Interior Secretary Ryan “I’m Not Qualified For My Job” Zinke has announced that Florida will not have off-shore oil drilling. Great for Florida…now why did that happen? Oh, they are a swing state. Is California going to get same treatment? No way. That state is a deep blue and therefore must be punished.
President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Salad Hair Lord Dampnut Dumpster Fire and Furher Von Trumplestillskin Von Trumpenstein Von Jenius had an hour long meeting yesterday discussing DACA and immigration to prove how much of a jenius he is. Umm…it didn’t really help. What it did prove is that Trumplestillskin knows nothing about immigration. The great deal maker doesn’t know what “comprehensive immigration reform” is. He doesn’t understand DACA. He just wants his wall and a Big Mac.
El Presidente Loco will be getting his first check up this week. Anyone want to guess the results? I’m betting he will get a gentleman’s D. Just like he did in college. He’s 71, never exercises other than moving stuff around on his desk, eats fast food, drinks six diet Cokes a day, and is under terrific pressure. Yeah, if this fitness test says he is in great shape, we will have officially become a banana republic. (Apologies to banana republics around the globe.)
The Fusion GPS testimony was released yesterday and now Senator Chuck “Tinfoil Hat” Grassley has to admit that Hillary Clinton isn’t the reason that Trumplestillskin is being investigated.
Sloppy Steve Bannon is out at Breitbart. He will now be working at a strip club in Tijuana. This guy has gone from super jenius to pariah in two weeks. You know who people supported longer than Sloppy Steve? Roy Moore. Yep, the GOP would rather support a dude who hangs out at the mall picking up cheerleaders.
Speaking of crazy people who should know better, 85-year-old Joe “Racism isn’t Just a Hobby It was My Job” Arpaio is running for Jeff Flake’s job. He’s a convicted felon and probably wouldn’t be able to vote in 22 states because he never served out his time, but he can run for office. God Bless America, and God Bless the Souvlaki Hut.
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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