Fandom—Innocent fun or a bit creepy?
Fandom—Innocent fun or a bit creepy? 3300 words • 8 minutes The 1962 hit film in the United States was a release entitled The Music Man. Based on the 1957 Broadway play of the same name, the story is set in the year 1912 and relates how a con man, “Professor” Harold...
The Kinks – God Save the Kinks! | Part 1
The Kinks – God Save the Kinks! | Part 1 2300 words • 7 minutes Imagine, just for a moment if you will, that it is the late summer of 1964 and you are driving along listening to the AM radio. Even nearing the mid-sixties, the hippest pop/rock stations were still...
Pink Floyd—A Very English Band | Part 2
Pink Floyd—A Very English Band | Part 2 2600 words • 8 minutes Fellow readers and fans of Pink Floyd, I often think that I am living life backwards. While I was a serious and dedicated pessimist as a young man, now that I am older, I am quite an optimist. I say this...
Pink Floyd—A Very English Band | Part I
Pink Floyd—A Very English Band | Part I 3200 words • 11 minutes Dear readers, Thanks to you, the book I wrote two years ago, Steel Production in Romania 1954 to 1963, shot to the top of the bestseller lists and remained there for nearly 40 weeks. For that I am...
The National Defense
The National Defense 3000 words • 10 minutes Rarely a day goes by in which we do not hear about the United States military. There is always talk about budgets, overseas wars, arguments about the size of U.S. forces, and even whether there is even a need for a...
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.