whoo......

ok, so this from cnn.....NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge -- for bugling -- in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 badges required to achieve the elite rank of Eagle Scout.

He said he took about five years to earn his first 62 badges and then nearly doubled that number in a matter of months. He did it with the encouragement of his grandmother, who died shortly before he reached his goal.

The Binghamton University freshman was awarded his final badges on Dec. 19. He said he hopes to become a businessman and politician.

mm notes: i have fond memories of my days as a brownie, a cadet, and then a full-fledged girl-scout.....the girl scout leader doubled as the 4-H leader...but that is a bit of unrelated trivia.....i can recall searching through the girl scout handbook for the easiest to earn badges.....the notion that a girl could earn every badge listed never crossed my mind....i am in awe of this incredible achievement....