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I'm originally from Illinois, and I've always liked St Louis because we've got the culture of a city, but not the traffic. It's also close to my family, so I jumped on the chance to move here when a job opened up and never looked back. You can probably guess that my family is important to me, especially my nephew.

I also play my guitar on occasion, I like to cook (but cooking for one is getting tedious), and I love rock climbing, mostly at the climbing gym downtown, but also outside every once in a great while. I like to travel when I can, whether across the continent or the globe. I've recently started riding a motorcycle, which is like meditation for me. No matter how I'm feeling, I always find myself grinning ear-to-ear as soon as I open the throttle. For the record, I wear a helmet, and my bike is a laid back cruiser, not a "crotch rocket." There's nothing meditative about weaving between cars while trying to break the sound barrier.

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I'm a go-with-the-flow kind of guy. I'm doing what I can to make sure I have time and opportunity to do things I enjoy, and am looking for someone to pal around with.

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Fixing stuff, especially computers and stuff that I broke in the first place.
Quoting movies. Even ones I haven't seen.
Remembering minor details and completely forgetting big pictures.
Making my nephew laugh (he's not yet 2, so it's still pretty easy).
Making the rest of my family and friends laugh (tougher crowd).
Being there for my friends.

Well at the end of last year, I participated in this fundraiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, for which I grew a very goofy looking mustache.

For a while, that was definitely the first thing people would notice about me... and now that I've shaved (and got rid of my long hair), it seems the first thing people notice is how much better I look with short hair and no mustache.

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Books: Recent reads I really enjoyed include Bad Monkeys, How to be Good, How to Talk to a Widower, A Dirty Job, and Good Omens.

Not long ago I was on a sudden fiction kick (really short stories & essays). I also like Chuck Palahniuk (and other mess-with-your-mind authors), David Sedaris, Tom Clancy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Post Secret, and whatever else I might stumble across. After the recent reads, I'm going to have to pay more attention to Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and Christopher Moore. I laughed at loud while reading theirs so far.

Movies: I like a lot of them. Bond & Bourne are great for action, Kevin Smith is always good for a laugh, and 80's "classics" like Breakfast Club, Monty Python, Caddyshack are always a welcome reminder of a simpler time.

Music: Diverse, basically everything that isn't country or rap. To name a few, Nine Inch Nails, The Urge, Madahoochi, Snow Patrol, Air...

Food: Like I said before, I like to mess around in a kitchen, and I enjoy just about anything. Indian, Thai, "Chinese," American, Italian, steak, and sometimes it's just Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

This. That. Maybe the other thing every once in a while. Alright, fine. 6 things I really really really would hate to go without...

Good friends, the ones you can count on in a bind
Good laughs, usually with the good friends
Good foods, because there's more to life than McDonalds & spaghetti
Good drinks, usually pairs well with the good food
Good times (just falls into place when you've got the first 4)
Transportation, because I can't stand the idea of never leaving town. Thus the 12 in 12 (see the "thinking about")

Getting things done. When I might get to visit with old friends again (the ones in other states). In fact, I recently decided to take 12 trips in 12 months, so I've been spending a lot of time on that plan. Kicking it off with a roadtrip back to St Louis from Phoenix around the holidays. I'm also visiting folks in Texas, New York, Oregon, maybe taking a cruise, and hopefully a few climbing trips. I'm open to suggestions.

Hanging out somewhere, doing something, and totally ignoring the fact that it's "back to the grind" again in just a few days.

Once a month, I volunteer somewhere that involves protesters yelling at me and calling me names. I volunteer so they'll waste their breath yelling at me and not someone else who doesn't need it.

...you want to. If you think I sound fun (or funny). If you want to ask me about anything. If you want to try rock climbing, or if you've tried climbing and need a belayer. If you look at my pictures and think to yourself "Damn, I gotta message this guy." These are all good reasons.