The Big Book of Ken's Corner With a Cat Named Boo encompasses two and a half years of Ken Umbach's "Ken's Corner" columns from Senior Spectrum (Sacramento, California), on topics as diverse as life in the neighborhood, cats, zombies, "bad banks," sewer construction, and peculiar events in news of today and yesterday. This is "slice of life" with a humorous slant and an occasional nostalgic recollection. The book also includes the author's notorious satire on the hard times in California's mythical "Velcro fields," plus the story-behind-the-story, and a view of haiku from the perspective of a technical communicator.