I'm a mallet-chinned, steely-eyed renegade with a roguish grin and a chip on my shoulder. Nah, I'm just a fun-loving goofball with a penchant for off color humor, arguing politics and maintaining, against all odds, a spark of child-like wonder.

I'm a lefty in both handedness and politics. I'm not very materialistic. I've lived my whole life in or somewhat near San Jose, though I've had my travels (ask me about Pamplona and/or Paris if you fancy a ripping yarn.)

I'm the youngest of five. Give me the attention I crave, dammit!

I tend to only "fall" for women that I can be good friends with.

I am a total night owl. Coffee is the nectar of life. Bailey's is the ambrosia you stir into the nectar of life. I really should get more sleep.

Slow to anger, quick to respond to wit. . .hopefully I respond to wit with wit, but not always. I respond though.

Trying to fit in some recreational (perhaps more?) writing around working very hard at a job that both appreciates me greatly and doesn't appreciate me enough.

According to a friend: Walking with determination and purpose even when I am temporarily lost.

Eating my veggies, making bad puns, arguing politics, playing card games of all sorts, Foosball and cooking.

Regarding cooking, I love to experiment. I love to improvise and find new ingredients, new combinations and interesting techniques. I am an omnivore but I'll happily make and eat a vegan dish for the variety and the challenge. I am addicted to spice. If you are a finicky eater, I'm afraid we won't get along.

It's different and special for each and every person who meets me.

Books: I am a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Geek. It's probably easier to just list my favorite authors. Roger Zelazny, Ursula K. LeGuin, Stephen Brust, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Gene Wolfe, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Spider Robinson, Michael Moorcock, John Varley and many many more.

Movies: Comedies always stick with me longest. Standouts include: This is Spinaltap; The Princess Bride; The various Monty Python Movies. You get the idea. Also fond of the works of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, the Marx Brothers, Japanese Anime (redundant, I know.)

Music: Radiohead, The Beatles, The Eels, Beirut, Jonathan Coulton, Gary Jules, Tori Amos, They Might Be Giants, The Pillows, Nellie McKay, Van Canto (no, not really that last one. But they may be the most unintentionally amusing music group of all time. If you need a chuckle, listen to them. Go on. What are you waiting for? Do you not like to chuckle? What's wrong with you?)

Garlic
Hot pepper/chiles
Access to stimulating information, be it politics, science or trivia
shared laughter
Coffee
A book to read myself to sleep with.

Yarn theory. It's like string theory but fluffier and more colorful. Plus it accounts for the spontaneous disappearance of socks.

Cognitive dissonance. Hypocrisy. Hyperbole. Hyperbole is probably the worst thing in the history of the Universe. It's just bad. Like listening to "Friday" while suffering from The Plague bad. Bad.

Existing. Or not. You won't know until you open the box

I am deathly ticklish.

I once streaked a miniature golf course. Yelling, "The British are coming!!"

-You are not committing duckface in your profile. Please. Don't do it. You're better than that.

-You didn't find it necessary to fudge the truth in your profile.

-You can look beyond my sheer physical attractiveness in order to get to know the person inside.

-You are a proud nerd, geek or whimsical eccentric--with an emphasis on the proud and having at least a soupçon of style.

-The idea of a cardboard box fort still appeals to you.

-You figure the best defense against a bad pun is to top it. Or to lay into me with a broom or similar non-lethal blunt object.

-You can best me at cards.

-You look good in a hat. I have a weakness for women with cool hats. And tall women. Don't even get me started on tall women in hats. But not tall hats. That's just silly.

-You appreciate the difference between brain teasers and mind-games. You can enjoy being the straight man (person) or the comic relief. You enjoy a modicum of mischief. You're not easily embarrassed. You can give and take solid criticism.