Pages Tagged “Scouting”
Writing
- Roj Blake’s Eagle Project A Blakes 7 fanfic comedy about Blake's adolescent days in Alpha Scouts.
Blog Posts
- Looking Back at Camp Myford
I’ve been looking through photos from back when we could, you know, go places and found a set from the hills above North Tustin during a year that we got enough rain to turn the hills green. There were some really clear shots of Peters Canyon, Saddleback, and even some south Orange County hills that […]
- The National Jamboree is NOT Your Personal Political Rally
I’m an Eagle Scout, and I find myself once again infuriated with the Boy Scouts of America. There is a long history of Presidents speaking at the National Jamboree, going back to Franklin D. Roosevelt. They came to inspire leaders of the future. They didn’t come to self-promote, or take cheap shots at political rivals, […]
- Links: Identity, Kindle, Language, and the Moon
Linkblogging: Privacy in terms of identity. The new Kindle. The future of old-timey language. Geek Merit Badges. The Moon Hoax debunked as a comic.
- “Oh, There’s a Snake Under My Cot”
The night I found a rattlesnake in my tent at a Boy Scout summer camp. No one was bitten, but getting that snake out was an interesting experience.
- Kids’ language and the media
KCRW ran a story on the indecency wars this morning, and quoted someone who was concerned that kids are picking up bad language from broadcast media. Yeah, right. Broadcast media is so locked down they can’t find that kind of language there. When I was in middle school, I spent a week working at a […]
- BSA: No Atheists Allowed
What does someone’s religious belief have to do with “teaching boys moral and ethical values through an outdoor program that challenges them and teaches them respect for nature, one another, and themselves?” Everything, according to the Boy Scouts of America, who have just kicked out an Eagle Scout with 37 merit badges for being an […]