Welcome to my profile.

I'm a guy, so I look at the pictures, but I also read every profile carefully. I wish some people would write more. There are a lot of great women here. It took me a while to write my profile because I wanted to do it carefully and clearly. I see a lot of frustration in the profiles of some women, and I'm sure it's justified. There are not enough men interested in serious relationships with women their age to go around, which gives them (and me) unearned power. Some of us men use this imbalance to play games. The rest of us have character.

I have a loving personality. This means I am affectionate, accepting, attentive, patient, empathetic, & loyal, plus I share sensuality. I am flexible and do well in novel situations and with people who are very different from myself.

I am intelligent (a little nerdy) and easily bored by routine, but I can entertain myself. This makes me interesting, but also lost in the clouds sometimes. I am adventurous when I get the chance to explore. I need my environment to change moderately often, and for my experiences to be novel once in a while, but I am constant in my personal relationships. I have five happy dogs and love dogs of all kinds.

Despite my kinda lumberjack appearance, I have been a feminist all my life, which merely means that I believe women should be empowered to the same level as men. This doesn't mean I think women are the same as men, or want exactly the same things.;)

I consider myself to be a humanist -- spiritual without religion. You don't have to be the same, but you have to be at peace with that, because it won't change.

I cared for my grandparents at the end of their lives, and I have been caring for my parents for 5 years. Recently, my parents have become a full-time responsibility. I also have worked with disabled adults through a previous job. My mom and dad will likely transition to institutional care in less than a year, which will allow me to go back to full time web development.

"The secret of [success] is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

~~ George Burns

I am a master of the sincere soft sell, and more interested in you than me. It's my natural personality. I couldn't do a hard sell to save my life. So I might converse for a while before asking for a date. That's because I am serious about this, not because I am shy.

My interests: Outdoors, Dogs, Dining Out, Landscaping, Gardening, Cooking, Conversation, Travel, Chocolate, Photography, Wilderness, Science, History, Environment, Justice, Nature, Geography, Movies, Politics, Technology, Psychology, Medicine, Astrophysics, Behavior, Foosball, Trees, Reading, Public Radio, Activism, Hiking, Costa Rica, Africa.

Thanks for stopping by.