LOL - if only it were called Bob, that would certainly simplify things! I wish they didn't come up with different names for the same granite. It is delicious isn't it! I laughed when I read "chocolate chip caramel swirl" because that was pretty much the way I had described the granite I wanted BEFORE I saw this one. So this one is actually called "Lapidus Storm". (I have Soonermagic to thank for it -- I first saw pics of it in her bathroom and it was stunning). Problem is that I can't seem to find it here in Northern California. So I'm still hoping for other suggestions of other names this one might go by. Or similar granites -- even with a bit more vanilla, more chocolate and less caramel would work too :) I haven't come across Golden Beach or Golden River, but I will look into those. I've seen Yellow River (and it's beautiful), but the ones I've seen here look a little different to this. Anyone else?

Yes, Titanium or perhaps Magma Gold?

You can do the hole by the AC yourself--just purchase some steel wool and stuff it in the hole. That's what the exterminator did for me when we had a mouse problem. A handyman should be able to fix the other two problems.

I don't want to give the impression that botany people always use the most current nonmenclature religiously. It's not like that at all. Botany people do want to know the most current name, and then it's their perogative to accept it, or reject it and continue to use whatever treatment they believe. And we like to mix things up and purposely use older synonyms to make the conversation more interesting. Then there's common names, and some plants have several common names. We use common names for laughs you know they generate a lot of humor. Then we have our own nicknames for plants which is a laugh too woohoo. Finally, we use codenames that contain enough information that the other plant person should be able to figure it out. I suppose symbols or hyrogliphics could be a 6th way of naming plants. I have to give out new names and send the memo. If I didn't, I'd feel like I wasn't being honest and careing, but everybody's free to call plants whatever they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. You know, don't tell someone it's celery, when you know it's poison hemlock. It's a horrible invasive here. Who in their right mind would bring poison hemlock to this continent?