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Making a Leap

This whooping cough thing is killer; I have the classic textbook symptoms (the coughing classically develops into uncontrollable fits, each with five to ten forceful coughs, followed by a high-pitched “whoop” sound … as the patient struggles to breathe in...

Family Secrets: Mother the Bulimic

My mother was, like me, a chubby child. Thick in the cold-country way (German, Irish, English) we both were soft and adorable girls; “delicate” was never the word of choice, when it came to describing us. I grew up to type, thick set and imposing and...

The Princely Primer is BACK!

Back in 2006, I worked as an adjustment auditor for Citizens Property Insurance, reviewing and reconciling the hundreds of thousands of claims that were made and paid for during the aftermath of the traumatic ’04 hurricane season. It was a horrendously boring...

A Brand New Site

Displeased with the Concrete5 content management system, I wiped it out and am starting over with the old familiar, WordPress. Which means I need to redo the header and, well, pretty much everything. If you need me in the meantime email me at kimboosan at gmail dot...