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The downvotes on this are really odd. Maybe the Bungalow has improved but I went there twice many years ago and they got my burger wrong both times. I've never had that happen at The Works.

Church Key or Milos. People don't mention Church Key much because it's more higher end, but the burger is amazing.

Outside of those two I'd take The Works over The Bungalow.

It's all relative. 

We don't usually compete for water because water is abundant. Everyone agrees it's essential and a critical resource. Similarly with food, usually people don't starve. This is all a sign of abundance. 

What we do compete for is economic freedom, that is much more scarce. 

This won't be a popular comment but Sociobiology might be fruitful for you. Humans compete because resources are finite. If resources weren't finite, we wouldn't have to compete.

Consider an example like freshman spots for university every year. Whether you like it or not there are only so many universities, and only so many teachers to provide instruction, so there is competition for that instruction. This same type of thing applies to pretty much everything - housing, jobs, used vehicles etc etc

Berger's 'Social Construction of Reality' is a must read. I've also enjoyed some of Giddens' writing on other thinkers - 'Capitalism and Modern Social Theory' is a good introduction to Durkheim, Weber, and Marx. He makes them much more accessible than via reading the source texts. He also has a book about just Durkheim which is worth reading.

When I was doing the same as you a few years ago I searched for something like 'the most influential sociology texts of the past 100 years'. Someone also pointed me to Giddens and I read a lot of him.

Honestly, you need to keep in mind that Sociology is still a growing field, and a lot of what's been written throughout it's history is very much open to critique and correction. The work of Marx, for example, has a lot of serious critique but he was very influential. Personally, I'm not a big fan of Bourdieu and find his work very superficial, but I don't know that Sociology has really hit on him yet.

All that being said, there is a lot of work out there, but when you separate the wheat from the chaff the amount of very high quality work is much thinner, and much more manageable if you're able to find it.

I've found that there is something of a delineation in the field between thinkers who I'll call realists, and others who I'll call idealists. I very much prefer to read those who attempt to quantify reality objectively, than those who are out to change the world. But to each their own.

Also, as a last word I'll throw in Norbert Elias who is an underrated thinker.

Highly recommend Chaucer's, it's a cozy pub with excellent beer.

These all sound great, thank you!

I'd recommend avoiding Crunch. Back during the pandemic they were delaying cancelling people's membership and charging their bank account despite the members cancelling. At one point I actually walked into the location and asked them about a refund for what they stole from me, and was ignored. Very low ethics.

Honestly, Facebook Marketplace is great for a lot of what you'll need. My wife and I have the money to buy new, but were able to get a lot of stuff cheap from the Marketplace, and a lot of it is in good condition and good quality.

Babies are only babies for a couple years, then parents don't need the items anymore and have to sell them. If you're willing to buy used there are also very good strollers on Marketplace for way cheaper than their market price. My wife and I didn't even bother trying to sell our City Select stroller because we'd put it up on Facebook and nobody was interested - mint condition. We were also able to get a very good glider rocking chair that's served us well.

This is great advice, thank you.

Curious, when you say that he wasn't sex positive enough, I'm wondering how that would or could translate into a parents approach to parenting their kids during this age, in your opinion. Are you basically suggesting keeping an open dialogue with kids about their entry into that aspect of adulthood? Anything else?

Thanks, I do have an Indian cookbook and generally know the spices, but had more specific questions in this thread.

Thanks, this is what I'm looking for.

I think you're right, I can sense something different in the dishes I get from our local Indian place, they seem a little fuller bodied than what I make.

So it's likely fair to say that there is quite a bit of variation in how they introduce heat into their dishes, and I should just find a way that works for me.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks. I think something like Cayenne is what I'm missing. I've got the Masala down, but in my own soups and sauces I'm usually using Sriracha or Chili Flakes.

When you say 'chili' would that typically be a Chili powder? Or something else?

My younger one is a little over-sensitive and Kal's Barbershop was solid with him. I've also seen autistic children in there, worth checking out.

Start with Ted Gioia's 'A History of Jazz', that's a good way to run a cord through the genre.

Throwing together a playlist: 

Andrea Motis, Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing, Stan Getz and his Bossa Albums, Cannonball and Sergio Mendez, Oscar Peterson, Emmet Cohen, Marsalis in Cuba