I have a stable, rewarding, job in management at a growing company. I own a home, car and am fully capable of taking care of myself. I have a healthy relationship with my parents. I am fond of pets, though I don't have any now. Having grown up in Iowa I understand what a day's work means. Everything I have in life I have worked for, there were no free rides. I have goals and a plan to get there. I am not looking for a woman to complete me, I am looking for a woman to complement me and me her.

I enjoy traveling to Canada, Hawaii (just give me a reason, any reason, even if it's a bad one), back to my midwestern home town and would like to put together plans for Europe (Ireland, France, Germany) and South East Asia. I lived in Seattle for the past 10 years and loved it there. I enjoy hanging out with friends for stimulating conversation (double majored Computer Science and Philosophy in college), card and board games, though unfortunately I am really rusty at chess these days, so we might have to settle for something a little lighter. I am a voracious reader. I also do Yoga about 3 times a week and have recently started jogging, which is about as fun as I remembered it from high school...

I am afraid life is too short to accomplish all I want. My bucket list is a mile long and covers everything from learning to Tango to figuring out Symbolic Logic to playing the Ukulele to visiting Antarctica and more! Looking for someone to steal mischievous glances from across crowded rooms. To share inside jokes with. To convince me, against my better judgment, that what needs to happen right now is an mangled rendition of "Wanted dead or alive" at a karaoke bar (good luck with that one).

I am good at being the decider when everyone else wants to do "something", but no one actually has an idea of what to do or where to go.

I'm good at telling really bad jokes. Just ask and I can regale you with quite a few.

I'm really good at getting lost without my GPS unit (and sometimes with, go figure).

I'm really good at sleeping in.

I am bald. Genetics are a miserable thing sometimes. Also my sarcastic sense of humor.

I can be horribly shy at times or extraordinarily extroverted at others. I wish I could figure out what triggers either.

I am a fan of the arts, even opera and symphony, have a wide range of musical tastes, from Bach to Jay-Z, and enjoy kicking around in flip flops and drinking beer with friends. I am equally at home at a formal awards banquet or a hole-in-the-wall greasy spoon/bar/tavern/truck stop. I am truthful and loyal in a relationship and ask for the same in return.

I am likely reading the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy at any given time. It is my go to book when I travel or am afraid I could have a lot of extra time to burn.

I really could live without an awful lot (hell, that's my retirement plan!), so this is pretty tough.

1. Access to books
2. Access to music
3. The love of an awesome woman (while I can and have technically lived without this one, it sucks)
4. Pineapples (especially fresh from the ground)
5. Parenthesis (I just love the little bastards)
6. Happiness

The future. I'm a dreamer, always thinking of what is coming next, where I want to be. I do a fair amount of thinking about the present too, but usually in the context of where I want to be. For example: Is my current strategy furthering my future goals.

I also spend a lot of time thinking about humanity. I am amazed we've made it here, but see things that lead me to believe we might not make it much further. I hope we do.

Hanging out with friends having a BBQ, drinking some beers and generally just hanging out. Maybe put a movie on the big screen.

I work too much. Cellphones make it so that work contact is possible 24x7, and supporting a network that needs to be up all the time can interrupt life pretty dramatically.

You think my lack of style constitutes a style! ;)