Time to start this profile over from scratch! There is something cathartic about deleting the entire contents of this box in order to define yourself anew. I wholeheartedly suggest it.

What to say about me... I am first and foremost a father. I have three lovely teenagers who defy conventional wisdom on teenagers; they are wonderful.

I am a lover. I am wildly in love with my two girlfriends and we live together. I have other friends and loved ones I see from time to time, and I often meet new friends and lovelies. As a polyamorous person, I believe in the multiplicative value of love: The more you give and receive, the more you have to give and receive.

I am a thinker. I run a blog with my girlfriends and brother at http://cognitiveresurgence.com. I love to think, talk, debate, solve, fail, and succeed. I'm as likely to read Noam Chomsky as I am to read William F. Buckley.

I am a caretaker. I was recently told by one of my lovers that one of the things I do best is to be there for people when they need me. I spoil, I take care of, I love to see happiness in front of me. I do not believe I have the ability to make anyone happy. Rather, I believe focusing on creating an environment in which someone can feel happy. :)

I'm a geek. I've been a geek all my life, and have worked in Information Technology and Software Development for all of my career. I go to Defcon, PAX, and Sakuracon every year. I love anime, games, technology, cool stuff, and hacking.

I run the IT department for a great green energy startup and love my job. I have fun with my kids, play drums for the family band, go out to froofy restaurants for drinks and dive bars for food. I Tango, and dance to EBM/Industrial every Saturday night at the Mercury due to my reluctance to let go of my gothiness. I play video games, solve problems, and enjoy every day.

Gaming, parenting, kissing, making love, laughing, being the center of attention, caring, loving, dancing.

I smile a lot, laugh a lot, and that I seem to have an amazing ability to gab on and on about any subject! Also, people notice that I have some sort of non-white ethnicity, but they have a hard time telling. My favorite is when they guess Persian...

Books - Dune series, especially God Emperor of Dune, Hitchhiker's Guide series, Dragonlance, Anne Rice's Vampire novels, Star of the Guardians, Fight Club, A People's History of the United States, Lord of the Ring, Barbarians at the Gate, Neuromancer, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan books, Snowcrash, The Smartest Guys in the Room, lots of Science Fiction, Fantasy, History, and modern business books.

Movies - Anything from PTA, especially Magnolia, Blade Runner, The Notebook, Before Sunset and Before Sunrise, Braveheart, A Bridge Too Far, Saw, Alien, all the Christopher Guest movies, especially Best in Show, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Monty Python movies, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Spiderman, Transformers, Moulin Rouge, Velvet Goldmine, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Donnie Darko, Clerks, Heathers, many, many others.

Music - Marilyn Manson, U2, The Blow, NIN, Daniel Amos, Portishead, Eminem, Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfsheim, Rammstein, VNV Nation, Metallica, Hole, Nirvana, Orange Range - most genres besides country western, but especially industrial, j-pop, and stuff I can dance to.

On a related note, I'm a serious sucker for theater and musicals. I loved Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel (saw it open on Broadway!) Rocky Horror Show, and a few others. I listen to soundtracks over and over again, like the aforementioned shows, and loved Madonna's version of Evita. I have watched Fiddler on the Roof and Mary Poppins more than 10 times each, and I own the Sound of Music. Trying to get the kids to watch these is a sad experience for me. :( I did finally get them into the Sound of Music and now we all sing along to the karaoke option when we watch it. How sickly sweet... At least my daughter and I are both likely to be wearing skulls when we sing along to My Favorite Things...

Food - *grumble* I hate food. Rather, I hate having to eat food, but I suppose I love going out to get food with the right lovely company. :) It's right up there with sleeping on my list of favorite things to waste precious time on. I guess if I HAVE to eat something, I like Ethiopian (Queen Sheba on Capitol Hill is yum), Mexican, Bar food, Steak and potatoes, especially the baked potato at El Gaucho's. Just tell 'em to "make it like soup" and it's heavenly.

My daughters, the Internet, a Computer, Games, Love, Laughter

I'm pretty introspective and relentlessly self-improving, so I often think about how I came to be how I am today, and how to be a better man tomorrow.

I also randomly think of solutions to problems at odd times, like in the shower, discussing politics, sleeping, etc. It's a fun trait.

I'm playing drums with my brothers and sisters! If I'm not doing that, I'm out with a lovely woman I met recently. :)

I could probably eat cereal for all three meals for an extended period of time.

you'd like to have fun from time to time with someone devoted to having fun with you from time to time. Especially if you'd like to discuss political philosophy or technology or geekiness or sex or any other of many random things.

I'm a pretty busy person, and generally only have two nights free a week, so you would have to be able to handle a lower frequency than the every night variety.

You have to either be poly, or someone who is okay with me being poly and can handle my general unavailability (see above.)

If you just want to say hi and have someone say hi back. :)