I signed up to be assistant den leader for my oldest son's den. I figured I'm going to attend most events anyway, so I might as well be in a position to have some say in the direction of den activities. Today was my first time "on the job". My town's Oktoberfest celebration is today, so the Cub Scout pack was on trash detail - going around to the various booths and vendors collecting the full trash bags and depositing them in the dumpster by the town office.

I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but it ended feeling really natural. Being an adult leader in Cub Scouts is just being a parent which I've had a couple years experience with. You handle the larger scale with the buddy system and frequent head counts - easy as pie.

I'm not sure if you, dear reader, are aware, but I'm not exactly confident that god is anything other than a figment of the religious devotee's fevered mind. This technically disqualifies me to be a leader, but I figure: fuck the BSA and their fascist propaganda. There is a good core to the program and I'm not going to let ideology or principles (theirs or mine) get in the way of sharing that good core with my sons.