A friendlier mix of Dr. House and Jack Donaghy.

If you're really curious, I got very bored one afternoon and answered an absurd number of questions publicly, with explanations, so take a look at those.

Also, I'll just throw in here that I am kinky and non-monogamous, because if those don't both apply to you, there's little sense in messaging me and you can save yourself reading further. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like a serious committed relationship - I very much would - it just means that my view of relationships generally is sufficiently non-standard that I want to disclose it up front so that women who are not interested will know and we can save the bother of finding that problem out later. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Wondering if the Bar is one of those tests you actually have to study for.

-Being overeducated
-Making desserts
-Lifting heavy pieces of steel, putting them back down
-Accents
-Arguing
-Teaching, I hope
-Talking without arguing
-Law school
-Remembering useless things. I have an insanely good memory for random facts with no practical value.
-Forgetting practical things, particularly case names and people names
-Being infuriatingly rational
-Randomly quoting movies and television shows
-Making up ways in which said quotes are relevant to the conversation
-Sleep is where I'm a viking!

I'm going to have to look into this one - I'm not other people.

If I had to guess, I'd say my size. I once had a judge at a speech competition whose primary comment for me was, "You're very large."

Also, my friends often tell me I have a distinctive walk. "Distinctive" in the sense that friends I haven't seen in six years can recognize me by it. I'm going to assume this is a good thing.

My speech/enunciation/what-have-you. I've been known to use semicolons in text messages. Predicting how I view messages like, "hi im liking ur profilie," is left as an exercise for the reader.

Other favorite descriptions include: "a lifestyle choice," "a mythical creature," and, "are those BACK muscles!?"

Books (and/or authors):
Goodkind, Heinlein, Orwell, R.R. Martin, Mill, Hume, Freakonomics and that whole genre, Calvin and Hobbes...

Blogs & web content: I regularly read a number of law and econ blogs, including but not limited to Marginal Revolution, Asymmetrical Information, Volokh Conspiracy, and Modeled Behavior. I also follow a meaningful number of webcomics; favorites include XKCD, SMBC, Order of the Stick, and Oglaf, which you should not attempt to look up on a work computer.

Movies: Boondock Saints, The Big Lebowski, The Usual Suspects, Casablanca, Braveheart, Spaceballs, Wedding Crashers, History of the World, Vicki Christina Barcelona, Thank You For Smoking, The Godfather...

Television: Dr. Who, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Futurama, The Venture Bros., Archer, most of the CSIs and Law and Orders, House, Game of Thrones, The Daily Show and Colbert Report, 30 Rock.

Music – damn near everything that isn't pretentious. My iPhone has rap, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz, metal, techno, and pop on it, just off the top of my head. I basically just like what I like; I've never cared much about who wrote it or why or what kind of people tend to like it. There's plenty out there I don't like, but pick a genre and there's a fair amount I like in it.

Food? Yes, please. I like pretty much all cuisines that include meat (particularly BBQ) and love trying new and interesting things. I often eat in one sitting more than what most people eat in a day, and I feel like I need to make the most of that ability.

1. Family
2. Books
3. The Interweb
4. Intelligent conversation
5. My iPhone, sadly
6. An athletic pursuit of some form
7. Strict adherence to numerical guidelines

I usually wonder how things work. When I was a kid, it was hard-sciency stuff. Now, it's mostly people and society - I was, and still sort of am, considering an Economics Ph.D. with a focus on behavioural economics (aka Economics and Psychology)(I use British spellings for some words. Deal with it.). More personally, I often reflect on why I do what I do and, invariably, how I could go about doing it better. I can find nearly any subject interesting, so I think about a lot of different things. Also, what to do for fun, where to eat, how to spend my time, that kind of thing.

Why people fail to put reasonably straightforward full-body shots on their profiles. Not to be a douche, but I'm gonna be a douche and point out that you're making people's decisions needlessly more difficult.

Out with friends, drinking or not-drinking, depending mostly on the friends. Or reading, writing, blogging, cooking, occasionally working... life of late has been too hectic to call anything “typical.”

I am not the slightest bit embarrassed to be on this website, so not that.

I take a little while to warm up to most people - little while like hours, not weeks. So if I seem a tad distant (or overly literal), believe me when I say that won't last.

I get surprisingly irritated by advertising that does not make rational sense, which is most advertising.

Otherwise, I'm something of an open book in-person. I'm often honest to the point where it can get inconvenient – don't ask for my opinion unless you actually want to hear it!

You're kinky. Yeah, I'm not as square as I look. Honestly, if you aren't, I'm sorry to say I'm not really interested. Specifics available upon request ;)

You're happy with your life and self-confident. I find it rather hard to like people who don't like themselves.

If you're exclusively looking for The One, I'm probably not a good idea. Probably. And not in the "I'm afraid of commitment" sense, but in the "monogamy doesn't particularly make sense to me as a lifestyle choice" sense.

You can squat more than you weigh.

And, dear super-religious women who keep messaging me: I'm flattered, but I would increase your chances of going to Hell exponentially. You were warned!