A reader recently inquired to the origins of the left handshake as a greeting for Scouts. After researching the question the short answer is that, while no one can really determine who first started the tradition, the left handshake is Read More →
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Rule No. 54 from Andy at Ask Andy : The more logical and simple the Scouting procedure or policy, the more it will be ignored. This isn’t simply a curmudgeonly observation – it’s true. True things Read More →
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From Rules of Thumb : The most successful teaching lessons last 22 minutes, the exact length of the average TV sit-com. – Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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“Whenever you are trying to be smart, you won’t be.” Spotted on Steve Dobson’s Fisherman’s Blog
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What weighs an ounce in the morning, weighs a pound at night. An old soldier’s proverb, also mentioned in Earnest Thompson Seton’s “The Birch Bark Roll”
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Scout leaders hear lots of interesting things over the course of a normal day (if there is such a thing) at Scout camp. Many times even the most contradictory versions of many of these phrases Read More →
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“Take care of all the small things, and the big things never show up.” From Sippican Cottage
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An adventure is merely a bit of bad planning, brought to light by the test of a trial. Roald Amundsen polar explorer Camping when the weather is clear and sunny = great camping. Camping when Read More →
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Pettifogger: n, a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections. pettifogging, pettifoggery
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Voluntold /vol-en-told/ adverb;Taking on a responsibility normally assumed voluntarily under some from of compulsion (typically a withering look from one's comrades). "Edward was voluntold to be the patrol cook."
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