If I told you that I liked sunsets, walks on the beach, bottles of wine by a crackling fire and little fluffy kittens, would you remember me two seconds after you hit the next profile? I think not!

My life is a collection of contradictions. I live professionally as a conservative, but underneath, I’m “A Rebel Without a Cause”. I try not to be conventional when I don’t have to, so why should this be any different. Therefore, I offer you the dichotomy that is my life:

Professional Education: Mechanical Engineer
Professional personality: Car Mechanic

Work dress: suit, dress shirt, designer tie, expensive shoes
Play wear: shorts or jeans, comfortable shirt, no shoes

Chosen profession: Airline pilot for AA (furloughed after 9/11)
Profession that chose me: started my own business rather than take a gov’t job

Weekday car: BMW 740iL
Weekend car: ‘86 Ford F-150

Favorite car: ‘78 CJ-7…..RIP
Dream car: Honda VTX 1800 motorcycle

Politics: Conservative
Lifestyle: Liberal

Favorite meal: heart-stopping ¾ lb cheeseburger, medium rare with all the fixin’s
Normal diet: 2 oz of meat, lots of fruits and veggies; plenty of fiber

Favorite drink: Beer or an Old Fashion
My Usual: OJ with a splash of cranberry

Favorite pastime: anything with my daughters
Usual pastime: mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, fixing the front door, cleaning out the garage, etc, etc, etc.

Favorite vacation: a week (or two) at OBX with friends and family
Dream vacation: a month (or two) touring Italy…by bicycle

Favorite animal: my cat
Animal I most resemble: which end?

How I see myself: Sean Connery as James Bond
How others see me: Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau

What scares the pants off me: Bungee jumping
What I’m gonna have to do before I die: bungee jump

Favorite movie: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
My Life as a Movie: “A Fish Called Wanda”

You: My leading lady in our own private romantic comedy: bright, beautiful and funny, who forgives all my blunders because you see the diamond in the rough.
Me: Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau

If you’re smiling, send me an email, and if you’re not, well….. have two drinks and read it again. It’s sure to be funnier the second time around!

Good luck with your fishing!

Oh, I don't know...chasing pigeons in the park, pretending to have an argument in a foreign language neither of us knows, staring contests with goldfish at the pet store, watching the carousel go 'round and 'round. Something that stimulates my intellect! :)