And the 2nd Fight of the Century will be....

Last night was the Fight of the Century, at least that's what they're calling it even though 20 years or so from now there will be another Fight of the Century.  Let's face it, there was a lot of hype leading up to the bout.  A friend of mine, who is not a boxing aficionado, sent me an email asking "who are you for?  Mayweather or Pacman?"  My response to him was "....?"  While a lot of people plunked down $100 to watch the Pay-per-View, I didn't.  I watched Parks and Recreation.  I suspect that five years from now most of those who paid to watch the fight will have forgotten most, if not all, of this not so prestigious event.

And it really is all about getting lost in the hype.  People want to be part of that singular moment even if, in reality, it is not that singular.  If you Google "fight of the century" the Mayweather / Pacman fight comes up at the top... however, you don't need special glasses to see that there have been quite a number of "fights of the century."  In fact, here's a listing of some of the greatest boxing matches of all time.

People need to realize that, only 15 years into this century, promoting something as the Fight of the Century has more to do with making money then anything else.  It's also why the 2nd Fight of the Century never be called that, no one wants to pay money for something that's 2nd best, they want the original.  How many people do you think would have signed up for last night's event if it had not been sold as the Fight of the Century?  I suspect the revenue would have been off a bit.

Little Wrenches

As I'd said about a week ago, I'd bought myself a futon.  Originally a friend of mine was going to help me with the assembly, however, since its early arrival gave me plenty of time, I chose to put it together myself.  Now some might have thought this to be a rather large undertaking since I am rather anchored to a walker until after my surgery.  Right.  I am not one of those who sits around when there is something needing to be done, no matter how much I might be hobbled.

I assembled the seat back day one.  On day two I put together the seat.  And on the third day put the frame together and mounted the seat and the seat back.  The walker wasn't as much of a challenge as I had been expecting.  What I really came to dislike was the 'alan wrench,' which was provided.  It was tiny, and there were a lot of bolts.  I took a picture of it along side a standard pen to show just how little the damn thing was.

That little wrench is all they gave me to assemble this:

As you can see, the dogs love it!  As someone who works for a home improvement retail giant I can safely say I tools galore; various screwdrivers of all shapes and sizes, wrenches, pliers... you name it, I go it.  Now I know not everybody has tools lying around, but everybody I know has a least one screwdriver.  And I understand the idea behind the little wrench is to provide the tool so people don't have to go hunting for one.  But it's so small it was the one complication which truly became frustrating.  Still I did put it together.  I just wish some of these manufacturers would allow for an alternative to the little wrench.