Last month, I joined a team of space engineering students from the University of Michigan in an hour and a half-long flight aboard the famous Weightless Wonderaircraft to document the group’s participation in NASA’s Reduced Gravity Flight Education Program in Houston, Texas. Flying at 30,000 feet in a state of simulated weightlessness is an outer-worldly [...]
It happened instantly, the change you made in me, the response to the questions I don’t know how to ask, and the awakening of “ A Love Supreme.” I drink my red wine to your tones over and over, and you swim through my veins in the deep end. I make a toast to you, [...]
Me on Fourth of July Many Ions Ago Before I venture off into a great beer and barbecue abyss on this lovely 4th of July, I’m going to come right and say something that I haven’t felt compelled to express since I became an [...]
A malnourished orphan – that’s what was expected. But a round fiery five-month-old soul landed in your arms on that Mother’s Day in Chicago. Pigtails and ponies Climbing up the swing set you put together in the backyard Pink dance recitals and piano practice The moments you cried when I sang and danced for you [...]
More and more people are creating innovative methods to promote their causes via social media. I recently met someone who’s taking his cancer fundraising campaign to the top of the Twitter stratosphere with every blame he breathes. To read my Causecast feature on the heartwarming and enlightening BlameDrewsCancer project, click here.
It was my dear mom’s birthday today. That’s us in the above picture. Looking at this photograph on the born-day of the woman who has been my devoted supporter, unfaltering nurturer, sternest critic, and most enthusiastic fan triggers two immediate thoughts. They are: A. I have an enormous head. Huge. Just huge. And B. My [...]
Seeing BB King perform at the Grammys last Sunday was the highlight of my night. I was on my couch, mind you, not in the audience at the Staples Center. I marveled at the way he glowed on stage. The man is in his early 80s. His early 80s! I guess as long as he [...]
A documentary I’ve been looking forward to seeing for the last two years has finally hit the big screen. My friend “Jesse’s Story” is here! After seven years in the making, documentary filmmaker Mark Jacobs brings you a tale of tragedy turned into inspiration that will forever change the way you look at your world. [...]
From toddlerhood to my pre-teens, I worshipped my big brother Glenn. Like many kids who grow up as the youngest sibling of a family, I copied my kin’s sarcastic tone, his movements, and the brilliant manner in which he negotiated with my parents. Glenn was always one of the cool kids on campus. He played [...]
