I don't know what it is about morning showers, but they seem to be the best time and place where thoughts and ideas seem to flow through me. The majority of my best design ideas for engineering related projects have actually propagated during my morning showers. Perhaps it's the fact that there's no distractions within the confinement of three white tub walls and nylon shower curtain, or that my mind isn't really thinking about anything and therefore is fresh.

Today's morning shower got me thinking about what if there were white board (dry-erase) wall surfaces inside of the bathtub so that I can jot down thoughts or draw diagrams as they come to me. The main concern I can think of is whether or not the water would just wash away the markings as I'm writing them. Not only that but how much water would I be wasting as I'm standing there immersed in a brilliant idea and not actually taking a bath -- this could be costly on the the water bill. I'm sure you could just purchase a dry-erase laminate and secure it to the bathtub wall in some fashion, but why not integrate it into the entire tub itself? This would be similar to a residential room that I've seen on a television show where the entire wall was a big white board from floor to ceiling.

The concept could also be fun for kids and getting them to enjoy taking baths. Sure this would contradict the idea of having a clean bathtub and add to the task of cleaning, but I'm an advocate for not limiting the minds of children and adults alike as they grow in a world of conforming to the traditional ways of learning about what is "correct". Sometimes all it takes is to do something out of the ordinary in order to see something in a new light.