If you want to stay inside and watch re-runs, I'm not your guy. If you want to try new things, learn to do cool stuff, and feel the pulse of life, I'm the guy for you. I learn new things all the time, I read about projects and then try them out, I cook and eat weird foods, and mostly celebrate being alive.

I'm looking for someone serious that wants to be in a relationship.

I'm intelligent, active, and highly motivated.

I'm panning for gold in the river of life. I have a great job, and I excel at it. I *gasp* have a car, pay my bills, and am in control of my life. However, life is meant for two, and I'm looking for an equal to share in my antics.

Finding chanterelles, capsizing canoes, making people laugh. I cook a mean vegetarian lasagna. I make an excellent barrel of pinot, and I won the "best friend ever" award. Twice.

Confidence... and that you can't see my face in my profile picture (I have a very public job). I'm happy to send you a picture if you ask for it.

Ugh, I have to pick a favorite?

Anything by Twain, this week's Economist, the Big Lebowski, John Prine, the Doors, raw oysters and cold champagne, morbier, that first cheeseburger after returning to the US.

Family
Pilsner
Cheese
A place to garden
Music
Good conversation

OK, so if I play hooky today and run to the coast, is it a clam day or a crab day? Is the scientific method really the only thing that separates true scientists from food scientists, political scientists, and engineers? How many hours is it going to take to weed my garden? How do I convince students to read the book? Why are chickens so stupid? Can bees love their beekeeper?

Out with friends raising our glasses real high, feeling the pulse of life, eating strange foods, tasting the nearest barrel of Pinot Noir, acting young, laughing too loud.

I'm really a softie at heart.

You've had your fill of frat boys, guys with no jobs, boring conversations, and people with no drive. I can't stand it either. Let's go have a beer and laugh real hard.