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Deja,
If you wish there was a good spinoff of Friends, I love “Happy Endings”, and the Brits made a short series called “Coupling” that is very good.
Jeff

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I can second this recommendation. Pho Bar is great. Just be forewarned (or thrilled if you are like me) that some of their Pho portions are huge.

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Robert,
I’ve been downsizing my book collections over the last couple of years. I’ve given away most of them already, but there are still some of my philosophy books that are harder to read and so harder to give away to a normal reader, so tell me what are your favorite sub-disciplines so that I can see if I have some books left you might want.
Jeff

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Review Quiz #1
1. The tasks for each week are listed at the top of our webpage: In order: (1) Do the reading while (2) answering the Reading Questions, then (3) use Jeff’s lectures to correct and add clarity to your answers, then (4) take the Friday Quiz.
2. The absolute deadline for quizzes and exams is Saturday at noon.
3. The best prep for the Friday quizzes is the Reading Questions, because most of the quiz comes straight from those questions. (Note: But please be sure to read the questions carefully, because there are some subtle differences from the reading questions that I want you to think about. You can paste some of your reading questions answers straight over, but this won’t work for all of the quiz questions.)
4. The Friday quizzes cannot be made up, but there are many extra points built into the class to make up for missing a quiz or two. These extra points are built into every quiz and exam (they are not extra credit assignments).
5. Grades are based on earning points. For example, a “B” is earned when you get 80 points. (Note: It is not a percentage; that’s way harder. Out of the 130 possible points, 80 points is only 61%…you see, Jeff is a softy).
6. Philosophy is the study of the presuppositions in all fields of thought. (Note: Philosophy is the home of genuine critical thinking, carefully checking the support for all of our ideas, even the ones that we assume are obvious.)

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Edith,
I just recommended the book “Me Before You” in the book forum, and “Crazy, Stupid, Love” is brilliant
Jeff

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Eboni,
I grew up surfing and my wife is into scuba diving, so I get it. When we retire in a couple years we’re planning on taking up kayaking and moving each year to different watery places in the Eastern U.S..
– Jeff

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Zaira,
Thanks. I just added “Flipped” to my book and watch list. Don’t tell anyone, because I am such a serious person and serious scholar, but I have recently been binging Romance books. My favorites: Moyes’ “Me Before You” and Hoang’s “Kiss Quotient” (the latter gets raunchy, so you’re forewarned). And, yes, I also read a bunch of Emily Henry; they’re pretty good. Okay, now stop making me admit any of this reading. I’m, like, serious and heartless and stuff, right?
– Jeff

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Hi Lainey,
My genius, scientist daughter has dyslexia as well, but she is an audiobook fiend. Yep, you should get back into it.
Also, I studied quite a bit of Christian apologetics in my younger days and at seminary. I no longer call myself a Christian because of what these Trump years have shown me, but I can still be a good source of information about the study of the Bible and apologetics.
– Jeff

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Veggie Tales rules!

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Sebastian,
I kneel before you. I pretend to love cooking and food, but you actually know about it. And now you are going to know about philosophy, too. Triple threat. Sigh.
– Jeff

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Payton,

Yes and yes.

Stardew Valley is in my original post. That game is adored by all.

And I am impressed with your recommendation of Apiary. That game is well-reviewed. I haven’t played it, but that is similar to games I play, like Spirit Island, Viticulture, Wingspan, Lost Ruins of Arnak.

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I chickened out of playing Captain Sonar with some strangers at a board game event. I was just too a-scared. But it looks brilliant. If my board game group met more often, I would definitely buy that game.

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A bunch of my favorite games are Minecraft-adjacent. Satisfactory is minecraft with engineering and graphics. Planet Crafter is minecraft with terraforming. But if you’re more of a purist, Minecraft-ions usually love Terraria.

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Chris,
Crazy coincidence…just yesterday I was looking “Suits” up on IMDB, because I was considering rewatching it. It’s phenomenal.

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Woohoo! Virginia rules. Coda Bakery and Pollito con Papas were in my original post, too. Must tries! You’ll thank us.

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Oooh, thanks Saada! Yoshi Mame looks great. I just put it on my list of places to try.

The other great affordable Japanese place is Nagomi. And, I know this is hard to believe, but when Sushi King has their all-you-can-eat days, it is pretty great and a deal, too.

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Very cool. When I was poorer, I would buy a basic PC and then slowly rebuild it piece by piece until it was capable to game on. But I never built one from scratch. You are way cooler than me.

And the other thing I used to do is turn family members’ old, slow laptops into speedy Linux machines without them knowing it wasn’t still Windows. (Story: My sister-in-law thinks she knows everything and was trying to help my father-in-law connect his new printer to his laptop. Ha! She didn’t even realize it was Linux when she had to call me for help.)

Nowadays I just buy a solid rig and then add the easy stuff to make it sing.

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John,
Yep, that is how I nerd out on all my hobbies. And those are the best memories of my Dad. Him nerding out on fly fishing or carpentry is when he was the happiest.
-Jeff

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Yes! “The Middle” is brilliant. And yes, Sue is a hero in our family.

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Ellie! You rule.

Gladwell’s “Blink” is my favorite book of his.

And I just added Walker’s “Complex PTSD” to my book list. I haven’t found a great book on that topic, and that one seems brilliant.

-Jeff

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Landon,
La Guelaguetza looks genius. I wish it was near me. My wife is a Mexican food snob… if a joint doesn’t make their own chips and taco shells that place is despised. When I show her this spot, she’ll be stoked.
-Jeff

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Kayla,
I have “What We Do In The Shadows” in my shows to watch list. I can’t wait to start it.
-Jeff

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Landon,
I can’t believe you mentioned Bloons TD! That is currently my short reward game for when I finish my online chores. You know, “Hey Jeff, you just finished your emails and updating your website, so you can play a map on BTD6.”
-Jeff

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Sophie,
I still haven’t tried Factorio, but I loved the first Shapez game (it’s actually in my original post). It is one of my all-time favorites. I have Shapez 2 but am waiting for a special occasion to start playing it.
-Jeff

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Kailiana,
I like cooking and take stabs at different things, and baking is probably the most intimidating thing I try. My approach to cooking is to pick something I love and try to practice it until I can get it down. But baking kicks my butt, because each time I try to perfect something a bit tricky, like baguettes, they turn out good or bad at seemingly random. It’s like these little doughy bastards have minds of their own. (Yes, I know, you real bakers will try to tell me it’s just science, and I need to check the moisture or the proving or whatever. No, I’m telling you, it’s some kind of voodoo you have and I don’t. I’m jealous, okay!)
-Jeff

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