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Is chili a dip or a meal? In my humble opinion, it's both. True greatness comes from collaboration.  Sure you can have something that's absolutely fantastic on it's own but to truly reach it's full potential some form of collaboration is almost always required. In the case of chili, once you get past the mental barrier that it's a meal AND a dip (society wants you to think that dip can't be a meal [pscha {I'm going to be eating the chips anyway, why not get a little party going in ye olde maw}]) you can enjoy it for it's true potential. The first hurdle is tossing the spoon away and bringing in some corn/tortilla chips. Not much of a stretch there, and I was at that stage for a while. Then one day I didn't have any 'plain' tortilla chips around..in stepped the Doritos (I always try to have some in stock). Still in the corn family and yeah dude, they mesh well with chili. Some sweet chili heat or nacho cheese..tasty..and in my mind that's where the true collaboration begins (sure chili's made up of a bunch of different ingredients but those are somewhat standard). With all chips, however, it was inevitable that there would come a day when I had chili and no corn chips. Not an issue, I questioned myself briefly before cracking open a bag of Covered Bridge Smokin' Sweet BBQ. Would potato chips and chili really make a match in heaven. To be concise, Yes. Since then I've tried out some CB Creamy Dill Pickle, another banger. So the next time that you're having some chili, toss on some cheese and stop letting the man tell you that dip can't be a meal, pull out a bag of your favourite chips and go to town.


John K. Samson is a national treasure. If you disagree with that, well, that's up to you, I'm not a dictator. His lyrical poetry mixed with the pop sensibilities on every album that he's ever worked on is astounding. Punk, rock, folk, it's all there folks and then some. The songs are always crafted so well that the tempo can slow right down and it's not a drag like the vapid bullcorn that's used to fill most popular albums (T.S., J.B...etc). (early) Propagandhi, Weakerthans, his solo material. Dang yo.Whether it's just him or with a band his output is always exceptional. With the volume of music in my life sometimes I'll go through stretches that are John K'less, but I'll always come back to his soothing voice and beautifully crafted projects. So, yeah.

Stay hydrated,
Marc

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