Tag: Kids

So in my last post I got through the construction of the base of the addition to my lookout, and now I’ll conclude. As I said before, the original lookout was built for my kids because they liked Paw Patrol. My second observation about Paw Patrol (I’ve watched a lot), is that for a group of (mostly) pure-bred dogs, they really stay on message. There was one episode there rabbits infested farmer Umi’s fields, and the solution of Chase, the police dog, to the presence of undesirable animals in their area is to round them up, cage them, and then relocate them. Chase is a German Shepherd, you see, so I guess that the writers didn’t think the whole ‘Purebred German Dog rounds up, cages and relocates animals that he doesn’t want around’ narrative. Continue reading “The Lookout! (Part 2)”

Sorry for the long delay in posting. The end of the school year has been busy. Sadly, for those of you who like software, this will be another post about me building stuff. I’ll get back to software in a bit.

Last year, I wanted to give my son a cool slide for his birthday, so I consulted him, and he wanted a slide ‘like the Paw Patrol Lookout’.

For those of you who don’t know, Paw Patrol is a children’s show about a poorly managed Canadian town most of whose problems are solved by a kid and a bunch of dogs. For some, it’s a lesson in civics gone wrong. For me (who thinks too much about this) I worry about other things. For instance, all the dogs are pure breeds, except one, Rocky, who is the recycling (trash) dog. I feel that this gives a lovely lesson in eugenics for our children. ‘Keep the gene pool nice, and Rocky will clean up after us desirable dogs, even though he will outlive us all by a decade’. I can see a warped Wrath of Khan tie-in movie, where Rocky sends the pure bred pups out on the Botany Bay…

Anyhow, the point is the Paw Patrol base is called ‘The Lookout’ and I built a jungle gym/slide for my son last year based on that ‘inspiration.. Continue reading “The Lookout! (Part 1)”