Dogs Are Wonderful, Especially Charlie!

This is a little article that I wrote about dogs. I was lucky enough to get published on latimes.com as a blowback to an editorial by Joel Stein. Unfortunately it was replaced much more quickly than the blowback before it. But it still was really neat to see it on the site.

I was very much influenced by Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. It is a really good book and I would recommend it to everyone.

I got two e-mails in response to the article. One was positive and the other was negative. I guess that is pretty good. I also got much appreciated kind words from family and friends.

I know it seems like a small thing. But it was a happy thing to happen.

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A new start

This blog is mainly going to follow me as I change my career. Somewhat late in life, 35, I am trying to start a career in computer science. When I first saw my first computer, an Apple II, it truly blew my mind. I was the classic computer geek. I took some programming classes in high school but at the time I didn't seem to have the discipline for professional programming. Now I think that I am ready. I would really like to work for Apple or Mozilla. But I am not completely forgoing the option of trying to start my own business. With my good friend Daniel, I am starting a project to interview the homeless in downtown San Diego. We have completed a few interviews already and it has been really rewarding. So far the people we have talked to have been friendly and fascinating. I am trying to imagine how to create a web page that truly conveys the reality of these peoples lives.

My family has been both technical and creative. My sister is one of the smarter people I know. She is a chemical engineer, though she is taking some time off to be mommy. My brother works for the Wall Street Journal. The headlines for the articles, those are written by my baby brother. I am trying to comfort myself that if my siblings can do it, so can I.

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