Big Scout & Chief Instigator: Jean Synodinos

About the Big Scout Project
The Big Scout Project is a D.I.Y. adventure in lifelong learning. By working her way through the badges in the Jr. Girl Scout handbook, our middle-aged "big scout," Jean Synodinos, hopes to live a wider life, or at least be consistently surprised in small ways. What could possibly go wrong?RSS, Baby!
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Category Archives: Data
A Map of the World
In one of last week’s posts, I offered up a word search puzzle around the theme of garden variety domestic travel. In this post, let’s go bigger. Let’s imagine ourselves aboard the Shuttle Atlantis and contemplate alternatives to our typical … Continue reading
Potpourri: BSP at Six Months
These quarterly markers are a good time for me to reflect on what’s been going on with the ol’ project here. You may be bored to tears by it, but it’s one of those project management things I hear ought to be done … Continue reading
GM: The All American Stock
Back in 2008, when the economy started to crumble and the stock market started to tumble, my husband and I were in the enviable position of being “okay.” We lived within our means, my job felt pretty stable, and so … Continue reading
BSP Poll #2: Survey Says…!
Before I sum up the results from the second BSP poll, I’d like to make a strong pitch for participating in the new survey. Several tasks over a few badges ask scouts to take a look at how stress–and responses … Continue reading
What’s It Gonna Run You?
I live in Austin, but the company for which I work is back east in the DC area. I like DC, too, but I don’t think I’d enjoy the cost of living. It’s high–and higher than I thought, according to … Continue reading




