And this, my friends, is why it remains one of my life goals to never live anywhere with an HOA or neighborhood covenant or whatever the hell they're calling this variety of buttinski authoritarian BS. I mean, okay, if you want to sign yrself up for something that will allow know-nothings to tell you to water your lawn in the middle of a drought, I guess that's your right. Just as long as I don't have to live there. I mean, really, it's one of the truisms of the early 21st century -- if an article about what you're doing makes it onto Fark that's a sign that you need to seriously re-evaluate the choices you've made.