The Big Crapple - Adam

First off do you guys think it is really that bad to make coffee with a previously used filter and grounds? What's the big deal? as soon as water hits those grounds they are exactly the same no matter if its the first brew or the second.

You ever notice how people are just simply impressed with certain places like California the state and New York the city?

I would love to run tests on this theory: If one person has the same exact job as another but one of them does it in New York, then that person's job is more impressive.

"hello my name is Adam"
"hi Adam...so what do you DO?"
"I am a garbage man"
"oh that's...interesting"
"yeah not really"

"hello my name is Brian"
"hi Brian...so what do you DO?"
"I am a garbage man for the city of New York"
"no way that is awesome what a prestigious job"
"yeah really"

and I could do this all day I'm going to school in New York, I'm from NY, I have an internship in NY. and so on and so forth. it is really interesting the power just that place. the fact that when I stand in Wauseon, then do the same exact standing in New York I am now more impressive to my peers it makes me want to move there. "Adam what will you do?" it doesn't matter what I do I live in New York don't you get it?

Refute the Cute - Adam

So my basement MIGHT have a cockroach problem, and my balcony MIGHT have annoying sparrow problem but I began running some tests on the human mind and I have found an interesting conclusion.

People are very superficial when I comes to critters. Humans only like creatures based 100% on their outer appearance.

If the organism is ugly creepy disgusting or anything else just on the surface, it must be killed and we have no pitty for them don't believe me tell me if your house was infested with

1. This
2. This
3. or This

would you crush them and be very grossed out. however there is an exception to the rule:

although cute animals get a pass from humans if annoyance is greater than cuteness humans maybe more likely to treat them like an ugly creature. Like I mentioned the birds on my balcony so annoying especially the baby birds...so they had to go.

Ath-elites - Brian

Adam suggested that I do a post about the 10 best athletes of all time. To qualify for this list, the player not only had to be very good in his respective sport, but also had cross-sport athletic abilities, meaning they could have thrived in other sports. So here is my personal list...

10.) Jackie Robinson - He lettered in 4 sports at UCLA, was an All-American running back, led the Pac-10 in scoring as a PG for their basketball team, and won the NCAA championship in long jump. He also had a pretty good baseball career to boot (.311, 137 HRs, 734 RBIs).

9.) Usain Bolt - The fastest man. Ever. He may not have accolades in other sports like others on this list, but if you are that fast, you have to be a freak of an athlete. I can't guarantee that he could succeed in other sports, but you would be glued to the TV if he tried.

8.) Deion Sanders - One of the best cornerbacks NFL history, making 8 pro bowls and winning the defensive MVP. He also starred in baseball, hitting a career .263 with 186 stolen bases. His is the only athlete to ever play in both the Super Bowl and the World Series.

7.) Allen Iverson - Pound for pound he is one of the greatest NBA players ever, and he showed that his body was capable of taking a physical beating day after day. He was an explosive scorer well after the age when most PG's bodies break down. He was also an all-state football player who could have gone anywhere on scholarship.

6.) Tiger Woods - He is on his way to becoming the greatest golfer of all time and makes you watch in awe as he plays golf. While golf may not be the most physically demanding sport, it takes an incredible amount of skill and he also has the athleticism and body type to play other sports and be competitive.

5.) Bo Jackson - He was an all-star in both football and baseball. He considered football to be his hobby sport and ended up with a Heisman and a career average of 5.4 yards per carry in the NFL. He hit .250 with 141 home runs and 415 RBI's.

4.) Jim Brown - The best running back in NFL history, got offered to play for the Yankees, averaged 38 ppg for his high school basketball team, lettered in basketball at Syracuse, and could have boxed professionally upon retiring.

3.) Muhammad Ali - He showcased some unreal athletic ability as a boxer, having world class foot speed, agility, stamina, and lateral quickness: all things that are crucial to the other major sports. Ali could have thrived playing football or basketball. Instead he will go down as the greatest boxer of all time.

2.) Jim Thorpe - Phenomenal college football player (he has the Thorpe Award named after him for best defensive back), won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics, won three unofficial NFL titles by playing defensive back, running back, and kicker, and played 6 seasons of major league baseball with a career .252 average.

1.) Michael Jordan - He was the greatest basketball player in history and had a fierce competitive edge that would have made him thrive in other sports. Everyone points to his "failure" in baseball as a reason not to have him here, but in his first season he hit .202, had 50 RBI's and 30 stolen bases. Not bad for not having played baseball in years. Not to mention he is an excellent golfer.

Honorable Mention: LeBron James, Barry Sanders, Pele, Michael Johnson, Michael Phelps, and Candace Parker.

The Loop - Adam

I don't know how many of you do this but I actually put TP down on the seat every time I do paper work whether it is a home, away or neutral field. This might seem strange to you but consider the following:

the plastic seat is ice cold, the TP is not therefore why wouldn't I prefer comfort in my own home and on top of that its a good habit to get into in case I do have to go in a public restroom (which by the way for the year 2010 I have yet to do)

anyway the point of this post: so Anne is back from Not America and we are hanging out in the basement waiting for Scott to get off of her phone since earlier today some young hooligans smashed her passenger side car window and stole her GPS right in front of her eyes (please don't ask her about the story in front of me I've heard it enough, but it is an interesting story nonetheless)

so while Anne and I are waiting to watch some movie I am being forced to watch against my will instead of the NBA draft the menu is up and Anne and I are sitting there discussing the menu screen on all DVDs

why do they have to loop the menu screen? can't they just play some music that has no beginning or end and loop that so it has seamless transitions like elevator music?

I know each and everyone of you have for whatever reason been in a situation where the menu of a DVD is looping non stop and it is the most annoying thing to you at the current point in time its 2010 people you think they could give us a non looping menu. I'd even be fine with nothing just quite and a single picture, anything but a 10 second montage that loops FOREVER.

Prediction V - Adam

you know I see kids these days with their phones and their internet with the texting and what not and it gets me thinking.

Today's Cellular Phones are border line not even phones. I'd like to see the percent of people that actually use their phone for calling majority of the time.

so ladies and gentlemen I give you my prediction:

In the future people will not call cell phones phones but rather "personal digital communicator with internet along with applications from various other products and services texting assistant" or as the people of the future will call them the Pdcwiawafvopasta but the children of the future will just call it their "pasta"

Think about it do you use your cell phone for phone calls? yes obviously are you from the future? no. but ask that question in the future and see if you'll get a response from someone's pasta

High Rock - Adam

I don't know exactly when it happened but it did happen and I don't like it.

Pound the Rock as people call it seems to have taken over the High Five and it kills me.

I don't like pounding the rock its awkward and slow and there is no reward at the end (unless you follow through explode, back fire, jellyfish, or pac man).

The high five is exciting fast and you receive a loud and satisfying reward "clap" if done properly.

I try to live my life by these three simple rules:

1. High Five for the guys
2. Low Five for the ladies
3. Down Low, too Slow for the jerks
   

Since I seem to be the last of a dying bread when faced with a rock I usually "Ball-and-Socket" but that just causes discomfort on both ends and no one wants that.

I have a strong feeling that the fist pound is a temporary fad and years from now we will look back at it and laugh at how stupid it was to do (like giving the peace sign is now. I'm not talking about the sideways peace sign I mean straight up Mario Style peace sign)

So once everyone out grows this rock pound stage I'll be waiting with one hand in the air

Official Change - Adam

First I'd like to just say that I welcome the Corn Huskers into the Big 10 and I'm glad it wasn't Notre Dame they havn't done anything since I was 1 year old or any Big East team.

Two nights ago I witnessed Kobe Bryant's fifth title. As you all know I am a huge Michael Jordan fan. Everyone knows MJ has 6. I'm not trying to say Kobe is in anyway near passing or even being next to Jordan in the all time greats conversation but he is no doubt among the top ten.

Having said this I'm making an official favorite NBA team change here and now please allow me to give you some history:

First off if you'd like to root for or against Brian and my favorite teams here is a list of them do with it what you will.

As you can see I like winners. The Sixburgh Steelers have the most titles since the super bowl era, The Buckeyes have won the last 5 Big Ten titles and have the only two time Heisman winner in college football history. the Tar heels gave birth to the greatest basketball player there ever will be. And are the second most winningest team in college basketball. So where does that leave me with professional basketball? here we go:

From birth until October 6th 1993 I was a Chicago Bulls fan. Then for some reason I found myself a huge Birmingham Barons and Scottsdale Scorpions fan for the 1994 seasons. I became a Chicago Bulls fan again on March 18th 1995. I remained a Bulls fan until January 13th 1999.

On January 14th 1999 I became a Los Angeles Lakers fan.

For one reason mainly, Kobe Bryant. he is an amazing closer and although he might not be statistically the best closer in the game any more the dude really knows when to step up to the plate. During the summer after I graduated from High School I remember watching the NBA Finals Heat vs Mavericks and I really liked D-Wade but I was a Lakers fan and you can't just change teams. Last season and this season all the hype about LeYawn vs Kobe really got me back into my love for the Lakers and of course Kobe proves his dominance in the game with two more titles. But Thursday night I found myself half heatedly rooting for the Celtics because Kobe winning 5 is too many for my liking. and I thought to myself that isn't right why would I root against my favorite player and team? then I realized its time for me to change teams. Kobe is an amazing athlete and fun to watch but he's almost to six and like I mentioned that doesn't mean he's equal but it just doesn't sit right with me.

so I am declaring my official NBA team change from the Lakers to the Heat.

Time to pass the torch from Kobe to Dwyane. now let me start off by saying I'm only a Miami fan because of Wade and if he decides to up and leave then I guess I will too. It wasn't easy picking a new team. I do love winners and so Miami might not have been the average persons first choice. I did some soul searching and I put some thought into it. This decision has been fighting within me for the past 4 years. I just had to put it off because I could stand there while people tried to say Queen Lames is better than Kobe. so I know what you are thinking "Adam you are from Ohio and so is LeYawn Lames why don't you become a Cavs fan?"
first off LeYawn isn't staying atleast not if he wants to surpass MJ and secondly I've said it before and I'll say it again... I like winners it would pain me to be a LeYawn fan.

so after all that talk and history I am officially saying goodbye to Kobe and welcoming D Wade into my heart. Don't let me down Dwyane.

Save the World - Brian

I got this idea from Bill Simmons, but the basic premise of it is that if aliens came to Earth and challenged us to a basketball game with the fate of the universe resting on who won the game, which players would you choose to protect the world? Simmons chose from every NBA player ever, but for our sake, we will choose only players from this last season. This doesn't mean I'm choosing the best players at their positions, but rather I'm creating the best team (for example - Kobe and LeBron are the best at their respective positions, but could you really see them playing well together? Probably not).

Starting 5
PG - Chris Paul - He is unselfish, the best pure passer in the league, and a great defender.
SG - Dwayne Wade - Just as many points as Kobe but with less shots, and a higher assist average. He is also the best defender of the elite SG's.
SF - LeBron James - Who else could I pick? Can score at will, fights for rebounds, and gets others involved. But will take over when he feels the team needs him to.
PF - Chris Bosh - Athletic and energetic, can spread the floor and make 15 footers which clears out space for Wade and LeBron who need to drive to be effective. Also, a better defender than his challengers for this spot.
C - Dwight Howard - On the condition that we tell him his only job is to rebound and defend. We have enough scoring options already, and we need to make him get offensive boards and make those aliens scared to drive to the hoop.

Sixth Man - Carmelo Anthony - You want your sixth man to come off the bench and provide scoring, and Melo is the best pure scorer in the league. He has also improved defensively in the last few years to where it isn't a total liability.

Bench
1. Dirk Nowitzki - Another phenomenal score who can make you pay at the free throw line.
2. Tim Duncan - His veteran presence will keep everyone playing loose throughout the game, plus his defensive savvy will anchor the subs.
3. Deron Williams - Another great passer who can also light up the scoreboard and defend bigger guards.
4. Gerald Wallace - We might need a lock down defender who can guard 3 positions, and Wallace is our man.
5. Stephen Curry - Young player who will know his place on the team and can come in as a three point specialist and a cooler (aka he will make free throws to put away games).

Good luck aliens.

Expanding - Brian

If you follow college sports at all, you will have noticed the changes lately.

Over the last few weeks, there has been a whirlwind of speculation as to what is happening with realignment and all that jazz (random tangent: anyone else hate that its the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Hornets? Anyway we can get them to switch mascots?). Now that the dust has finally settled, the damage isn't as bad as everyone predicted.

The Big Ten got a great addition with Nebraska. The Pac-10 feels victorious with its addition of Colorado (Why? They are not good in any major sport and have sub-par academics). And, the Big 12 now has 10 teams, can play a round robin schedule, and has a better conference because of it. The Mountain West also scored with the addition of Boise State, and now has 4 legitimate BCS threats along with Utah, BYU, and TCU (although Utah appears to be bolting for the Pac-10).

Either way, everyone seems to win and the dreaded 16 team super conferences are put on hold for now (although its speculated that this will still happen within the next year).

One more point: the MWC deserves to be an automatic bid BCS conference. They now have 3 viable threats to be bigtime BCS teams (assuming Utah leaves) which, in all reality, is the same amount every other conference has each year. Plus, the MWC is way better than the Big East, and yet the Big East still gets a BCS bid each year. Doesn't make sense to me, but that's a topic for another blog.

(Oh, and this is to break the record for most points in parentheses in one post. Holla!)

Many Faces of Jesus - Adam

So Last night some commotion happened in Ohio "Touch Down Jesus was struck by lighting" or so they are saying it got me thinking about all the different types of Jesus out there and so I just wanted to lay them all out on the line...

1. Big Butter Jesus - Figured I'd start with him because despite popular belief this isn't touchdown Jesus. Although his arms are raised as if to signal a TD he is not the real touchdown Jesus. He can be found off of I-75 just north of Nasty Nnati...except I guess he can't be found there anymore.
2. Touchdown Jesus - the actual TD Jesus can be found on the campus of Notre Dame. constructed in 1964 it is painted on to the Hesburgh Library and can be seen behind the uprights of ND's field.
3. Buddy Christ - Here is the lovable buddy Christ from the film Dogma.
   
4. The Jesus - for sake of time and laptop battery life this is my final Jesus.

Often imitated, never duplicated there can be only one Jesus.

Columbus Clippers - Adam

Today I had the privilege of witnessing my first Columbus Clippers game. Not only did they win in the 10th inning against Norfolk, but I got to sit in a suite.

I know what alot of you are thinking... "Adam you traitor you are a Mud Hen"

There comes a time in every man's life when they have to evaluate their favorite minor league baseball team. This day has finally come for me.

I'm torn I don't know which bird I love more Krash or Muddy

If you've ever been to a Clippers game and heard their theme song, that alone might win you over. I'm on the fence about this and I'd like some comments and help deciding

I suppose any minor league team is in the running for this discussion...except for maybe those class acts over in Dayton.

Post and Coast - Adam

This is one of those posts where I'm just doing it to keep my resolution going. I'm in a hurry because the Hinterschieds are on their way to pick me up and take me to Defiance...

Plannel - Adam

So I have a few plaid shirts in the closet.

Since guys can only wear three types of shirts I kinda have to have them.

Polo, button up, t-shirt

these are the only types of shirts guys can wear, since I have the DotW shirts I don't need any more t-shirts. and I don't like the patterns of polos unless its one color but I feel at that point I might as well just wear a t-shirt. so this leaves button up shirts for me to wear when I'm feeling dressy.

So the only types of button ups available for guys with out a tie are plaid button ups.

my point being plaid is the pattern on the shirt. Flannel is the fabric a shirt can be made from. I don't own any flannel shirts but I do have plaid shirts there's a difference and its pretty important.

However there comes a time (and commonly I might add) where the two worlds meet and this occasion is what I like to call Plannel its fashionable and functional in cold weather climates.

Catastrophe Rule - Brian

In the NBA there is a rule called the Catastrophe Rule. Basically, this is enacted if an entire team were to die in an accident (say, a plane crash). Here is how it would work:

-Each team would be allowed to protect its 4 or 5 best players.

-The remaining players would be entered into an expansion draft.

-The team that lost its players would then construct a 14 man roster from the expansion draft player pool.

-The team would only be allowed a maximum of one player from each team (therefore not allowing for another franchise to be destroyed by losing all of its players in the expansion draft).

-That team would also get the number one pick and keep its current pick for the upcoming NBA draft.

This brings up an intriguing question as to what 4 or 5 players you would want your team to keep. As a Nuggets fan, the 5 players I would keep on the roster would Carmelo Anthony, Ty Lawson, Nene, JR Smith, and Chauncey Billups. Those are their 5 best/most needed players.

I'm not hoping that any team dies, but wouldn't it be interesting to see what would happen and if that team could succeed?

So what 5 players would you keep from your team?

Life - Adam

Life is going pretty good for me right now.

This week is yet again Finals week, today I took one and I have another on Thursday. This means that after this week campus will not be as crowded which means prime parking everywhere. Next I managed to finagle an internship at Engauge which is an advertising firm which is the career path I wouldn't mind walking. We are now in the 182 day span where Brian and I are the same age so that's always a good time. I'm about 12 weeks away from never having to go to school again. Plus I think we all know what is coming out in November so I have that to look forward to.

I also finally went to that Cafe that I've always driven past but never went in to but always wanted to check it out. just got back from a hair cut that I feel pretty good about. Scott found some old bacon in the fridge she decided to give to me. Pam and Doug visited me this past Sunday and Pam gave me a box of treats while Doug made a batch of his cookies. so yeah this post isn't very stimulating to the mind but you know sometimes you just have to sit back and let the chips fall where they may (and by chips I of course mean shit)

Cream of the Crop - Adam

Frieda Smith You might have done a post about this before, I can't recall: Top 5 movies of all time.

Wow what a ridiculously difficult question to pose to a man while doing paper work. If there is a more difficult question I have yet to be asked it. I love movies and its hard to pick just 5 because there are so many different kinds, moods, situations, conditions and variables that play into favorite movies. top 5 comedies, top 5 action, top 5 dramas, I could maybe manage those but plain old stuck on an island and can only have 5 movies which would they be, what a challenge!

Its hard to just pick movies so I can try to give you an idea by giving you my top 5 directors:

1. Spielberg
2. Nolan Brothers
3. Fincher
4. Tarantino
5. Zemeckis

I know I don't have James Cameron and the only reason I would include him is for Terminator. That isn't good enough for me I feel. Coen Brothes were close in there along with Wes Anderson.

now it would be cheap of me to just give you my top five directors and call it a day so I'll try to muster up a top 5 movies, please note that aside from my number one 2-5 are in no particular order.

1. Fight Club
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Star Wars
   
4. Back to the Future
5. Jurassic Park

First I'd just like to say that I can't believe I just did that, I feel like I left out so many damn master pieces braveheart, gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Billy Madison, every other Brad Pitt movies created, Kill Bill, Saving Private Ryan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Indiana Jones, Dark Knight, Space Jam, Godfather, Forest Gump, The Departed, I could go on and on but there it is I maned up and made the list of 5, do I regret it maybe...but that doesn't take away from the fact I made the list.

*Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and such movies, although technically trilogies, I consider them to be one long movie.

Unbalanced - Brian

Isn't a salary cap supposed to allow every team to compete in their respective sport?

Obviously we see what happens in baseball without a salary cap - the Yankees, and their incredible payroll, have won by far the most championships in baseball.

In football it has worked pretty well. The most a team has is 6 championships out of 44 Superbowls, and they were separated by quite a long span of time. There are even a few with 5 and some with 4. Pretty even if you ask me.

But for some reason, the NBA is different. 33 of the 64 NBA champions have been either the Lakers or the Celtics, and this year will be no different. How is it that this can happen, even though the NBA's salary cap is supposed to prevent this.

Some would argue that the bigger market teams can go over the cap since they can afford to pay luxury taxes, but the Celtics are 14th in revenue, behind teams such as Raptors, the Kings, and the Knicks. Those teams certainly don't succeed to the same degree as the Celtics.

I guess we can just put alot on luck and some on the management of both teams. The teams have obviously made smart decisions, but luck has come into play with how some of their players have developed. When Kobe came out of high school, he wasn't considered the next MJ. He was drafted 13th, and immediately traded to the Lakers. Did the Lakers really know he would turn into one of the best players ever and carry them to 4 titles? If they did, then apparently 13 others teams missed the memo. And with the Celtics, without Rajon Rondo, they would not have beaten the Cavs and come this far. Rondo was drafted 21st and, like Kobe, was traded immediately. No one thought he had the potential to contend for the best point guard in the league, and yet he can make a strong argument.

So it has to do a little with luck, but there must be something else at play for them to be as successful as they have been. I guess we will never know, but I do know that I will live happily ever after if I never see a Lakers-Celtics finals again.

Air Plain - Adam

So I haven't flown since 2001 which means I haven't stepped foot into an airport since the new security standards (and by new I mean 9 years old)

I've talked to people and they all say the same stuff. flying sucks now and it takes forever to get through the check systems. I'm learning now that the air ports have some new security thing that can see through your clothes and get a look at your junk. I guess people don't like the idea of strangers getting a gander at your grundle.

Of course all of you are thinking "Adam has to have a perfect solution to every problem, so Adam how can you fix this?"

well folks it's pretty simple:

The reason they jacked up the security is to prevent people from hi-jacking the planes and smashing them into stuff right? Solution: The cockpit of the air plane is in no way connected to the body of the aircraft. The pilots enter the cockpit from a separate side door. They speak to the passengers but the messages are only one way. This way if a hostage situation occurred the pilots could not only be 100% safe but the kidnapper's would have no leverage to redirect the plane.

In other words what good would it do if someone brought a gun or knife on the plane? sure they could kill everyone on board but they have no way of getting at the controls or threatening the pilots to turn around or they'll kill everyone. Thus there would be no benefit to killing people on the plane. you'd just be waiting for cops to arrest you once you land.

this would mean people could once again bring whatever they want on the plane and security would be a lot faster and easier.

❤Happy Day Late Birthday Brian, I love you very so much ❤

Power Rankings - Adam

Kacie Graham: Rank the worth of different sports. Lacrosse, bowling, hockey, gymnastics as well as the standards (do I really have to specificy?).

No Kacie you do not have to specificy, here is how I would rank these bad boys:

Worth to me is money, so the question is which sports rake in the bacon?

another way to determine money is TV ratings, higher the ratings, higher the price for commercials.

When I put it this way the answer is pretty clear

Football
Soccer
NASCAR
Basketball
Baseball
Hockey
Olympics
after those ones the rest are just games I'd say

An Adam's Dozen - Adam

Everyone knows a dozen is 12. Its that simple you say a dozen and everyone thinks 12.

Who do these bakers think they are? 13? no...

I've heard a bakers dozen is 13 because when they are counting out their orders just to be sure they don't short you they count to 13.

If bakers get a dozen I want my own dozen. Because people have the chance to make out on a bakers dozen no one says anything about it. "um excuse me you gave me too many danish delights" naw you'll never hear nor say such things. but if someone had a dozen that was socially exceptional to be 11 everyone would be in an uproar. "hey man you shorted me one of those bear claws wtf?"

Well since no one is brave enough to take it yet, I'll do it. hence forth 11 is an Adam's dozen.

"whoa dude wtf I said a dozen not an Adam's dozen, give me one more"
"too bad dude I go by Adam's dozens you should have clarified."

now I like the sound of that

May 1109.94
YTD 4471.60

Worthless? - Brian

Kacie Graham Rank the worth of different sports. Lacrosse, bowling, hockey, gymnastics as well as the standards (do I really have to specificy?).

Dictionary.com defines a sport as "an athletic activity requiring skill and physical prowess, often of a competitive nature." In defining the worth of a sport (as Kacie further defined it with something along the lines of whether its a "real" sport) athleticism plays a predominant role in my eyes. Skill is also necessary, and most sports require some level of skill.

Therefore, the most worthy sports must combine both athleticism and skill. This would include the obvious choices of basketball and football, along with hockey, lacrosse, soccer, gymnastics, swimming, NASCAR and wrestling. These athletes must not only improve their athletic abilities, but must also train for the needed skill to compete at a high level.

The next step down would be those sports that take little athletic ability, but tons of skill. These sports include baseball, tennis, golf, bowling and a variety of other sports that you could name. These players rely on little athletic ability, but must have the best skills to compete.

The least "worthy" of sports would include those that really only rely on athletic ability, and skill is not really needed. The main sport that I can think of that fits in this category would be running. Sure, you have to be an incredible athlete to run a marathon or do cross country, but you rely on athletic ability and there is not thinking or skill that involves itself during the sport.

I'm sure that a lot of people will be on me for these picks, but I stand by the fact that some sports are just more worthy than other sports. Their may be better athletes in some of the lower categories, but a great sport must also include skill, which is harder to achieve than athleticism.