All I Need is a New Si-Pad

If you don’t have cable TV, visit retail stores from Walgreens to Ace Hardware, or talk to other human beings, then you may have missed a phenomenon called Duck Dynasty.  You have missed getting to know the Roberston family including three brothers named Jase, Willie, and Jep who run the family company “Duck Commander” in Louisiana. The company makes hunting products and are most known for making duck calls with the same name as the company.  The fourth brother Alan is a preacher.  The family leader is the father, Phil along with mom, Kay.  Si (Silas) is Phil’s brother.  All the men, except for Alan, are known for their long beards and country living and values.  The show also includes all the wives and children of the brothers.    A&E reports the show has broken many rating records and in the fourth season has over 11 million viewers.

Si is one of the most interesting characters on the show.  He is never without his pitcher of tea and Tupperware tea cup.  He starts every sentence with “Hey” and ends most with “Jack.”   He is also known for off the wall comments and an odd sense of humor.

I recently passed a mobile home sales lot and saw the newest Si-Pad advertized with large banners.  The Clayton Homes description of this home says, “Camouflage wall panels. Check. Si Security Locker for your hunting gear. Done. “Si’s Stash” safe for valuables. You bet. It’s an affordable, quality home designed with the needs of “the outdoorsman” in mind, inspired by Duck Dynasty® star, Si Robertson. Robertson has endorsed Clayton Homes as a “good call.”

You can find almost anything that uses the cast of Duck Dynasty including T-shirts, jackets, hoodies, bandanas, tea cups, calendars, fake beards, posters, watches, coffee mugs, hats, booble head dolls,  DVDs of all seasons, and last, but not least, and most surprising…books.   It seems almost all of the cast have written books.   As someone who strives and longs to have a book published someday, it makes me take a deep breath and wonder if there is hope when I see the Duck Dynasty books on sale at every book store and Amazon.

You will find a book by Si called “Si-cology 1: Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty’s Favorite Uncle.”  Does that mean there will be a Si-cology 2?   Other titles include, “Happy, Happy, Happy”, “The Duck Commander Family-How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty”, “Miss Kay’s Duck Commander Kitchen: Faith, Family, and Food–Bringing Our Home to Your Table”, “The Duck Commander Devotional”, “Duck Dynasty: Family, God and Guns”, “Faith in the Duck Blind”, “The Women of Duck Commander: Surprising Insights from the Women Behind the Beards About What Makes This Family Work”, and we are assured that there will be more.

A friend recently pointed out that Mama June from the show Honey Boo Boo (another interesting reality TV show) got married, and Si Roberson and the rest of the family have published books.  She also pointed that neither of us were married nor had we published anything.  I shook my head, shrugged my shoulders, and really couldn’t think of anything to say.

I won’t give up, however.  I look at it from a different perspective.  If Si Robertson and the Robertson family can write and publish books, then certainly a smart, talented, amazing person like me can make it happen.  Right?  Maybe, I just need a new Si-Pad as to “relax” and write.  So, in the words of Si Roberson, “This thing is gonna be a humdinger. I’m talking ’bout this thing is gonna be a pants-off dance-off, Jack. We fixing to have a hootenanny like you ain’t had in your lifetime. Hey, this is going to be like the wedding from Deer Hunter. Hey, this thing is gonna be good.”

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