def split(text):
    """
    Convenience function to parse a string into a list using two or more spaces
    as the delimiter.

    Parameters
    ----------
    text : string
        Contains text to be parsed

    Returns
    -------
    textout : list
        list of strings containing the parsed input text
    """

    textout = [s.strip() for s in text.split('  ') if s.strip()]

    return textout