... and btw, I don't think I've ever read the cheese story before--that's a great story. :) And it reminds me of when I was charged with buying Fancy Cheese for a Christmas present last year. The thing about being charged with buying cheese as a Christmas present is that it can be the case (as was at least somewhat the case in my case) that one is not charged with buying any particular cheese so much as buying a particular dollar-value of cheese. In such a case, the more expensive cheese may be preferable, just because it's more expensive. And one may well feel there is something obviously stupid about this situation when one is comparing the prices of cheeses, and yet also that there's a certain "Gift of the Magi" logic to it, because, after all, it's the sacrifice that counts. ;)