Obviously, over the last month we said goodbye to a lot of people in Tennessee.  With our move to Indiana looming like a long shadow over everything we did, I couldn't help but think about the many other times I've said goodbye to people over the years.  Some of the farewells were very memroable and I kept thinking of them over and over.  I've ( Read more... )

Amazing.  There's already a Wikipedia article about the Virginia Tech shootings.  My, how things have changed.

I can't imagine being a student there and trying to somehow go to sleep tonight. I had a hard enough time going to sleep after the 9/11 attacks because my mind wouldn't stop racing.  It would be even worse to try to sleep in a place that ( Read more... )

Take the lyrics from Metallica's Enter Sandman and sing them to the tune of Crosby,1 Stills & Nash's Teach Your Children. It works, I promise!

We would sometimes sing Enter Sandman as part of our pre- or post-campfire music set at Crater. Whenever I hear Teach Your Children, I can't help but think of Philmont. I'm quite ready to return.

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The fires are back at Philmont Scout Ranch this Summer. The South Country appears to be in danger. I read this post on a MySpace Philmont Group message board:

Bad in South Country,very close to Urraca as of last night, all trail camps in that area from Rayado River on are being evacuated to Staffed camps. Treks into south are all being diverted ( Read more... )

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Yes, that's right...

I want to go back to Philmont!

I asked my parents to send down a copy of the video made at one of our campfires at Crater Lake from 1996. I shouldn't have done it. It made me miss it entirely too much ( Read more... )

We moved some big pieces of furniture last night. Tonight, we plan on moving the rest of the big pieces (beds, dressers, etc.). In light of this, I have decided to post the lyrics to a song by A-180, who is now known as Audio Adrenaline. I never knew why they never recorded it once they signed a record deal. Most of the people who knew the ( Read more... )

I've thought about doing a very irregular Podcast through this site. I figure it would be good to let the readers of MattDanTodd Land be able to hear what the kids are up to and stuff like that. I doubt it would officially qualify as a "Podcast," since it really won't be updated that much and I'm not sure if I want to mess with all of the coding ( Read more... )

Tonight was Mexican night!

Makes me think of our most popular song from the Crater Lake campfire...

Conqustadors!!! (pronounced "Con-kee-sta-dorays!")

Tacos and burritos
Are very good for you!
So go
To Taco Bell
And eat some Mexican food!
Ariba!

"We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled." ~ J. Oswald Sanders ( Read more... )