An Hour A Week? Podcast

Stupid, stupid, stupid. No one deserves to go out like that.

Here’s the story.

You’ll be missed.

Our Pack has a campout coming this weekend. We’ve got 75-100 people coming. I’ve been so busy working on the Pack’s website, my Mom’s website, I have barely had time to even think about this campout, let alone the impact it will have on our Pack.

For the last couple of years, we have had a Winter campout. It usually gets down around freezing (for us in Texas, that’s COLD!), but we always have a good turnout. Since it is colder and the days are shorter, I’ve noticed a marked difference between this campout and our Fall and Spring campouts. Winter campout is usually a more somber feeling; not a much activity. The “Council Fire” is a more subdued event; more quiet.

Not this year. I’ve got a flag retirement ceremony planned, some religious items and a firestarting ceremony that should wake up the December night. Unfortunately, right now they are just concepts.

I’ve got less than 24 hours to come up with a full-hour program; I really didn’t mean to wait until the last minute, but this week has been so distracting.

So instead of writing in this weblog, I should go work on my campout ceremony. Maybe things will look better tomorrow night.

I’ve spent the better part of this morning trying to get our Pack’s website back online. Some sort of error at my ISP. I haven’t gotten a damn thing done on the campout for this weekend, not even packing or buying food. It’s going to be a long couple of days.

While I was waiting for technical support, I realized how terrible this blog looks. I’ll get it cleaned up…sometime.

Why am I here?

Blame Dave Slusher.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Podcasts in the last month, and I love them. Check my links and you’ll see my favorites. Getting those Podcasts has changed my entire commute. Instead of the usual MP3 banter I listen to (Motley Crue, Neil Diamond, stuff like that).

My wife has a skill for writing-something I’ve always wished I had, but never have. Writing will never be my strong-suit. That’s when it hit me. I could do my own Podcast. I’ve always wanted to be a D.J.- this would be perfect. I like music; I like talking… what could be better?

Enter Dave. In a couple of recent Podcasts, he mentioned another Podcaster with a southern accent and how great it was. Over the next couple of Podcasts, he mentioned how he wanted to hear Podcasts done by people who are “real”, not just D.J., “Morning Zoo”, generic stuff. He wanted to connect to other bloggers. It definitely resonated in me.

So I threw out the D.J. idea and began to think about the things that make up who I am: my family, parents, brothers; and what I enjoy doing: Cub Scouting, technology, gadgets, web design.

There are a lot of Weblogs and Podcasts dealing with design, gadgets, stuff like that, but none about Scouting.

So here is my weblog about my adventures in Cub Scouting.