This month, Slate is republishing some of our favorite stories. Here\u2019s today\u2019s selection: Michael Lewis has an astonishing talent for making any true story both gripping and meaningful. In this piece from 2003, he turns that talent on himself, as an ice skating accident transforms into a rumination on bad parenting, hard work, and personal identity\u2014with a twist of a self-loathing kicker to boot.