The need to explain

Over the weekend, I got a few strange looks. I didn’t realize why and then it hit me—my shirt read “KOK.”

I want to take a second to explain that my t-shirts are not innuendos. KOK stands for Kilroy’s On Kirkwood. It’s a bar in my college town that gives out free shirts every Thursday and on Saturdays during football and basketball season when they have breakfast club.

I’d also like to say that I’m not an alcoholic either. It was a free shirt every week. What college kid is going to pass up a deal like that?

I’ve never thought anything of wearing these shirts in public be...