Logan & Amy’s Blog

Is it because we give him all the doggy toys he wants? That he gets two full size meals on a daily basis? Both meals being the best doggy food that we can afford, and it’s organic. Maybe it’s because we let him sleep in our room? (The cat’s don’t even get that luxury). Our little Odin has apparently become a bully at doggy daycare. We’ve had to take him in twice so we could go on vacation, and both times we get reports that Odin finds little dogs and and steals their toys and tries to pick fights. How can this be? What’s a loving father to do? Does this look like the face of a bully?

My friend Nate has put together an interesting documentary on church culture in the northwest. He has interviews with people who helped start Ruch community, a little old country church that I grew up in, and also with people in punk rock church communities here in Portland. Dig it

Everyone needs a hobby. I just have more geekier ones than most. So here’s what’s cooking in my oven, mmmmmmmm…

• Orchardtech.com: This was my consulting/business site until I got employed with real jobs. I would really like to get this updated. Currently have some photoshop candidates, just need to make a decision and get this launched.
• No more techy posts on loganandamy.com. After being disabled for a year I renewed pacifickid.com. Originally this site was a collaborated effort with a good friend , I think I’m going to convert it into my techy blog. I plan to write my own blogging software, either in Perl or Python (been slowly teaching myself Python).
• Finish the latest version of my Picture Browser aka Blogan (Blog + Logan) . I think I’m going to ditch CGI::Application and write my own MVC with template toolkit. I have also grown in love with JQuery, plan to exploit that more. This subject deserves a post unto itself.
• Redesign loganandamy.com. We just need to do a good spring cleaning on this design, it’s 2 years old!
• Continue to learn guitar

Here are some misc. links I found interesting/thought provoking this week.
Excellent article by Steve McConnell on How to Self-Study for a Computer Programming Job. I’m still mulling through Code Complete (Go buy it).

Donald Boudreaux one of the writers for Cafe Hayek, a favorite Libertarian political blog of mine, sums up nicely how I feel and many pro-freetrade/humanitarians feel on immigration. (It has nothing to do with the Republican party).
Funny stuff…
Laughable.

Even funnier, I’ll be running in the Great Columbia crossing this October, my goal is to just finish.

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This is a little outdated, but we were put in our hometown newspaper.

Last weekend we loaded our car with all our camping gear and headed out on a rock n roll pilgrimage to the Gorge Amphitheatre to commune with other devote followers at the holy Sasquatch festival. For those who are not yet practicing believers of the alternative music scene, please enlighten yourself at the altar of wikipedia. Overall it was a very positive experience, saw some incredible bands such as Arcade Fire, Bjork, and the Beastie Boys. Also discovered some new bands, such as Ghostland Observatory (my favorite), Neko Case (apparently has been around for a while), and The Hold Steady. The festival is a 2 day event, we arrived Friday evening and left Monday morning. Instead of going into great detail here is the skinny version of the pros/cons.

Pros

• Discovered new bands (mentioned above).
• Great weather, until the wind storm on Sunday night.
• Quality time with Amy and my brother in-law (check out his blog on the venue).
• Beautiful scenery

Cons

• The campground was a 24 hour frat party and your neighbor was less than 12 inches away.
• The Wild Horse Campground, apparently this is the more luxerious alternative to the dusty grounds at the amphitheatre.
• $10 beers, $7 meals, and $5 cokes within the amphitheatre.
• No civilization within miles, except for George (most of the residents appear to resent concert goers).
• The last night the winds picked up and they had to shut down the main stage for over an hour. The temp dropped ( or felt like) 20 degrees.

We’re taking a trip this weekend with Logan’s family. Which means Odin the dog needs a place to stay. So I set out on my day off to track down a suitable boarding facility that would keep Odin’s mind off his beloved parents’ absence.

What I found was a menagerie of doggie daycare facilities. Is this a foreign idea, or is it just me? My first thought was: this is a place for spoiled dogs whose owners feed them caviar and bottled water. The more I think about it though, I can see the advantages…if only it wasn’t so stinking expensive! Apparently these places are just like daycares for human children, except they are designed for your dog’s enjoyment while you are at work. They have ‘experienced canine professionals’ who have a system of dividing their canine charges into groups depending on play styles, temperaments, energy levels, sizes, etc. They encourage the dogs to take their potty time in the appropriate area, give dogs time-out if they have gotten out-of-control, and arrange for naptime between play sessions. Unlike regular daycares, dogs are screened before they are approved to stay. I’ve never experienced the phenomenon of human daycare, but my guess is that it is otherwise very similar, without the chew toys and crates for naptime.

I don’t like leaving Odin home by himself during the day. He hates solitude, and though he has a yard that is larger than our house’s square footage, he sulks on the deck area every day until we get home in the afternoon. Being a pack animal, most of his enjoyment comes from being near us, his pack! But when both of us work full-time, there really isn’t much choice if one is on a budget. I love that these pet owners are so concerned with their dogs’ activities that they want to provide their pet a suitable alternative to staying home alone with trouble as their only companion. However, I cannot imagine how expensive this would be on a daily basis. $24/day=$480/month…that is rent for some people! To each his own, I suppose. And if your dog’s day is among your top priorities, the doggie daycare industry has some great options for you!

Well it’s been a year since Amy and I started this blog! The “hello world” post was posted on 02-10 of last year. Thirty five posts later and a whole year has gone right by. Here are some highlights of the many changes that have occurred this year:
1. Amy and I got married.

2. Odin turns 1 year.

3. We now live in Portland.

For one more year!

It’s a big world out there, still so much to see. 

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The winds of change appear to be very active my life. After 8 months of tenure with Wells Fargo I have submitted my resignation and my last day will be December 28th. Starting as of the first of the year I will be working as a Perl programmer for a sexy marketing company in the Pearl district of Portland. The company, PCD Group, offers an array of services for a repertoire of Fortune 100 companies. I will be on a team of 4 other programmers and will be responsible for not just Perl development but making sure the company continues to be very versed in the latest web technologies. I finally feel like a real Portlander and joining the local workforce downtown.

To say the least I am very excited about this new opportunity and am honestly very happy to leave the confines of corporate America. The timing of this opportunity couldn’t be any better. It comes at the apex of my rapidly deteriorating psychological well being. Without snubbing Wells too much, I’m very thankful that I had a job the last 8 months, I mean hey, it paid the bills. The job also enabled me to venture to Portland, and also most of my team members in my group are extremely intelligent a joy to work with, and will honestly miss them. It really is the system that corporate Wells represents that I felt a great amount of oppression under, and moving to a more freer agile environment will be a great relief, one that cultivates creativity.