Yes General Tratz

by Daniel on March 12, 2009 at 2:00 am

I was in the Cub Scouts in 3rd and 4th grade, mostly due to my best friend Brian Beaujolie. His mom became a Den Mother, and soon I was wearing some used Cub Scout military wear.

I loved all of the formality and built in military goodness of the Cubs. I loved the golden handkerchiefs, and I loved that the Scouts got to stand at the front of the room when we did the Pledge of Allegiance.

What wasn’t so good was the annual dad and son camp out.

I didn’t really see much of my dad those years, sometimes going 2 or 3 without seeing him at all. It was a rough reminder that he wasn’t around, and that I couldn’t ask him to come.

But, there are certainly worse things that could happen, and I can’t imagine that my story is anything less than common. (And man, how did I get here with this story? Yerk!)

Enough of that.

“General Tratz” is a reference to my old friend and artist Shannon Potratz. We’ll see how many months it takes for him to notice this.

Were you in the scouts?

- Daniel

majic13

March 12, 2009 at 3:24 am | #

I am totally loving the variant Crowbots. General Tratz is so dapper with all his medals.

I was in cubs and scouts, and mostly excelled at setting fire to stuff – building fires from tiny heaps of sticks into gigantic blazes that threatened the trees surrounding the firepit. Sadly they don’t really give out badges for that kind of thing.

smilinphoenix

March 12, 2009 at 4:00 am | #

Would you believe they had “Indian Guides” as an alternative to the scouts?
It is a shame that my dad didn’t spend more time with his kids. I try to over compensate with the next two generations!
Like majic13 said, the brass decorations and rivets really make the General ‘pop’!
The progress is good but it makes me want to come back and take a look every day.