I love coffee and I love eating just about anything, so a gup of Joe or a snack are great rewards for me. They force me to sit down and relax. Perfect motivators!

This is a cut and paste of a post on the Survivor website by someone called Hazzard77. It expresses my feelings exactly on how well Russell is playing. Russell did what he had to do, if he did not play the idol and went home with it in his pocket you all would be screaming from the mountain tops what an idot he was for not playing the idol. That idol may not have saved Russell from a vote at TC, but it saved him from BEING voted for at TC, plus he got the added mileage of turning Candice away from the heroes. The heroes were Candice, Colby, Amanda, and Rupert + Sandra flipping. This episode was all Russell, come on, like him or hate him, at least be honest and give him credit where credit is due. Russell single-handedly turned the 5 strong heroes(counting Sandra) into... TWO PEOPLE!!! Because of what Russell did, the heroes now consist of Colby and Rupert, those two now will NOT trust Candice OR Sandra. That was the beauty of Russell's strategy, he has done it time and again, get somebody to talk about betraying their alliance, and the make sure their alliance knows about it so they are outted and have no place to turn but to Russell for protection. That is why Russell went straight to Sandra, he want's to be the only one going to TC feeling comfortable so he makes sure that everyone else is nervous and unsure about what's going on, when you make people lose confidence in their alliances and decisions, they panic and do what they think will get them through one more TC. Russell does this by telling them things like he told Sandra even before he knew Sandra was flipping, he suspected it was a possibility so he preempted it by telling her that he has some heroes flipping so no matter how she voted it wouldn't matter. What does that do? It makes Sandra nervous, she told Russell "why you tryin' to scare me, I'm not scared", BULL, she was scared. Before that she was certain that her and the heroes had a slam-dunk TC to get rid of Russell, but Russell got in their heads, made them scared and unconfident. When a person feels that way they have two choices, stay the course and likely be against the majority, or vote with what they think is the majority, even if it's not what they want, just to remain in the game for three more days. Russell makes them choose the path they hate to save their own a$$, and they hate him for it. I didn't see Parvati do a damn thing this episode except disrespect Russell, "you just wated one"? I don't think so little miss smart-a$$, if Russell sat around sure of himself like Parvati then she would have been going home, not Amanda. People here say that they want a player that can vote people off and have those people saying "what a great guy", REALLY? That's what you consider a great person? Here's the difference, the person you speak of is the type of person that has the ability to be so two-faced as to make you believe they are really your friend, and that they only cut your throat because it's just a game, do you really want to have friends that are so good at this that you don't even know if they really are your friend? Russell will lie to you because it's the game, but when he cuts your throat he doesn't continue to lie to you, and continue to act like he is your friend and tell you he is sorry, no, he tells you the truth, that you just got owned and you were a fool to have believed him. That's the kind of people I respect. Unfortunately most people prefer pretentious friends.

andre Have you considered using X10 controlled outlets? These are plug in modules that you can put anyhwere in your room and then plug lamps into the modules. A remote control is available (and you can get 2 - one for each side of the bed) that allows the lights to be turnd on and off. You can even get a wall switch that is battrey operated that would allow all of those lights to be turned on/off when you enter/leave the room. Check out SmartHome.com and look at the X10 as well as Insteon products. I have a lot of experience with both and have solved many wiring issues like you describe because the houses we have lived were never wired the way we needed them - switched outlets always in the wrong places. X10 is fairly old technology and sends radio signals though your wires to control lights and outlets. X10 can suffer from occasional interference from computers - although in a single room you should not have any issues with X10. More than likely, all of the outlets in your bedroom are on the same phase so you should not have any issues with crossing over between modules that are on different sides (phase) of the electrical service (and there plug in modules to solve that too). The thing I like about X10 - very easy to set up, no programming required. For your bedroom, you will need the remote and the radio reciever/transmitter module. The module plugs into the wall on the one side of the bed and allows a lamp to be plugged into it. It has a very small antenna that receives your radio signal from the remote. When you push the on button of the remote, it will turn the module on and the lamp will turn on. At the same time - it will send a signal through your electrical wires to communicate to any other modules set to the same house code (which you can choose and set very easily with a samll screw driver). Other lamps can be plugged into the X10 outlet modules (these do not have antennas) which receive signals through the electrical wiring. So if you have two lamps - one will be plugged into the radio receiver/transmitter and the other will get plugged into the X10 outlet on the other side of the bed. The nuce thing is that if you have lamps in other locations of the room, you can command those on and off as well. Insteon is newer technology and is a bit more expensive and a little more complicated to set up - it requires some programming. For you application , I would not recommend Insteon right off the bat. But once you see how cool X10 works - I bet you will want to add more to your house. One very important thing to remember is to follw the max wattage ratings of each X10 or Insteon device. I think the X10 modules are rated for up to a few hundred watts - fine for a lmap but don't plug an iron into it! You can easily eliminate all of those extension cords and there is no need to switch sides of the bed. Best of luck

hehehehhe I'm a head of that game. I have a motion sensor faucet installed in my MBR for my cats. It's in the 2nd sink, along with a "real" faucet for me. Weezel, Mine do the same thing. One will sit on any sink and MEROWWWW at me if I don't turn it on while I'm in there. The problem is that he'll also only drink from any of them if I'm in the room with him. Hence the motion sensor, since I've walked away and come back hours later to find the kitchen or something still dripping. Building for the cats, I'm trying to figure out how to reconfigure my laundry room to save gray water, without killing the plants in the garden outside that room. I think bleach is bad for greenery. :) But I figure I only do laundry once in a while, and use my DW even less (monthly, maybe. I have a ton of dishes) so why not recycle the water! I like that little sink idea. Perhaps a motion sensor down there would do the trick! It's awfully cute! :) I wonder if the mom can turn it off and on with her foot?