I retired nine years ago when I was 45 after playing an active part in making the world a better place, mainly trudging around nuclear power plants with a geiger counter looking for illegal environmental contamination.

Now I am kicking back, taking life easy. So...

OK, here's my big bad secret. I have heart disease and I am on disability. I cannot work because I cannot handle stress, to the point that I no longer drive in the city. Therefore, when on my own, I use public transit exclusively. I am a bit challenged physically, but I am nowhere near in need of a scooter. In fact, I exercise daily. Also, between investments and private disability insurance, I am financially secure.

Bottom line: I go out and do stuff during afternoons and early evenings.

What do I offer? My time is my own and totally unstructured.

If you still work, I can keep your home life organized to whatever standard you desire. If you need a social secretary, I can handle that also. I am the perfect stay-at-home mate.

Conversely, if you are also retired or disabled then you know the difficulty of finding any kind of social life during weekdays and the frustration of doing fun things alone. That does not have to be.

Parks, libraries, museums, shopping, happy hours; I do it all.

Basically, I have always been and will always be an old-school east-coast hippy (who has also worn out too many copies of Saturday Night Fever).

I am very 420 friendly.

finding new experiences. Do you like a bit of chaos mixed into your adventure? If so, you have the carefree spirit I seek.

Like the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, dropping everything and moving somewhere for a few weeks to a couple months is my idea of fun. Berlin? Stockholm? Living out of an RV?

People quickly notice that I have little tolerance for bullshit. I don't waste a lot of time fretting over politics, and in my book, religion *is* politics.

I would much rather play my guitar.

So many profiles use the phrase "down to earth", and personally I have no idea what that means (although 'boring' comes to mind), nor would I use that to describe myself. Are you anything but down to earth?

You can talk me into seeing virtually any live performance. The symphony? Opera? A death metal concert? Yes, on all three counts.

Music: Everything but rap and xenophobe country. When I play guitar, I have a fairly solid psychobilly sound.

Movies that I can watch repeatedly: Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Amadeus, Excalibur, Blade Runner, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, Legally Blonde (guilty pleasure). Oh, and Rocky Horror Picture Show, of course.

Books: Imajica - Clive Barker, A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, Myra Breckinridge - Gore Vidal; everything by Philip K. Dick.

Food: I am a damn fine home-style cook, and I have broad tastes. I could happily cook three meals a day, every day, for somebody for the rest of my life. My favorite adventure is going into an ethnic restaurant and ordering more or less at random. I don't however do stunt foods.

Television: I do not own one, and I doubt I ever will again. I did like Twin Peaks and The Prisoner. Also, I am an occasional viewer of The Colbert Report on Hulu, but the focus of that show is somewhat one-dimensional.

For the detail-oriented, I have degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Computer Science, and in my younger years, I was an expert in German Literature. For the truly geekish, I'm also really good at writing artificial intelligence software using LISP in purely functional form, without side-effects.

My cat, a guitar, an internet connection (search Google for my username Ardiril), warm slippers, and the occasional good cigar.

#6. Singing silly cat songs. For instance, ♫Cats wear hats but seldom flats, they think heels are what appeals,♫ to the tune of 'Both Sides Now'. You've been warned.

~ The Westboro Baptist Church hasn't killed anybody

... yet.

~ Don't let a craving for a pepperoni pizza spoil your diet. Just go buy a package of pepperoni; it's all you really wanted anyway.

~ How can drummers be such terrible dancers? That's like chemists who can't bake a cake.

~ My generation may be responsible for inflicting disco upon the world, but you can't blame us for karaoke.

~ In 10 years, Nick Offerman will be hosting Family Feud.

~ "The direct opposite of nihilism is donuts." - a friend's tweet

~ "The secret to a good quesadilla is to just shut the fuck up and be happy that someone made you a quesadilla." - another friend's tweet

~ Who the hell drinks Coors Light in this day and age? #unfathomable

~ Can you really tell when taffy goes stale?

wishing I had someone in my life who would like to go to a dance club once in a while. "wubwub"

Some of my best friends are witches, and I make an awesome crab cake.

I am not a material person, nor am I spiritual and certainly not religious.

Developing sentimentality for mass-produced commercial goods is nearly impossible for me. My most favored possession is my 12-string electric guitar that was custom-built to my specifications. I have shed my personal effects down to fit in a couple boxes and a few suitcases. I like to move around.

I much prefer experiences. Spending a few thousand dollars on a once-in-a-lifetime journey with nothing more to show for it at the end than a few ticket stubs and a stamped passport is worth every penny to me.

Also, I like watching car races. I was born that way.

Do you have a college degree and an unbounded curiosity? Or, do you play a musical instrument or sing, or are you in some way creative, whether artistically or intellectually? Did you notice that my grammar and spelling are impeccable? Would you enjoy chasing Renaissance Faires around the world? Did you admit to something private in the question above, rather than be a fuddy-duddy stick-in-the-mud?

Don't let your distance from Seattle stop you from writing. If we click, I'll find you.