Life is an interesting place, let’s go exploring! I’m the kind of person who loves to learn new stuff, so I’m always reading new stuff online or talking to interesting people to get to know them. Also I really don’t take myself too seriously, because what fun would life be if you couldn’t make fun of it?

I’m a big tech nerd, so I get super excited whenever I hear about new possibilities for 3D printers or when Google announces the inevitable next step in their quest for world domination. You’ll probably hear me opine sooner later about the benefits of open source and how irritating Apple’s business practices are. But, on the plus side I actually enjoy running tech support for friends and family.

I’m a big reader in general, both fiction and news. I subscribe to a ton of news sources; everything from Ars Technica and Kotaku to Paul Krugman and the BBC. It makes for good conversation, plus it’s just interesting for its own sake. I also love sci-fi and fantasy novels. I read the Golden Compass when I was a kid and was pretty much lost from there. Right now I’m going through NPR’s list of the 100 greatest sci-fi/fantasy novels of all time, but I’m always looking for a new series to sink my teeth into.

I love games, be they video, card, or board. I play chess or Settlers of Catan if I can get a group together, or just video games if not. I consider myself an amateur ludologist, so I like to find and talk about games with interesting or meaningful storylines and emotional impact. It’s a medium with great potential, so I love to hear and participate in discussions on their artistic and cultural impact. I even wrote one a major paper in college on applying in the psychological hooks of gaming into the real world.

I think I’m going to go with, “Attempting to maximize my percentage of time spent happy.” Life is too short to be all about the next step and never enjoy what you’re doing. I could spend my whole life learning new stuff and spending time with my family and I’d call that a success. But, what I do for money is work in HR for the NRDC while studying for the GRE's.

Coming up with sarcastic observational witticisms for whatever is going on at the time.

Wiki-Wars (Synesthesia to Stone Fish in only 5 clicks! I rule! Also that is totally a cool and hip way to spend your time.)

Running my own MST3K commentary on movies

I give awesome massages, especially scalp massages. I have busy fingers that always need to be doing things

Reciting movie lines

Calvin and Hobbes quotes

Recalling worthless and obscure bits of information that fit into situations. (Yes, I’m that guy who’s always saying, “Actually I just read a really interesting article about that….” And yes, I’m completely aware that I am the only one who finds it interesting to know that Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for spicy foods, and that it has major potential as an analgesic, that isn't going to stop me from boring you to death with it.)

Convincing people that they really do want to trade wheat for sheep. They could use it to build all kinds of things, and all it'll cost you is one worthless little sheep…

No idea.

All kinds of stuff, but off the top of my head...

I love Dan Ariely's Stuff, Also Philip Pullman, Magician: apprentice and master (Fiest, not Grossman), The Magicians (actually Grossman this time), Patrick Rothfuss, Kurt Vonnegut, Ender’s Game (Though I actually liked Ender’s Shadow better. Shhhh…), A Storm of Swords (followed by A Dance with Dragons), Watchmen, anything Neil Gaiman has ever written. The Mistborn series, Brent Weeks, Loads of other stuff, these were just the first few to come to mind

I'm a sucker for talent-based reality shows like Top Chef or Face Off, Community, Futurama, , Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Dexter, Suits, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Korra was great until the ending…), Game of Thrones, Firefly

All three new Batmans, Shawshank, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 50/50, 500 Days of Summer, Everything made by Pixar, Good Will Hunting, Paprika, Miyazake films (Mononoke Hime in particular)

Settlers of Catan, Cards against Humanity, Chess, The Mass Effect franchise, Civ 5, Borderlands, Arkham City, Psychonauts, anything with a Valve logo on it, Bastion, Braid (call me a pretentious snob, it’s ok), Minecraft, The old SNES classic RPGs. I still replay Chrono Trigger every once in a while

Mumford and Sons, MGMT, Cake, Passion Pit, Miike Snow, Phoenix, Iron and Wine, The Postal Service, Modest Mouse, mostly anything really

And food. I like food...

A fast internet connection
My kindle
Wikipedia
Good conversation with smart people
The Reddit community
Games of all kind

Conversations I’ve already had. I find that I am much better at arguing when I do both sides, strangely enough

How I would go about ingratiating myself to a medieval-era king using my advanced knowledge of science and technology, should I ever find myself accidentally sent backwards in time.

Amazingly glad it’s the weekend. It is finally time to relax and not worry about using up the few precious hours of free time I have for that day.

Spooning is nice, but every once in a while I like jet packing, which is where the girl is the big spoon... and she gets to pretend that she's a jet pack.

...you think these 53 terrible jokes are funny

If you’re clever and witty and need someone to appreciate your quips. I’m your guy. If you like having deep philosophical discussions about the cultural implications of unhealthy gender-normative stereotypes in Disney movies, I’m definitely the one to call for that. Or if you just need a co-op partner. Or, if you’re just looking for someone who will enjoy most everything we do, from spending an entire day in our PJs cuddling and watching movies to finding a group of people and holding a massive capture the flag tournament in the streets of the financial district, send me a wave.

And especially if you appreciate (even more) nerdy jokes!

Two bacteria walk into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve bacteria in this bar!" the bacteria reply, "Don't worry, we're staph!"

René Descartes is sitting at a bar. The bar tender walks up to him and asks if he would like another drink. Descartes replies "I think not" and vanishes.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar..... and doesn't.

That last joke only works because I wasn't there to observe it.