I went into Starbucks this morning to order my regular drink. Next thing I know, the guy in front of me orders a drink that sounds like something made at a bar or dance club. He smoothly says, "I'll have a shot in the dark"..........I'm like, what in the world is a shot in the dark?

Apparently, it's a drip coffee with a shot of espresso. Wow, I learned something new today. It's amazing how a subculture of semantics can get started with simple coffee. I gotta hand it to those guys....Starbucks has accomplished something big.

It's snowing like crazy in Seattle. The last time it snowed this much was more than 10 years ago!

Look at the photo that Daniel took. In my culture, they say that snow on your birthday represents "success." Our launch is in 3 days, and I hope this means good news for Zoodango.

We are off to the races. Zoodango is launching in 10 days! I am so excited to see the vision of two years coming together. This is awesome.

I want to personally thank everyone involved including our Zoo Team of Bill Chi, Daniel Azuma, Carlos and Sun Segura, Yale Wong, all the great designers and helpers at Segura Inc., and all the friends and family that have helped.

I want to give a special thanks to my beautiful wife, Julie Sun, for bearing with the 24X7 work schedule.