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My self-summary Propose an edit

Yep, it’s a long profile. If you think it’s too long, then I guess you’re not the girl for me. I am a man who communicates, and writing is one form of communication. This is your chance to get to know me. Friends read this profile, and certified it “true and accurate”.

If you're somewhere between a young 50 and an old 36, think we have enough in common after reading this, and can walk up three flights of stairs without losing your breath) then I would love for you to write. I promise you that I'll answer.

If you're outside of the above stated-age range, I'll still write back, but if you're looking to date, there will be a polite no thanks in the message. If you wanna talk about green stuff, or a comment on something I said in the forums, I'll gladly talk to anyone. I have no expectations that I’ll meet someone from a non-pay site. No expectations is a good place to start. :)

Keep in mind something that Thoreau said: As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

After busting my tail building a really green house, I’m finally enjoying the luxury of simplification, while retaining enough complexities to keep life interesting. I'm intense, passionate, and funny. I'm engaging and intuitive. I've been told more than once that I make an impact. I'm loyal, open, and nearly impossible to embarrass. Bob Chinn got me once, but that doesn’t happen often.

So this house which has been all-consuming for me… it has geothermal heating and cooling, radiant floors, renewable resource materials like bamboo and wheat-straw, photovoltaic solar panels, blown-cellulose insulation, rain gardens, built with non-carcinogenic low-VOC products, and is quite spacious and tastefully decorated. The only thing that’s not done yet is the theater, but that should be in finished in another few weeks. My house was featured in a Chicago Tribune article on green technology, and there are two other features coming up now that it’s done.

I've formed a rather large circle of friends from theater, business, hobbies, the web (and its predecessors), and Mensa. Through me, friends often find new friends, and I've also introduced several couples now married.

I've always found it best to be the same person behind a keyboard as I am face-to-face, so the "me" you get to know here should be the same person who shows up for a date.

I'm not hung up on looks, but I am on the truth. Your profile has pictures that accurately represent how you describe yourself, and if you're anything more than a real-world few extra pounds, we're probably not going to have a compatible energy and activity level for the long haul.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

As I said above, I've just finished this house, and now I'm going to try to evangelize eco-technology and sustainable design. That might be through press, politics, or some other method yet undiscovered.

In my day job, I'm a technology consultant for small businesses. Kind of an IT department for companies too small to have an IT department.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Intuitive problem solving. Listening, talking, and relating to animals (but I'm horribly allergic to cats). I'm good at catching a pile of quarters placed on my forearm by snapping my arm to catch them before they fall, and my dental hygienist tells me I'm an excellent flosser!

I've also been told I'm really good at kissing, but I'm in no position to judge.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

People tend to notice that I'm one of those people who really understand that life can be too short, and I tend not to accumulate regrets.

So the next time you get a kind word from a stranger that you weren't expecting, it just might be me. :)

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Gotta start with food, and that's anything with garlic in it. My favorite restaurant is The Stinking Rose, in both San Francisco and LA. Check them out at http://www.thestinkingrose.com.

Movies? I like anything from documentaries like "Who Killed The Electric Car" and "Jesus Camp" to "The Natural" and on to movies like "American Pie", "The Princess Bride", "The Running Man", and Vin Diesel's XXX. Not only did I put a theater into my house, but I have a screen in the nearby bathroom slaved to the projector, so people never miss the movie if they need to go. I love movies!

Books? Science/techno fiction in general, and a shining example of that would be Neil Stephenson's "Snow Crash", as well as anything Douglas Adams wrote before he died. I can't say I've read anything he wrote after he died, but I'd probably like that too.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

Excluding Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

I love Springtime... it's all about the life and the green.

Laughter and a sense of humor... I like the endorphines.

My dog... a good source of the aforementioned laughter and humor, and exercise.

Friends... companions and comrades with whom I can share thoughts, ideas, feelings, and food

A challenge of some kind... life is nothing without growth.

The sixth is more of a want than a need, but the biggest reason we're here... a person who wants to mutually share all that we are with each other.

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I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

The world and what we're doing to it, and how to live here without destroying it for future generations.

Sometimes I think about cheese, and how rotten milk can be so gosh-darned yummy.

In the winter, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about humidity, and how much I like it when it doesn't need to be artificially produced.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Out at a movie, or dinner with friends, or at home with friends. Which pretty much means there is no typical Friday night.

I don't really drink, and I'm into groups, not crowds, so you won't usually find me in any place that's "packed".

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

You know, it's really lame when someone says they don't have any secrets, or ask them about the most private thing they're willing to admit here.

I tried coming up with something private to put here, but a few people who saw this section said, "well, that's all guys!"

I replied, "But I said it! Most people would just think it!"

Apparently, that doesn't matter. It made me sound kinkier than I am. So I'll say something just about me.

Though I may seem very independent, I get a big kick out of being part of a team. Two people, working together, side-by-side, common goal, instinctively knowing when to split apart (you get the mustard and I'll get the bread) or when to stand together as a common force (you be the one who wants the new car really bad, and I'll be the one trying to get you away from the salesman to buy from the competition).

Synergy is fantastic. :)

You should message me if Propose an edit

IF you're even thinking about messaging me, you should message me. Follow your impulses. At some point in life, our impulses actually become good ones.

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