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I'm just another dude... with dogs!

Jack of all trades, master of talking, I live to learn - name it, I probably know something about it!

Age: 43
Residence: Hayfork, CA, USA
Freelance: Available
Dogs: Harlequin Raku, Fluff's Marley & Captain Kathryn Janeway

My Services

Data Analysis

As a Bloomtech-certified Data Scientist, I offer comprehensive data analysis services—from Exploratory Data Analysis to specialized projects like sign language recognition. I’ll assess your data to uncover insights, answer critical questions, and provide clear, impactful visualizations.

Website Development

With a lifetime of web development experience dating back to HTML 2.0 in 1995, I’ve watched the web evolve from simple WYSIWYG editors to today’s dynamic platforms. Now, as part of Eyeth Studios, I specialize in creating robust, accessible WordPress sites that are both user-friendly and visually engaging.

Woodworking

With a lifetime of woodworking experience beginning in childhood under my father and grandfather, I’ve honed my craft across multiple trades—from framing and wood flooring to custom renovations and furniture making. I’ve worked for a furniture company, built my own pieces, and often gift handcrafted furniture and restoration services. My skills also include pen making, wood turning, wood carving, and pyrography (wood burning), allowing me to create unique, finely crafted pieces that blend tradition with personal artistry.

Fun Facts

38 States Visited

7 Countries Visited

6 States Lived In

6 Coast-to-Coast Roadtrips

11 Broken Bones

7 Surgeries

4 Near-Death Experiences

2 Times Airlifted

That’s me back in March 2022, with Mama Fluff somewhere in the mountains of NorCal. A few months earlier (Sept 20th, 2021 to be precise) she gave birth to Marley and several other siblings, her second and final litter – some who we still see once in a while. She’s an awesome long-haired Akita who roams these mountains daily with one of her sons from her first litter, Tux.

I’m just your basic polymath with the need… the need to learn about everything and build all the essentials in my life. Currently, I’m in Boot Camp at Bloom Tech for Data Science, where I get to polish and sharpen my skills in Python – Big Data, Data Viz, Nerual Networks… My aim is to better understand Machine Learning so I can develop an AI that is capable of recognizing basic ASL commands. I also work as a project coordinator/website content manager for Eyeth Studios, owned by an awesome deaf woman who makes it her mission to support the Deaf Community.

I’m not a big fan of perusing art, but I’ll tell you this much about Susan Dupor’s ‘Family Dog’ – it made the biggest impact on me, and is the only art I can cite other than the Mona Lisa or Starry Skies… Sorry, art folks – it just ain’t my jive.

I’ll let you guys check it out and figure out for yourselves why I, the only deaf child in a family of 4, would relate so much to this artwork.

Speaking of which, I am working on a memoir about my experiences as a d/Deaf individual, family dynamics as the only deaf child, educational and interpreting issues and so much more. I just need to finish it!

As for art… the most artsy I get is with my DIY projects, woodworking, metalsmithing, landscaping/gardening and the occasional writing/poetry. Oh yeah, and culinary delights – I’m a seasoned pizzaiolo (worked at Mozzeria and Chestnut Hill Brewery, even built a friend a brick oven as a thank you gift for helping with my dog’s surgery in summer of ’21) and I enjoy baking bread and making pasta/ravioli from scratch. Yup, a dough boy, I am!

Resume

Experience

2022 - Present

Operations Coordinator

Eyeth Studios

Assisting the owner with clients who need website services, project management, multimedia services; website development utilizing WordPress; researching/contacting book publishers, data analysis/management, and assisting with production of ASL translations of children's board books (iOS users can download Bilingual Stories Bookshelf).

2022 - Present

Accountant

DefCan

I compile a biweekly sheet with drivers' runs, total items delivered, as well as tips and report biweekly pay to the owner utilizing Google Sheets, OnFleet, and a custom website.

2023 - 2024

Data Scientist/App Developer

GoSign.Ai

Collaborated with the Lead Software Engineer to build iOS and React Native apps; did Exploratory Data Analysis of GPT chatbot conversations to determine popular topics; developed sign language recognition model utilizing Python and in-house video data from their app which collects videos of ASL signs, labeled with text words.

Education

2022 - 2023

Bloom Institute of Technology

Data Science Certificate

2006 - 2008

The Pennsylvania State University

State College, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

2003 - 2005

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

No Degree - Physics

2001 - 2003

Union County College

Cranford, NJ

Associate's in Communication

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Skills

Coding

Python
Bash
PHP
MySQL

Languages

English
American Sign Language
Russian
French
Spanish
Icelandic/Old Norse

System

Apple

100%
Ubuntu Linux

90%
Arduino

40%
Analog

25%

Knowledge

Proficiency with Python
Proficiency in SQL
Logistic regression
iOS, Linux and Windows management
Proficiency in WordPress

Works

Orange Creamsicle

Mead

Blackberry-Orange Mead

Mead

T’ej

Mead

Dune Spice

Mead

Strawberry-Kiwi Meadness

Mead

Fiery Strawberry Fuel

Mead

Persephone’s Golden Pom Cyster

Mead

Hade’s Crimson Pom Cyster

Mead

The DogHouse Placeholder

Sometimes in late April of 2021, I found an ad on Facebook Marketplace: a 1994 Amtran Genesis 12 window bus for sale. DT408 motor with Allison transmission, $7,000. I contacted the seller, who put the ad up for a friend, and finally met up with the owner of this bus in Pilot Hill: Beyond Cool, California. His name was Milty and he owned and operated Tahoe Whitewater Rafting. I checked the bus out, everything looked good to me, and I made an offer – $5,000 cash. He agreed, we shook on it and I took this picture on May 4th, 2021! After nearly two years, I had taken the first step in my skoolie journey! The next day, I returned, paid up and he signed the title over to me. I asked him if it was possible to leave the bus on his property for a while, as I wasn’t able to park it where I lived. He was really nice about it and let me park for a few months, and even work on removing the seats – as long as I didn’t make a mess on his property, which was no issue at all! Granted, it took me a few months of not being able to work on it – I could only afford to drive (1.5 hours one way) and work on the bus once in a while. It wasn’t til I had moved to where I currently reside, and save up to be able to get my starter replaced and drive the bus home! I had to hire a mobile mechanic to replace the starter and check everything out, but otherwise – I have done every iota of work on this bus so far.

Within a week or 2, I headed back to Pilot Hill to load some materials in The DogHouse, and start removing all 24 of these damned bus seats solo, with only Harley for company… Let me tell you this – it ain’t easy! Especially when the vice grips just dont stay locked and you need a second vice grip to keep the first one locked and wedged against another leg so you can go under the bus and unscrew the bolt with an impact driver. It took me several trips, one day usually about 3-5 hours of work done to remove the seats. After a while, I had to pause work for several months as I mentioned above. Finally, after I had a place to live with room to park the bus, saved up for the starter replacement, I was able to bring The DogHouse home! Time to begin tearing up the rubber flooring, old plywood and start on the build!

For now, while I continue work on building this site up, this will serve as a dedication page with a dedicated Instagram feed below. Eventually, this will be transferred over to www.the-dog.house, along with a brand new logo/brand! Exciting times are ahead!

That’s Woof Up, y’all’s.

Blog

November 19, 2024 Mead and Kitchen Updates

It’s a long time coming. I finally bought a china cabinet! NOW I don’t have to bend over to grab…

November 13, 2024 Meadmaking Process

Alright, so a couple folks have hit me up about how I make mead, the process, when it’s ready to…

November 13, 2024 Mead Batch #8: Orange Creamsicle

Heading says it all! My 7th batch (8th, actually – instead of 1 pom batch, I ended up with 2,…

November 11, 2024 Mead Batch #6 Tasting/Reading

Goddamn, goddamn… this batch is impressing me!!! So I mentioned that there is two batches in my last post. I…

Dogs: Truly Man's BEST Friend!

Dogs have been a huge part of my life. When I was about 4 years old or so, we found and rescued Bear – she just appeared in our backyard one day! She approached us with no fear and was really friendly. I have no idea what breed she was, but she wasn’t with us for too long. My parents’ landlord said no to dogs; one of my aunts took her in, and she lived to be quite old! Of course, a kid is going to be disappointed, and continue to ask for a dog throughout kid’s life.

It wasn’t until years later the parents bought their first house, that we adopted Lakota – a German Shepard/Labrador Retriever mix. She wasn’t with us for too long, either – she was extremely protective of me (probably because I spent the most time working, training and playing with her) and ended up biting my parents and brother. The parents got a dog psychologist, and they decided to surrender her to a military/police dog trainer – if she was trainable, she’d live… otherwise she’d get put down. I never found out what happened to her – hope she got to bite some bad guys’ sixes! That’s us to the right. Yup, I was that kid who thought it was cool to get a cap with a lightbulb on it, all because I was full of ideas! Obviously, I was extremely distraught over losing Lakota, as I felt protected by her, but she was not a safe dog to keep around a family with children. Fortunately for us, the shelter where we rescued her from were sympathetic to our cause, and we got to bring home another dog.

Enter Pepper: a wilful, stubbornly independent Border Collie mix. Her tail was already cropped, and we estimated her age to be between 1-3 years old. She had been abused and neglected, and did not like most dogs. However, she took an immediate liking to us, so of course we brought her home! She was smart and picked up quickly in her obedience courses. Being part Border Collie, it was inevitable we’d have a well-trod, grassless path in the backyard along the fence! I would take her on walks to the park nearby, where often she would run around on a long lead. There was this one time that I’ll never forget – fall had arrived, the two mini man-made lakes were still full of water and had a bunch of, I’m not sure – ducks or geese, floating around, chillin’ and relaxin… ’til Pepper saw them and made a

I can’t recall when, but at some point a few years after we got Pepper, Kathy and James – along with Grandpa – adopted Luke from a reputable breeder of hunting dogs. He was a German Shorthair Pointer, and yes – they did crop his tail. James was to raise and train him, Kathy was to finance his food and vet needs, Grandpa wanted another hunting dog but didn’t want to invest in another dog himself. Pepper HATED Luke for a good while, and it took her a couple years to accept him in her life. I’ll have. to hunt down my physical photos to find a picture of him.

Right before I graduated from Union County College, I was recently engaged to Lauren, who suggested at some point I consider a service dog, as most apartments don’t allow dogs, and also I’d have more assistance with sounds outside of my Cochlear Implant (CI). After extensive research, I reached out to Nancy at Susquehanna Service Dogs, who then put me through the application progress for a service dog. It wasn’t cheap, either – I believe it was, at the time, $5,500 for a trained dog that is matched to your needs. Fortunately there were low-income programs I qualified for, and SSD’s Xylia ‘Lia’ was the first and only pup I met. I believe she was around 4-5 months old, and she was already highly trained beyond belief! We hit it off so well, and she was extremely responsive to me, even with my deaf accent/speech mispronunciations. The staff were all, “She’s yours, no question about it!” I was then asked what I wanted her trained to assist me in life. Alert me to phone calls (quickly retired with the advent of the Sorenson VP-100 and ensuing successions of Video Relay Services). doorbell/knocking, fire alarms, timers, my name, and wake my dead, deaf six up in the mornings! (back then, it was DIFFICULT to wake me up early. I literally died every night and was reborn when I felt like it the next day…) No problem, come back in several months! Shortly after I graduated, and right before I moved to Philly to live with Lauren and start at Drexel University for Physics, Lia’s training was mostly completed. It was time for… THE TEST.

While I was living in Philadelphia and a student at Drexel University, the parents moved from NJ to PA and bought their second house with an even bigger backyard. I had to drop out of Drexel due to lack of tuition (parents refused to pay for more than 2 years), and moved into their new house. Shortly before a wedding, I was playing with Lia and Pepper, going back and forth – I must have startled Pepper, and she snapped at me – left a small scar above my lip near my nose on the right side of my face. My beard has never penetrated the scar tissue, so when it’s short – you can see the scar line. She lived to be quite an old dog, passing away of natural cause after living with us for about 14 years in 2008, shortly before I graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, State College campus.

The Pack

Harley, Jesse, and Marley in front of The DogHouse

All puppies have successfully been placed with loving homes!

Sometimes in the late afternoon of December 7th, I left Harley in my bedroom, and Marley (who was in heat; I wanted to breed her when she was older but lo…) in the kitchen with her mama, Fluff. Some other dogs were separated and in the living room, with the door shut between kitchen and living room. I headed out to my bus to do some work on it for a few hours, and unbeknownst to me, one of the visitors here decided to let all dogs mingle. Fortunately, nobody opened my bedroom door and let Harley out… However, one of the visitors had an unfixed male Cane Corso-German Shepard mix and I found out the next day from one of my roommates – they had mingled and did the deed. Damnit, ok well lets hope for the best… weeks go by – nope, she’s getting bigger. I did the math – 64 days’ gestation would make her due date Feb 9th. But, no…

Saturday, February 4th, 2023. Just before 11pm, I had just wrapped up a coding assignment for the night and decided to kick back and watch some TV. All of a sudden, Marley is breathing funny… then there was some kind of huge slimy turd that popped out of under her tail… WAIT WHAT!!? NOW!?? Yup. She gave birth to 5 males and 1 female between 11pm Feb 4th, through 1am Feb 5th. I stuck by her for over an hour and half, and thought 6 pups was it. Kicked back on the couch again for about 2 hours, kept glancing behind me to make sure all was well. Finally I got up and went over… There was Number 7, dead. I do wonder if I had seen his birth, could I have done something? Ah, such is life. At least she has 6 healthy puppies, and has been responding to motherhood well.

No, I’m not keeping them all – although, joining our pack permanently is Number 2 (aka Captain Kathryn Janeway, or Capt’n). The other pups will be available for adoption as early as mid-April. If you are interested, please get in touch with me. I will be getting them their first shots, and possibly even get them microchipped if it’s not too early – and if I’m able to get to a vet in time, as I am still snowed in… Prospective adopters will be screened to ensure they will go to great forever homes! I will be doing a DNA test done on Capt’n sometimes soon and will share the results here (Embark). I will find out what the shots and microchipping will cost, and that will pretty much be the ‘adoption fee,’ possibly a little bit extra if you want me to include a small bag of kibble from The Honest Kitchen.

Marley and Harley both eat high quality kibble from The Honest Kitchen, which is an AWESOME company – once they found out Marley was having puppies, they sent some free dehydrated food samples! So once the pups start transitioning to food, they will be started on dehydrated food and move up to puppy kibble. All from… The Honest Kitchen.

Honestly!

If you want to try out some of The Honest Kitchen’s products, click here to save 20% off your first order over $30! They are SUPER AWESOME – they sent me 24 units of free dehydrated food samples for the puppies, and compensated me with some extra points for my order being delivered late. This is going above and beyond the call of customer service!!!

Umbrella Academy Profiles: 8 weeks old

Number 1

Bacon

Born: 2/4/23 23:08

Sex: Male

Latest Weight: 32.7 lbs

Personality: Very playful, extremely active and agile. Loves to pounce on siblings, play tug of war with anything, and attack Mama’s tail. Definitely a mischievous boy!

HOMED! First born, first to leave the pack… I miss him already, but he has a great family now!

Number 2

Captain Kathryn Janeway

Born: 2/4/23 23:22

Sex: Female

Latest Weight: 30.6 lbs

Personality: Playful but also chill. Mischievous, likes to pounce on siblings and attack her brothers’ tails. Likes to play tug of war with cloth rope with her brothers.

HOMED! She’s gonna stay with Mama Marley, Uncle Harley and Hooman J.

Number 3

River

Born: 2/4/23 23:33

Sex: Male

Latest Weight: 33.3 lbs

Personality: Very chill, likes his space. Enjoys tug of war with cloth rope and wrestling with siblings. Likes to dip his front paws in the water bowl and sleep with his head on the bowl.

Homed: He now lives with a friend of mine and looks like his daughter and River are gonna be besties!

Number 4

Hexus

Born: 2/4/23 23:53

Sex: Male

Latest Weight: 33.2 lbs

Personality: Playful and chill, loves to pounce on his siblings and play tug of war with cloth rope. Will howl for mama’s attention/milk, and surprise attack his siblings’ tails.

Homed: HOMED! Hexus now lives with a wonderful woman, providing companionship and protection!

Number 5

Chaar Sau Bees

Born: 2/5/23 00:35

Sex: Male

Latest Weight: 34.2 lbs

Personality: Very chill, likes his space. Loves to explore, wrestle with siblings, and flip food bowls when empty. Likes to sleep with his head on the water bowl. Can be mischievous in his pounces on siblings!

Homed: HOMED! Chaar Sau Bees will have an older pitty brindle sister and live with a married couple who are such sweethearts!

Number 6

Jake

Born: 2/5/23 00:47

Sex: Male

Latest Weight: Unknown

Personality: Very playful, extremely active and agile. Loves to pounce on siblings, play tug of war with anything, and attacks siblings’ tails. Very mischievous, assertive and curious.

Homed: HOMED! Jake is now with two kids and a woman locally!

Predicted Weight Algorithm

I wrote a very simple Python script that inputs the Google Sheet I use to keep track of each pup’s weight (I try to weight them twice daily, but then the multiple snowstorms started to hit… now I try to do a weekly weight-in) and plotted a visualizer. I planned on adding height and paw size columns for each pup, and after at least two weeks, I should have had enough data points to do a linear regression and plot what their adult weight would be (men plan, god laughs – I’ve been too busy and exhausted lately shoveling snow and cutting/splitting wood to survive the multiple storms), as opposed to the very generic (and wholly unreliable) formula of:

ADULT_WEIGHT = (PUP_WEIGHT * AGE_IN_WEEKS) * 52

Following this formula, current predictions are:

Number 1 is estimated to be about 125 lbs when it is 1 year old.
Number 2 is estimated to be about 117 lbs when it is 1 year old.
Number 3 is estimated to be about 128 lbs when it is 1 year old.
Number 4 is estimated to be about 127 lbs when it is 1 year old.
Number 5 is estimated to be about 131 lbs when it is 1 year old.

Number 6 is estimated to be about 127 lbs when it is 1 year old.
(Number 6 does not have a recent 13-week weight)

Current Weight Charts

Growth Progress Videos

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Nine Weeks Old:

Ten Weeks Old: Last Playtime as a pack

Ten Weeks Old: Playtime without Bacon

Cerberus + Number 4 Bark-Off

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Location Hayfork, CA, USA

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The DogHouse Placeholder

Dogs: Truly Man's BEST Friend!

The Pack

All puppies have successfully been placed with loving homes!

Umbrella Academy Profiles: 8 weeks old

Number 1

Bacon

Number 2

Captain Kathryn Janeway

Number 3

River

Number 4

Hexus

Number 5

Chaar Sau Bees

Number 6

Jake

Predicted Weight Algorithm

Current Weight Charts

Growth Progress Videos

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