I'm a divorced father of two little girls (8 and 4). I have 1/2 custody and consider myself a full time Dad. In other words, their soccer, swimming, plays, teacher conferences, doctor's appointments, and games we made up, come first. However, there's still room in my life to share it with someone special and, preferably, their team of little ones, so that we can all have in-depth conversations about wheather or not a shark could defeat a gorilla in a fight and how much pirate blood we would find in a buried treasure box.

I now live in Whitestown, IN and I'm a Program Director (that's pretty vague, isn't it) and I'm working on my second master's degree (Criminology).

Swearing in a funny way. And not swearing around my kids. Killing spiders. Playing harmonica. Arm wrestling. Making up goofy crap to laugh at.

No one really cares about this do they? Obviously I think highly of To Kill a Mockingbird. I like to read both fiction and non-fiction and I'm trying to read as many of the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list, but they keep changing it on me. Right now, in addition to Criminology textbooks, I'm reading the Raymond Carver anthology of short stories. Not the most upbeat guy, but good stories.

I like comedies like Always Sunny, the Office, Portlandia, SNL. I also like some really trashy shows too (i.e. 16 and Pregnant - I'm sorry, not cool at all...I know). But I do like HGTV so that should offset some of the shame I've brought upon myself.

Music. I consider myself a music snob and if your music sucks, I'll tell you. I like stuff you'll hear on KEXP, recommended on Pitchfork, old stuff with a soul, and of course the Good 'ol Grateful Dead (went to 42 shows 89-95).

I like to discover new restaurants on urbanspoon, roadfood, the the Food Network.

I'm just going to eliminate all the obvious ones right off the bat, so they don't count (kids, God, health, family, friends, having goals in life, sense of humor, food, shelter, clothing)

Now for the real top 6:
1) Ninjas
2) Bottle rockets
3) Hockey fights
4) Euchre showdowns
5) Switchblades that come directly out of your boot like in the Patrick Swayze classic film "Roadhouse"
6) The smell of liliac
in a gental spring breeze as
I compose haiku

Honestly, I'm a worrier. I worry about all kinds of stuff that I have not control over. I blame the Chicago Catholic School System for this problem. Thanks a lot Sr. Norma Claire.

After my kids have gone to bed, I'm probably bothering people on this website to amuse myself.

What could really be more embarrssing than admitting I'm a fan of the 16 and Pregnant television series. Everything else will just pale in comparison.

...you're looking for someone to reply back with some seriously juvenile and ridiculous observations, peppered with inappropriate language.