Merry Christmas! (I’ll come back to this in a moment.) I woke up this morning, ran downstairs, and looked under the tree… Santa Mueller didn’t leave me what I wanted! This is a good time to learn the difference between what I want and what I need. I want President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Lord Dampnut Dumpster Fire and Furher Von Trumplestillskin Von Trumpenstein to be locked up in a little jail cell where he has to eat prison food and doesn’t get his six diet cokes each day. I want him to pay for the rise in what racists think is acceptable in our nation. I want his entire administration to burn to the ground like the Hindenburg… but, what I need is a governmental system of checks and balances. I need a healthy justice system. I need freedom of speech. I need life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… and I still have those… for now. I’ll take Trumplestillskin in jail later. I’d like it today, but I’ve waited 338 days so far, I can wait ten more.
Trumpenstein has tweeted that he personally has saved Merry Christmas from the ash pile of history. Yep, nobody was saying this just last year. I completely forgot all about Christmas. Last year at this time I was like, “Happy… what is this day?” Donnie Trump was sent by God to save us all. Now let’s lead lives like our savior. How can I be more like our Orangutan in Chief? I wonder is Jesus is happy with the little orange-handed man? Remember, Jesus was a Middle Easterner. Jesus said that it was easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven. Jesus also healed people without co-pays, out of pocket costs, and insurance. If Jesus were around today, I think he’d sound a lot more like the Jewish Senator from Vermont than the “Presbyterian” President from Queens.
One thing El Presidente Loco needs to keep in mind is that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice. One of the material witnesses to this charge is FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. So… when you tweet at McCabe to get him out of office, or try to insinuate that McCabe is unreliable, YOU ARE OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE! Your Twitter feed is going to be a pretty tight noose. Keep it up you bloated bag of pus.
Nikki “Nimrata Randhawa” Haley announced that the UN budget will be cut by a quarter of a billion dollars next year. Good idea. We need more tax breaks for the wealthy and we will need more money for all the wars we start next year. Let’s cut the programs that might prevent that. Who is planning our budget? Vlad “The Election Impaler” Putin?
Well, it is time to open that warm souvlaki under the tree. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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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