Wednesday 10/15/14

Mike: Hey Tim!
 
Tim: Hey Mike! What have you got for me this week?
 
M: Oh, it’s a good one. It has to do with one of my favorite people.
 
T: Is it Cardinal Seán’s blog?
 
M: No. We did that one two weeks ago.
 
T: Is it Pope Francis’ twitter?
 
M: No. We did that one the week before. Do you have amnesia?
 
T: I bet it’s Father Chris’ Facebook page.
 
M: Seriously? You know he doesn’t have a Facebook page. He doesn’t even have a computer.
 
T: Oh no. He’s got one. Everyone’s got one. Trust me.
 
M: I refuse to believe that.
 
T: Well, I believe it.
 
M: In that case, I have a unicorn I would like to sell you.
 
T: I’m very interested, but we’ll have to talk about that later. Right now I want to know who the link has to do with.
 
M: It has to do with the Life Teen Band’s very own Lennie Peterson.
 
T: Cool. Wait… which one is he again?
 
M: Are you messing with me right now? We have dinner with the band all the time.
 
T: That was for the benefit of those following along at home, but thanks for ruining it.
 
M: Oh. Right. Ummm, yeah, it’s the pianist who sings and plays trombone.
 
T: No way! That guy is da bomb!
 
M: Da bomb?
 
T: Yup.
 
M: Anyway… a lot of people don’t know that Lennie is actually an artist.
 
T: All musicians are artists.
 
M: No, I mean, he makes physical art, not just musical art.
 
T: You mean CDs?
 
M: No, I mean pen and paper, canvas and paint. You know, art.
 
T: Awesome!
 
M: Yeah, and he’s doing a really cool thing this year called Daily Draw 365.
 
T: What’s that?
 
M: Lennie will make a drawing every day based on requests people send him.
 
T: Any request?
 
M: I think pretty much any appropriate request.
 
T: Wow, that’s pretty neat. So is this just something to keep his skills sharp?
 
M: No, even better, it’s for a great charity called Why Me?
 
T: Why you?
 
M: No, no, no. Why Me? It’s a charity designed to help families of children affected by cancer.
 
T: Now that sounds like a great charity. So how does this whole Daily Draw thing work?
 
M: I’m glad you asked. Say you really want a picture of a ham sandwich.
 
T: That’s a lame drawing.
 
M: Okay, a Wendy’s Junior Cheeseburger Deluxe.
 
T: Lame.
 
M: Okay, what would you want?
 
T: Hmm… I would have him draw a picture of you and me dressed in medieval garb, jousting on the backs of unicorns.
 
M:  Wow. Majestic.
 
T: I know, right?
 
M: Okay. So you would go to www.whyme.org and make a donation between $1 and $1 million. Then you send Lennie a picture of your donation receipt with your drawing request. He draws your request, it gets posted online, and he mails you the original drawing.
 
T: Wow, I’m gonna do that later today!
 
M: Why not right now?
 
T: I don’t have time right now… I’ve got to go see a man about a unicorn.