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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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Reece,
Yes! Fallout: New Vegas is brilliant. I put so many hours into that one.

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Yes, Dexter is so well written. Great recommend!

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Back in the day when I could get my wife to play board games with me, we would hit Slice & Dice often. Very cool joint.

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Yep, I will second the vote for iGrill. It’s solid.

At Tap-N-Taco, part of its charm is that the menu is really simple. For me it’s a couple of fish tacos and a chicken quesadilla. (I don’t eat meat too often, so someone else could recommend more stuff.)

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My brag is that I read the whole series of Harry Potter books to my kids, and, yes, I did the voices. (The weak part was that I started reading them before the movies existed and pronounced everything wrong.)

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Osvaldo,

Man, another sadistic gamer that loves games that punish you. Have you ever seen that some game reviews on Steam rate games on a difficulty scale that goes from “Easy” to “Dark Souls”?

I am ashamed that I still haven’t played “Betrayal at House on the Hill”… but I know it’s great.

-Jeff

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Armond,
I think you’ll be pleased with the amount of psychology and psychology-related materials we will be covering this semester. Psych is one of my frequent sub-fields in my teaching history.
-Jeff

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Brian,

I’m guessing you would agree with the reviews of Escape from Tarkov”. The common summary says, “This game hates me and I keep failing…best game ever!” So you are one of “those” gamers. I aspire to be like you one day, when I become cool.

Jeff

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Tabitha,

“When Breath Become Air” is on my “books to buy” list already…I just need to make room on my “next to read” shelf so I can get it. And the Hunger Games was a great series (and the first two movies were pretty solid representations).

I am one of those freaks who always finishes a book even if I hate it, and I have now gotten myself to only read two books at a time, one serious (for home) and one fun (to read when I’m walking).

Thanks, Jeff

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Hidden food joints: Arirang Korean, iGrill, K Style, Coda Vietnamese Bakery, Viet Rice, Taaj Palace, Gyros Mediterranean, Alqud’s Mediterranean, Olympia, Thai Cuisine, Thai Vegan, Don Choche, Pollito con Papas, Tap N Taco, Federidelfos, Papaturro, Il Vicino, Relish, Nagomi, Ichiban, K-Lynn’s.

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

Everyone should read Fromm’s Sane Society, Epictetus’ Encheiridion, Chomsky’s What Uncle Sam Really Wants, Milgram’s Obedience to Authority, Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Holloway’s Godless Morality, …and hundreds of others…go read some books now!

(If you want a fuller list of book recommendations, click the “Propaganda” link in the header above and you’ll find a bunch of categorized lists of my favorite books.
Thanks, Jeff)

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

My nerdiest interests are philosophy, psychology, political theory, history, books, and languages. My geekiest interests are video games and board games.

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I’m Jeff Salbato (your teacher), but I prefer Jeff. You only need to introduce yourself in one of these sub-topics, but, because I’m the supposed leader here, I’ll post in all of them…

TV shows you’re missing: Rectify, Silicon Valley, Newsroom, Happy Endings, Ted Lasso, Taskmaster, Masterchef Australia, and the best show of all time: West Wing.

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Video games no one talks about that are genius: XCom2, Train Valley 2, Slime Rancher, Creeper World, Shapez, Defense Grid: Awakening.

Video games that are popular and deserve to be: Portal, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3 & 5, Satisfactory, Saints Row the Third, Stardew Valley.

2 player board games: Battle Lines, Spirit Island, Targi, Arboretum, Pandemic, Lost Cities, Viticulture, Quest for El Dorado, Wingspan, Santorini, Slay the Spire.

3-4 players: The Crew, Space Base, Azul, Pandemic, No Thanks, Gizmos, Quirky Circuits, Quest for El Dorado, Wingspan.

For groups: Wits & Wagers, Balderdash, Scattergories, Say Anything.

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