Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

You know it has been a while since I have blogged about our new show “reality Check” (RC), so here we go! One night after a great dinner and bottle (S) of Rex several of us, decide to step out of our comfort zone to get a little taste of how the other half lives. We chose a DD and loaded up in the Chrysler 300. Off we went to the other side of the tracks Oh I mean island. I was in rare form, showered, shaved, with every last hair on my head in place, all decked out in Belk’s best casual ware. It was a good thing that GQ was not on the island or I would have gotten the September cover! As were cruised down the strip passed all of them million dollar mansions with the cement ponds, I could not help but to pray that someday I would reach the pinnacle (not the golf ball) of greatness that would allow me to own a Deluxe summer cottage on the upper east side. Movin-on-up to the east side! We finally reached the ocean course, bar and grill. No comments on the name of the joint Today show...

As we approach the Christmas buying season, I know that you are all racking you brains to figure out what to buy me! Not to worry I will tell you! I want THINGS! All kinds of THINGS, Big THINGS, Little THINGS, red THINGS blue THINGS… I don’t really need anything, but give it some time, and I sure can convince myself that I need all kinds of THINGS! No,   this is not going to be a Christmas story. You all know that we cannot start anything to do with the Christmas season, until the last dish is put in the dishwasher on Thanksgiving night! When.. well you know what happens… Does anyone remember Thursday Aug 15 th ? Well of course you do not; it would take a mind far more capable, than anyone that I might be associated with. Wait a gosh darn minute, I am that person! For a little background it started off as a cool overcast day, the beach walk was short but sweet, as was the bike ride. It then started to rain, at this point all the crying and complaining started. By about n...

Did you ever wonder why things have to change? For example, if we are a traditionalist, then change changes tradition, or going to a new school, or new job, or new friends. At first glance it always seems bad, but if we look at it in a positive light, then we learn, and when we learn, we have the ability to make even better choices.   The key is to make good choices from the change. This past weekend Ash and I loaded up the old truck-ster , to include some high quality merchandise   (chairs), and yes Eddie I do mind telling you how much they set me back! They were a perfect fit, and no I do not have a chair fetish! We hit the road on Friday afternoon, and joined all the other deranged Loony tunes and departed our Nation’s Capital. Think of the worst rush hour traffic you have ever had the pleasure of sitting in. Bingo! That’s the beltway is like on any given Friday afternoon. As we relished the pleasure of averaging 5 mph, while listening to the “traffic on the 8’s” (...

We are in no man’s land now, vacation gear is all packed away and the holidays are still a few weeks away, so what is a person to do with their time. What’s a mother to do??   Watch football, play golf, read, study, eat, rake leaves, sleep, go shopping? Well how about this one.. This past weekend I engaged in one of my favorite activities, intellectual beach. Believe it or not, I accomplished this while making a trip to the mall. Right about now those who are not on par with my superior intelligence, are scratching their heads or just calling me pompous dumb butt. So for the idiots among you let me explain. First it will take a little bit of imaginations and a lot of being in the right state of mind.   The Mall and the beach are really the same thing, there are only two differences;   first you don’t have the sun, sand, fresh air, waves and my nice comfortable re-furbished quality beach chair and second people are dress slightly different. Other than that what is the...

Early one morning I entered the abode of group #2 and they were all watching Good morning America, as this was the week of Kathy Lee 60th birthday. Now tell me that was not a good use of day time prime time TV!   It only got better.   On this day Hota Kotb (pronounced Kabob) was hosting a guest whose role in life was that of a “Life Coach”, Need I say anymore anyone who knows us could imagine the conversation. It was at this point that Natalie came up with a brilliant idea. We should start our own TV show and call it “Reality Check”. It would focus on TV and life in general   and provide a forum to spread our intellectual wisdom among the not so well informed around the world. I even came up with a motto “An intellectual commentary (Including one Idiot) on the American way of life which is   the blind leading the blind”     For example, I will pass on the week long birthday celebration, and the “Life Coach” that is just way to easy to comment ab...