Did I mention that my deliriously beautiful girlfriend Olga and I are getting married? Well it’s true. The date is May 28 and so far we know that the wedding will be held in a park in Los Angeles and we are going to build a gigantic whutchumyuhcallit, and we are driving to Alaska for our honeymoon. Beyond that we haven’t really worked out the details although this much we know: there will be many children present and many animals too. How big is the whutchumyuhcallit going to be? That’s a good question. All I can say right now is: it’s going to be big. Bigger than big. To be precise. Initially we were thinking about using reclaimed lumber for the whutchumyuhcallit with maybe a fabric covering and about a jillion lanterns. But lately I’ve been thinking a lot about those inflatable bouncy houses and wondering if that sort of technology could be used. I checked Ebay to see what’s up and it turns out that all sorts of carnies are conducting complicated transactions in the inflatable attraction market sector. Does that mean the economy has finally turned around? It is hard to say. I was trying to figure out what sort of blower a man such as myself might need for a gigantic inflatable whutchumyuhcallit but from the Ebay entries it’s hard to tell. The typical entry goes something like this: This thing is Giant. I think its 22-29 foot tall. We rent it for $800.00 per day. Had one hole on bottom edge of inner wall that the treads started coming apart. They was repair & fix. Could use just a little cleaning I didn't get to sanitize it after this season. It is ready to rent out today. This is a great deal for someone. New these run $5000-$7000. It weights probably 600lbs. This pictures was taken this summer. Good luck! Next to useless! So now I’m going to have to start emailing a bunch of these deranged carnies in Kentucky pretending I’m interested in their inflatable attraction, in order to pry out of them the specifications of their blower motor. But now I’m worried that I’ll take the whole thing too seriously and the next thing you know the wedding will be off and I’ll be in a whole new line of work. |