Colonel -/- Kernel

Is there a kernel of truth in the tale that Colonel Kernel of the 5th Division told his troops to pop some corn, and to save him the unpopped kernels, so he would have something to snack on as he did some open source programming work and released the kernel of his program to the public domain?

When the Colonel became a father was he Pop the Kernel?

Kernel. Colonel.

Okay, no discussions of Kentucky Colonels or Sargent Shriver. Enough is enough for one little post on a blog of such magnitude, importance, and cha-chinging blog ads. Speaking of those, please do click on that ad up there. It puts a few cents in this blogger's pocket, and every penny counts. Each adds up to a small kernel of . . . oops, never mind.