Brief History of Bun

The care and feeding of the impossibly small

Random Crap Generator

The odds and sods of this and that

The Cancer Chronicles

An accounting of my father and his resident alien

The Chicken Saga

An accounting of my folly with fowl

The Ascent of Boy

Person rearing for amateurs

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Articles in Zygote’s Guide

Bullet Points of Bun Popping
September 20, 2003 – 11:39 am | No Comment

My darling computer is in the shop, and while I can use my husband’s every now and then, it freaks me out so I generally steer clear. But knowing that my one fan is waiting …

A Prognostication
September 9, 2003 – 9:36 am | No Comment

My computer screen has bought the farm. Therefore, I’m out of commission for a while. Since my hard drive works but can’t see where my cursor is going, I could just hit buttons and hope …

Short chapter #2
September 6, 2003 – 7:53 pm | No Comment

I’m afraid I shan’t be shaving the legs much longer either. Ew.
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A short chapter about bun development
September 6, 2003 – 11:01 am | No Comment

Today I realized I am too big around the middle to put my socks on.
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Fat, Italian grandmother I’m not
September 3, 2003 – 3:03 pm | No Comment

I’ve got a house fulla men who are working on the house, and because I can’t help by doing anything manly (the bun hinders in that way) I am compelled to feed these guys. If …

Deja vu
August 31, 2003 – 6:29 pm | No Comment

Two years ago we found a house for sale and fell in love. It was a wacky house, it had problems, and we loved it. We tried to buy it, but due to crappy representation …

Things I didn’t know about penises
August 30, 2003 – 11:45 am | No Comment

Moses was not circumcised.
The foreskin has 1,000 nerve endings — 36 percent of the penis’ pleasure reception.
Circumcision became praticed commonly in the US for “scientific reasons:” It was thought to be a good remedy for …

Restful vacation at the doctor’s office
August 25, 2003 – 10:49 am | No Comment

This weekend, while a smashing success, was freakin’ exhausting. Garage sale great, but saved midgame from middling success by a friend who went and poached all the customers from a garage sale down the street …

Aaaah! Ah!
August 22, 2003 – 7:30 am | No Comment

This weekend is a mess.
Today:
Grocery store
bank
Noon: Friend comes over to look at how to fix/paint house
Make signs for garage sale, and stake around ‘hood
Dress up lions for garage sale (VERY IMPORTANT)
Label everything, digging in scary …

This is what it’s really like
August 20, 2003 – 2:36 pm | No Comment

You know that scene in Star Wars, when our heroes jump into the trash compactor filled with water and floating Death Star detritus? And then some big critter rises to the surface and submerges again, …

Went to visit the bun
August 18, 2003 – 6:53 pm | No Comment

Checked into his watery home, everything looks good. At least when they explain that everything looks good. ‘Cause otherwise? It’s a little nervous-making, and you don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.
For instance, did …

Ode to the bun: Getting Fatter All the Time
August 14, 2003 – 4:36 pm | No Comment

I used to look down at my feet (no I can’t complain)
But now they’re nowhere to be seen (no I can’t complain)
You pinned me down (aah)
It’s turning me round (ooh)
And now I can’t get enough …

Life is completely unpredictable
August 12, 2003 – 3:52 pm | No Comment

Everything we do has possible consequences.
When you get pregnant, the assumption is that everything will be fine. It may not be an opportune moment in your life, there may be issues outside the pregnancy itself …

Four times a charm!
August 11, 2003 – 6:21 pm | No Comment

Apparently recognizing the absurdity of calling people to jury duty as many times as they’ve called me, they release you from further deferrals after ‘x’ number of times. No jury duty, no more deferrals! No …