Dear Pedro, How come merit badge books don’t have an index? And if you’re a Boys’ Life mascot, is it possible you have a rank?
– Brian V., San Jose, Calif.

The merit badge pamphlets all have a table of contents, Brian. Most of them aren’t really hefty enough to warrant an index (or so I’m told). I guess my rank is mailburro, and I’ve advanced about as high as I can go.