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Probably not, but Scott Rabalais sure is. I don't think I can bear his smarmy face.

LSU fires band director, Roy King.

*The Rant starts talking about TGBFTL and half-time shows.

SQUIRREL!!!!

I did a quick skim of the thread, so sorry but need an update: Is I-10 passable between Houston and Baton Rouge? My son needs to drive home.

Our children are grown. Our daughter still calls us Mom and Dad. Our sons started messin' around calling us little rhyming nicknames when they were teenagers, and it stuck. They were being sweet and funny, not disrespectful, so we don't mind.

Shop at Replacements, Ltd. - check their website. Completed my late mother's pattern there, even though the pattern was discontinued. Haviland china, beautiful timeless pattern and shape.

well, I liked 'em.

Thanks so much. But hey, you know what's FUN? This being a DISCUSSION Board, actually having a DISCUSSION about something. Thanks for playing.

I'm afraid I agree - I'm not sure the kid kept his foot on the bag at first. The coach had burned his last appeal so the call stands. But I noticed that the announcers did absolutely no analysis or commentary on the replay. I'm sure the umps want to get it right...but I'm not sure that play ended the game.

Watching LSU v Auburn rebroadcast last night on CST got us thinking: will there be rebroadcasts once the SEC network takes over? I LOVE being in TS on Saturday then watching again on Sunday and heck, sometimes on Wednesdays too.

Don't get sassy, I already searched for this topic and didn't see it.

We have 3 kids, and are just about finished with college as I write this. We've paid for all expenses related to school and living/food. Here was our plan:

save/invest (529 plan, eventually) as aggressively as possible from the moment they arrived. We put together a nice nest egg and just as the first one was half-way through, the economy collapsed. So "the economy" became like a 4th child. We coped, and fortunately the investment recovered in time for the other 2. The investment got us through their junior year at LSU and we've put together the rest.

The goal: graduate from college debt free. ALL of us, not just the kids. We will have achieved this next spring when we are done.

But here's part of what made it work: you can go anywhere you get enough scholarship $ to go, or you can excel and get TOPS and get a perfectly good education at LSU, leaving a little $ for extras like study abroad. We did not even entertain the possibility that they or we would end up with a mountain of debt. Sorry, but there isn't $100,000 worth of difference in an undergraduate degree from LSU vs. most any place else. (Trust me...I'm in the business.) I will never understand - in most cases - the decision to go deeply into debt for an undergraduate degree. A little debt, ok, but not deeply.

Graduate/professional school...yes, go into debt not more than your first year expected salary in your profession of choice. And that debt is on you, the student.

We also weaned them off our discretionary $ pretty quickly: first year, you're paying for your optional "stuff;" second year, you're also buying your gas, etc.; third year, we are now not giving you any spending money and when you graduate...you are off the payroll so plan accordingly. All 3 worked throughout college as well.

Not trying to sell the Gospel, but this level of family discipline has worked for us. We've also saved for retirement. We have a modest home, older cars, no fancy lifestyle but comfortable. And we are blessed beyond measure. But we also agreed from the start on our financial goals - independence, security, little debt and/or aggressive debt reduction. College was managed like everything else, with clear-eyed realism.

Thanks for listening... :cheers: