Here's the story. Here's the song that goes with it: good for reading the whole article, nice beat and somehow fitting. Fire up your MP3 player.

...Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do,
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you....

...Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you...

-- 'Stuck In The Middle With You', Steve Miller Band

Compromise? Collision isn't a compromise.

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, colliding in the middle with you.