For the past eleven school years, I have been driving the same ten minute route every day to school. On this rainy Thursday morning I had a true lightbulb moment. It just dawned on me that the neighborhood I drive through five days a week has a method to its madness.

Here is a list of the streets that I pass, along with a few other connecting streets I found when I looked at Google Maps to confirm my suspicion.

• Bell Lane
• Franklin Lane
• Wright Lane
• Edison Drive
• Ludwell Drive
• Whitney Lane
• Howe Lane
• Fulton Drive
• Blair Lane
• Dillon Road
• Purdie Lane
• Shepard Drive

Do you see a theme here? Well, it took me eleven years to figure out that I was driving through a neighborhood whose streets were named after inventors! Duh! How did it take me so long?