Small oil leak...

[RJRavalli@xxxx]

Okay, I've been dreading asking about this, fearing the response I might get, but I figure I better do so sooner than later. I have been noticing a small oil leak that apparently occurs all the time, whether or not the car has been running. It is not a whole lot so it has not been scaring me, but I figure I better find out what is going on. It seems to run in a straight "north-south" line right down the middle of the engine. 

So how bad is my problem here? The engine does have 140k miles on it, but I hope it's not ready to be scrapped. Any ideas?

Thank you much,

Richard