... Don Knotts: Speaking Broken French Dean Jones: "Will you give it to me in English?" Don Knotts: "Sure, we're lost." Dean Jones: "Thanks." ... Now, this may seem like an odd pairing...you've got Dora the Explorer followed by a quote from the first lines of "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977) and I'm pretty sure you are scratching your heads thinking, "what do these have to do with doing government related tasks?" To put it simply, while we have been down here in Sanibel Is

/ When Walt Disney made his very last visit to Disneyland in October of 1966, he looked out over Tomorrowland, his land of the future and remarked that if Tomorrowland truly needed to be his place of the future, he would have to constantly change the land to counter potential aspects in the park that would quickly become obsolete. Of course, Walt himself would pass away two months later and the company would have to adjust itself in that regard. The truth is, change is the

If you have been following me for some time now, then you probably have heard me talk about autism meltdowns and sensory overloads. I've travelled this road many times and let me tell you, it's something that I always try to avoid, but have been unsuccessful. Recently, I've been going through a very severe bout of autism withdrawal as I get ready to head down for my winter retreat in Sanibel Island, Florida. This withdrawal started with a winter storm, Winter Storm Fern if

... As we start on 2026, I'm pretty sure many of us are thinking of what we want to accomplish in the new year. For many, it's about accomplishing a specific goal whether it'd be to be more healthy, more engaging or setting boundaries to make yourself healthy and happy. But, there are some goals that people build over time and will stop at nothing to achieve those goals, where we tend to put quantity over quality on that specific goal. In the 5 years since I founded Going t

... As the winter holidays continue, we now reach the point that the time will soon come to close the book on 2025 and open a fresh new book on 2026. A lot has changed at "Going the Distance" as we prepare to mark the 5th anniversary of the organization that I built with the purpose of advocating and training the importance of neurodivergent acceptance from someone who is living the experience. ... While I will say that 2025 has been a year of change and restructuring, I hav

... As you know, we are coming the close of another year and this is the time of year where we come together to celebrate the fact that there should be peace on Earth and goodwill toward men. If you have been following me for some time, you know that I do a yearly rendition of Dr. James Allan Francis' essay, "One Solitary Life" every thanksgiving to empathize the importance of what the holiday season really is, no matter how you celebrate it. ... But this holiday season is o

... A few days ago, I was watching a "History of Power Rangers" episode hosted by Linkara on YouTube and the episode I watched was part 2 of the segment about Season 3 of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." Now, like a lot of kids in the 1990's, I did watch Power Rangers and eventually outgrew them as an adult, but there was something mentioned towards the end of the video that struck a chord with me and something that is a reflection of the restructuring that has been happening

... When it comes to being a business owner, sometimes we have to do things that are not easy, but are necessary for the business to properly run whether its by cutting costs, laying off people or restructuring to better run the business you have worked so hard to create. As a neurodivergent business owner, I recently had to put Going the Distance through a restructuring phase to do just that. But out of all the restructuring and sacrifices that I've had to make, there is on

... Before I begin Part 2 of this blog, I would like to thank you all for your patience in waiting for this second part. A lot has happened ranging from lack of motivation, to a restructuring of Going the Distance, to a major pirate invasion, all of which I probably won't go into too much detail about but you get the idea. ... In fact, these recent events are living proof that Godzilla and King Kong can take on any form and can be represented in any shape or size. These can

We're always going to have that internal conflict within ourselves: whether we make the right decision or whether we end up make the...