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Three Questions and a Pint: with Josh Dourte

paulrkan — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:37:55 +0000

Three Questions and a Pint

Everyone has a story and sometimes it’s best when shared over a beer. Three Questions and a
Pint is a brief interview featuring someone with an interesting story I’ve met at a brewery,
along with their review of the beer they were drinking during our conversation.

Josh Dourte

Josh Dourte is an architect in Carlisle who owns Roost Architecture. He is also the coordinator
of the local Green Drinks meetups at Ever Grain Brewing Company in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Green Drinks is an international, informal gathering of people from a variety of backgrounds
and with differing experiences interested in sharing ideas about environmental sustainability.
Green Drinks meets at 5:30pm on the first Wednesday of each month at Ever Grain and is open
to everyone.

Three Questions

What has surprised you most about Green Drinks?

The biggest surprise was when we first started the group. Quite a few people came to the meetups thinking we were about marijuana. [laughs]. But, hey, we welcome everyone but eventually they stopped coming when they found out that we’re about something else.

Is there anyone famous, or infamous, you’d like to show up at a Green Drinks meetup?

I’d love a visit from Matt Risinger from the Build Show. He’s a builder that really geeks out on
building science.

What’s a good news story about sustainability and the environment?

I think the good news is the growing awareness that climate change is real and having immediate effects. Also, we’re developing the technology and the means to, not only manage the impacts, but to help build a future that is much better for our children.

The Pint

Beer Review: Josh was drinking a pint of the Astro Cat which has a 7% ABV. He said: “It’s a Hazy IPA with a nicely balanced, subtly fruity hop profile. It’s a really easy sipper.”

Paul R. Kan

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(Please also read Paul R. Kan’s other article about Hawaii and beer here: From Central PA to the Pacific: A Beer Lover’s Hawaiian Journey An Interview with Alexander B. Gates.)

Paul grew up in Hawai’i and knows its unique culture, traditions, and history. He is the author of Hawai’i Beer: A History of Brewing in Paradise, which the North American Guild of Beer Writers awarded second place for Best New Book of 2021. He currently lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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Book Review: Plotted – A Literary Atlas (Andrew DeGraff)

BKline — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:30:00 +0000

Plotted – A Literary Atlas by Andrew DeGraff

Nerd Alert

This book is chock full of ‘nerd’ love, in the literary world. Not so far into the full on nerdy realms of fantasy, sci-fi, etc, but this is still really right up a nerd alley here. Maybe its the nerd in me (or is it a geek in this case? Are the two interchangeable? When can I say nerd? When can I say geek? Is it politically correct to say either?) but I’ve always loved maps, and there is a certain kind of fun in drawing and looking at maps. To picture somewhere new or strange laid out in map form. Its not just so simple as looking at Google Maps, there is something in seeing a map of say Middle – Earth or Westeros or even a galactic map of the Star Wars galaxy for example; its much more thrilling and interesting, seeing this fictional world (or worlds) brought to life.

In all honesty, what fan of Game of Thrones doesn’t love the opening intro to each episode? Or looking at the map of Westeros and Essos and Southeros? Or what fan of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Middle – Earth doesn’t like looking to see what Frodo’s trek to throw the ring into Mount Doom looked like? Or what fan of Star Wars didn’t enjoy tracking the Yuuzhan Vong’s invasion into the Star Wars galaxy in the old Del Rey novels (Legends) New Jedi Order series?

Maps

A map of the Odyssey in Plotted by Andrew DeGraff

The above image is one of numerous maps from the book; this one charting Odysseus’s journey in The Odyssey by Homer. As you can see each map is a beautiful full page (or usually two pages, sometimes even more) that shows the travels of a character (or characters) and the settings. The rendering from book to the computer doesn’t do it quite the justice it deserves, as these maps are brilliantly and beautifully drawn.

As the next map shows, from Watership Down:

A map of Watership Down from Plotted by Andrew DeGraff

This one depicts the various rabbits from Watership Down and their travels over the course of the novel. Whereas the one above showed the travels of Odysseus. Numerous other books are broken down into maps as well, depicting the travels of characters. Moby Dick, The Life of Frederick Douglas, A Wrinkle in Time, and much much more.

There is a brief bit about each book and the map and why the map is drawn the way it is that accompanies each map. The essays are written about the books, about the maps, and giving all kinds of little background information on the book in question (as well as the creation of this map).

Review

GoodReads blurb on Plotted:

This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps – all inspired by literary classics – offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff’s stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Invisible Man, A Wrinkle in Time, Watership Down,A Christmas Carol, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest in more recent works as well, Plotted provides a unique new way of appreciating the lands of the human imagination.
Plotted on GoodReads

Overall this is just a fun read. Each map is beautiful and well crafted. There’s a wide range of books that they picked from to cover, from beloved childhood books (Watership Down and Wrinkle in Time) to classics like Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, and A Christmas Carol.

There is certainly something in this for anyone. For map lovers, for literary lovers, for essay lovers, etc. Its a relatively short read too but you’ll spend much more time devouring each map over and over and looking for little easter eggs and bits of info that you might have missed the first time.

My GoodReads Rating: ****
Global GoodReads Rating: 3.66 (as of 11.8.21)
My LibraryThings Rating: ****

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