THE CASE OF THE BLATHERSKITE BLOGGER
INT. COURTROOM - DAY
Berger: Your witness, Mr. Mason.
Mason: You just heard Mr. Berger point out that you did not produce a blog for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, did you not?
Me: Yes. I did.
Mason: Furthermore, Mr. Berger suggested that because of that fact, you were in violation of the Laws of Blogging, specifically the one that says "Blog with reliable frequency."
Me: That is correct.
Berger: I object. If your honor wishes to have my examination of this witness repeated, I think the court reporter would be a better choice to do so than Mr. Mason.
Judge: I should think the prosecution would welcome having its points reinforced. Overruled. Continue, Mr. Mason.
Mason: Thank you, your honor. If it please the court, I'd like you to read the passage marked from the Laws of Blogging into the record.
Me: "Be interesting, creative, and real, but never let blogging become more important than real life."
Mason: I should like to present defense exhibit A, a copy of what the witness has been doing this whole weekend.
Berger: No objection.
Mason: If it please the court, take note of the volume and difficulty of the tasks performed by the defendant.
Berger: If the court also please, take note that there were several periods where the defendant rested, periods where he could have and should have blogged.
Mason: Could have? Yes. Should have? [pause] Your honor, by the very passage read by the defendant, given that he needed to rest from his labors, it was more important that he preserve his physical and mental well being than to blog. And with that, we move that all charges against the defendant be dropped.
Judge: I'm inclined to agree. Mr. Berger?
Berger: Your honor, the law clearly states blogging must be of a reliable frequency.
Judge: But when two aspects of law oppose each other, as they do in this case, it is my job to decide which one prevails and I believe Mr. Mason's argument is a sound one. I'm granting Mr. Mason's motion. The defendant is free to blog. Case dismissed.
Me: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mason. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go.
Mason: Go? Where?
Me: Home. I have to write my blog.
Music sting, fade to black
Mason: If you pick someone to lie to, Mrs. Granger, never choose your doctor or your lawyer. In both cases, it could be fatal.
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