Kicker considered this to be an omen, a sign of some impending doom. He was never lucky. He went from one tragedy to another. He joked that he was born under a bad sign. Kicker could never keep a job; he went from job to job, never lasting at one place very long. He would normally end up slugging his boss or get fired for showing up drunk or higher than a kite. He had trouble with women, also. He was always falling in love with someone who didn’t love him. He keeps a box of bones in his garage that some people think are the remains of an old girlfriend