[TxMt] Ruby Address Book API Problem

I recently noticed that the letter template in the Latex bundle stopped working (TextMate hangs for a second and then does nothing, not even a console message). I started fiddling with the ruby script that produces the template document and it appears that the line

me_entry = OSX::ABAddressBook.sharedAddressBook.me

does not work. Commenting out that block and the code that depends on it makes the template work again. I know so little about ruby it is embarrassing and consequently have little knowledge on how to fix this. Did apple change the address book API to Ruby? Perhaps another special case is need now.

Kyle