To celebrate surviving three hundred days I will report nothing about Trumplestillskin. Let’s pretend he is already in prison.
Steve “Grandma Glasses” Mnuchin went to the treasury yesterday to see the first bills roll off the printing press with his name on them. His wife (why she was there is a good question) went along dressed as a cross between Kylo Ren and Cruella Deville. Little Stevie went dressed as a dork with lots of money. The pictures of the duo holding up the sheets of money are worth their weight in sheets of money. I can’t wait for this divorce, she is going to take him to the cleaners. “I have become accustom to riding on US Government private jets to see eclipses and honeymooning on the tax-payer’s dime.” Draining the swamp.
Cards Against Humanity has purchased a little border land to mess with the wall. I think they should build a big door on their land and put a neon sign that says, “This way to the US.”
THE KUSH has been hiding somewhere in the world, a kind of Where’s Waldo mixed with Carmen San Diego mixed with Eric Stratton. Reports are that he’s been spending lots of time in Saudi Arabia. Hmmm… isn’t that where the crowned Prince is arresting people and starting a little war with Iran? Yep. Probably just a coincidence, because THE KUSH was going to solve Middle East peace as I recall.
Roy Moore “And More Women are Reporting I’m a Creep” is shedding supporters like a Husky sheds fur in July. A couple more women appeared yesterday to say the the Montgomery Mall/Mauler Rat tried to grab them too. It’s time for Roy to take his cowboy hat and head back to being a joke of a judge.
Shepherd Smith took his fellow Faux Newz reporters to task yesterday. The reports of Uranium One have been rampant on Faux and Mr. Smith went to town on the false accusations. Shep’s reward was a whole bunch of Faux Newz viewers going crazy on Twitter. Facts don’t matter in the world of Faux Newz.
The only thing that matters at the Souvlaki Hut is that you bring a big boy appetite.
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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