Weekend happenings (both involving alcohol?)

It was an eventful weekend for the some GIS members and I decided we should have more pictures on the blog.


Saturday night Marc invited us out to his house to witness some wine drawing and the Zinf tastes great. Thanks for the Good times.


















And this morning Ross and I put some labels on the Stout and Brown ales we brewed. I can't wait to drink the Stout's this coming Tuesday.





The stencil was a little chunky after. Most of the bottles look great, there are some that did not turn out that good and some crazy experiments. Good times.

Meeting #12 - Dirty Joke Night!

Well it's been about six months since the start of the GIS and we think it's finally time for the DIRTY JOKE NIGHT. We had planned on discussing the idealization of western social democracies, but thought it might be a little heady after the anti-war meeting. So on the details...

May 1st, 7:30pm at Jeff and Ross's (158 North Willard). Come with a few dirty jokes to share. We will also we drinking the Good Idea Society Stouts that were bottled at meeting #10. See you there.

Meeting #11 - recap

At meeting #11 we discussed the modern anti-war movement. It was a very insightful conversation. A couple of key insights were that the pace of change can be much slower than we want in our on-demand society. Sustained pressure over time can lead to changes (mid-term election). And while we may not be marching on Washington, discussion is key to keep the topic alive.

Here is the "GOOD IDEA" of the meeting. If you support an elected official or protest group, let them know. Show some support. Everyone should over the next week or so send out a email (a virtual pat on the back) to a group or person who you feel is going the right thing and keep up the sustained pressure to enact change.

Meeting #11 - peace?

Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday (4/17) at 7:30pm at Drink (formally known as the Wine Works). The topic will be the modern anti-war movement. Originally we were going to discuss the Peace One Day movement (www.peaceoneday.org) but the more I thought about it I decided it would be best to have a broader conversation about the anti-war movement. What works? What is effective? What is counterproductive? Does it make sense in modern society? How has it been done in the past? So there's the topic, please post up any articles, links, etc. that would be good to review prior to the meeting. See you then.

Field Trip! 4/28

Marc had invited us out for some wine bottling, sounds like a blast. See note from Marc...

If anyone's into wine, I'll be drawing (bottling) 50 gallons of California Zinfandel, on Saturday, April 28th. I've been doing a little QA on it :) since we crushed the grapes in the fall, and it's coming along very nicely!

We'll start about 5pm, though it'll take a few hours to get all that bottled :) so feel free to pop in anytime between then and about 10 or so.

If so inclined, bring a bit of your favorite beverage or snack, but don't sweat it; we'll be glad to see you and we'll have plenty of wine. :)

- Marc