Another day, another wackadoodle controversy coming from the White House. This time it is all about President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad Hair and whether he said to the widow of a fallen soldier, “He knew what he was signing up for…but it probably still hurts.” And then there is the $25,000 check he promised to send another grieving parent back in June. (The check got sent yesterday.) In Trumplestillskin’s efforts to out-patriot all of the presidents before him, he has drawn attention to the one fact that is hard to ignore: he is an idiot. The words that come out of his mouth are often untrue. He has no empathy. He lacks the basic understandings that go with being a human. He is tactless. The world of Donnie Trumpie is the center of the Trumpenstein universe and nothing else matters to him. (Voted the dumbest universe 71 years in a row.) He is an orange sun of moronic behavior and stupidity.
Trumplestillskin supporter and Nazi idiot, Richard “I Like Big Punches to the Face and I Cannot Lie” Spencer is off to speak at University of Florida today. I’m sure he’ll have lots of examples of how white guys are the best. He’s the example I’ll use to prove him wrong: Donald Trump. If white guys are so much better, explain this genetic malfunction. Everyone is preparing for protests, counter protests, counter counter protests, and protests of the counter counter protests. It has already cost the university a bunch of money to prepare for Hurricane White Nationalist Idiot. Here’s an idea to make the money back, sell tickets, fill the Florida Gator Stadium and hold a White Nationalist Thunderdome. 5,000 white nationalists enter, one leaves.
I’m waiting for the great souvlaki thunderdome of 2017. One souvlaki enters my stomach…
Why is my page titled South of the Strait? Well I live in a far corner of the United States. I live in a small town south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If I was going to throw a rock across the strait it would land in Canada. I used to be an English teacher. I have worked in Westport, Port Angeles, and Sequim, Washington... and I did two years of substitute teaching in Coalinga, California.
I've moved around a lot, living in: Sterling,Kansas; Chicago; Jordan, Montana; Lemoore, California; Auckland, New Zealand; Spokane, Washington; Gambier, Ohio.
What do I write? For WordPress I used to print once a week for general comments. I wrote reviews of music concerts my daughter made me attend. (Each month she would want us to drive to Seattle to see a music group. I usually stood in the back watching weird stuff.) I also wrote about trips I have taken in Europe where I liked getting lost. I also wrote during the few months when my son was treated for cancer. (He is officially free of cancer of five years.) About three years ago I decided to stop writing blogs so I could concentrate on writing a few books. I have completed three books...or maybe four. I have now compiled my short stories poems and memoirs on Amazon. You can get it at Amazon now..."A Work In Progress"--Jon Eekhoff. I have been very close to getting a printed book called "Lost Summer" but I was never offered $1,000,000.00. (It's set in Paris, 1920's, with baseball, writers, artist, and actually true stuff.) I wrote a book about college basketball called "Laidlaw." It's kind of a mix of "Moby Dick" and a coach who is about to get fired so he takes his team out for a free drive around the West. My most recent book is "California Tales." These are connected stories about the missionary churches in California. They are sad, funny, inspiring, and odd. I had the entire book done in my head and had just one section to finish the next day...and that is when I fell 20 feet from my roof and landed on the cement. (Like a lot of men, I thought I could maintain my own roof instead of leaving it to the professionals.) I don't remember anything about my accident but I am told I was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Though conscious and responsive after surgery to remove part of my skull, I don't remember anything from my first month there. I spent another month of Harborview working on walking, speaking, and writing. That was two years ago. As a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) survivor, I could have quit writing, but I am not going to quit. I work with the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic.
So, here I am. I am married and live here in Sequim with my wife Cheryl. Our kids live in nearby cities. Writing is now an exhausting exercise, but something I plan to keep working on.
View all posts by South of the Strait
South of the Strait 