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Times a Changin: Beer Cans, Church Keys, and Ted Williams
Having never before considered the history of the beer can, last night I was reading a book of collected essays by John Updike, and I was surprised to find him complaining (reading as time travel) in the year 1964 about a new innovation: “Now we are given, instead, a top beetling with an ugly, shmoo-shapped…
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Food Inc: What Exactly Are You Eating?
I wonder if those who farm and those who raise animals can confirm or refute what I saw in Robert Kenner’s documentary, Food Inc? For example, the film reports that chicken farmers often take out large loans so that they can go into business with companies that then begin to make demands on the farmer…
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Dear Josie, (dad takes daughter to hit golf balls)
Dear Josie, Last week I picked you up from preschool, and we went to the driving range to hit golf balls. It was one of those places with softball cages, miniature golf, and laser tag inside. You’re four now and it was your first trip. I think your favorite part was right at the start. …
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Colonoscopy: Part II
I’d call myself—among other things—a nervous urinator. By this, I mean that whenever I’m a bit anxious, whether it be leading up to giving a talk before a large audience, getting ready to run a half marathon, or sometimes even before going to bed (what?), I feel as if I have to go to the…
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Colonoscopy: Part I
Before I tell you about a recent colonoscopy procedure I had done, I want to tell you about an idea I have for a story that I’d call “Modern Medicine.” There’s this guy (hmmm, this is starting to feel very autobiographical) who had blood in his stool a couple times. He’s pretty sure that he…
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Bill Torgerson 