Old Cellarite Alan Bellows at Damn Interesting, wrote a great piece on the real life
story of Colonel Sanders. I'd always figured the Colonel was just a gimmick to sell chicken. Turns out the son of a bitch was a man after my own heart. He was officially bestowed with the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel twice, by Kentucky Governors, once before the chicken business for being a good Samaritan. It's a good read.