We haven’t heard from Ellen DeGeneres yet, but it’s not her fault. We changed to a new phone plan just after we emailed her the first time, so she could, conceivably, have been trying to reach us all this time, using that old number. It’s not likely, but it is possible…
So, we’ve emailed Ellen again, to give her Katherine's new phone number and apologized for any inconvenience we may have caused her.
Then another possible faux pas crossed our minds. We never told her about the blog and how much she is featured in it. We hope that she would be amused — and, possibly, flattered — with the fact that, somehow, she’s become our “virtual mentor” on this journey… but one can never tell about these things.
To cover our bases (a/k/a butts), we wanted to let her know about the blog, just in case she wanted her lawyers to check it out. We don’t want to get into any legal trouble over any of this.
And one other legal matter… just to cover our bases… if, for any chance, her lawyers come knocking on your door, asking questions like:
Did those two ask you to email Ellen, suggesting that Ellen help them out?
Did those two ask you to fill out her online form (http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/?PlugID=10) telling her about some delightful blog that you’ve discovered and one in which Ellen was repeatedly mentioned?
Did those two ask you to feed Ellen information about their goals about becoming published and their series of books?
Did those two actually try, through their little blog, to elicit the help of Ellen’s fan base to get Ellen’s attention?
If they ask questions like these, we want you to answer the lawyers truthfully. We never asked you to do those things; but, certainly, we are not opposed to you doing any of those things.
If our friends developed an uncontrollable urge to drop Ellen a line (or two or three) over the next couple of days, weeks, or months, we couldn't stop you… but we would never try to initiate an email campaign of that nature.
No… certainly not us.
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