So I'm a full time single dad now and I find it's taking up quite a bit of my time... well actually, almost all of it. I've decided to take a bit of a hiatus from dating to focus on my family and get my life sorted out a bit. This is because my kids are more important than you are, despite the fact that I'm sure you're a lovely person. It's nothing personal, honest!

I'll still be passively lurking about so if you'd like a friendly chit-chat or want to meet for lunch or a seedy make-out session that doesn't really go anywhere, then feel free to message me. Otherwise, I'll be back in a while and taking things more seriously.

Just ignore all this crazy nonsense below....

Wow, what kind of question is this? Way to make a guy feel insecure. I feel like I should be listing things like building schools in Sierra Leone or learning Sanskrit or training for the Boston Marathon. For the record, I'm not doing any of those things.

Nope, I'm just working, paying my bills, being a good dad and trying to squeeze in some time for learning useless facts, Game of Thrones, good friends and a few video games. Not as inspiring, I'll admit, but life's not always like that.

I love mine anyhow.

80's cartoon trivia, bizarre analogies, being obnoxiously skeptical, drawing comic books, impressing other people's parents, moving matchsticks with my mind, explaining quantum physics, conversational improv comedy and making weird faces. All other skills are on a need-to-know basis.

That I'm a nice, quiet, polite, normal guy. Don't worry - they figure out the truth eventually.

BOOKS: Will Self, Michael Chabon, Lewis Carroll, Douglas Adams, Al Franken.. wait.. those aren't books. Those are authors! I've screwed this up already. Books from the guys above, plus books on atheism, quantum physics, experimental psychology, alternate history and poetry.

MOVIES: Wide range, from Hollywood schlock to arthouse WTF. If you don't like The Blues Brothers, I fear there might be something horribly, horribly wrong with you. Bonus points if when you are walking alone in the dark you hear Robert Mitchum singing "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms".

MUSIC: Cliche to say I like a little of everything, so I will lie and say I only listen to Nana Mouskouri - at full volume - 24/7. Bonus points for Shonen Knife fans.

FOOD: Usually I prefer things which are rich in salt, sugar and/or fat with little to no actual nutritional value. I've been trying to eat healthier so that I avoid a future in which I simply suckle pure high fructose corn syrup directly from a tube. Lean meats and vegetables aren't nearly as much fun, but they are keeping me from expanding exponentially.

1. My kids: I've already sunk so much money into them and their warranties are up, so it'd be a waste to pawn them into white slavery now.

2. My computer: If I didn't have one, I wouldn't be able to answer this question! The whole exercise would be one big Schroedinger's Cat of insanity!

3. Art: Not just my scribblings and doodles, but art in general. Not that big crappy hamburger at the AGO, I mean ART art. Caravaggio didn't die of lead poisoning on the lam from assassins and debt collectors while trying to get a royal pardon just so you could oooh and ahhh over a basketball suspended in a tank of water, you philistines!

4. Science: Providing answers to all the crazy stuff you thought worked by magic since the dawn of civilization!

5. My iPhone: I hate to admit this. I really do. I held out for so long - ranting and raving about the evils of cell phones. Now look at me. Hooked and pathetic. DAMN YOU, ANGRY BIRDS!

6. Sex: Let's be honest people. It's on all our REAL lists. There is no shame in admitting it. You can say that you really like sex without everyone assuming that you're going to show up to the first coffee date naked.

Half the time I'm hanging out with my kids, which on a Friday usually involves a sonic cacaphony of rapid-fire updates on which kid at school they aren't friends with anymore because they are TOTALLY ditching them at recess for Alexis even though she totally talks about them behind their back OR about how this guy on Minecraft said he was going to leave the server because they are not allowed to spawn items when he TOTALLY told the guy that he couldn't right up front and how he's so sick of people acting like that.

On my off-weekends, I am usually trying to figure what the heck there is to do in Hamilton on a Friday with no car and few friends living in the city. Turns out - very little! Any ideas?

I have three longboxes of comic books in my closet right now, along with a box of HeroClix, some World of Warcraft cards, a Monty Python script book, several multi-sided dice, and a Robin action figure with super karate-chop action. My geek is strong, but I have the common sense not to proudly display all of these things on my coffee table.

You want to be confused and charmed at the same time. Ignorance of federal stalking laws a plus!

I've found that for whatever reason, I'm bad about messaging people. It's like online dating dyslexia coupled with witicism fatigue. I should really see a doctor. At any rate, you're probably better to just message me first and force me to engage the world. Life amongst you "hoo-mans" is very confusing.