I admit it. I’m a Pepsi fan boy. Have been almost all my life. Figuring out why would be like trying to reach agreement on the chicken or the egg — is it because I like the taste or because of external factors? Who knows? Frankly, who cares?

Pepsi, or more specifically Diet Pepsi, is my soft drink of choice for one primary reason and a half dozen secondary ones. The primary one is I prefer the taste of that of Diet Coke. Like the can says, it’s light, crisp and refreshing. It’s also sweeter. Diet Coke has a bitterness to it I don’t care for. Not that it tastes bad. If a restaurant serves Coke products, I’ll have Diet Coke and be just fine with it. But I prefer Diet Pepsi.