Well, I like playing music, and I have a math/science/nerdy side. I'm in a few music groups, playing keyboards a a couple of blues bars and a cafe. I like going to the beach, wine tasting, great movies, especially quirky independent film festivals, skiing is lots of fun, Sundance is good 'cause you can do both. My musical interests are pretty varied, but if I'm going to a big venue I like classical shows since they're acoustic, and if I listen to jazz or pop or blues then I like small clubs a lot more. Generally I play in small clubs, but that probably has more to do with my playing than my preference.

The wildest side of my personality is probably the part that emerges in a passionate relationship, once I get really comfortable with a partner. I'm very open minded for a straight male. Otherwise, I'm kind of soft spoken, cool and rational under pressure, and I like to cook a lot too.

Well, this music thing has started taking up a lot of my time I have a small software business also, and I do some investing. I like to travel. In the past I've owned my own software company,

Well, you know, if I have a partner who really turns me on, then we're both ususally pretty happy afterwards. I am also on a quest to cook the perfect steak. Oh yeah, I'm pretty good at nerdy stuff like math, science and computers. Some people like the way I play the blues. I do a good Tom Waits impression. I'm pretty good on recorder too; I'd be fun to play duets with.

Hopeully, there is more to me than meets the eye. I guess that means that I tend to be pretty understated.

Beethoven's 7th, 2d movement. Una Furtiva Lacrima. Woody Allen. Ray Charles. James Brown. Bill Evans (piano). Miles Davis. Kind of Blue. Tom Waits. Willie Nelson.

Clint Eastwood. Road Warrior. Diva. Vinyl.

Phillip Dick. William Gaddis. Gravity's Rainbow. Tolstoy, once every 10 years or so. I must confess that I read math and physics books sometimes.

Steak, rib-eye, medium rare, pan seared in butter and garlic, or roasted over a wood fire. Roasted winter vegetables, with fresh rosemary and corn and fingerling potatoes. I'm still looking for the perfect salad, though a Caesar with Romaine hearts and real anchovies comes close.

You're interested in checking out the beach or some interesting music or maybe heading up to the wine country some afternoon. If you're a software engineer or math major or like science, that's a plus, but really a sense of humor and a positively textured outlook are the most important.