In each of our lives, there is the plot. The main through-line which gets us from point A (birth) to point Z (let's call it the finish line). Our respective plots take us through the major events and milestones, joys and catastrophes, jobs and marriages, mortgages and taxes. Our plots may be simple or complicated, tragic or comedic, Oscar-worthy or Ishtary. But our plots are often how we define ourselves. And to this we say, “pish-posh”.