Photo courtesy of Jon Pitts-Wiley

Though I've spent a good deal of time writing about myself since I first begat my Livejournal page, I've always found it terribly awkward to write about myself in that biographical way. I figure, even starting cold, a person who's taking the time to read will get a sense of who I am vis a vis what I discuss and how I discuss it. While I have a decent enough opinion of myself, writing about myself in a factual way always seems like it should accompany a quiet storm playlist and massage oils. I just don't care for it. So, after puzzling over how to introduce myself to the good readers of Book of Odds, it only seemed fitting to peruse a few facts on the site and add a couple of my own.

The odds a male in the US is named Jonathan: 1 in 319.5

The odds of being named Jonathan Pitts-Wiley: Not as high as you might think.

The odds a person is from Rhode Island: 1 in 269.4

The odds people will mistake Rhode Island for Long Island: Rather good.

The odds a man 20 or older is over six feet tall: 1 in 5.05

The odds said height is commissioned in getting things off shelves: Annoyingly great.

The odds of being born on Christmas: 1 in 424.8

The odds of being Jesus Christ: Depending on your point of view, either very low or very high.

The odds of being admitted to Yale: 1 in 13.33

The odds of being a black person admitted to Yale who's frequently told he or she "speaks well" and "isn't like other black people": Troublingly good.

The odds of not having a tattoo: 1 in 1.16

The odds Jonathan Pitts-Wiley counts in the above: Well...

The odds married people prefer marriage to being single:1 in 1.33

The odds Jonathan Pitts-Wiley will feel that way: Really, really, really, really good, right?

The odds a birth will occur in June: 1 in 12.02

The odds a fiancee will birth a woman-child in June 2010: Depends on what you were doing in September.

The odds an employed person 16 or older is a writer or author: 1 in 3,061

The odds of blogging for Book of Odds: Too staggering for mere mortals to comprehend.

The odds an adult reads blogs: 1 in 3.7

The odds an adult will read this blog: 1 in 1*

*Calculations based on The Pitts-Wiley Corollary, which consists mainly of wild hopes and delusions of grandeur.

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