I saw that "I Thought Scout Uniforms Were Fireproof!" is finally showing up on my page. (I haven't met the people who designed the cover, but they're not being paid nearly enough! Isn't it cool?) I started that book nearly 25 years ago, and I can't tell you how fun it is to finally see it in print. It actually started out as a novel. (I used to compare it to "All Creatures Great and Small," and I told people: "Just think 'James Herriot,' and then substitute the word 'Scoutmaster' for 'veterinarian.' ") It was a fun book (with chapters sporting titles like "Duncan Durbano and the Beaver-Dam Splash). Over the years it evolved a lot, and finally ended up as the how-to book that's in the stores (and I still got to tell a lot of fun stories). The Scouts in my neighborhood have their annual Klondike Derby next weekend . . . and if the forecasts are right, they might have enough snow to build snow caves. (I might have to give them all a copy of the book and have them read the chapter on winter camping . . .)