The Final Four of Everything

Are you bummed that March Madness is coming to an end? Fear not, my friends, the bracket madness does not have to end.

My sister, in light of the current season, sent me a book called The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything. As it reads on the back cover: What's the greatest American beer? The best Elmore Leonard novel? The most reliable economic indicator? Five Darwinian rounds of binary matchups leave a lone survivor. The book is a great bathroom read. My favorite bracket thus far is the one that determines the best fruit. The two fruits that make it out of five grueling rounds are the apple vs the peach. In the end the peach wins. The textual note that accompanies the determination reads as follows:

The apple says tradition, safety, and goodness. But wash a ripe peach and its color radiates. Take a bite and you begin a walk on the wild side that borders on the sensuous as the juice drips off your lips. You can't wait for the next bite, and it tastes even sweeter, even sexier. The apple can compete against anyone. But when the peach performs, it is all over.

There are other fun brackets such as the best James Bond gadget or Hairstyles and then there are some serious brackets such as Where Were You When Moments. All in all, it's a fun exercise in, well, nothing really. It's just fun.

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