President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad Dumpster Fire and Fuhrer Von Trumplestillskin Von Trumpenstein is in Vietnam. He’s about fifty years late, but his bone spurs couldn’t stop him this time. I’m beginning to think that he is made from butter (it explains his color) because every time he gets close to a heated issue he melts. China? China was his little whipping boy during the election and now he is BFFs with China. He melted like an orange dream-sickle on a hundred-degree day.
We do know that he has the ability to say no, because his bodyguard is reporting that Trumplestillskin turned down a Russian offer to have five women visit his hotel room during his Miss Universe trip to Russia. We should give him a medal for his bravery.
Roy “Yes, I Am A Lunatic” Moore will probably drop out of the Alabama Senate race before too long. He has accusations made against him that will probably be followed by more accusations. What is wrong with Alabama? First, they give us Jeffro Bowdeen Sessions and now this creep is on deck. Are there any normal people in Alabama? This is a rhetorical question …roll tide.
General “Disregard for the law” Flynn is worried that is son is going to end up in prison for working with the Russians. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Maybe they can write a screenplay when they are locked in the same cell.
One apple that has no tree is Stephen “Skynet is my Daddy” Miller. This fully operational bot was questioned by Santa Mueller. Can a robot be put in prison? This is an ethical question the Supreme Court will have to answer. My feeling is that we just unplug him and send him back to Westworld.
All of this intrigue has made me hungry, time for a morning souvlaki
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.
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