Poetic pragmatism, neo-transcendentalism, bikes, burritos, basketball.
Thanksgiving 2006 came and went, attended by friends, family and the customary dramas. An East Coast / West Coast feud flared up in the week before the holiday. Gabriel (East) sent what some in the West perceived as “a salvo across the bow” in the form of a PowerPoint presentation (a slide of which is [...]
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During my hike on the PCT in 2001, my two favorite pastimes were swimming and eating. When I was walking — which was most of the time — cool swimming holes and sizzling cheeseburgers filled my daydreams. When my hiking partner, Nick, and I talked, it was more often than not about swimming and eating cheeseburgers: How far to [...]
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Five years ago today, I was hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail. I spent the summer of 2001 hiking through California, Oregon, and Washington; on the 12th of August, I was chilling out at Crater Lake, Oregon. Crater Lake had been a really major destination for me, not because of its legendary, otherworldly beauty or [...]
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I put some new photos on my Flickr page recently. This one is from a recent trip to Houston. I took it while driving around (I believe it’s called) The Beltway. The photo makes Houston seem empty, which, as I recall, is like the opposite of what it is. Especially the freeways. I don’t recall [...]
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The Twin Cities are still full of good times, especially when the mercury plunges. A couple of weekends ago, I enjoyed the chill with my friends Fish, Katie and Becky (pictured, in front of the new wing at the Walker). The highlights: Vietnamese sandwiches at the Jasmine Deli on Nicollet. Their sandwiches are fabulous, especially [...]
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Soon, the garage outside the LA County Museum of Art is getting torn down to make way for some big new building. Unfortunately, it’s got some really excellent murals by Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen that I checked out when I was there a couple of summers ago. The LA Weekly says: Now’s the time [...]
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One of my favorite neighborhood art spots is called Creativity Explored, “a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.” Or so it says on its website. At first, I felt conflicted about Creativity Explored. Much of the art is geniunely impressive, and a few of the artists are [...]
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Sometimes, the crappy lens on my Motorola v220 produces interesting effects. Recently, it has started compressing the depth of field, and at the same time, arbitrarily fuzzing out objects. When directed at buildings in full late-afternoon light, it actually makes things look like they’re in an aquarium.
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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.
