Smothering the "scout" out of "Girl Scout" -- since today's 'tween girls think Girl Scouts are uncool, the national organization has a new pilot program called Studio 2B. What do the girls do there -- make stuff, cook, camp, volunteer in their community? Of course not! "Its content is the stuff found in teen magazines: advice columns, polls, guides to good skin care and planning for the future...[One] launch event was a night at swank salon where the girls learned about nail, skin and hair care." GRRRR! Now, to be fair, when I was a Girl Scout we did plenty of girly things too...but part of the point of the program is to try new things, many of which (business skills, different sports and careers) may not cross a girl's mind just by flipping through Cosmo Girl (the latest issue of which, I note, bears this headline: "Get Him To Ask You Out." Welcome to 1963!). My time at GS camp, in particular, was all about testing yourself and not thinking for a second about how your nails looked around the campfire. Does anyone think the Boy Scouts should have a group that does nothing but play Nintendo and punch each other on the arm? >:X