Tommy Mull:  

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WASTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AT L.S.U. STUDYING BEER,POT, AND FEMALES. JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN 1979, AND GREW UP FAST. I WAS VERY MUCH A LONER WHO RAN 6-MILES A DAY AND WORKED OUT FOR HOURS AND HOURS. I WOULD GO ON LEAVE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND COME BACK TO BASE ON SUNDAY. THREE WEEKENDS IN A ROW I CAME BACK COVERED IN BLOOD FROM HEAD TO TOE, BUT NOT A DROP WAS MINE. RIGHT AWAY I WAS POPULAR AND MY NEW NAME WAS WHO-BANG). AS IN WHO IS HE GOING TO BANG UP THIS WEEKEND? NEEDLESS TO SAY I COULDN'T GO TO ANY PARTY WHERE SOMEONE WANTED TO TAKE ON WHO-BANG. I GUESS BECAUSE I'M ONLY 5' 6" TALL AND AT THE TIME I WAS IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE AND STRONG AS AN OX, I GUESS IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO BEAT UP A FIRE HYDRANT. ANYWAY, I'M NOT VERY PROUD OF WHAT I WAS, BUT I NEVER LET ANY OF MY FRIENDS DOWN, AND GAINED ALOT OF RESPECT FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE MARINE CORPS. I WAS AS FAR REMOVED FROM THE SHY TENNIS PLAYING PREP-BOY I WAS, AS YOU CAN GET. I GOT MARRIED IN 1981 TO THE FIRST GIRL WHO COULD KEEP UP WITH ME IN BEER DRINKING CONTESTS-ANOTHER PROUD FACT! WE HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER TRACY WHO IS 26, MY HANDSOME SON JASON WHO IS NOW 24, AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER TRISHA, WHO IS 22 YEARS OLD. ME AND THEIR MOTHER DIVORCED IN 2004 , AND I MOVED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA AND BOUGHT MY DAD'S HOUSE, SINCE HE RECENTLY REMARRIED AND MOVED IN WITH HIS BRIDE. MY PLAN WAS TO PLAY GOLF AND FISH OR HUNT FOREVER.OR MAYBE EVEN TAKE UP TENNIS AGAIN, BUT I QUICKLY LEARNED THE CONCRE...Expand for more