Good Wishes for Drew and Blame for His Cancer

Last year on my 15-city book tour, we were lucky enough to get to know Drew Olanoff in Seattle. He's a larger-than-life Web personality whose addiction to hats and tatoos is only eclipsed by one of taking care of anyone and everyone he meets. He helped turn one of the most *yawn* events on the tour into a fun discussion about the Web, followed by a late night at a local diner. (Ahem, the photos. Drew is sporting the bad electric blue drink we had, after Olivia, Danille Morrill and I indulged in individual "champagne" bottles, below.) Later that trip, he convinced Olivia and I to go parasailing, despite his own fear of heights.

Even if I'd never hung out with him since, I would know from those two instances that Drew Olanoff will absolutely beat his cancer. He's one of the most positive, resourceful, enthusiastic and fearless people I've ever met.

True to form, he's turning his diagnosis into something positive. He created a site called "Blame Drew's Cancer," and he's asking people to use Twitter to blame his cancer on anything and everything, by hash-tagging it #blamedrewscancer. He's hoping some large companies will step up and donate $1 for every Tweet, with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society or Make a Wish Foundation. Given the electric branding potential of Twitter, this seems like a no-brainer for someone's charity budget.

 Get well soon Drew, and let us know when you want to hit the skies in a parasail again post-treatment.