Archie Proposes to Veronica, Jilts Betty – WTF is He Thinking?

Much like the “Ginger or MaryAnn” argument, the “Betty or Veronica” argument has gone on for decades, pitting the girl next door (Betty, MaryAnn) against the spoiled little rich girl (Veronica, Ginger). And everyone, but everyone knows that the girl next door – the faithful, smart (but still cute and perky), steady girl next door is supposed to get the guy. But apparently nobody told Archie Andrews that, because next month he will be proposing to Veronica, while a stunned Betty and a befuddled Jughead look on.

As Entertainment Weekly (no, I don’t actually read it, I found this article while researching this piece) put it so succinctly, what the hell is Archie thinking?

More to the point, what the fnck are the writers thinking? What the hell kind of message is this to send to the thousands of pre-pubescent, pubescent, and even post-pubescent boys and girls – the already confused teens – that read the Archie comic books, about values, and what matters in a mate?

It seems that, at least in comic book land, slow and steady does not win the race – but rather that gold, glitz, and girlie gets the guy.

Red Bull Cola Energy Drink Tests Positive for Cocaine

It seems that the NFL and NBA aren’t the only energy pumps to have problems with positive drug tests! Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia say that a lab test of Red Bull Cola Energy Drink revealed that Red Bull contains 0.4 micrograms of cocaine per liter of Red Bull!

As a result, at least six German states have issued a ban on Red Bull.

Meanwhile, Red Bull have said that the Red Bull Cola is “harmless and marketable in both the U.S. and Europe,” that it uses coco leaf extracts that are used the world around “as flavouring”, and that their own tests found no cocaine (of course, they wouldn’t, would they?)

On a different, but related side-note, it’s interesting to note this truth in advertising from the Red Bull website, where you can sign up for their newsletter:

Homemade Bread – Homemade Cheese – Wonderful Friend

I just need to take a moment to sing the praises of and thank my dear friend Rob.

Rob is such a star. Not only did he drive to the train station to pick up my jacket (after having, he thought, gotten out of having to pick us up at the train station – as another dear friend, Sandy, picked us up), and not only did he get up early in the morning today to take us to the train station this morning – but he got up even earlier to bake us fresh-baked bread, and homemade mozzarella cheese!

Here’s a picture of these delectable delicacies with which Rob sent us off.

Girls, the woman who wins Rob’s currently-single heart will be a lucky girl indeed! (His Facebook profile is here.)