The grand distraction machine is winding up. Today “Attach Chihuahua” Jeffro Bowdeen Sessions is dragging out the Uranium One conspiracy because the GOP needs to make sure everyone thinks Hillary did something with Russia and Uranium. Let’s do this. Put Hillary in jail. Just do it. I don’t care if she is innocent or not, obviously nobody in the GOP cares either, so lock her up. Now… can we start locking up everyone involved with the Russian election mess? Yesterday, I listened to some elected moron (Jim Jordan) from Ohio shouting like he wore a tinfoil hat 24/7. He was so proud to be able to lie on national television about how Mueller’s investigation was designed to depose President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad Dumpster Fire and Fuhrer Von Trumplestillskin Lord Dampnut Von Trumpenstein. The crazy is getting turned up to eleven. In some ways it shows that they are finally realizing that Trumplestillskin is in trouble, in other ways, I feel like I’m living in a nation on the brink of disaster. Cascadia Now!
El Presidente Loco is taking names at the UN today. I hope when he takes names he can spell them. Pretty sure he’s going to write down a bunch of stuff that looks like the alphabet. He only knows about ten nations, so I’m pretty sure all the little nations can vote away. His threat is related to giving aid to those nations. Now, here’s a lesson in governing for all of you who think we should only spend money on billionaires so they can give you a high paying job. We pay nations money so they can be stable. Stable nations don’t have wars. Wars cause disruptions. Disruptions end up costing the US money because our billionaires need to have factories in those nations because they can pay people a dime a day to work. So, when things get unstable it actually costs us more. That is how capitalism works. We need people working under impossibly difficult situations, in barely stable nations, so I can buy five t-shirts for $20. This is an easy concept to figure out, but it is beyond the mental ability of that guy with the big brain.
Santa Mueller it is time to reel in the big fish. Christmas is four days away. I promise I’ll be good and only eat one souvlaki a day.
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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