I posted this on twitter a while back, but now that it’s on YouTube I thought I’d put it on the blog.  This is a 30 second commercial for the University of North Texas, the school I worked for back in 07 – 08.  I was an academic advisor there and part of my job was to serve as a marshal at graduations (if you will recall, I gave a very moving speech one year which got everyone to their feet…).  Anyway, the short of it is, because of my “great smile” they wanted to get a shot of me posing as a student to use in their video.  It felt as awkward as it looks — watch for me around the 25 second mark: