Yesterday things were humming at the Scoutmastercg.com technical annex where we were pushing buttons and throwing switches feverishly trying to fix things. Good news: the site has had a pretty healthy increase in traffic over the past couple of  months and it was time to upgrade our hosting service to accommodate this traffic. Less than good news:…continue reading

It’s been a couple of years since I designed the old Scoutamstercg.com and it was past time to add some new features that should make things easier to find. I’ve re-grouped the articles to a better category structure that you can access from the ‘index’ tab in the menu. There’s a link to a pop…continue reading

I was never a Scout as a boy but I had a copy of the patrol Leaders handbook illustrated with line drawings of perfect campsites and campfires, of Scouts in perfectly neat uniforms lining up eagerly to listen to their patrol leader, cheering heartily, rallying around the patrol flag waving their hats. I was quickly…continue reading

I am passing this on as a positive action you and your Scouts can take in response to the Sandy Hook tragedy: Colin  is a paramedic in Calfornia, here’s his suggestion on how we can express our support for the local first responders – That is the kind of thing you hope you never see because it will…continue reading

What if? Two very powerful words. Our Scouts are  are digital natives – they aren’t simply ‘dependent’ or ‘addicted’ to technology, it’s a part of their world. They don’t see a dichotomy of real and virtual – it’s all kind of the same. What if, like our Scouts, we stopped seeing this as two irreconcilable worlds and welcomed the…continue reading

Since one of us falls into a particularly desirable demographic we’ve had ten or twelve robocalls a day for the past week or so, we’ve had folks knocking on the door, we’ve seen the saturation coverage of the election on the television, we’ve received the flyers and emails, we’ve talked about the candidates. But all that is over…continue reading

Derek Twine is retiring after 16 years as the Chief Executive of The Scouts Association of the United Kingdom. He is also being honored by the World Association of the Scouting movement with the Silver Wolf  (the highest award made by the Association ”for services of the most exceptional character.”). In this article he discusses his…continue reading

First of all – I apologize if you’ve had enough of the nutty tee-shirt thing! I have tried to balance keeping everyone informed with being irritating; hopefully I have kept it below the point of being too terribly aggravating. If you haven’t heard there’s a tee-shirt project on Kickstarter that will include 200 things that…continue reading

The ‘Stuff Adult Leaders Say Tee Shirt‘ project has really taken off! There’s just over two weeks left but we have funded 30% of the project in the first six days! Here’s the current status and the backers who have pledged:   Backers as of 9/13 Adam Cox Jill Blance Arlen Ward John Collins Beth Kronlund John…continue reading

Adult leaders say the same things over and over again. Tragically many of these pearls of wisdom have gone unrecorded – that is until now! I have recorded  200 things that adult leaders say and I think it’s about time to put Them on a tee shirt! You can help make this happen by becoming a backer…continue reading

I was asked to write a guest article for the Algonquin Outfitters Blog (these are the outfitters we use for our canoe trips in Canada) : Moose are sneaky. I could imagine them getting together a few days before we arrived and a big bull issuing some orders: “So next week there’s going to be…continue reading

Zero Bars Life lived simple Dreamy and warranted Jealous of people who blog about their one hundred things But wondering how we might live without 60 second coffee brewed on a Jetboil And still remain addicted to our iPhones and their gateway to a cluttered world. Packing light Driving to a trailhead Hoping for something…continue reading