Preface: If you own (or have access to) a motorcycle and enjoy going on rides, feel free to skip the rest of my profile and contact me. Even if nothing "interesting" develops, I'm always on the lookout for new people with whom to go riding. I own a sport bike (CBR 1000RR), but I'm not really hung up on the "cruiser vs. crotch rocket" animosity. I say "Down with motorcycle segregation!"; really I'd be OK being seen in public with someone who rides a cruiser. After all, my helmet hides my identity quite well. Ha.... And now on to the more serious stuff.


If you are put off by critical thinking and don't like your unsupported beliefs being criticized... well, too bad.

Desired mate phenotype: intellectual, humorous, and fit, not necessarily in that order. Some in-exhaustive lists:

Favorite Shows in order: The Simpsons, some of the Star Treks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Firefly, Family Guy...

Favorite Comedians in order: Woody Allen, Bill Maher, Eddie Izzard, Pablo Francisco..

Favorite Public Intellectuals in order: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Dan Dennett, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Richard Feynman...

Question: have you noticed that, in the movies, foreigners of any nationality can be adequately portrayed by anyone with a British accent?

Some Controversial Statements You Might Like To Discuss:
The Simpsons >> Family Guy
There is (are) no god(s).
Captain Picard >> all the rest
All of our economic, national security, foreign policy, and environmental problems stem from a flaccid energy policy that, itself, stems from both a complete ignorance of science on the part of policy makers and entrenched corporate interests.
"The Matrix" is the greatest movie in the history of the universe.
The next statement is false.
The previous statement is true.

Conventional wisdom is that you shouldn't talk about sex, religion and politics on the first date. I guarantee you that I will broach all three topics within 10 minutes of "Hello, how are you?". Yes, even if we are at the opera.

But we might not be. Dinner is a fine arena. Movies are fine dates, but probably not suitable for first dates. Hiking could be fun, but probably not suitable for first dates for the opposite reason as movies. I can't remember the sitcom that said so, but the case it made against lunch dates was pretty persuasive. I have no a priori objections to getting drinks on a first date, but I do object to loud rooms where talking is impossible. I suppose we could text each other if it was too loud, but then you risk carpal tunnel syndrome. Besides, there's only so much "LOL OMG!" I can take. In the end, dinner will probably be the best barometer of compatibility. If we can't stand to sit at the dinner table with each other, then exciting stuff like go-kart racing and shooting will only be like rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic.