How do we always seem to remember our hotel room number?
How do we always seem to remember our hotel room number? 1,106 words • 5 minutes The next time you are traveling and staying in a hotel, I ask you to notice a little quirk of human memory. For some reason, most people find it remarkably easy to remember their hotel...
Two of the very few still living memories of Hollywood’s Golden Era
Two of the very few still living memories of Hollywood’s Golden Era 1,235 words • 5 minutes Take a moment, if you will, to imagine that you have been transported back to the year 1939 and that you are standing on the movie set during the making of Gone With the Wind....
Boniface the dog comments on style – Part 2
Boniface the dog comments on style – Part 2 1,375 words • 7 minutes Boniface’s friend Scrappy, a Bichon, had joined us and made herself comfortable on one of the chairs next to him. She could tell that he was deep in thought, and since she was in no hurry, she waited...
Annoying words and names for career choices – Part 2
Words that annoy us and do last names predict a career? Miscellany Part 2 1,510 words • 8 minutes Annoying words, people with certain names in certain careers, and other miscellaneous thoughts and questions. 1) We all appreciate the etymology of the various words that...
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.