I like intelligent, creative, and humorous interactions. I enjoy the outdoors, travel, flying the airplane myself, I've worked around all kinds of horses (mostly breeding stock in the equine field of craziness ~ QH, TB, Arabians, Standardbreds, and all kinds of uses for horses), people, and businesses. I especially enjoy quiet one on one time. I know who I am; a casual, direct and goal oriented, no mental games playing individual. I'm a keeper of confidences, direct, a problem solver, and try to focus on what's important. I'll admit that I'm not whimsical or especially silly, but I like to see the humor in things, even it is occasionally a little warped. I really appreciate humorous stories and silly photos, and admit to being a Far Side, Dilbert, and Calvin & Hobbes fan. Drop me a note or IM me and we can discuss the leading issues of the day, or whatever ...

Working, on the road presenting at meetings, reading and working on my notebook for hours a day. When I can, I'm flying (Comm-I ASMEL) to my meetings and trying to see a few out of the way, and off the beaten track, sites while I'm out and about. That's one of the advantages of using a smaller plane instead of being herded along by TSA at the airports. I still do consulting work with horse and livestock owners on breeding farm management, family business owners and other control freaks, so I need a steady source of aspirin for that crowd. I like to read and will watch TV (History channel, Discovery, and the USA and TNT networks for mindless entertainment) and the news.

I'm better at one on ones than large groups, although I work with large groups all the time, I find them sort of draining to be "up and animated" for a bunch of strangers. I have sort of a mentoring personality, and have taught and managed people for years. As I've grown up, I've learned that having relationships is not so much about me, as it is about interacting and having a connection with someone else, and I think it's important to first be basically a decent person.

I've had the chance to travel through most of the USA and Canada, some in Europe and had a few adventures along the way. I like learning new things and admit to being sort of a news junkie, but realize that much of what I read is mostly not going to affect me in my day to day life.

Thinking about solutions, creating a plan and acting on it.

I'm direct, curious, comfortable, pragmatic, and usually the go-to person when someone wants to get something done.

Favorite authors -- Historical fiction, WEB Griffin, James Michener, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Louis L'Amour, Dale Brown, Dick Francis, Ken Follett, Clive Cussler, Harold Coyle, Jack Higgins, Michael Crichton, Carl Hiassen, Len Deighton, Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, Isaac Asimov.
Movies -- Comedies lead the list. Pure escapism, e.g., Rustler's Rhapsody, Johnny Dangerously, Princess Bride, Weekend at Bernie's, most of the Mel Brooks' movies. I like sci-fi/fantasy (Star Wars, Star Trek, Terminator, Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, Lord of the Rings), drama (Lawrence of Arabia, Shawshank Redmption, The Godfather, The Sting), action (Indiana Jones series, Jason Bourne series, Man from Snowy River, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, Top Gun, McClintock, Patton, Longest Day), suspense, and mysteries too.
Music -- I like Celtic (Enya, Clannad, Irish Rovers, Chieftains, Moya/Maire Brennan), Instrumentals (Patrick Ball, Mannheim Steamrollers), light classical, 60's 70's oldies.
Food -- Comfort food, strawberry shortcake. I prefer a steak over fish, and a burger over tofu, basically, I'm carnivorous.

Access to the Internet and technology.
Freedom to come and go.
Ability to set my own schedule and priorities.
The freedom to hop in the plane and just go.

Out for a walk, fixing dinner, finishing the final edits on a newsletter, reading the news wire and getting some boxes ready to ship to APO FPO overseas to Iraq or Afghanistan. I know this isn't sexy or especially helpful, but it's usually what's really going on a Friday.

If you're pitching a private pay per view cam show or are a stalking cyber pretender, just skip me; I don't want to waste time for either of us.

I don't mind meeting for lunch or dinner (I do it all the time, it's not really that stressful and everyone needs to eat occasionally), and if I'm not your cup of tea, good luck in your search. It's a hassle to respond politely and find out it's a big game or a scam. Also, I'm known as a pain in the butt, but I prefer to think of it as my problem solving and determined persona. I am paid to tell people what they need to know, not what they want to hear, and that gets me into trouble all the time.

You're a smart, confident woman with a sense of humor who doesn't take herself too seriously. No drama queens or self-absorbed airheads, thanks. Life is too short to be dealing with someone's craziness or erratic behavior. I'm not looking for a life partner or to start a family right now, or for someone to reform me into an ideal soul mate.

I've found you really can't change people, so you'll have to put up with what's already there. Someone who likes to have her toes curl when she's being touched is always fun. ;-), but emails or correspondence is just fine, really. If you're going to email me, I will respond (usually the same day) and I'll try to follow up. I expect people who'd like to communicate to at least have the courtesy to reply or let me know there's no connection.

If you decide you want lunch, put your hair in a ponytail, put on your jeans and don't make a big stressful production out of it. I don't judge women by their haute couture clothing, name brands don't impress me, and spending all that emotional energy on making everything perfect with accessories and fashionista makeup is probably wasted on me. Sorry, I'm a sort of what you see is what you get personality.