This is Part 1 of 2 about this past weekend’s experience running the Spartan Beast in Big Bear, CA. Part 2 of the Spartan experience can be found here. I’m not so sure the pictures and brief video included here truly demonstrate the hell that was the Spartan Beast in Big Bear, California; a 12+…
This is Part 2 of 2 and I’m writing this before Part 1 (how does that work??) However, this part of the story is far more important and needs to be told. Two days ago, myself and thousands of others completed a 12+ mile, 30+ obstacle Spartan Beast in Big Bear, California. Located on an…
Last Monday – September 25th – ABC aired the pilot episode of The Good Doctor. From ABC: Freddie Highmore plays Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, (who) relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those…
In about a month, I’ll be running/walking/racing/doing the Spartan Beast – a 12+ mile race with about 30-35 obstacles, ski hills and a lot of elevation – and listen, I’m not going to lie: the anxiety level is rising almost daily. And I really hate hills. The bottom line is I’ve never done anything like…
This should not bother me. Yet it does. Not too long ago, I sat in on a conference call with a web development/design firm who was tasked with redesigning about 20 new websites for us. As the organization’s website manager, it’s my job to follow the progress, ask pertinent questions and address any concerns they…
Let’s get this out of the way now: Matt is a funny kid. In no way has he let his autism hold him back in any way and put a damper on his sense of humor or overall wittiness. Be it a joke or a prank or other humorous antic, there should be little doubt…
Years ago, while in high school – just before a girl’s volleyball game – I did something stupid in the stands which resulted in an on-the-spot ass-chewing by the principal who was standing close by. Although he took me behind closed doors in a side-hallway for said ass-chewing, he laid in to me pretty good…