lazy bastards The following is just to give you a visual reference to what a motion sensor light switch looks like.

Brilliant idea, I now no longer have to take the time and effort to lift my extended index finger towards the wall and waste valuable energy turning the light on.

The best part about this little device is the fact that my parents have installed it in their new house. Not in a room where you would have to cross over the length of the room to get to the wall switch, noooooooooo, that would make sense.

Instead, in his infinite wisdom, my father installed this marvel of technology in his master bedroom's closet. The room (if you can even call a closet a room) has only one entrance, and the light switch, while tedious for most, is not at the back of the closet, but right inside the door. You would pass it as you were heading towards the shelf where you store your loafers.

Apparently, we all reach a certain age where flipping a switch for the convenience of artificial light is just too much to bear.

I'd be willing to bet that if Home Depot had a voice activated unit for sale, that would have been installed as well. It won't be long before you can go to my parent's home, walk in through any door and simply say the words "lights on" and you will be bathed in halogen.

As for me, I'm still working on the voice activated beer dispenser. Don't get me wrong, I have one right now, and it's not even new technology. The terminology is simply "wife". But she's not too fond of it.  ¶ 10:20 AM