Finished reading a totally frivolous book today: Jane Juska's Round-Heeled Woman. A rather interesting, slice of life read with elements that provoked me a bit and others to which I can relate. The next-to-last paragraph of the book really struck me:

Life just keeps coming at you. Make no mistake, it's out to get you, and in the end it will. But every so often, you can catch a piece of it and make it do what you want it to, at least for a little while. You've got to stay alert, though. Heads up so you don't get caught off base, though if you do, what the hell, it's not the ninth inning, until it is.