolled into one.

It started with a simple conversation with a parent who was holding his child.  The kid was adorable.  He was somewhere in the 2-4 age bracket and had dull red hair.  The father seemed normal enough and gave off the typical young father vibe, sleep deprived and disheveled.

Within the first few sentences the father was half-listening, as he was distracted by his child trying to grab everything in sight.  Actually, it was an endearing scene… it reminded me of one More >

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