btw, I couldn't help but notice the ivy in your driveway.  Is it considered a bad thing in your neck of the woods?  Here, they refer to it as "English ivy" and it's listed as an invasive species.  People have been trying for years to get Home Depot and various garden centers not to sell it.  It just goes crazy in our climate and chokes trees to death.  Seems like a losing battle, though -- it's everywhere.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes