I'm just shy of 51 but most people say I look under 40. I live in the south, but don't have a southern accent (even after 20 years!)

I was married in my late 20s, but we divorced after a few years. Fortunately (unfortunately?) we didn't have any children. All my friends say that I need to find another "good woman", settle down and raise a family. That doesn't mean that I've had a wild social life, but they're right. I've been looking for a long time and I know that she's out there. She just needs to find me. :)

Tall...intelligent...and of course can recite most of The Pet Shop from Episode 10.

What am I doing with my life? I'm not really sure that I can answer that in just a few sentences. I'm working on a lot of different things. I'm building up a small (but lucrative) stable of clients. I'm also starting to travel a bit more, although it is almost all business related.

I'm finding that the busier I get the more I feel that something is missing. The missing part is clearly a family. Success isn't as much fun when you don't have anyone to succeed for.

Dancing. I love to dance and I'm very good at it. Ballroom dancing is one of my favorite pastimes. I was in Atlanta for the last month of the elections, and I bought a new pair of dance shoes on the way back to Charleston. Time to get back on the floor after a few years of being too busy...

Programming. Yes, I admit it: I'm a real "old fashioned" programmer. There aren't very many of us left these days. Most of the new breed simply change things that others have written. And yes, I did start my career writing device drivers in assembler back in the early 70s. That statement is probably meaningless to most people. If you don't understand what a programmer is, just imagine an artist that works with symbols and commands instead of clay or paint.

Tall, good looking, ummm...geez how should I know? People don't walk up to me and say "This is the first time I've met you and the first thing I noticed about you was..."

Food? Chinese...Italian...German...French...pretty much anything except for some of the really spicy (but bland tasting) Indian and Mexican food. Who wants burned re-cooked beans? I can do that myself by forgetting to watch the stove!

Music? Anything you can dance to. Big band and rock -- back when they were actually singing and the songs had lyrics that meant something.

Books? I don't read much these days, but I've read a lot over the years. Everything from Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke and Tolkien to Agatha Christie, Alexander Dumar, Victor Appleton and Ayn Rand. And of course just about every OZ book ever written.

Movies? I've got a rather eclectic taste for movies, from Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard to the Adams Family (the first one, the sequel stunk). Dozens of others, too numerous to mention. A movie has to have a plot for me to like it. The plot doesn't have to be fantastic if the acting is. Arsenic and Old Lace is a perfect example: a plot that could be told in a ten page short story but some of the best comedic work ever done.

Of course if I'd listed everything here then there would be no need to ask about common interests, eh? :)

Friends. Motivation. A shower in the morning to make me wake up. Coffee usually follows.

Politics, world events, logic problems.

Ugh. I think I need a life! ballroom dancing

No, I don't really think about logic problems. I just hate writing these things! :)

Either working at home or out dancing. (Or at a political event if I'm supposed to be at one)

I've hit 50 and after too many years of living by myself I'm getting lonely. I'm not desperate, but I'm lonely. I've dated women who are gorgeous and women who are smart. Obviously the dream woman would be one who is both (and who also can dance, but that's asking too much), but I'll take "ok" and smart over "gorgeous" but not-so-smart any day.

You can handle a conversation with someone who is politically active (I'm actually an officer in the Libertarian Party); is outspoken about lots of things (but willing to listen to differing opinions if there is a reason for the opinion); can deal with someone who WILL work endlessly for hours and WILL forget that he promised to be somewhere unless you REMIND him that its time to go.

Do you love to ballroom dance or have you been amazed by it all your life but have just been afraid to get out on the floor? Country dancers, polka dancers and contra dancers need not apply unless you're ready to see the light and convert!

Of course if none of the above apply and you just like my profile then drop me a line. I'm almost always here, even if I'm not. (Yes, I work at home)