I'm a relatively recent arrival to Boulder after moving all around the country. This time I'm putting down some roots (bought a house and winter coat -- starting to think snow tires might need to be on the list too).

I'm an intense, over-educated, and brainy person -- and if I respect you, I will occasionally find a reason to argue with you (can we really understand each other without the occasional difference of opinion?). I'd like to think I'll try anything once. I'll almost certainly learn something from the experience.

I've got reasonably grown up life. A real profession, good credit, and regular haircuts separate me from many of the guys in the Boulder singles scene.

I've dated enough women to know what I want in a partner. Does this describe you: While you’ve definitely got a great education and probably a career plan, you are certainly not a workaholic. You’re smart enough to talk to me (and keep up), realistic enough to understand that we won’t always agree (nor is that somethiing you want), and not the type to get bitter when I seem intransigent. Also -- this is key -- you know how to relax and can give me space in my hammock sometimes.

Work: I’ve spent the past seven years with my head down at a startup computer chip company. It’s been a blast so far -- learned a lot and met some terrific people. This is the year we go to market, so it's sink or swim time!

Non-Work: Reading. Fixing up my house. Trying out hikes in my neighborhood. Looking for a good French conversation group -- parles-tu?

Listening, staying calm, and repairing broken things. Usually, but not always in that order -- it’s amazing how often in life those skills are useful.

Since Portlandia has been on the air, people have been saying that I look like Fred Armisen. I'm not sure I see it myself.

Otherwise -- in big anonymous crowds, people think I'm pretty quiet. The smaller the gathering, though, the more people tend to notice how intense and focused I am.

Mostly I just don't think TV is worth the trouble of wading through all those commercials (I've never had a relationship with a cable company). I make exceptions for Sunday's on Fox: The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. are favorites. I get a bunch of HBO shows on DVD from Netflix: Big Love, Carnivale, The Sopranos, Mad Men, and The Wire (fantastic) are recent picks. Downton Abbey is one of the few British shows I have ever enjoyed. I get a lot of recommendations for The Big Bang Theory, but I went to Caltech -- it hits too close to home. I've recently gotten into Boardwalk Empire.

Reading: Economics by Milton Friedman, fiction by Steig Larsson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and friends) or Garrison Keillor, philosophy by Adam Smith (still current after 200 years), or history by David McCullough. I read The Economist cover to cover every week -- that puts a serious dent in my other reading.

I'd usually rather watch a movie at home with a thematically appropriate cocktail rather than go to the theatre : Pulp Fiction, Raging Bull, Star Wars, On the Waterfront, The Lives of Others, Cape Fear, LA Confidential, The Godfather, The Bridge on the River Kwai are all favorites.

Food At Home: Like many of the other guys on this website, I eat most days. Since reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I’ve been eating a lot of canned Scandinavian food from Ikea. When I cook, I go for simple recipes -- steak and veggies, pasta, etc. I rediscovered Cream of Wheat recently (I imagine Charles Dickens would have called it gruel -- and therefore that's what I call it). I've been using my blowtorch to practice brûlée'ing things recently. Grapefruit, bacon, and oatmeal all benefit from this finishing touch.

Food Out: Brunch at The Kitchen, trivia night dinners at Harpo's (actually the food there is crap, but the trivia is great and the beer reasonable), and sushi on Pearl are all favorites. I might be the only Boulderite under 40 who isn't gaga for the Mountain Sun Brewery. Foolish Craig's is under-appreciated.

A pet (currently a grey cat named Spirit); occasional vacations; sheets cleaned not less than weekly; a fun car; a hammock or in cooler months a hot tub (i.e. the winter hammock).

Projects. House projects (I have a 107 year old Victorian) and garden projects (what to grow?) seem to dominate.

Somehow recharging. Happy hours on Pearl are a favorite, going out for a nice dinner, sometimes just sitting at home with a movie.

An injury sustained while kiting once sent me to the emergency room.

You think we might have something in common; you want to challenge me to a Scrabble match; you own a big friendly dog; your 'type' is book-smarts brainy, off-beat, and witty; you're more tender than everybody else assumes; you have some fun fact that you don't think I'd know; you'd like to learn something random from me; or you also use semicolons to connect long lists.

You live reasonably close to Boulder (I guess I'd count Denver) or in Silicon Valley (where I often travel).

You read this to completion.