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Comment on Open Letter to Jack’s Salsa by t

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:50:03 +0000

Why did Kroger stop carding the mild salsa

Comment on Open Letter to Jack’s Salsa by Korey

Korey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:41:41 +0000

I worked at Costco at the time Jack’s vanished, and it was an incredibly sad day. Ever since then, I’ve tried nearly every brand of salsa I could find, hoping that I might enjoy it, but I honestly can’t even enjoy the chip and salsa experience anymore. I’ve been forced to switch to pita and hummus. Does anybody know where I can find this heavenly creation in the Las Vegas area?

Comment on Reality TV in the Age of Credulity by museofmystery

museofmystery — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:05:44 +0000

Hmm, I don’t know. I like to think that greatness wins out over mediocrity, at least from a historical perspective. What I mean is that maybe the masses have always worshipped mediocrity, but the reason we think our age is worse is that we hear mostly of great culture from the past, which inevitably causes nostalgia. I mean, the great majority of people were illiterate prior to the development of public education; today it’s just the opposite… It seems to me that great works of art are often ignored until examined in later years and in greater depth by scholars, so perhaps the reason there’s such a lack of high culture is that those great works of art just haven’t been recognized by the mainstream yet… Or perhaps high and low culture have merged more and more over the years; it’s difficult to say. From a historical perspective, though, the person of ideas almost always prevails over the everyday philistine… You don’t see Twilights and Harry Potters in lists of the greatest works of literature, for example. Mainstream trends come and go like day and night, but true works of art last a very long time… However, it’s hard not to think we’re going down the toilet, culturally speaking, when hearing about things like Jersey Shore and Rebecca Black… I guess what I’m trying to say is that I do feel there’s a sense of cultural decay, but at the same time I wonder if people, at least idea-oriented people, have always felt that way, and maybe that’s what provokes them to rise above it…

Comment on Open Letter to Jack’s Salsa by Karerenea

Karerenea — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:07:00 +0000

I am in Minneapolis and have a Costco membership for one thing: Jacks Special Salsa. I could not believe my eyes when . . . (basically same as JoeBot’s experience and I could not say it any more eloquently) Jacks disappeared. I found two last containers hiding behind some new replacement look alike brand named “Santa Barbara” something or other. I snatched up the two Jacks running to the check out line demanding to know what was going on. The checkout gal apathetically stated “We rotate brands. It’s not coming back.”

Weeks later I found a much smaller tub at a local grocery store but I swear it tastes different. It tastes like it has some sort of preservative in it. Does it?

Comment on Open Letter to Jack’s Salsa by WireDog

WireDog — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:34:45 +0000

Joe,

Loved your missive. I totally agree. I bought a small tub of the aforementioned elixir yesterday for the first time at about 5pm from an out of the way supermarket. By six thirty I was standing alone in my kitchen twitching like a crack addict “pinkying” the edges of the empty container. I was very distraught to find out that my local grocery does not carry it. HELP!!

Comment on January 1: The Death Day of Hank Williams by ericmiami

ericmiami — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:25:22 +0000

Very nice piece of writing. Thanks!

Comment on Open Letter to Jack’s Salsa by Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:02:22 +0000

I’ve never heard of Jack’s salsa here under my rock, but feel compelled to try it now.

Comment on January 1: The Death Day of Hank Williams by Annie Gray

Annie Gray — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:49:43 +0000

Didn’t know much about him, so thanks, Joe, for creating an interesting and entertaining piece on him.

Comment on January 1: The Death Day of Hank Williams by Kenneth Stevens

Kenneth Stevens — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:23:15 +0000

Simply to say “I enjoyed reading this piece” might sound simplistic and uninteresting, but in my case it’s the truth.

2010 was a pretty good year for you. I suspect that 2011 will be even better, and deservedly so.

Comment on Damanhur: My Sci-Fi Theophany Under the Mountain by D the Gray

D the Gray — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:10:14 +0000

Doesn’t sound so bad really. I wonder how many virgins were deflowered under the Big Super-Self Ecstasy Spiral.

As long as they are farming, they will be ok.