What would happen in a roomful of self-help gurus?
What would happen in a roomful of self-help gurus? Once when the late Christopher Hitchens was asked to comment on the works of Ayn Rand he quipped “Why? Does the world need any more selfishness than it already has?” No, it really doesn’t does it? I will leave the...
Music to the ears of the average person
Music to the ears of the average person “So” she seethed. “You really do know everything don’t you?” I have to say that I was touched by her assessment of my intellectual ability even if I did think that she was overestimating it a bit. I mean to know...Generals David Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal
Generals David Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal My Army friends always joked with me about my time in the Air Force as “not being in the real military” or serving in the “Chair Force.” It was all good natured and of course I stood up for myself by ribbing them right...Teddy Roosevelt – How much energy can one man have?
Teddy Roosevelt – How much energy can one man have? Ah Teddy. Blue blood, president, and one of the four gents who looks majestically down at us from Mount Rushmore. A man of limitless energy, a writer, a reader, and a charger of the San Juan Hill. Is there anything...
About Your Average Author
Bios are normally the place to list great achievements and accolades, but since Neal’s are a bit thin the recap of his life is refreshingly brief.
Quite early Neal caught the attention of his teachers as being on the fast track to the cherished 50th percentile in life. It might have been his noteworthy lack of skill, not to mention talents, in areas such as academics, athletics, the arts and drama, or social life. Together they destined him to observer status only. Tragic? No, for it was there that he found his comfortable place in the just average bleachers.