“Low Energy-Donnie-Needs a Nap” Trump appeared to doze off during a G20 roundtable meeting. This surprised no one because all the other leaders realize that the dumb kid at the table needs a little help. The British PM gave him a little nudge to wake the dozing Giant Baby Boy.
After his meeting with Vlad the Election Impaler Putin, Trump said, “Vlad told me they did nothing. I agree. I won. Time to move on. Sad that people still want to find out the truth…oops did I say that? I need a nap.”
Donald “I got all the Bad Genes…And there weren’t very many good ones to start with” Trump Jr. posted a video of his dad playing Maverick in Top Gun and shooting down a CNN plane. The only thing mildly funny about it was the idea that anyone would trust Trump behind the controls of a jet fighter. The guy can’t find his limo when he gets off Air Force One. How is he going to shoot down anything? Things Trump is good at destroying: Marriages, Casinos, America.
THE KUSH seems to have forgotten another meeting with a Russian. This one was with a Russian lawyer with Kremlin connections. This guy is the worst son-in-law since Pauly Shore. (Son in Law is an old movie kiddos. Rotten tomatoes rate it around 20%…that’s about what the American people are rating President Trump right now.)
Oh, there was a KKK rally in Charlottesville yesterday. This happened while the sun was out. There were 50 morons carrying guns and wearing their pointy hats and momma’s sheets. This is the country we live in, where racist morons feel safe enough to crawl out of their trailer parks and bring their uncle-fathers and aunt-mothers to a daytime rally. The good news was that there were more counter protestors there…I don’t believe they carried guns, because guns don’t kill people, really stupid people with guns kill people.
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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