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ifUCSomething
33 / M / straight / Single
New York, New York
The Skinny
- Last Online
- Join Date
- Ethnicity
- White
- Height
- 5' 8" (1.74m).
- Body Type
- Fit
- Looking For
- Long-term dating, Short-term dating
- Smokes
- No
- Drinks
- Sometimes
- Drugs
- Never
- Religion
- Atheism but not too serious about it
- Sign
- Pisces and it’s fun to think about
- Education
- Graduated from Ph.D program
- Job
- Education / Academia
- Income
- $60,000–$70,000
- Kids
- Likes children
- Pets
- Likes dogs
- Languages
- English (Fluently), Hebrew (Fluently), Spanish (Poorly)
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Your Notes
Edit your notesI am more impressed, by a thous-, and words..
My Self-Summary
I'm intellectual and curious, and love puzzles and wordplay.
Anything from a bad pun to a good simile.
I've been told I'm generous and funny, "and willingly I believe". I will elaborate on their behalf, and say that I'm kind & considerate, quirky, sarcastic, witty and just plain nice.
I'm into:
* cleverness, especially with language, word games & wordplay
* dry humor
* silly banter
* scrabble, boggle, jigsaws, all kinds of puzzles
and, most of all - reading (avidly, voraciously, constantly).
I'm ethnically/culturally Jewish and religiously an atheist (non-practicing). So, I'm not sure which to put on the 'skinny'.
I just got to NY last November. Before that, I spent three years in Scotland, getting my PhD.
I've been told I'm generous and funny, "and willingly I believe". I will elaborate on their behalf, and say that I'm kind & considerate, quirky, sarcastic, witty and just plain nice.
I'm into:
* cleverness, especially with language, word games & wordplay
* dry humor
* silly banter
* scrabble, boggle, jigsaws, all kinds of puzzles
and, most of all - reading (avidly, voraciously, constantly).
I'm ethnically/culturally Jewish and religiously an atheist (non-practicing). So, I'm not sure which to put on the 'skinny'.
I just got to NY last November. Before that, I spent three years in Scotland, getting my PhD.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm doing a post-doc in Computational Linguistics at Columbia. I'm
trying to teach computers to understand language.
I’m really good at
Unsupervised Word Sense Disambiguation (my PhD topic). Baking.
Recognizing people (but bad at remembering names, which makes for
awkward meetings).
I enjoy trying random things, although I don't usually reach the 'really good' level. For instance: juggling, drawing, learning Spanish, playing the flute, archery and silver-smithing / jewelry-making (I'm actually pretty good at that last one).
I enjoy trying random things, although I don't usually reach the 'really good' level. For instance: juggling, drawing, learning Spanish, playing the flute, archery and silver-smithing / jewelry-making (I'm actually pretty good at that last one).
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Authors: Terry
Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Robin Hobb, George Martin, Michael Chabon,
Guy Gavriel
Kay, Lois McMaster Bujold,
Neil Gaiman,
Neal
Stephenson, Steven Erikson, and many
more.
Bands/composers: Fountains of Wayne (cleverest lyrics I know of), Barenaked Ladies, Fastball, The Wallflowers, Jonathan Coulton, Semisonic, Camera Obscura, and The Arrogant Worms. but I've been expanding the list with the help of last.fm. I also like classical - Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Movies/TV: The Usual Suspects, Fifth Element, LOTR, Back to the Future, Shrek, The Wire, West Wing, Firefly, Veronica Mars, 30 Rock
Comic strips: The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbs, XKCD
Food: dark chocolate, ice cream, cashews, hearty brunches, dark ales, good scotch, Thai, a nice steak.
Update: just discovered Michael Chabon is a fan of Fountains of Wayne! Made my day.
Bands/composers: Fountains of Wayne (cleverest lyrics I know of), Barenaked Ladies, Fastball, The Wallflowers, Jonathan Coulton, Semisonic, Camera Obscura, and The Arrogant Worms. but I've been expanding the list with the help of last.fm. I also like classical - Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
Movies/TV: The Usual Suspects, Fifth Element, LOTR, Back to the Future, Shrek, The Wire, West Wing, Firefly, Veronica Mars, 30 Rock
Comic strips: The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbs, XKCD
Food: dark chocolate, ice cream, cashews, hearty brunches, dark ales, good scotch, Thai, a nice steak.
Update: just discovered Michael Chabon is a fan of Fountains of Wayne! Made my day.
The six things I could never do without
books,
music,
intellectual stimulation,
an appreciation of irony,
internet access (I'm reaching, here),
umm, that's all, folks.
music,
intellectual stimulation,
an appreciation of irony,
internet access (I'm reaching, here),
umm, that's all, folks.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Grownup stuff - the next step in my career, relationships, the
reasons online dating doesn't live up to its amazing
potential.
Less grownup stuff -
How awesome my life would be if it came with a team of script writers (or just Aaron Sorkin), so I'd always be ready with a snappy comeback. While we're playing the wishing game, a soundtrack would probably be cool, too.
Random word stuff. For example:
* How to use words such as 'dastardly', 'ilk' or 'stint' in day to day conversation.
* Picturing a flight of stairs as a flight of swans. Escher would have had fun with that.
Less grownup stuff -
How awesome my life would be if it came with a team of script writers (or just Aaron Sorkin), so I'd always be ready with a snappy comeback. While we're playing the wishing game, a soundtrack would probably be cool, too.
Random word stuff. For example:
* How to use words such as 'dastardly', 'ilk' or 'stint' in day to day conversation.
* Picturing a flight of stairs as a flight of swans. Escher would have had fun with that.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I was a nerd before it was cool and trendy, and I continue to
successfully avoid any taint of (conventional) coolness.
I couldn't stop myself, and ate a significant number of snickerdoodles I just took out of the oven. Five, to be exact.
I couldn't stop myself, and ate a significant number of snickerdoodles I just took out of the oven. Five, to be exact.
You should message me if
You are kind, intelligent, and laid back.
You're pondering what I'm pondering.
As a child, you had to be repeatedly told that it's not polite to read at the table. Bonus points if it's still applicable.
You're pondering what I'm pondering.
As a child, you had to be repeatedly told that it's not polite to read at the table. Bonus points if it's still applicable.
