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Eloïse 's Dutch passport finally arrived yesterday in a FedEx envelope. It was waiting on our doorstep when we returned from the annual Google company picnic.

This signals the end of the baby bureaucracy on this side of the Atlantic. What a lucky girl she is, with her dual-nationality and double passports. Those are things that neither her mother nor father can boast.

Posted by ianmacd on Friday, 15 July 2005 at 11:48:58 | Permalink

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wad:

I had no idea your first name is Francis. It's like I don't even know you! :-)

Posted by wad | Friday, 15 July 2005 at 13:52:29

Posted on Friday, 15 July 2005 at 13:52:29

Geoff:

The album is messed up for some reason, it doesnt have an index.html file I guess.

Also, I want to point out that will all the railing you did against the American social security office, I see Eloise's first name does not have a dieresis in it. :)

-geoff

Posted by Geoff | Friday, 15 July 2005 at 15:04:47

Posted on Friday, 15 July 2005 at 15:04:47

Ian Macdonald

Hey Will,

Yeah, Francis is legally my first name. It wasn't supposed to be, but there was a mix-up somewhere and no-one thought it was worth fixing. No-one could accuse the Macdonald clan of being nit-pickers.

Posted by Ian Macdonald | Friday, 15 July 2005 at 16:05:55

Posted on Friday, 15 July 2005 at 16:05:55

Ian Macdonald

Hi Geoff,

Yes, it's true that Eloïse is missing her diaeresis; the poor girl. However, I blame the County of Santa Clara, because they couldn't register her birth with the 'ï', and this was the document that we used to prove her identity to the Dutch authorities.

All of which goes to show that it's important to get this stuff right from the beginning. Otherwise, you set a precedent that will burden you for the rest of your life.

Thanks for alerting me to the issue with the link. It's fixed now.

Posted by Ian Macdonald | Friday, 15 July 2005 at 16:21:52

Posted on Friday, 15 July 2005 at 16:21:52

Geoff:

I think with 3 or so therapy sessions a week she should be over this before she's 40.

Posted by Geoff | Tuesday, 19 July 2005 at 02:06:23

Posted on Tuesday, 19 July 2005 at 02:06:23