The Senate stayed up late to pass their screw the middle class tax bill. This bill will add to the deficit and give tax breaks to their biggest donors. Everyone else will end up paying more in tax and government programs will get cut so President Agent Orange can pass on more of his Russian money to his family.
In Hawaii, they are testing early warning sirens for the upcoming nuclear attack by North Korea. I don’t know about you, but if North Korea is going to fire off a rocket I think it should be aimed at Washington DC or Mar-a-Lago. Blowing up Trump’s house would be a boss way to go out. Think about it, Un.
Winning the internet and twitter this week is James “The Giant” Comey. His tweet after Flynn’s plea was “Let justice roll down like water.” Nice. Quoting scripture is one way to troll Trumpenstien supporters, but it probably went right by El Loco Presidente because his favorite verse is still from “Two Corinthians.”
THE KUSH is probably binge-watching Cool Hand Luke, The Wire, The Green Mile, and Shawshank Redemption. My suggestion would be watching All The President’s Men and seeing if there is a parking garage where he can meet Santa Mueller. The choice between rolling over on a 72-year-old crazy man or spending the rest of your life in prison shouldn’t be that hard to figure out, but this is a guy who thought colluding with the Russians was a good idea.
White House lawyer Ty “I Wish My Parents Called Me Cornonthe” Cobb is saying that Flynn is Obama’s fault. Yeah, the guy who fired Flynn is responsible.
My least favorite Congressman Trey “Draco Malfoy” Gowdy used $150,000 of tax-payer money to settle a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. Can we lock him in the same jail cell as THE KUSH and Trumplestillskin? It’s a winning formula for reality television. We’ll call it Two and a half Morons.
I’m going to eat two and a half souvlakis today to celebrate.
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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