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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: A Blast from the Past

  I've lived for at least three years in Hawaii, Washington DC, California and Louisiana.   Born in Honolulu and, aside from college, three years working for the U.S. Senate and travel, spent most my time in Hawaii. Had whole summers in California with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ( twice ) working on laser fusion and NASA Ames Research Center on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. 3 years and 7 months at Stanford University. 3 years and 7 months at Louisiana State University.  With close friends. Today, my nostalgic Tuesday topic will be LSU, for they just won the  76th college world series championship , in what might have been the best ever. Started with 64 teams in tournament play. #1 rated was Wake Forest, #2 Florida and #5 LSU. 8 teams survived the super regionals, those teams above, and Stanford, TCU, Oral Roberts, Virginia and Tennessee. The first time LSU and Wake Forest played, the Demon Deacons won, 3-2.  They faced each other two more times, and