Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom

I had another moment of clarity about Jessica Pivik in reading her latest column (which the Reveille had the good sense not to link to) today. I think she takes herself seriously. Jessica may actually believe her column is important and helps LSU students (who don”t know what Google is) understand the important sexual issues [...]

Flyin” through Dothan with my radio / Taylor”s Old Time Opry”s playin” Hank Snow … OK, that”s a pretty obscure Georgia Satellites reference. And I”m flyin” through Atmore, not Dothan. And Hank Snow”s hard to find, even on Sirius. But it”s been too long since I”ve done some stupid/fun crap like step off a 4-hour [...]

For those of you not up to date on The Cap”n”s travels, I”m sitting at LAX (9:50 p.m. local time) waiting for a red-eye back to Atlanta. When I get back to Hartsfield, I”m driving straight down to Baton Rouge for the LSU game. The plan: get some sleep on the plane. The problem: the [...]

Well, not really. It”s raining, and apparently rain in L.A. is like snow in Atlanta. Everybody freaks. The news last night had reporters standing out in the rain like it was a hurricane, kicking at the four inches of water running down the gutter (they call this “street flooding”). They showed storefronts with sand bags [...]

I”m not used to getting lectured by stewardesses. But on my flight to L.A. this morning, a friendly Delta gal took it upon herself to try to save The Cap”n from the evils of phenylketonurics. During beverage service, her response to my request for a full can of Diet Coke was something to the effect [...]

Over at That Yellow Bastard this morning, Jimmy was praising Jon Stewart for dressing down Tucker Carlson on CNN”s Crossfire. I have to admit, I”d heard nothing about it (the wife”s sister and boyfriend were in town this weekend). So I went out and found the transcript at CNN.com. I”m presenting the Stewart segment below [...]

You know, I make fun of Jessica Pivik for lifting the “sources” for her pointless sex column from Google searches, but reading her column this morning, I was struck with a question: Is Jessica guilty of academic misconduct because of her plagiarism? The LSU Code of Conduct cites as a specific example of “Academic Misconduct”: [...]

The wife and I (yes, we carpool) heading out for work at our regular time this morning, but apparently we”re the only ones going to work today. We crossed over I-20 on our sneaky back way to the Downtown Connector, and cars were just zipping along. Then we get on the Connector, and you”d have [...]

Looking to get my hands on new search tools, so I”m linking through to a site offering me a free X1 desktop search app.

My buddy Dave emailed me yesterday with what seemed to me to be a really stupid question: “Hey, do you think LSU still has a shot to play in the SEC Championship?” My reply – Um, no. [editor"s note: Football analysis follows. Ladies, please feel free to leave the room at this point.] We lost [...]