President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad Dumpster Fire and Fuhrer Von Trumplestillskin Lord Dampnut Von Trumpenstein is still in charge. In charge of what? In charge of the republican party that just stole public lands so his buddies can extract whatever is of value to them, in charge of the party that is now sending money to Roy “Mall Rat” Moore, in charge of the party that is going to cut children’s healthcare, so their donors get a tax break, and in charge of the most corrupt government in history. (I was going to add US government, but I’m not sure if they aren’t the most corrupt in the history of the world.)
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck “I Don’t Smoke” Grassley said that giving a tax break to the middle class will only encourage people to spend money on booze and women. He then clarified to say the taxes shouldn’t punish “frugality, savings and investment.” He’s talking about the estate tax. The tax that applies to the top one percent. I guess the rest of us need to figure out that all the money we spend on booze and women is keeping us from having a six-million-dollar estate. Too late for me. I have two women in my family. I suppose I should have cut them loose years ago so I could pass on all my money to my son.
Paul “World’s Worst Advisor” Manafort is probably headed back to jail. Part of his bail deal was to not make public comments… so he decided to work with a Russian spy to write an editorial… an editorial that defended Manafort’s work in the Ukraine. What was his pen name? Paule Shore? Paula Poundstone? Paul “The Sledge” DePledge? Remember when Trumplestillskin said he would hire the best people? Yeah, the best…
Santa Mueller I’ll buy you a lifetime of souvlaki if you end this now.
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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