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Vivi's First Passport

5/28/2016

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This is from an email that Bunny wrote. It's perfect:
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Let me examine my passport.  Oh gosh, it needs my signature.  That would be my first signature.

Would a foot print work?
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My little foot will fit.
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Let me ask mommy to get an ink pad.
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All done. It looks like me.
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Vivi at 4 months old

5/21/2016

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Her eyes are bigger, and more round. Her cheeks are a bit less chubby, but still, irresistibly pinch-ably super-CUTE! 
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Vivi is mental for any kind of tasty solid food. She licks wildly as soon as she gets near it. She licks the food as hard as she can. We were feeding her congee, a soupy rice porridge. She eats it all up!
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She's losing some of her "baby hair", which is normal. She still has enough for a fuzzy "bad hair day".
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She's saying "I would like some food, please".
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She loves to play with my hair and face, especially when I'm talking to her.
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Those cheeks...still hilariously chubby :)
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Jerry Seinfeld's Favorite Seinfeld Episode

5/18/2016

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I was watching some Seinfeld interviews, and there was an otherwise unremarkable one for the service Hulu. He was announcing Hulu streaming of the Seinfeld show. As he had some extra time onstage, he started fielding audience questions. Like many things in life, Jerry Seinfeld didn't like the question. However, he admitted he liked the "Marine Biologist" episode.

The George Costanza monologue at the end, was hastily written the night before the show aired. Jerry gave the script ending to Jason Alexander who had only one hour to learn it before the show. Jerry said that, normally, during the performances, he is thinking "that is funny." You can't tell in the final scene, but the entire time Jerry just can't believe that Jason was nailing the entire script!

So you don't have to watch the entire thing, here are just some good parts.
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Vivi, can you say Hi?

5/7/2016

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Vivi's first word was "Hi". I got her to say it, occasionally perfectly, at around 2 months. It's still hit or miss. I had to say it a few hundred times!

For many weeks, she struggled to make her vocal cords work at all. Except for crying, of course! :)

She is very photogenic, and distracted by any camera. Vivi hams it up for the paparazzi! So videos of her saying Hi are tricky. Here I am drawing the single syllable out, over 2-3 seconds, in a high pitch, which rises at the very end. She didn't say the word, but she kept mimicking the exact pitch and cadence, like, six times in a row.

I couldn't stop laughing! :)
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    I'm an applied-math-research Ph.D. and serial startup founder. I am a recognized computer security expert, fortunate to join the ranks of many, great CTO's. I've founded and seed-funded multiple, successful, VC-backed companies. I'm still at it!

    My wonderful wife and I moved from New England to near the Portland Oregon area. We LOVE the Pacific Northwest, and we've been here a few years now. We have an adorable baby girl, Vivi.

    People here are nice and smile a lot. Vegetables are insanely delicious. Driving is not like Mad Max.

    This blog is very Vivi-centric. Our family just can't resist. :) Also, there are some stupid hacking and geek tricks.


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