Poetic pragmatism, neo-transcendentalism, bikes, burritos, basketball.
A formula for determining your NPR name: You take your middle initial and insert it somewhere into your first name. Then you add on the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited. Yelapa is a tiny village near Sayulita, Mexico, and the naming formula was concocted by Liana Maeby.
{ 0 comments }
Say what you will about the Soviets, but you can’t argue with this reasoning for sending dogs, rather than monkeys, into space. If there’s one universal truth of dogs, it is that they are “suited to endure long periods of inactivity.” Lynne brought the subject of these Soviet cosmonaut dog-heroes to my attention, including those [...]
{ 2 comments }
Last night I read the New Yorker profile of Matthew and Michael Dickman, poets from Portland, Oregon who happen to be identical twins. (Here’s the abstract). In their work, they have very different voices, but there’s a strange sort of twin telepathy that seems to exist within it. They also edit each other’s work, providing [...]
{ 0 comments }
I’ve been working on a design project involving income tax, and I’m a big fan of Big Love — so naturally I wonder how a polygamist fills out a 1040. My project has given me a good introduction into some techniques that people in exotic situations use to avoid getting nailed by the IRS, and I wonder [...]
{ 0 comments }
My name is Doug LeMoine. I work both on, and for, the Internet. You can find more about me in the About Me page that I wrote about me.
