As most of you probably know, I've been rewiring my house for the last month; it's probably all you've heard from me and you're probably sick of hearing me bitch about it. But now that I'm comfortable wiring up my own house, to the extent that I have dreams about it now, it has given me some interesting ideas.

For those of you who frequent our notoriously wild parties, you'll appreciate my latest scheme. In my basement there's an extra "family room" which has a dry bar. My plan for this room is to expand it a bit, expand the dry bar, get some decent DJ speakers, and turn it into a party room/hangout. I also have (3) four-foot black lights and a strobe light that I plan to hook up, which brings me to the meat and potatoes of my latest idea:

First, I'm going to wire up normal outlets near the floor, as well as a normal light in the ceiling. Then, I'm going to add outlets up near the ceiling where the blacklights and strobe will be placed. I'd also like to add some fun stuff to the bar like rope lights, colored bulbs, etc. So now to the best part: Behind the bar there will be a switch; not just any switch, a switch labeled "Party" with an On and an Off position. This will be a 20-amp three-way switch that will toggle power between two circuits, one powering the normal lights in the room, the other powering all of the fun lights and accessories. The end result? It's all normal light until you flip the party switch, then the normal light is cut at the same time the power is diverted to the blacklights and the accessories.

Evil mastermind? No, part of me just hasn't grown up. There's still a lot to do on the rest of the house, but I think I am going to eventually implement this plan.