Born and bred NYCer with a playful spirit, hearty intellect, vivid imagination, good nature and a penchant for fun and adventure. Some of my interests include (in no particular order): Monkey business; domestic and global travel; bike riding/rollerblading through parks or streets--day or night; pop/mainstream to alternative/indie culture; theory/philosophy; long walks on the...(don't worry. I'm not going there); learning (and teaching) new words, concepts and skills; World/American history (used to be a high school history teacher); identifying patterns in human behavior (as a cognitive science writer, it's partly what I do for a living); creative use of any environment (give me a stick, rock and soda can and I'll invent a game, make a piece of art or repair your engine with it); taking pictures/digital art; writing (author of "The 'God' Part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality" and "Icarus of Brooklyn: A Spiritual Quest Gone Wrong"); playing guitar; sensuality/eroticism; sneaking into places; bioluminescence; ping pong/billiards; driving (and though I don't presently own a motor vehicle, for most my life I owned a motorcycle. I've also driven across vast chunks of this country, Europe and Africa); etymology; chess; architecture/design; swinging from chandeliers (just checking to see if you're still with me); getting lost/finding my way back; stoop sales/flea markets/antique shops (my parents are antique collectors so I grew up in a brownstone that resembled a museum and have since acquired a few unique pieces of my own); documentaries; order; chocolate; chaos; carpentry/repairing things (if it's broke, I'll fix it); playing any sport, board or video game; black licorice, strong coffee, tequila, grass...a healthy lifestyle mixed with junk food indulgences.

My eyes, shoulders and the piece of broccoli caught between my teeth

Music: Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, R.E.M.; Bowie, Beastie Boys; Beck; Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel; Elbow, Eels, Eminem--over 20,000 songs on my i-tunes;

Film: Cuckoo's Nest, Amelie, Goodfellas, All That Jazz, The Matrix, Little Children, The Usual Suspects, Adaptation, Bullets Over Broadway, Rushmore, Sideways, Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, It's a Wonderful Life, A Serious Man, Crimes & Misdemeanors

TV: Six Feet Under, The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos; Lost, Homeland, 30 Rock, The Office, Futurama…with True Blood as a guilty pleasure

man's place in the universe...what you'd look like naked

polishing silverware

Rather than bend down, I often pick things up off the floor with my toes.

You're smart, cool and fun!