Midwinter Brewfest

Another great time at the Ale House! Beer reviews to come soon. MINI club members were there as well as our friends Glenn and Bethany. And of course ran into many friends from the beer world as well. for anyone attending this next year, ask for a small pour! I know it's counter-intuitive, but trust me... a small-pour!

Whitnall Park skiing

... a fine day for skiing.

Beer School: Three Floyds 101

For our February class, Professor Drew took the night off as the head brewer from Three Floyds took over. These guys sure know their stuff. I will put up a more detailed rundown of the beers later. But needless to say, they were all good. The Alpha Kong was the exceptional standout. Unfortunately it's not really that available, but hopefully next time I'm near there I might be able to pick up some in the Three Floyd's growler I acquired Tuesday night. (Thanks Jeanne and Rick!)

Rewards of skiing uphill

So I have gotten to go out to Lapham Peak State Park to skii three, yes three times this year! Four times skiing total! I'm well on my way to a record year. The conditions the last time weren't the best, a little icy and a little thin in spots, but its a great trail with some great people out there. They are also well on their way to having snow machines for the trails when we don't get lucky enough for snow. They have a candlelight ski next weekend. I put a little lubricant on the old skiis this time so downhill was slightly better. I made a really bad video of that in fact, hopefully you don't throw up if you watch it.

Teaching

So I got my first taste of teaching this week at UWM... it was... interesting! Really is weird being back in academia after all these years. And especially weird looking at it from the other side of the fence. Was impressed by some and underwhelmed by others. They all seem to be trying tho, which is good. Not sure if that kind of thing would be for me, jumping into the middle of someone else's classes might have made things a bit weird (I am less artistic than the person I was substituting for) because I wasn't sure exactly where to point the students. Had some good conversations tho about design and watched Helvetica again, which is always enjoyable!