(I'm not Bob, btw. Also, I often click on profiles of people who wrote stuff in the forums, if you are wondering why some nutcase from Tampa, FL was checking out your goodz.)

Lessee... I've been at this online dating thing for awhile now and even though I've met a few interesting women (some in the Chinese sense of that word), I'm still here. I'll admit it could be because I'm a quirky sonuvabitch, though.

Ferinstance... I lean rather strongly towards the introverted side of the Meyers-Briggs scale (INTJ), and I have a particularly difficult time relating to kids.

Other quirks (some might say defects) in me/my personality: I have no interest in sports - either playing or watching them; I was big into psychedelics/entheogens in my wayward youth but not so much anymore (and, in the interest of full disclosure, I got into a spot o' trouble back in '97 for making ecstasy); a side effect of my primary quirk/defect is that I'm not terribly romantic - if you expect to receive, say, flowers on a random basis to feel loved I am so not your guy (that's just blatant manipulation, you know, and I'd like to think I'm a bit more subtle than that...); oh, I'm a real smart-ass with a low tolerance for "ideologues" - the ultra-religious (if you wear a name tag and try to convert people to your beliefs on the weekend I am, once again, so not your guy), the overly-political (right or left, but especially right) and pretty much anyone who can't see the other side of an issue will often become the witless targets of my rapier wit...

On the plus side, though, I'm not much into engaging in salacious sex talk with total strangers via IM, e-mail, etc. So I got that going for me, I guess. Also, despite my asocial tendencies, my friends (such as they are) universally vote me the person they can count on the most when they really need to count on someone... or something like that.

In a nutshell, emphasis on the nut, I am a bit unorthodox/different and not for everyone, that's for sure. IF we get along (something that is usually obvious in the first few minutes of meeting I have found) then great; if not, no hard feelings.

I was self-employed for many years doing contract electronics design, with occasional handyman jobs (mainly an excuse to buy tools but also good for maintaining some consistency of income). Last year, though, I was asked to design a high power motor controller for electric vehicles (think Prius meets Porsche) and as the project evolved I decided to throw my lot in with those wackos and accept a share of the new company in lieu of my normal engineering rate. Maybe I'll get rich and famous; maybe I'll be applying for food stamps... that's the entrepreneurial life for you.

Oh, and I'm a YouTube star (yeah, right)... you can see me in all my white-n-nerdy glory here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0A-h1asLnM

Befriending dogs (cats, not so much - but I try); analyzing problems (solving them, eh...); making others laugh hysterically, or simply making them hysterical... a fine line between those two states, I've noticed.

On to the next question, even though I find it incredibly dumb...

Umm... I'd have to be a mind-reader to know this, and were I so cursed I probably wouldn't be here.

Books - Hard/dark sci-fi (Neal Asher, Alastair Reynolds, Iain M. Banks); engineering; failure analysis; quantum physics, string, game and complexity theory; economics. My favorite book of all time is (still) Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallance (R.I.P.). One author that everyone hip seems to love but whom I am not a big fan of is Chuck Palahniuk. If that makes me even more of a dork, oh well..

Music - alternative/indie. My favorite channels on Sirius (er, Sirius-XM) are Left of Center (now XMU?), Chill, and Alt Nation. My favorite group of all time is the Cocteau Twins. Some recent acquisitions that I like are Apparat; Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs; Menomena; Mew; Yeasayer; Burial.

Food - I love sushi, but I'm very particular about where I will eat it (Matoi is a favorite place). I don't eat red meat that often, but I do love a good ribeye on occasion. Other than that, I'm pretty much a pizza or nachos (especially Tijuana Flats Ultimate Refried Beans nachos, hold the jalapeños) kinda guy. Oh, and I am a beer snob...

electricity
a quality pair of pliers
dogs
teh interweb [sic]
igneous rocks (tough to find in Florida)
the strong nuclear force

Does anyone answer this question with something besides a list of basic necessities (i.e. - food, water, air...) or absolute absurdities (i.e. - pliers, whirled peas...)?

Absurd warning labels... "Plastic Bag Is Not A Toy" comes to mind...

Probably reading a book in the company of my trusty Humane Society mutt, Smacks. I'm an an introvert, a morning person, and my hard-partying days (such as they were) are long over, so you probably won't find me throwing back Jaeger shots (with a Crest chaser!) at some club/bar.

On teh internets? Sure... uh-huh...

Hmm... token admissions: I go on quickmatch binges here every so often and I have no idea why. It can't be good for one's psyche, though. I also plumb the murky depths of the forums for cheap and easy laughs and, wow, there are some seriously creative confabulators there.

Ok, I'll also admit that I have christened my mutt with way too many nicknames. A modest sampling: "Tediqua" (her street name), "little ham" and "scooter". What?

¤ You are reasonably close to me in age and proximity (no kiddies, cougars or 30+ minute commutes, please...).

¤ You think we might get along (despite the many obstacles I present to that).

¤ Or you are a brazen little trollop that's feeling froggy.

kthnxbai