Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

*there was a nice picture of a rooster here but I accidentally deleted it- Kristen * This blog is for the young ones amongst us! I am going to take the decay of Thanksgiving all on my shoulders. It has gone from being a day to give thanks for all of the gifts that have been bestowed on us, to a day off of work (for some) or school, so that we can recover from Thanksgiving eve parties and then go out and shop your butts off. Now let’s go back to origins of Thanks Giving. Your first reaction is the pilgrims and Plymouth rock, well you all know that story, so I am going to go back a few years before that! I am going to start with Judaism, where each year they celebrate their Psalm cycle known as Hallel. Psalm 118 is the basis behind   “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth forever”   the cycle continues “who is rich? He who is happy with his lot” or   “When thou eatest the labor of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well wi...

If you watch the news (which I never do) it is all about Obama care, Black Friday sales (now that is every Friday) and my favorite   “Thanksgiving is 6 days late this year therefore we have 6 less shopping days till Christmas”. I guess advent has gone from preparation of the birth to preparation of things! To that I say we are a bunch of egotistical, narcissistic, self centered, materialistic, money grabbing consumer driven, fools. (I need some eggnog) To make up for lack of revenue, retailers will be open Thanksgiving Day! How nice is that, less turkeys will have to give up their lives, less violence at Wal-Mart at midnight, no more traffic jams on Friday morning, less people watching the Macy’s day parade, fewer people having to go to the hospital as a result of back yard football injuries, fewer obese people and most important families will no longer have to sit down and face each other for good old family co...

Do you know the old saying that the older you get the wiser you get?   As a result of the hoards of little gremlins, begging for candy the other night, I had some time to sit and use my superior intelligence to ponder the wonders of the evening.   Anyway, as I sat there on my rocking chair listing to KDKA on my trusty IPAD, my mind drifted back to the good old days. It went something like this. Since I did (do) have superior intelligence, and had a reputation as a responsible lad, my school bestowed the honor to me of being a safety patrol! For those who do not know the responsibilities of the safety patrol here is some education for ya. We had to   control of the hallways, playground and cafeterias, and the bus. Now on the bus I had to ensuring that all the kids crossed the street in front of the bus at every stop. To perform this task, evolved jumping off of the school bus, then running out in front of the bus putting my arms out to stop traffic, could you imagin...

You know I hear young people (I will not mention any names) talking bad about this wonderful place where I live. I hear things like there is nothing to do around here, that this is the place so country that I won’t admit that I am from there. Well let’s think about this for a minute, and compare what the big city has Vs. what we have…. For example, down here there is a battle between the churches as to which was came second, well the first one started in 1634, and the second was 5 years later. Now let’s go to the big cities where you all live.. Your city’s was not even in existence in 1634. Entertainment.. You have bars and clubs, just as we do, just go to downtown Hollywood and we have two of them they even share the same parking lot. Just across the street we have a moose club. Restaurants you name it we have it We have French, Italian, Mexican, Tia, Greek,   I could just keep going one and one, and guess what in spring of 2014 we will have a Golden Coral! Grocery stores, ...