The following story contains language that some readers may find offensive. I never have been much of a fighter. When I got older, I ate too much, drank too much, and exercised too little. I became a paunchy middle-aged man. I ended up looking like the kind of guy I told myself I would never become.
Life is full of surprises.
You know the kind I mean. The schoolyard bully, the kid who has fun making life miserable for weaker kids who don't have any friends to stand up for them, kids like I was. As any victim of the schoolyard bully knows, you can't back down. Even if the creep beats the shit out of you, you can't let him push you around. That was the great lesson of my schoolboy years.