Barry Moskowitz:  

Military Did three tours in Cub Scouts. Pack 363/den 7. First year earned Rooster badge, I think. First year was a little fuzzy. Hiking, rock collecting, and learning to tie knots. So many knots. Seven silver arrow heads, five gold. Second year, twelve achievments earned me my Wolf. Long hikes with full rock collection gear. Could pitch and drop a tent in three grouling hours. Pasted many little things onto larger things and covered with sparkles, all in the name of Akela. Learned to tie many more knots. My God, the knots were all around me. Picked up eight silver, and 4 gold arrow heads. Third year. The Bears. Marching with twenty five pounds of rocks, tent, and sackel of sparkly pasted things, seperated the men from the boys. Pressure mounted from all sides. Knots.Knots.Knots. Too many knots.Must learn more knots. Earned arrow heads perhaps, don't remember. Was too hard to think. Beginning to see knots that weren't there. I believe I snapped on that cold and rainy night, pitching tent in Mrs. Baums backyard. The sky was angry that night my frend. A howling gale from the nor'east. Steve and Johnny raising the main pole, the rest of...Expand for more