Nocturnal Slacker v2.0Life is a funny thing, you know? I was thinking about my dad today. I was remembering when he turned 40 years old. I would have been five years old or so at the time. I remember thinking how old forty years old was. My dad was ancient. Heh! Well, today is my birthday. Fifty [...]
Fresh Cut Grass, the Buzz of Bees, and Baseball! Posted by V. T. Eric Layton on Apr 6, 2010 It must be getting close to summertime! I don’t like the hot, humid Florida summers these days as much as I did when I was a kid. Of course, I loved summertime back then because it [...]
Now for something a little lighter… This is a story that I wrote a few years ago. It’s about an Easter egg hunt that my mom arranged for me one Easter Sunday when I was a wee lad. I hope you enjoy reading it… or re-reading it, if you’re one of the folks who’s seen [...]
When I was a wee little tot, I had a kitty named Tom-Tom Tiger Tom. He was a big orange tabby guy. He just walked up on our front porch one day and made himself at home. He was an inside/outside kitty. He would come inside most nights and sleep with me. I loved ol’ [...]
It’s time for one of those miscellaneous bits n’ pieces posts, folk. Bear with me… Let’s start off with what’s new. Well, a couple weeks ago, an old friend left a message on my answering machine. I hadn’t talked with her in about six or so years. She’s back in my life a bit now [...]
This isn’t one of those ground-breaking, just-gotta-read articles. It’s just a ramble about a typical Florida spring day and what I did with it. I went to bed a little early last night, figuring I was going to lose an hour thanks to that silly DST changeover crap. I woke up nice and early this [...]
A little story about my mom. On a spring day in 1925 in the small town of Avon Park, Florida, a lady by the name of Mary gave birth to a daughter. She was named Lois Inez. She always hated the Inez part, though. Lois was Mary’s second child. There was already a boy named [...]
A few days back I posted about my brother’s upcoming adventure. He was moving to Fairfax, VA to take a project manager position with an engineering firm up there. Well, after a few bumps in the road, like no reliable transportation to get up there, he finally arrived there this afternoon at about 4:30PM. It [...]
My big brother, who has been unemployed like me for quite a while now, got himself a job recently. He will be moving to the Washington, D.C. area to take on the project management of an engineering firm. He’s excited about the new challenge and living near our nation’s Capital. I’m happy for him, yet… [...]
While driving around the other day, my brother commented in passing that he could not understand how atheists could live their lives without the hope of something greater afterwards. I’m an atheist. Although, I chose to not get into that topic of discussion with my Christian brother at that moment, I have had other Christian [...]
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