better_deal g h o s t there's always one somewhere, just not here 020305 ... the defeated ascetic hmm, interesting way to phrase it i've never been someone's better deal i wonder how it would feel: would i get a malicious little thrill out of it to know that someone else had to take a fall? would that stoke my ego? or would i count myself lucky and feel a pang of sympathy for the rival i've displaced, even knowing that whether they knew me or not they might despise me utterly 020306 what's it to you? who go blather from