He has no excuse other than sheer laziness. Unless it is lack of inspiration. He likes to find cheerful things to write about and that seems to get harder with every passing day.
First there was the whole ghastly "Black Friday" nonsense to kick off the formerly joyous Christmas Season. In the beginning it was three wise man from the east bearing gifts of gold and frankincense and myrhh and now it's frenzied shoppers fighting over plastic gew gaws from China in the aisles of Wal-Mart and Target. Where will it end.
Then came the exhumation and rise from the political graveyard of Professor Gingrich. Here, in Uncle Jack's estimation, is a real-life zombie who could, as president, do even more damage to the country than he did as speaker of the house in bygone days. Can we trust a man who managed to suck nearly two million dollars in lobbying fees out of Fannie Mae while damning the same agency out of the other side of his mouth?
And then there is Romney the "job creator" who amassed a large part of his fortune by buying failing companies, stripping them of their assets and firing the workers. These Republican front-runners are beginning to make the alleged illegal immigrant from Kenya who now occupies the White House look like a winner.
Uncle Jack didn't intend to turn this holiday blog into a political screed but that seems to be what he has done and he apologizes.
What he really intended to do is once again call attention to his new Amazon Kindle book which could provide a handy solution for folks who can't afford to send their friends gold, frankincense or myrhh this year. Uncle Jack's book is a great, cheap gift at only $4.99 and you don't have to have a Kindle gadget to read it. Just Google "Uncle Jack's Outer Banks" Kincle edition and click on the appropriate link to find out how to order it.
In the meantime Merry Christmas to all for whom that is the appropriate greeting and Happy Holidays to all others regardless of race, creed, ethnicity or political persuasion. Uncle Jack will be back on January 1 to wish you a Happy New Year, too.
