I love people, creativity and the popular arts, nature, psychological/spiritual teachings, and exploring the Bay Area (love that GPS!). I can be silly and serious, playful and thoughtful.

I enjoy spending time with friends, family, co-workers, and the clients I work with. I value quality conversation, going to restaurants or coffee shops, going to movies (including the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto), new and used book/CD/DVD stores, museums, and live music. I work with people with developmental disabilities, more of a calling than a job. As a cartoonist and self-publisher, I write, draw, and color my own comic strips and comic book stories. I am also a comic book and comic art collector and historian of sorts.

I appreciate old (and sometimes new) TV shows and movies, listen to music of all kinds; e-mail, Facebook, and amazon.com. I enjoy nature and would like to do more hiking. I do not have any pets right now, but I do love animals. I have a deep love of psychology and spirituality: meditation, journaling, reading, DVDs and MP3s of spiritual teachings. I like satsangs and spiritual events, movement meditation, an occasional conference, a local Noetic Sciences group, and a nearby “Joy of Living” Buddhist group.

Keeping promises… cartooning/creative writing… sharing… giving and receiving affection… knowledge about old TV shows, comic strips, music, movies. etc… psychological/spiritual conversations…

I don’t really know… I never asked!

Favorite books, audio MP3s, & podcasts tend to be mostly spiritual/psychological: Ken Wilber, Alan Watts, Adyashanti, Caroline Myss, Cheri Huber, Tara Brach, Robert Holden, Harville Hendrix, Warren Farrell, David Deida; Buddhism, Jungian Psychology, Spirituality of many faiths.

I am also fond of biographies and autobiographies.

Favorite movies: old screwball comedies, film noir, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Disney, Studio Ghibli, thrillers, independent films, documentaries, action films, animation. I enjoy Leonard Maltin’s reviews/opinions!

Favorite music: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Monkees, Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Caravan, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Madness, Porcupine Tree, early Tori Amos, Ben Folds, Nellie McKay.
Jazz favorites: Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.
I tend to like 1960s-1980s rock, progressive rock, classical, and am open to new discoveries. I tend to be a 'lyric guy'--I like songs with meaningful lyrics.

Favorite TV shows include: Topper, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun Will Travel, The Twilight Zone, The Flintstones, Top Cat, The Fugitive, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, Bewitched, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Partridge Family, The (original) Hollywood Squares, Three’s Company, Seinfeld, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, CSI, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Monk, Lost, Desperate Housewives, The Office, Mad Men, Modern Family.

Favorite comic books/cartoonists: Archie Comics, old teenage humor comic books from the 1940s-1960s, E.C. (1950s Tales From The Crypt, Weird Science, etc.), Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), Robert Crumb, Wally Wood, William Steig, Peter Kuper, etc.

Favorite comic strips: Li’l Abner, Barnaby, Nancy, Peanuts, King Aroo, Dennis The Menace, The Heart of Juliet Jones, For Better or Worse, Calvin & Hobbes, Rose Is Rose, Zits, Mutts, Zeke & Goulash (my own strip!), etc.

Favorite Old Time Radio shows: Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, You Bet Your Life, Our Miss Brooks, Suspense, Dragnet, X-1, Gunsmoke, etc.

Favorite Food: Chinese food, Mexican food, salmon, tea, fresh fruit, salad, smoothies, ice cream.

Here are more than six:

sincerity
love
friendship
curiosity
affection
creativity
an integral perspective
spiritual teachings and practices
depth (going beneath the surface of things)
the popular arts
a car
a computer
an iPhone

How to quiet the mind! hahaha

Out with a friends, or watching DVDs, or working on my creative projects.

I may have some anxiety about ‘first meetings or dates’ but I suppose this might be quite natural. :)

...you think we share similar values
...you are lifelong learner
...you love to laugh, play, and enjoy meaningful conversations
...you are open, loving, affectionate, and loyal
...you are emotionally mature
...you are willing to co-create a conscious relationship

Thanks.