contributors

Liana Allers has a degree in earth science education, making her qualified to teach angsty, hormone-ridden adolescents about minerals, volcanoes, and other wonders of earth science. Among Liana’s creative and enviable talents are photography, art, and spontaneous silliness.
» Liana’s Web Site

Lisa Bigelow believes in 3-day weekends and 6-hour workdays (for a start). Among her pursuits are writing, making art, practicing Frisbee, and finding ways to pay rent in the Bay Area. In spite of her underlying suspicion and resentment of computers, she is the web designer and editor of On a Whim. She encourages anyone and everyone to participate in this project.
» Lisa’s Other Web Site

Joe Chellman is a restless soul who can’t make up his mind. He’s a drummer and web developer, amateur photographer, enthusiastic cook, voracious reader, and occasional basketball player, in addition to hosting and providing tech support for On a Whim. He grew up in New Hampshire, where there are towns with more critters than people. Sometimes Joe feels like those towns.
» Joe’s Web Site

David Crowell is a strange, inveterate liar, unfriendly by design. Favorite poets include Lyn Hejinian, Blindboy Fuller, Dizzy Dean. Can be found at home or work, depending on time. Recent studies include Paul Fussel, Renate Adler, Joe Frank.

David Hirschfield tries his best to be kind to others while making as much money off the less fortunate as possible. His current studies include Ancient Fish-Spearing Methodology and The Bagel: Semitic Response to the Sandwich? His favorite things include kitten-shaped chicken nuggets dipped in a creamy hollendaise sauce, extremely tight lycra swimwear, airlines that overbook just for the fun of it, Andrew Lloyd Weber music baked at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, and languages with a boat-load of consonants and very few vowels.

Keith Irwin is a mastermind of cryptography, whimsical poetry, and intergalactic telepathy. He lives in North Carolina.

Brian Magerko sums himself up in a 3-second poem:
     i’m brian
     bran brain
     rain raisin
     bran brain
     i’m brian
» Brian’s Web Site