I first of all thank you for reading this far. If you make it to the bottom (which I hope to make as short a trip as possible for you) I owe you one. If we hit it off you can name what "one" it is that I owe you.

I'll tell you what "they" say about me: I seem to be a great guy, attractive, in great shape, with a great sense of humor and a great, quick mind. I'm a spiritual, surviving, nurturing soul, I am an artist a homeowner, a father a friend and a student of the universe. I love to explore and expand and taste and create and see and feel and imagine and try and dream.

That's all a hell of a lot more fulfilling when you're holding the hand of someone special and smiling at each other through it all.

There. You made it. Not that bad a ride after all, was it...

The first date has little to do with "what" and everything to do with "whom".

I just prefer it be something that doesn't distract: no movies or clubs when we first say "hello" -- I'd like to be able to engage, to hear one another, and to make eye contact.

There's plenty of time for other stuff that revolves less around exploring each other and getting familiar. Two guys will know when it's right, and when we want to keep chasing down a dream together. It has to start somewhere.