Yesterday I experienced a couple random events that seem to relate to each other in some way but I can’t quite figure it out. Maybe you can help?

At 5:30pm, I went to the Deschutes Brewery Beer Geek event, where I enjoyed tasting three beers while having fun conversations with people I hadn’t met yet. The brewer would come around and talk to us about how the beer was made. I had wonderful conversations about how to taste beers, and beer-tasting classes that I might look into in the near future. The theme for the tasting was “dark beers” so I tasted the exclusive and limited Black Pearl Dark Ale, the Oregonian classic Black Butte Porter, and the other classic Obsidian Stout on Nitro. I think it may have been a little silly to put two of their classic beers on the lineup, as if we hadn’t already tasted those. Three beers, but one great experience.

I had to leave somewhat quickly because the artist Edgar Arceneaux was speaking down the street. I wanted to be sure to see this. One of the first images Edgar showed was this one. A drawn image of Tuvac from Star Trek Voyager, Tupac Shakur, and Spock. He said Tuvac was the connection between Tupac and Spock. But maybe Spock is the connection between Tupac and Tuvac? Or maybe Tupac is the connection between Tuvac and Spock? It’s confusing, I know. Three people, three beers, one interesting night.