A conversation over breakfast sparks a sequel to an iconic novel.
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Archive for July, 2017
59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Trying Out for The Love Connection!
Remembering the day I tried out for “The Love Connection!”
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – A Disabled Kid With a Moped License!
Getting a moped license was a visit to the DMV Hammad soon won’t forget.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Adventures with Julian Lennon at Cannes!
Throwing a party with Julian Lennon at the Cannes Film Festival.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Dangers of a Low Self-Image
A low self-image carries high consequences.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Confessions of a Seemingly Perfect Woman
Confessions of a “seemingly” perfect woman.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Imperfection is Perfection
Imperfection is perfection.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Dolphin, Meet Hammad. Hammad, Meet Dolphin!
A 120 pound Hammad meets a 400 pound Dolphin past midnight….
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Getting Ignored While Trying to do a Good Deed
59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Memoirs of a Mascot
Being a mascot is more challenging than you think.
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59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – My Years at Chuck E. Cheese’s!
Putting on “the suit” at Chuck E. Cheese’s was an honor and privilege.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Her Beautiful Hand
A car accident creates a new reality for my co-worker at Chuck E. Cheese.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – A Student Vanishes
Havoc ensues when a student disappears on a trip to Australia.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – A Puppy Saved
A puppy saved. A best friend made. How I adopted Sgt. Dr. Pepper.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Film Jury Memories
Judging my first film festival down under created an unusual habit.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – A Friend Reveals His Pending Death
Having a friend call to say he’s dying is a call one never forgets.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Being the Halftime Show!
Six seconds + Once shot x 15,000 people = a halftime memory.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – We Have No Room For You!
Racism can rear its ugly head in the most unexpected places.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Talking to Strangers (Part 1)
A plane. A recording artist. A conversation. A friendship.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Talking to Strangers (Part 2)
Talking to strangers can be worth the chatter.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Membership Has Its Privileges
You’ll never know what you can get unless you ask.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – You’re Just Not Disabled Enough!
Not being disabled enough has it’s own set of challenges.
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Disabled Guys Can’t Dance! (Part 1)
Death I don’t fear. but dancing….
Read More 59 Seconds on Cloud 9 – Disabled Guys Can’t Dance! (Part 2)
Mini-Bikes, Mopeds and Me!
Riding minibikes and mopeds were a right of passage growing up – even if they were excruciatingly dangerous for a disabled kid. Thank you kindly for lending us your ears and eyes! Here’s a roll down memory lane with Skat-Kat Minibikes! Here’s what Hammad’s first moped looked like (it was […]
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – She’s Got Legs
How we see ourselves directly affects how others see us.
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Olympia Dukakis and Me!
This podcasts chronicles Hammad’s amazingly memorable experience with Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis. As always, we thank you for lending us your ears and eyes. Here’s Olympia Dukakis winning her Academy Award for “Moonstruck.” Here’s a great clip from “Moonstruck.”
Read More 59 Seconds of Cloud 9 – Olympia Dukakis and Me!
Here’s a a little slice from my Olympia Dukakis experience.
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Magic Moments at the American Pavilion at Cannes!
This podcast chronicles a magic, “Cloud 9” moment I experienced at the American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival. Thank you for lending me your eyes and ears!
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From Inspiration to Incarceration
“From Inspiration to Incarceration” shares a moment in time when Hammad Zaidi was involved in acquiring the life rights to a young American hero, whose life became anything but heroic. Attached below the ceremony when President Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden with the Congressional Medial of Freedom, with Distinction. […]
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Get a “Filling” of Confidence From a Bad Dentist!
Explore how a horrible dentist unknowingly teaches confidence. This is how I felt during the entire dentist ordeal. This may well be how the dentist-in-training felt…Thank you for lending me your ears and eyes!
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