Some Bloggin' Props...

A break from our regularly scheduled "Every-day-is-a-screenplay" format to toss some props around the blogosphere for a bit...

**First of all -- my cousin is now, like, in the political super blogger land in DC. If you haven't checked out his link in my sidebar, the time is nigh! Scott has been putting some great material out in the last several months -- and garnering quite a bit of press and attention for himself and the publication he's affiliated with. I'm proud to be related to this guy. (...And glad he still speaks to me after my misguided "thought I was a republican" period many years ago... )You can find the Democratic Strategist himself, here.

**A new addition to the sidebar -- a community theatre buddy up here in Portland. Henrik is a great soul, and an extremely fine character actor. I've had the good fortune to see him perform twice recently -- once in the Little Shop of Horrors ensemble, and once just this past weekend in the title role of The Wizard of Oz. He was outstanding. The show was actually quite beautiful and I would be remiss if I didn't also toss the props over to the Belle Of the Bawl for her terrific turn as the sexiest crow this side of the Mississippi. :) Henrik also happened to post a photo of MiniMe's BabySister a few weeks back, and since I'm pathetically remiss in adding graphics to this site, you can visit baby chloe here. His posts are wistfully wonderfully written musings about all sorts of interesting things.

**And last but not least, indie music fans should visit Martha's brother's site, where you can find a link to his MySpace Music site for sound clips of his soon to be released and highly anticipated full-length CD. And for those of you lucky enough to live in New England, you can check out his schedule and catch a live performance.

Ok. MarthaWho Out.

How Do They Let these People Leave the Hospital With Babies?

SETTING: Interior food court exit of shopping Mall, evening. Temperature outside is below freezing. MARTHAWHO is putting her scarf and gloves on. A nervous man with an infant carseat is standing next to her.

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
(in MW's general direction, but to nobody in particular)
It's fucking cold out there tonight.

MARTHAWHO:
You got that right.

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
My wife went to bring the car around. Too cold to drag the baby across the parking lot.

MARTHAWHO:
That was nice of her. How old is your baby?

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
Bout two months.

MARTHAWHO:
I have one about the same age at home.

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
Better place for her in this weather.

MARTHAWHO:
Well it looks like you've got her bundled up great. I'm sure she'll be fine.

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
I hope so. I hate the idea of her little lungs getting pneumonia.

A car pulls up outside. MARTHAWHO opens the door for the NERVOUS guy.

MARTHAWHO:
Well, good luck.

NERVOUS MAN WITH CARSEAT:
Thanks. Stay warm.

NERVOUS MAN runs out into the night toward the car. NERVOUS MAN'S wife gets out of the car, attentively opening the rear passenger door and helping to get the carseat snugged in just right. NERVOUS MAN'S wife turns around and MARTHAWHO sees she is smoking a cigarette.

MARTHAWHO:
(to nobody in particular)
Yeah. Like I said. Sure her little lungs will be just fine.

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Murray & Sol Take the A Train

SETTING: MARTHAWHO and BABY-ME are sitting in MINI-ME's room watching MR. MARTHAWHO and MINI-ME make up stories before MINI-ME goes to bed. (Side Note: the MARTHAWHO family members are descended from Catholic ancestors...)

MR. MARTHAWHO
OK pick another letter?

MINI-ME
Okay! Uhhhhhhhhhhh....... okay....... uhhhhhhhh..... how bee bout a "D" Daddy!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good one. We haven't done that one yet. What begins with the letter D?

MINI-ME
Duhhhhhhh.... Duhhhhhhh..... Duhhhaaaadddeee! Daddy! Daddy begins with D.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good. What else?

MINI-ME
Duhhhhhhh.... Duhhhhhh.....Duhhhohnut! Doughnut begins with D!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good one! What else?

MARTHAWHO
Look at baby sister's jammies. What's on her jammies that starts with the letter D?

MINI-ME
Oh. Ducks! Ducks start with the letter D, Daddy.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Good. Should we make up a story about a duck then?

MINI-ME
Yup.

MR. MARTHAWHO
So once upon a time there was a duck and his name was....

MARTHAWHO
Donald!

MINI-ME
Shhhh, Mommy, that is NOT okay. It is NOT Donald.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Yeah Mommy, stay out of it. Go ahead then -- the duck's name is....?

MINI-ME
Uh...... the duck's name is Mmmmmmmurrrrrry.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Murray? Murray the Duck?

MINI-ME
Yup. Murray the Duck.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Okay. So Murray the Duck was walking down the street one day and he decided to ....?

MINI-ME
Take a bus!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Cool. So he takes a bus....? Where does he take the bus?

MINI-ME
Downtown! Downtown begins with D!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Great! So Murray the Duck is on the Downtown bus. And what does he do when he gets there?

MINI-ME
He sees his friend!

MR. MARTHAWHO
Another ducky friend?

MINI-ME
No -- it's a cat!

MR. MARTHAWHO
And what's the cat's name?

MINI-ME
It's..... it's... The Cat's name is Sollllllly.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Sally the cat?

MINI-ME
No Daddy. SOLLY the Cat.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Murray the Duck.

MINI-ME
Yep.

MR. MARTHAWHO
And Solly the Cat.

MINI-ME
Right, Daddy. That's right.

MR. MARTHAWHO
Got it. I think we know how this story ends. Something about a diner and some knishes yadda yadda yadda.

MINI-ME
Right Daddy. Yadda yadda. Good job.

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