My Wrestlers

When I was growing up in the 80's, wrestling was reaching an all-time high in its popularity.  No, I'm not talking about that great Olympic sport of wrestling...what's that?  Wrestling isn't an Olympic sport anymore?  When the hell did that happen?!?!?!?!?  Well that's stupid.  Anyway, no, I'm talking about the "sport" where they already know who's going to win the matches.  I loved wrestling back in the 80's and it carried over into the 90's when WWE and WCW were part of the Monday Night wars and ECW was killing it independently.  I stopped watching for the longest time but recently started watching again.  Yes, it's incredibly childish, immature, and white trashy, but I like it anyway.  Besides, being a person in the fitness industry, I have a great appreciation for what these guys are able to do athletically.  These guys are tremendous athletes and I dare you to argue that point with me.  So below is my list of my top 6 all time favorite wrestlers. 

6. The Road Warriors - These guys were just plain scary. Hawk (RIP) and Animal were absolutely insane in the ring. They were huge, athletic, agile, smart, and gave amazing promos. They came out to the ring with Iron Man playing as their song and it was just scary. When I was kid watching these guys, I was afraid. And I was in my living room. My favorite match all time was when they were in a scaffold match with The Midnight Express. That was just a fun match to watch.

5. The Rock & Roll Express -- So just as scary as the Road Warriors were, The Rock & Roll Express were equally NOT scary.  But they were a fun team to watch.  Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were awesome with their bandannas all over their lower body, They were high flyers and generally just fun to watch.  They were easily my favorite tag team as a kid.  Not so much these days, but they were then, that's why they get the nod above the nasty Road Warriors.  Their feud with The Midnight Express seemed to last for years.  And Ricky Morton's feud with Ric Flair was awesome.  I can still see the face mask he had to wear because he "broke" his nose.  Classic. 

4. The Rock -- No, not the current movie star Rock.  The one that came out in the 90's/early '00's and was incredible.  We were all witness to perhaps the 2nd greatest promo guy of all time at that time.  He came out and put on a show.  He was extremely athletic, could talk like no other, was funny, and sold the holy hell out of his opponents beatings.  Watching him get hit you would think he got shot by a 25mm gun.  He would just be writhing in pain and he was able to tell an incredible story with his matches.  Great stuff.  Now he's just a crowd pandering puppet the WWE completely caters too and it's stupid. 

3. Ric Flair -- Incredible.  That's all that can be said.  Sure, this guy's personal life if is a complete mess.  But in the 80's and 90's he was the best.  His promos's were through the roof.  He wasn't exactly the best wrestler but he told great stories in the ring.  He was an ok athlete and not that big, but his storytelling and promos made him the biggest star on the planet.  His feuds with Magnum T.A, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, and generally anyone else he could talk smack to were incredible.  And the guy was definitely not afraid to bleed either.  It seemed like every match he had back in the day involved a copious amount of blood. 

2. Stone Cold Steve Austin - This guy was IT in the late 90's, early '00's.  There was no other.  He was the every-man's guy that drank beer, cussed at his boss, beat up his boss, and didn't take any shit from anyone.  He sure as hell didn't smile a whole lot and was the epitome of anti-hero.  He didn't do things as a "face" but the fans loved him so he was a face.  Once the crowd heard that glass break from his intro, all hell broke loose and the frenzy began.  If it wasn't for a broken neck from a pile driver and multiple knee surgeries, he might still be wrestling today.  My favorite Stone Cold moment was when he drove the beer truck into the arena and sprayed the ring with beer.  Flippin classic!

1.  Macho Man Randy Savage - I still get goosebumps listening to this guy give a promo.  I'm pretty sure he was on steroids and cocaine at the same time.  Never heard of that cocktail before but I'm sure he did it.  And I'm sure you will know what I mean if you saw his interviews.  Incoherent is an understatement.  But they were simply classic.  And the guy was an amazing athlete.  He played minor league baseball for the Cardinals organization before getting into wrestling with his brother.  He told incredible stories in the ring to back up his mouth.  And his match with Ricky Steamboat is widely considered the greatest match in wrestling history.  Talk about a story being told.  And his relationship with Elizabeth was a great sideshow to everything.  He was a total pig to her and just a jerk, which fit his character perfectly.  RIP Macho Man, you are definitely missed. 



My Gym Peeps

Most of us belong to a gym or we have in the past. If you don’t exercise in a gym, I’m assuming you exercise on your own at home, in the park, at a friend’s house, or some random parking lot. If you don’t exercise at all, shame on you, get moving! If you do or have belonged to a gym, I’m sure you have run across your share of different types of people. These types of people can be seen at every gym in the country, except maybe CrossFit gyms where they have their own little groups of people that I can make fun of some other time. Below are my favorite types of people to watch at any globo-gym.




6. The Baby Doll – We’ve all seen her. She is the ridiculously hot girl that genetics has allowed her to eat whatever she wants and she doesn’t gain a pound. We know this because when she “works out”, she jumps on the elliptical machine (‘nuff said), never gets her heart rate above 80, texts the entire time, and leaves. Absolutely no energy is exerted in her effort to exercise. Oh yea, and she’s wearing full makeup, hair done, and extremely tight clothes. Not that I mind looking at these types, but they are absolutely wasting space in the gym.

5. The Kids – This is the group of four or five 16 year-olds that come in to the gym, hang around the bench press for about a half hour then move over to the squat rack and do bicep curls for another half hour, then go to the leg press for another half hour, then leave. Each person in the group only gets about 3 sets in because the spend so much time talking about what they read in Muscle and Fitness or texting or just general BS that they get nothing done. Then they brag about how they worked out for an hour and half and feel like they are just beast mode. Again, wasting space…especially in the freaking squat rack when doing curls.

4. The Old Guy – This guy total cracks me up and I love seeing him. He’s the guy that wears knee high socks, Bike shorts so short you can see his bulge, a shirt that is at least 20 years old, and a headband. He does all of the old school exercises like bench press, squats, shoulder press, pull-ups, and curls. The only problem is he only goes through about half of his range of motion and has absolutely terrible form. But he doesn’t need to learn form because this is what he’s done for 56 years. It worked then so it must work now. And don’t you dare give him any advice because he will throw a dumbbell at you faster than you can say “get off of my lawn”.

3. The Couple – This one drives me crazy. It’s always a guy and a girl where the guy is “teaching” the girl how to exercise. He’s “teaching” her proper form, what exercises to do, exercise physiology, biomechanics, quantum physics, how to perform surgery, and how to disassemble a bomb. The girl is usually someone that takes whatever her boyfriend says as gospel and the boyfriend’s knowledge comes from the pages of Muscle and Fitness or Bodybuilding.com. He’s also about 20 lbs. overweight and has no idea what’s talking about and is going to get his girl, himself, or both of themselves injured.

2. The “CrossFitter” – I put quotations on this because he’s not a real CrossFit guy. He’s the guy that has seen the CF games on ESPN and thinks because he’s seen a clean and snatch done by super elite athletes a few times, he knows exactly what to do. He also thinks because he’s seen a few cross training style workouts on The Games, he knows exactly how to program his workouts to get the most of his strength, power, and cardio. He does deadlifts, squats, snatches, and kettlebell swings with a form that WILL, I repeat, WILL get him injured and then he’ll talk about how stupid CrossFit is (which it is but not for the same reason he is talking about).

1. The Gym Lawyer – This is the guy that I want to kick in the balls every time I see him. He’s the one that spends 2 hours in the gym, does 3 sets of 3 different exercises, and TALKS TO EVERY PERSON IN THE GYM AND TRIES TO TEACH THEM HOW TO EXERCISE. This guy is usually between the ages of 40-55. He has exercised for a long time and knows exactly what everyone else needs to be doing in the gym. He has also read Muscle and Fitness along with Bodybuilding.com. He knows exactly what you’re doing wrong with your workout, exactly what is wrong with your form, exactly what you need to add to your workout, and exactly what you need to eat. This guy is also a complete douche and has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. If you see him, run as fast as you can towards the nearest rowing machine. I say this because he has no idea why anyone would use such a silly machine so he won’t go anywhere near it. Run fast. The rowing machine is his kryptonite. Don’t make eye contact, just leave him alone and hope he leaves you alone. If you are an attractive girl, may God have mercy on your soul because he will come at you faster than Usain Bolt can run 100 meters.

My Bachelorhood

To say it's been a while is like saying Michael Jackson was weird.  My last post on this site was way back in 2009 when I was full of bliss, vigor, life, and matrimonial happiness.  Ummmm, yeah, not quite.  During 2009 I was fired from my job, went through unemployment for the entire year, and went through the roughest year of my marriage.  If you read the name of this article, you will easily come to the conclusion that things got much much worse, or better, depending on how you look at it, with the marriage.  I'm currently working an incredible job that I truly enjoy but it took a lot to get here.  So while that side of things went up, the personal side went down.  Or up, depending on how you look at it. 

I am now a single man after 14 years of marriage.  I got married when I was 22 years old and was with her for 4 years prior to that.  Needless to say, I've never really been a bachelor.  I've never had to live alone.  I've always had that someone in my life to either call at the end of the night or come home to.  When the separation first happened, I was absolutely lost.  I had no idea what to do with myself.  But I've discovered a few things as a new bachelor at 37 years old that I like. 

6.  My place is my place -- I've always lived with someone.  Obviously I grew up with a family but then moved to a fraternity, then to an apartment with my good buddie Steve, then the Navy, then my (evil) wife.  I've got my own place now and it's pretty exciting.  Sure I live in an apartment with sexually charged neighbors on one side and angry parents below me, but I can come and go as I please.  I can decorate as I see fit (thank you pinterest).  I can watch sports, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, and Travel Channel all day long.  Well, on days my kids aren't there then it's flippin cartoons. 

This is what my apartment does NOT look like

 5.  My DVR -- When I was married, the wife and I watched shows together.  She would watch my sports and fall asleep while I would watch some of her shows and click away on a blog entry or something.  Never had a DVR.  In fact, we were without cable for a number of years.  But now I have cable and a DVR.  Currently on my DVR are the following:  The Daily Show, The Bible, Viking, The 3 Stooges, Young Guns (I and II of course!), and The Walking Dead. Yes, I do love my DVR and I will never give it up. 

4.  Dating - OK, this can be a little good and bad.  I'll focus on the good.  I love meeting new people.  Unfortunately, through the last few years of my marriage I allowed myself to become reliant on my wife's social network for entertainment.  Now I've been on a few dates, gone to some eateries (See #1) that I've never been to, and am having some great conversations.  While most of the dates have been nothing to write home about, it's still a fun experience.  I'm doing things at 37 that I should have done a long time ago.  It's very exciting to see all that's out there and possibly find that someone who could be the next Mrs. Arnold, or whatever she decides to do with her last name (it better be Arnold ha ha ha). 

3.  Traveling -- Two weekends ago I took a trip to Chicago.  Drove up for the weekend to visit a good friend.  I didn't have to coordinate schedules.  I didn't have ask if it was OK.  I simply jumped in my truck, drove 5 hours, met my buddy at Kuma's Corner, at a Metallica burger while watching Dead Snow and listening to heavy metal music.  It was great.  And you know what, if I want to drive to St. Louis next weekend, I can.  Or Nashville.  Or anywhere I want to.  And the only person I have to tell is me.  Sure I might let the ex-Mrs. Arnold know simply because of the kids and all.  But I can just get up and go.  NICE!



Eat here.  Order the Metallica, medium rare. 

2.  Money -- Don't get me wrong, I definitely got the wrong end of the stick regarding the finances of the divorce.  I gained more debt in the process and I'm swimming.  That said, my money is my money.  Well, I guess you can consider all of my debt's money.  I choose to think of it as mine.  I not busy watching where all of the funds go and having to wonder if I will have to move bills around.  My money is my money and I know exactly where it's coming from and where it's going.  No ambiguity.  That's comforting.  Now I just need to get more of it. 

1.  My tour of Louisville's bars and eateries -- You may or may not be reading this from Louisville.  If you are, look me up, I'd love to grab a beer with you.  If not, you need to come.  Louisville has a ridiculous restaurant and bar scene.  I always heard about it while married but we were home bodies and we really didn't go out too much.  Now that I have free time, I'm exploring.  Eiderdown (thanks Andrea), Garage Bar, DiOrios, BBC in St. Matthews, Silver Dollar.  And that's just the very tip top of the iceberg.  I've made it my personal mission to go to every single bar in town.  It's awesome exploring all of the new places, meeting new people, eating new food, drinking new drinks, and living the life I haven't had in a long time.  Sure I could have done this while married but it's much more fun doing it on my own with new peeps that don't make me angry. 

My Thanksgiving dinner

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and outside of watching football games, the best thing about the day is the food. I guess if you add in spending time with friends and family that's good too. Thanksgiving dinner growing up was an absolute event. Primarily because I got to sit with all of the grown up guys and watch football and then eat WAY more food than what could fit in my little belly only to fall asleep shortly after. The scene after dinner in front of the TV after dinner was always classic. Just picture 10 men, maybe a couple of women, all asleep within 30 minutes of the last bite of pumpkin pie. Tryptophan is a wonderful thing.

6. Turkey: I love turkey but there is no way that I could put this higher on the list. If cooked too long, you have to drink a gallon of water just to wash it down. But if cooked right, mmmmmmmmmm. And the sleep that follows it is always well received.

5. Mashed potatoes and gravy: The best mashed potatoes is the kind with chunks of potato still in it. Oh, and with the skin also. And my family made the best gravy. I'm not sure who was in charge of the gravy but I miss it now that I'm not there. Great stuff.

4. Rolls: Sure there are starchy and full fatty butter, but I could not get enough of the rolls. And it had to be the right kind of rolls. Only the brown and serve rolls will do. I was sent this year to buy the provisions for the meal and while looking through all of the different kinds of rolls the store had to offer, the brown and serve kind were the only ones I saw.

3. Stuffing: I could absolutely eat my weight in stuffing. It's only too bad it's inappropriate to carry 3 plates through the buffet line at dinner because I would so fill one of those plates with stuffing. And when you top it off with just a little bit of gravy, mmmmmmmm mmmmmm yum!

2. Pumpkin Pie: For the first 10 years of my life, I was sure that there was only 1 kind of pie and my family made it only for me. It was generally understood that one of the many pumpkin pies brought to dinner was mine. Only mine. As long as you keep you grubby little fingers away from it, everything will be OK.

1. Noodles: Words cannot properly describe my love affair with my family's noodles. Not every family makes noodles for Thanksgiving dinner and not every outsider that comes to our dinner appreciates our noodles. But for those within the family, a Thanksgiving diner would not be complete without the noodles. It only makes an appearance on Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm sure that it might lose some of it's luster if it came out more often but thank the good Lord it doesn't. And now that I am away from my family, I don't get the noodles as often as I would like. I tried to get my wife to make it but she simply doesn't understand the love affair my family has with them. So for anyone in my family that might read this, grab about 4 lbs of noodles at dinner, freeze them, and mail them to me. If you love me, you will respect my wish (I don't really expect you to send it, although it would be awfully cool).

My College

At the youthful age of 33, I have decided to go back to college. It's something I decided to do when I was 18 when I graduated from high school also. And again when I was 27 when I left the Navy...and again when I was 30 when I had hopes of being accepted into a very competitive Navy program. No, I was not accepted into this program which explains why I am still trying to find my way. All in all, I have attended 5 different colleges, one of them twice. That is just enough to make a list.

6. University of Kentucky: I attended UK in the fall of 2006 when I was attempting to get accepted into a very competitive program in the Navy that paid you to go to graduate school and upon graduation I would be an officer. I was in the master's program for Healthcare Administration. The program wasn't bad and neither were the classes. But UK is in Lexington, KY. I live in Louisville, KY which is about 80 minutes away. I was also working a 40 hour/week job while commuting to Lexington 4 days/week. The schedule was absolutely brutal. And to top it off, I didn't get accepted into the Navy program. Boooooooooo! These are the reasons why UK is put at the bottom of my list.

5. Scott Community College (1994): I went to the great SCC immediately upon graduating high school. I didn't exactly have good grades in high school so none of the major universities wanted me. So me and all my fellow rejects went to SCC and pretended to study. I guess it worked because I was only there for 1 year. My biggest memory of SCC this year was when I was sitting in my Psychology final and my good buddy Jeff Cunningham dared me to give a primal scream immediately before the test started as a tension breaker. Never one to back down from a dare, I did it. Hilarity ensued and I passed the class. Fun times.

4. Scott Community College (2003): When I was discharged from the Navy in December 2002, my plan was to become a police officer. I was on the selection list for the Moline, IL PD but I had no idea when they were going to hire, if they were at all. My best option was to suck it up and go to college. I began my post-Navy education here. It was funny because after everything I dealt with in the military and now that I had a family, college learning was easy. I got straight A's which for me was unheard of. I was absolutely amazed at how easy it was and pretty pissed off I couldn't do this well my first time in college. Because I took so many credits, I earned both an AA and an AS here. Oooooooooo, I know you're jealous.

3. University of Louisville: This is the school I am currently attending. I am currently in graduate school, again, this time for Exercise Physiology. There are a few reasons for this current venture, the main one being that I wanted to get into aerospace physiology. That may or may not happen but I am finally back in a program that I am comfortable with, and I don't have to drive 80 minutes each way for. It's a little weird being the "old guy" in the program. I am currently 33 and the rest of the students are 23-26. Oh well, I like to refer to it as being well seasoned.

2. Saint Ambrose University: I earned my BA in Fitness and Human Performance here after my second stint at SCC. I learned so much about the fitness field here basically because I was an absolute sponge while attending here. I had my nose in every journal and textbook I could find. My advisor, Heather Medema-Johnson was a wealth of knowledge and helped me a ton. It was a little torturous to see the football team practicing right outside my building and I couldn't be out there with them. Especially when I knew I could have easily gotten on the team. Stinkin' family obligations. Oh well.

1. Iowa State University: Sure most of this year was spent in a drunken stupor and a little blurry. Sure I made some really stupid mistakes here. Sure I quite the football team too soon. Those things being said, I absolutely loved ISU and have held all my subsequent schools to the standard the Cyclones have set. I vividly remember the phone call I received from the football coach asking if I could be at the school in 2 days for mini-camp. I would've been there in 2 hours if he needed. That was the start of my time there. Living in the Theta Delta Chi house was a blast, but I think academically I would have been better in a dorm. The guys I met there are still friends to this day. ISU is in my blood and I will always be a Cyclone. Unfortunately I married a Hawkeye. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

My Days

There are 364 days in a year. Of those days, I can think of about 20 through the entire year that I circle on the calendar because I anxiously look forward to them every year. For the sake of space and time, I will narrow those twenty down to six. If I didn't I might have to change the name of this blog.

6. January 1: No, not New Year's Eve. I love New Year's Day. I love this day for 2 reasons. My son, Abe, celebrates his birthday on this day. He was born on January 1, 2002 at about 6:30 in the morning. While in the hospital with my lovely wife and beautiful newborn baby, I had the pleasure of enjoying my other favorite part of January 1, New Year's Bowl Games. Does it make me an insensitive dirtball because I watched football games in my wife's hospital room while she was resting and recovering from childbirth? I hope not. But New Year's Day bowl games are incredible. They used to be even better before the BCS started dragging games out all week long. It watered the day down a little bit but it's still a great day for football...and my son Abe.

5. November 9: This incredible day was the day I was brought into the world. That's right, my birthday. It seems the older I get the less celebration is involved with this day but now that I have kids they seem to enjoy it just as much as me. This particular date is in the middle of two friend's and my wife's birthdays. So now we all have a tradition of planning some type of event to celebrate everyone's birthday at the same time. It's nice and it makes for more memorable birthdays.

4. Halloween: I have already expressed my love for this holiday in a previous post. This year, I get the extreme pleasure of attending a wedding on this day. Of course it is a dress up wedding due to it being on Halloween. My wife and I have decided to go as "Wal-Mart Customers". For the past couple of weeks I have been taking notes at the local White Trash Outlet in order to create the most authentic costume possible. I can't wait to unveil it. Candy, costumes, and scaring the crap out of little kids just make this day even better. Love it, love it, love it.

3. NFL Draft day: The NFL has turned into a year-round sport with the climax of the "off season" being draft day. I absolutely love to see the drunken Jets and Eagles fans screaming at every pick that walks across the stage like they have any idea of how the draftees will wind up performing. For every Payton Manning that walks across that stage there is also a Ryan Leaf. Because I am a Bears fan, I usually see my team picking in the middle teens of each round and that is usually when the talent is fairly watered down. But it's still awesome to see what happens.

2. Day 1 of the NCAA tournament: At the end of March the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins in full swing. From noon until midnight CBS is full of wall to wall coverage of the tournament. The biggest memory I have of this day was in 9th grade when Northern Iowa was playing Missouri and Mr. Johns had the game on in gym class. UNI wound up pulling off the HUGE upset and beat the Big 8 powerhouse. Nowadays, I look forward to having my tournament brackets ripped apart after only the first day. For me, this is day is easily the most exciting sports day of the entire year.

1. December 26: In 1996 this was the day I joined the Navy. In 1997 this was the day I married my wife. In 2002 this was the day I was discharged from the Navy. This December, I will have been married to my wife for 12 years. We have had to endure a lot of ups and a lot of downs in the last twelve years with this past year possibly being the toughest year so far. But in the end we made it. December 26 is a great day and it's definitely one I, along with my wife, will be looking forward to.

My Sitcoms

We all love TV. Unfortunately I don't get to watch so much of it anymore because I am currently enrolled in my fifth college and my time is consumed with exercise physiology textbooks. Yay, right? Anyway, I still love TV and always have. Reality TV seems to have taken over the tube right now and I can't stand it. Save the sitcom, is what I say. That being said, this list deals with my favorite sitcoms, post 1980. I say after 1980 because I was only 5 that year and while I still see quite a bit of reruns from shows aired prior to that, I didn't have the opportunity to enjoy them while they were originally airing. So that means there will be no Welcome Back Kotter, WKRP, or Brady Bunch.

6. Scrubs: This show would be further up the list had it not been for the last couple of seasons of the show. The first 5 or 6 seasons were absolutely hilarious. I am a huge fan of shows where I am not taught any lessons and I don't have to think. Which is why my number 1 show is where it's at but I'll get to that later. What really helped me with this show is that my wife is a nurse so I get to see how the show puts a comedic spin on what she does, albeit extremely exaggerated. Dr. Cox is one of my favorite all-time classic characters and never ceases to entertain.


5. How I Met Your Mother: Is it possible that one supporting character completely carry a show by himself and make it his own without actually going away from the supporting role? YES! Barney Stinson is an absolutely classic character and carries this show beyond what anyone expected. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't even watch the show. Doogie Howser certainly outdid himself in this one.


4. Saved By The Bell: How could I write any list dealing with TV and not include Zac Morris and his pals. When I had broken my leg in high school and basically immobile for a couple of weeks, I am pretty sure I saw every episode of the show. Between WGN and TBS, they aired the show from 1:00 in the afternoon to about 4:00. That's right, 3 hours of Kelly Kapowski. This was fairly good entertainment for a 17 year old full of testosterone.


3. Cheers: Come on, a show set in a bar. What better place for a tv show center itself around. I was a little kid when this show was originally airing but I still remember when Coach left the show and Woody came in. This show was also very personal to me since it reminded me of the old Rusty Nail back home in Davenport. It was a bar I grew up near and I knew a lot of the people there and people in Cheers reminded me of people at the Rusty Nail (of course my dad was Norm). The final episode where Sam Malone turns out the lights as he leaves was incredible. Great show, great cast.


2. Cosby Show: Cliff Huxtable always reminded me of my dad a little bit. Granted, my dad was a little grumpier and not a doctor, but they each had the same sense of humor. Sure the Cosby Show was very idealistic and everything just seemed to work out perfectly for the Huxtable family and it wasn't very realistic but they seemed like a family you knew from down the block. I always liked Theo and always related well to him. Perhaps the funniest, and most real, line I've ever heard on any tv show is when Cliff tells Theo "I brought you into this world and I'll can take you out". In the stand up performance Bill Cosby goes on to say that he'll make another one just like him. Classic.


1. Seinfeld: The Contest is possibly the greatest sitcom episode ever. There is so much this show contributed to the lore of the sitcom world. When I say Art Vandalay, Soup Nazi, shrinkage, yada yada yada, master of your domain, puffy shirt, or sponge worthy, you know exactly what show I'm talking about. Seinfeld and company hit a grand slam with this show about nothing. Critics talk about how the series finale of the show was such a disapointment but it was exactly what the show was about, nothing. The finale wasn't supposed to be much more than what it was, nothing. Which to me is what made it that much better.