I shall send him one from sunny Minneapolis.

Done. With fucking tears in eyes, you dick.

And he's a LEGO fan!

Done.

Done. WeHo and grumpy old men are represented.

WTF, do you people all have blank postcards just sitting around your house in case you get a request from a kid with cancer on a random Sunday afternoon?
I think we have some in the office.

I will definitely go pick up a post card tomorrow.

I have several blank post cards but none seems appropriate. However, SP, I live near a BOOK STORE where I can pick up a post card!

I'll do it as soon as I obtain a post card!

6: The DE collected cards of various sorts to send whenever the occasion and mood suited her. I have more than I can possibly use within the time left to me.

Yeah, I've collected cards, including post cards, over time (artist friends who create them, images that compel me). Baltimore shall be represented, though I scarcely know what to say. A friend has a two-year-old with brain cancer as well, and his updates are heartbreaking. One feels rather speechless.

Of course, you can make a postcard out of anything- if you put a stamp and an address on a piece of paper of acceptable dimensions they'll deliver it.

Will send one tomorrow. I have loads of postcards.

I'll pick one up tomorrow.

do you people all have blank postcards just sitting around your house

Notecards and postcards, yes. Just in case.

The girls and I will get on it--I know we've got some spares lying around somewhere.

I have plenty of postcards because I go to a lot of museum gift shops. Don't know if the lad would appreciate most of these somber Impressionist interiors, Brancusi, De Chirico and such things though.

Done!

Is this the sort of nine year-old who would like a picture of dread Cthulu--or not? I can be flexible.

What nine-year-old boy wouldn't like tentacled monsters? (Straight answer: I don't really know Charlie, just his mom. Your guess is as good as mine.)

I think I'll keep the dread Elder Gods out of it, then. Something more adventurous and cheery. (I'm of the homemade school.)

Sent. Good luck to him, I know chemo's tough.

I was very, very tempted to get him a card with this image
http://bestuff.com/stuff/my-brain-hurts

But I was worried that it might have gone down badly with the parents. (If he was anything like the other nine year olds I have known, he'd have loved it.)

Of all the art museum postcards, I determined the best would be Henri Rousseau's painting of a rabbit chomping on a carrot, but went with something less mature.

I have some awesome locally made postcards from Wichita. I'm really socially awkward, especially with something like this. Is there a stock "Here's a postcard from random people who are on the internet" phrase y'all are using that I can crib?

25: Since he's requested the postcards, I don't think you have to explain why you're sending it, just "best wishes from Wichita" or something. I'm sure someone more socially adept than you or I could do better, but that's what I'm planning on.

I think you can't go wrong with something like:
Hi Charlie. I heard about your postcard map from a friend of your mom's and wanted to send you one from my town. [random interesting tidbit about Wichita]. Hope you feel better soon!

And 26 would work just as well.

25: This is one of the rare cases where "fuck you, clown" is explicitly contraindicated.

Although "Darn you, clown" might work.

Or "Darn, you clown" if the kid is spending his recovery mending socks.

OK, done, with a fairly generic KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON card - I reckon that won't have become a cliche in Concord yet.

Done. 31 was tempting, but a combination of 26 and 27 ended up in ink.

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34: Surely she's the exception. She would have wanted you to.

34: Surely she's the exception. She would have wanted you to.

Is this okay to tweet out into the world? If not, I won't do it.

37: That's more or less what I did with this post, so I don't see why not.

There's a Facebook event page -- Postcards for Charlie -- which makes it very easy to forward to (ie "invte") the far flung.

Or "invite" for those of you who like to see all the vowels.

What about to facebook, apo? I have a bunch of relatives overseas, particularly in the Middle East, and I'm sure that some of them, if asked, would send him a postcard. What say you?

Sorry, I missed your comment VW. I think the more the merrier at this point.

Charlie's mom here. Just saw this- thanks so very much!!!

Spreading the word is most encouraged and the Elder Gods are awesome. In fact, there will be an Artists for Charlie t-shirt (available on Facebook) soon called The Younger Elder Gods. ;-) Cat Goblin is up for the month of May.

Thanks again! We've been in the hospital since Thursday so haven't had a chance to update the map, but should have it done in the next couple days.

Thanks, Karen. Best wishes to Charlie for a speedy recovery.