Donnie “Cheeto Face” Trump is finding out that President Xi of China isn’t happy with what’s going on between the US and China. Trump will probably fix this problem by superimposing Xi’s head on a WWE Summer Slam opponent and then tweeting it out. Xi probably wants the same treatment as Trump’s BFF Putin, but Xi has to remember that in order to get the full Trump love shack package, an election must be fixed…and even then, nobody puts Vlad in a corner.
Governor Chis “Rules Don’t Apply To Me” Christie closed the New Jersey beaches to the public because the state budget wasn’t done. Christie’s family still went to the beach. I’d make an Ahab and Moby Dick joke here, but that’s too easy, instead I’ll just say I hope the sand that got stuck in his ass stays there for a month.
Trumpcare is so unpopular that it is bringing together governors from both parties. Democrats are like, “This is cruel.” Republicans are like, “Hey, you can’t make us pay for that. We already have to give tax breaks to corporations. Break up unions, take away funding for schools, and rip off the working class. We can’t pay for Medicaid too.”
Trump’s tweet with the CNN logo was interesting. Some people think he is a genius for all his distractions, but let’s look at the promises he has completed: Hillary in jail, wall built and Mexico paying for it, ISIS defeated in 30 days, swamp drained, Obamacare repealed and replaced with something better, other countries no longer laughing at us, Muslims banned until we figure out what the hell is going on, working weekends and never taking a break, and the United States rated as the best nation by TripAdvisor. That’s 0-9 in my book. Good thing he body slammed CNN. What he should be doing is slamming less chocolate cake and more souvlaki!
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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