The special election in Georgia was the most expensive ever and the result was: Georgia is still stupid. Well, not all of Georgia, but more than half of the part where they were voting between a crazy lady and Jon “I don’t even live here” Ossoff. The takeaway from this election is: if we can spend this much money on an election, why can’t we build new schools?
Sean “Gringo Level of Spiciness” Spicer said that we will have an answer to the Comey tapes this week. Really? I think the answer is in, there are no tapes. Trump will come out on Friday and say, “I was joking. Don’t you guys understand sarcasm?” Faux News will laugh, Rush Limbaugh will take five Viagra and four oxycodone and laugh, Sean Hannity will say, “This guy…he’s great. Bahahaha,” and everyone on the right will say how nice it is to have a President who shoots straight and tells it how it is…I’ll barf in my mouth a little bit. Don’t worry, I’m getting used to it.
Tiny Elfin Racist Figurine, Jeffro Bowdeen Sessions has hired a personal lawyer. What the Trump presidency needs is more lawyers. That swamp is getting crowded. Is the draining starting yet?
The Senate is staging its version of 12 Angry Men behind closed doors. Their play is called 13 Angry Men Take Away Your Healthcare. It’s a lot like 12 Angry Men, except all of the characters are racist morons and there isn’t a man in a white suit to prove them all wrong. Can’t wait to see how their version plays to the American audience.
I’m holding out hope that whatever they come up with it includes souvlaki coverage.
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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