I’m a thoughtful, easy-going, down-to-earth dork who can get the dancing going at any party, no alcohol necessary. I believe pretty strongly in do unto others, and try to do the generous/kind thing whenever I can. I love to laugh and hate pretentiousness. I come from a family of teasers and consider giving someone shit a display of affection (I’m only really polite to people I don’t like or don't know, but people seem to like me anyway.) I love to argue (particularly about politics and books) but hate to fight. I'd rather spend money on good food, good wine, and travel than on anything else. I doubt this really sums me up, but it's the best I can do right now.

I run an online games start-up, so I work more than I'd really like but less than say, a corporate lawyer. I get to create something new and fun, play games and call it work, worry about payroll, the state of the economy, and what kind of incentives we're creating, and try to decide if there is too much cleavage or not enough.

Listening, puzzles, languages, telling funny stories, ice skating, making pies, catching things before they drop.

I'm short -- really short. 5'0" if you round up a bit. I look very sweet and innocent, much more than I really am. Someone once said that I look like a Campbell's Soup Kid with boobs. I think it was a compliment.

This is so hard -- it's a little like picking movies or what cd to play in the car for other people...the pressure, the pressure to pick something that everybody likes and is still what you want to hear.

For movies it's easy: The Third Man, great story, music, cinematography, not to mention Orson Welles. The most recent movies that I've seen and like a lot are In Bruges and The Visitor.

TV even easier: The Wire, The Wire, The Wire.

Music is a bit harder: The bands I've probably listened to the most in the last year are The Shins, The Decemberists, and Vampire Weekend, but alt-country has been the main staple of my ipod for years. My parents listened almost exclusively to latin and country growing up, and I retain a deep love for Celia Cruz, La Sonora Matancera, Juan Luis Guerra, and Willie Nelson.

Books: I've been reading books less and blogs more these days but that still is a fair amount of books. I read a lot of non-fiction as that is better suited to picking up for short periods on the bus and putting me to sleep at night -- currently reading The Boilerplate Rhino, before that it was Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Kitchen Confidential, and March.

Food: Good bread and butter, lamb chops with rosemary and garlic, cheese grits, enchiladas, and the morning buns from Tartine.

I don't think there's much of anything that you really can't do without. I wouldn't want to do without my friends and family as a group, though it's the nature of a place like San Francisco that someone is always moving away...compensated for by the fact that someone else is always moving back.

- How to predict character traits from language patterns
- The underlying motivations of griefers and trolls
- The history of Transylvania
- The exact timing of bending your knee to get maximum height in a jump
- Getting a VW camper bus and driving to Patagonia
- What the other people on the bus are thinking about

out somewhere with some people, unless I had enough of people during the week, in which case I stay in with Little Star and watch movies.

I lived in four foreign countries and two U.S. states by the time I was 18, and had to live in San Francisco for quite a few years before it stopped feeling temporary. It's definitely home now, though.

You're a nerd with social skills, curiosity about the world, kindness, and a sense of humor. Or some lesser combination. Or you like grits. I prefer guys under 5'10" for logistical reasons but don't discriminate against guys so unfortunate as to be tall.