Always tough to write one of these things but I will give it a go...

I have been making a lot of changes in my life recently and decided to give this online thing a decent shot.

I am an intelligent and articulate person who is always looking for new challenges and experiences in life I work hard, but over that last year of so have found a much better work life balance.

I am interested in meeting people who enjoy seeking out new challenges and experiences.

I am a software engineering manager with a software/systems company here in Massachusetts. It keeps me busy and I really enjoy it.

My previous positions used to require me to travel extensively for work and that really gave me the travel bug. I don't travel nearly as much for work any more, but I travel a lot more for leisure these days.

Recently I have been doing a great deal of home and personal improvement projects. I have been really busy, but the home projects are starting to finally get wrapped up, the personal project are more of an ongoing endeavor.

Software development, I turned one of my best skills into my career and it has given me the opportunity to do many other things.

Trivia and strategy games.

Photography, all the traveling I did turned me on to it and I really really enjoy it.

Maintainining a web site of my collected travel and sports photos.

I am not very good at golf but I enjoy it.

It's not immediate, but the people really notice about me quickly is that a I have an amazing memory. At times it feels like my mind is a vast storehouse of useless information (there's a great deal of useful stuff in there as well)

This makes me incredibly useful for trivia and knowledge games ....

Books

My tastes in books generally run towards non fiction, although I will read the occasional spy novel. I am a history buff among my other interest so my general tastes are towards history and biography. I really haven't read anything of significance in the last few months.

Movies

General tastes are Sci-Fi, action and comedy. My favorites in each of those genres are "The Empire Strikes Back", "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" and "Blazing Saddles".

I enjoy a good night out at the movies, I prefer to see a good movie on a big screen with a crowd. I also enjoy finding old movies I have never seen before or haven't seen in ages and watching them as well.

I was on a Hammer horror kick earlier this year (mainly just to catch up on things I had heard of but never seen), haven't been watching a whole lot of old movies that last few months since its nice out and baseball season.

Music

Music wise I am generally a rock fan, liking most forms. My strongest tastes are for 60/70s classic rock and 90s alternative, but there are quite a few current rock acts I think are pretty good as well. Some examples of bands I really like are U2, The Beatles, REM, The White Stripes, Pink Floyd. I have been on bit of exploration of less well known acts from the late 60s and early 70s the last few weeks (a journey started by Pandora for me)

I also like Blues, Classical and a big of Jazz. I can tolerate country but I am not a huge fan. I don't like current pop and I don't really like hip hop (although there is the odd old school rap song I can enjoy).

I really enjoy going to live shows and try to get to at least a half dozen concerts per year.

Food

I am a true meatatarian :) I love a good steak, a juicy burger or some really good BBQ, but my tastes are also pretty varied and I like to explore new cuisines. I am big fan of spicy food and love a good spicy Indian or Mexican dish. I am not a fish person and can't do sushi (but can usually find something that works if I good to a seafood place with friends).

Family
Friends
Caffeine, preferrably in the form of a good coffee
Music
Computer (and the internet)
Boston sports teams

Just about anything, I am always thinking about something and I always need to keep my mind occupied in some way. It may be thinking about a problem from work, a home or hobby project or an upcoming trip or vacation. I am a big time mental multitasker and really like to have more than one thing going on in my head at once, but I can focus on just one thing when I want to and need to.

This time of year out with friends, taking in the Red Sox game or both. Preferably something that is at least partially outdoors when the weather is halfway decent.

Not really ready to go to deep here yet, I think its really something more personal later. However I do have an embarrasing like of 70's pop (think K-Tel records ....) usually my music tastes run better than that but songs of the 70's AM bring back childhood.

You are person interested in doing stuff and different kinds of stuff. I am not looking for a person who wants to sit around the house. If you like to travel, go to concerts, attend live events of any sort, then get in touch with me.