Queue the eye role.
So this past December, when my birthday rolled around, I wasn't surprised to receive a Cameo video from George Wendt. Cameo makes personalized videos featuring "famous personalities." You can chose either personal or business videos.
When I watched my George Wendt video I was kind of doing the "eye roll" thing. Early on he mentioned Nora Ephron and Steve Martin and I had no idea what that had to do with me. But after watching it a couple of more times I began to realize it was all about me.
He started out saying "Happy Birthday Cecily" and he pronounced my name correctly. That's a plus. He congratulated me on finishing up my book, Florida, A Love Story. He sort of bellowed "Comin' out soon!" Then he said "you gotta keep up the writing" and I took this as being a little patronizing because he'd not read anything I'd written.
But, as he continued I realized he had read many of my blog postings. I love Nora Ephron (now deceased) and, over the years, have written several posts about her. George's favorites seem to be the ones about food. I wrote a few postings about Steve Martin as well. He, like Nora, is a serious writer. He used to write often for The New Yorker.
So, I went from "eye rolling" to being impressed by and grateful for, George Wendt's greeting. I hope you'll take a look at Cameo. What an interesting concept for both personal and corporate use.
George never once mentioned Norm. But he did end his video by saying, "Cheers."
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