I do some of my best thinking in the bathroom. There’s something Zen-like about sitting in a small room, completely shut off from most of the world’s distractions, solely focused on a few digestive processes. In this crazy world we live in, the everyman finds his retreat in the throne room.

Theater spotlights used to burn lime for light. That’s where the term “limelight” comes from.

It’s only appropriate to note that my favorite book is Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. The secret tool of any College Bowl alumnus, the series consists of thick books with super-durable paperback covers, each one chock-full of hundreds of little educational stories, factoids, and news of the weird.

On average, your left hand does 56% of your typing.

I think the one I’m reading, Uncle John’s Gigantic Bathroom Reader (actually made up of two previous volumes that I had missed, combined into one), is at least 700 pages. I think I’m about 3/4 of the way through. I need to finish it pretty soon, because I’m leaving the country in less than two weeks.

What do whales and buffaloes have in common? Both stampede.

Yeah! I’m moving to Sri Lanka to volunteer at a school for the deaf for the next several months. Of course, it’s not easy to manage a website when you’re on the other side of the world, which is why today is my last day as DeafDC.com Manager.

In Equatorial Guinea, it’s illegal to name your child Monica.

It’s been a fun ride the past year and half! I’ve had the great pleasure of watching DeafDC.com grow from a quiet, local website, to one of the most influential websites in the deaf community, becoming an important resource for deaf, hearing, and hard-of-hearing people alike.

Odds that you will become famous enough to merit mention in a history book: 1 in 6 million.

As one hearing person said, “[DeafDC.com] is like being in a cafeteria full of deaf people and understanding all the conversations!” That’s all we ever set out to accomplish: a popular, intelligent community forum with an extremely talented staff of writers. It’s exciting to see where DeafDC.com can go in the future.

About 8% of students at the Dunkin Donuts Training Center fail the six-week course.

I’ve learned a whole lot from being this website’s manager (and quite a few things I really didn’t need to know, too). While I won’t be doing the day-to-day operations for DeafDC.com, I hope to continue writing for DeafDC.com every once in a while. We’ll soon announce the next DeafDC.com manager; rest assured, this website will continue to be in great hands.

Plants, like people, run fevers when they’re sick.

Thanks, everybody for a great time, and I hope you’ll keep on visiting DeafDC.com! By the way, those factoids? They’re the “running feet” printed on every page in any Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Yet another good reason to buy a copy!

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