Somethings A-Fowl: Bugsly Versus the Turducken

Greetings Bugsly fans. Lady Zoa sends her regrets for the extended layoff, but she's had a packed holiday schedule.

Lady Swinebottom had much to be thankful for this past week. During her six month checkup, her pediatrician noticed something peculiar about her fat rolls on her legs, they were assymetrical. Apparently being fat is ok, but being assymetrically fat is a problem. An x-ray was ordered, parents were worried, an orthopedic specialist was contacted, and Bugsly's hips were examined in fine detail. The end result? Bugsly's endoskeleton is in prisitine working condition, though a manufacturing defect known as hip dysplasia was suspected. The only good that may come from this is the potential for superpowers from x-ray exposure. The power I am rooting for is the power to make her big girl poop smell like Uncle Don's Axe Cologne. Wait a minute, strike that, reverse it. Poop is probably better.

On the other side, Zoa’s 6-month well-baby check-up with the doctor revealed that she continues to make gains in the growth percentiles. While Zoa held steadily at the 10th percentile for height and weight for months, she has now crept to the 30th for height (measuring 25 inches) and 20th for weight (weighing almost 14 pounds). She is still small of course, but we are happy to see her making such improvements after months of worrying about her.

Additional joy was found in a visit from a long list of devotees including the grandparents Bloom, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jen (from Austin), and Great Grandmother Margaret from New Glarus. These souls braved the cold to find their way to Dodson Manor for Bugsly's first Thanksgiving. Of special note is Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jen's crazy 16 hour voyage which included a broken down car not too far from their home during holiday traffic. After procurring a jeep, they drove all night, arriving at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving. After a brief nap, they awoke to good times and good food.

Bugsly enjoyed her family so much that she did not power down at the appropriate times, recklessly disregarding the original manufacturing specs that say at least three naps per day. The wired Bugsly had much to show to her family, including the complete repertoire of rolls, giggles, and rashes. As a special note, rashes are common amongst those wacky Bloom children and that defect has now spread to Lady Swinebottom. At least mother and child can have special bonding time as they apply rash ointment to each other as a bedtime ritual. Yay eczema!


Ok, so there wasn't really a turducken fight, where Bugsly had to first defeat the turkey, then the chicken, and final the all evil duck residing in the belly of the chicken. Extra kudos to The Onion for the story about John Madden being found with a Turhumanheaducken, it was an inspiration for the title.