Dr. Pepper Scholarships

Dr. Pepper unrolled their scholarship cans again this year.  I have several of them, but I decided to show off my man Garrett Booker first.  The lad won $100,000 scholarship from Dr. Pepper.  I would be raising my fist in triumph too if that was me on a Dr. Pepper can.

Dr. Pepper Scholarship 2013...Garrett Booker, $100,000

I like that I have the $100,000 winner.  None of the others I found on Dr. Pepper cans this year won so much from the soft drink industry.  That makes me feel like sorta of winner too.  Like the can is just slightly more collectible than the others.

Dieter's Ginger-Ale

This past summer I was driving down to a meeting away from home.  On a lark I stopped at Save-A-Lot and picked up a cheap twelve pack of soda just for the can.

Save-A-Lot Brand Ginger-Ale 2013

Yup.  I got ginger-ale, that good old type of soda that even when you are an adult still makes you remember staying home from school sick to watch cartoons on the couch.  Dieter's tasted fine, although a bit watered down and tad spicy, like your brother dumped some oregano in your glass and it melted the ice cubes or something when you weren't looking.  Oh well, at least the can is dapper. I like that red dot...it's like an eco-version of the Japanese flag.

Apples and Coke

So this is some big news in the soda world...Apple just passed Coca-Cola as the world's most recognized brand.  I don't know exactly how they compute that stuff, but I am more interested in what that says about the world, and I guess it means that people are more interested in technology than good old fashioned sugar drinks.

But I think it will fade.  While technology may be ubiquitous, the companies that bring it tend to cycle around.  I predict Coca-Cola will rise again, even if it is far enough in the future where I will never bother to check to see if I'm right.

Coca-Cola Slander

Soda gets a bad rap, but no soda gets a worse rap than Coca-Cola.  If you don't believe me, check out the http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp page that has article after article debunking cruel, slanderous Coca-Cola myths.  Fight your ignorance.  Stand up for Coca-Cola today!

Pepsi Flavored Cheetos

For those of you who don't think soda merits enough attention to bleed into the mundane areas of your life, consider what is happening in Japan.  Last month Cheetos and Pepsi teamed up to make, you guessed it, Pepsi flavored Cheetos! Apparently, the Cheetos are covered in a Pepsi powder, that, reminding us of Crystal Clear Pepsi days, is not brown. No word yet if these are coming to the U.S. yet.

Pepsi Flavored Cheetos!

Pepsi Jazz

Do you know one of the reasons why I enjoy collecting soda cans?  It's because they are so quick and limited.  The often exist for only a brief moment in time before they are discontinued or designed differently. Also, since I rarely had soda as a child, I find as an adult I really appreciate it when I have it to drink. Consider the cans below, which sadly, I don't have in my collection.

These are discontinued Pepsi sodas.  They definitely seem exotic now.  I remember buying them and drinking them with my friend in his apartment playing Texas Hold 'em.  Not a grand memory, but a nice one. And I associate the memory with these cans.

These nifty cans only lasted from 2006 - 2009.  Then they went kaput. So sad.  They came in Black Cherry French Vanilla, Caramel Cream, and Strawberries and Cream. One reviewer thought the Caramel one was best. I was prone to agree.

RC Cola

I got a new soda can over the weekend.  It's been one I've been meaning to collect.  I finally got it because my friend who was visiting loves this cola more than Pepsi and Coke, so he bought a 12 pack for our fridge. It's Royal Crown Cola, made by the same people who bring us Dr. Pepper.

RC Cola 2013