I'm a husband, father, engineer, geek. I'm a science fiction fan, especially Firefly and Heinlein. Other labels which apply . . . I'm an INTJ. I used to be an active pagan, I've drifted away from that and am concentrating on taking care of mundane life. I'm a gamer, meaning I play RPGs and tabletop games (and occasionally a computer game). My wife and I are in a polyamorous (aka poly) relationship, though we're more likely to play cards with new friends than do anything intimate. We're slow-poke poly.

I've been living in Texas for five years. I came here from California to find a better place to raise our kids. It's working so far (grin). CA wasn't a great place for me, but it's hard to turn down a good job. There were good points--working ren faire, joining the SCA, going to SF cons, and best of all meeting dragonflymama. But there was no way we could afford to keep living there. Texas is working out much better.

I'm hoping to stay here. That'd be a nice change, actually. I grew up in New York, went to school in Massachusetts, and then had the Air Force send me to Colorado, Washington (state), and Nebraska. Even the time I was in California I kept moving around, I never made it a full three years in the same city.

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• dragonflymama

I used to build spaceships but there's not much money at it. So now I have a boring job that pays the bills. I write gaming articles to release my creative energy.

Crunching numbers. Playing games (RPGs, board games, card games, Warcraft). Taking care of my family. My writing skills are improving with practice.

I grew a beard a few years ago, which has been getting a lot of attention.

a. Fiction: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers, A Civil Campaign. Non-fiction: Nonzero. Apollo: The Race to the Moon.

b. Serenity. Star Trek II. Empire Strikes Back. Gettysburg. 1776. Babylon 5.

c. Filk (science-fiction folk music), especially Leslie Fish's musical renditions of Kipling poems.

d. Chocolate chip cookies. Steak. Corn. Potatoes.

My wife. My children. Meaningful work. Good books. The internet. Exploring new ideas.

Having fun with other people. Trying to solve abstract problems. And dealing with all our practical problems--life is busy. If I'm having a very complex thought it probably gets posted on Livejournal.

Home with my wife, possibly with friends over to watch videos or play cards. If we don't have company we're probably playing World of Warcraft together.

I'm sorry, you're not cleared for that.

You'd like to chat with me, play games, or go out to dinner sometime.

Also if you're a sapiosexual.