I like to think of it more as "Life Happens". Sure we're going to have spells in our lives when nothing ever seems to go the way that we thought it should. For a long time I thought that I must have really done something awful in a previous existence to cause all this crap to happen to me. Then I realized that this same stuff happens to everyone at one time or another in their lives. It's sorta like driving 20 miles of potholed, washboard backroads to get to your favorite fishing spot, or any place that you find comfort in. It's a pain in the ass but it sure makes you appreciate the place all the more.
Oh well enough ranting. Hope everyone has a great 2001 and may only good things and good people, like here at the 'Cat, enter your life.