Hi, well, I work in a real job, have a real life, and am not an international spy or drug dealer. I sorta wish I was the Spy, but never wanted to deal drugs! I am nerdy, though I was a soldier, and a good one too! I have bad knees... I own firearms, go target shooting on occassion, have a permit to carry concealed weapons, am not a murderer or a psychopath. If my owning firearms scares you, then we shan't be a good match.

I like the outdoors, camping, kayaking (though I do not currently own one). In my youth I climbed every mountain in New Hampshire, some in Colorado and Vermont. I have rock climbed quite a lot... Not rock gyms or fake climbing walls, real rock. Since messing up my knees I have not been able to do everything I did in my youth. I spent 20 years of my life studying various Martial Arts. Have not in the last 15 years.

When I was in the Army I was a Light Infantry Soldier, in the 10th Mountain Division. No, I have never been deployed in combat, nor killed anyone.

I am an atheist.


That does not mean I will evangelize atheism, try to force you to become an atheist, walk around with a little atheist book, and quote scripture from it at you or any of the thousands of things that have been done to me since I decided I was an atheist.

I am not going to insult another's beliefs or belittle them for being different than mine.

I am single, meaning I have two cats. No girlfriends, no wives, no significant others hanging around to clutter up the scenery.

I am someone who believes in Compromise. This means I believe BOTH parties in a relationship should be willing to compromise. And I do not believe that if you cave in that means you compromised, compromise means discussion and rational decision making, not caving in to the other person all the time! Have you heard the phrase, "Agree to disagree?" that means that after discussing something we both are mature enough to drop it, realizing that neither one of us is going to sway the other... That does not mean we end the relationship, just that as mature adults we both understand that we can have different feelings about the same thing and accept that difference. No, it does not mean that once we 'agree to disagree' that means that I shut up and you keep arguing your side! (nor vice versa, by the way!).

Communication. I am big on communication. I am a MAN, that means I communicate with words. I do not communicate with things other than words very well... so if you are trying to leave hints about something, do not be surprised to discover that I have no clue about it. TALK to me. Then I will get the message.

Saying, "I don't like _______." is not the same as saying, "Please do not do ________.", I hope you understand the difference.

I have been doing my own laundry/dishes/cleaning for quite some time now, do not come into my place and insult me by saying I am doing it wrong. It may be different than the way you do it, but so far I have found it worked fine for me... Also, if I report that my Mom taught me to do _______, do not insult me by saying that No woman would do ________... Guess what? My mom taught me to do my own laundry a LONG time ago... I have only ever ruined about 2 pieces of my clothing, in like 42 years.



Sex.

Yep, this is the first email and I said it.

I like it. If I have feelings for you, and you claim to for me, but do not ever want it, then I will figure that either a) your feelings for me are 'just friends' and I will look elsewhere, or b) you are not telling the whole truth (maybe you are afraid to hurt my feelings?) and I will want to discuss it. I am an adult. Sex is an activity that adults sometimes share. I have NO fear of discussing it in detail. If you have some feeling that it should not ever be discussed, it should remain implicit between men and women (women discuss it amongst themselves I have found) then we shan't have much fun together. I am NOT a prude. I am open-minded and accept that different people like different things. So, sit down, buckle your seat belt and hold on! No standing in front of the yellow line...

Oh yeah, I love to kiss, among other things (!!!) as I am a very oral lover, so once the relationship reaches a certain point and if things are going well....

I believe in sex between consenting adults. Notice I did not say man and woman. I said consenting adults. I do not persecute homosexuals. I do not fear homosexuals. I would love it if the law of the land allowed homosexual marriage.

On the other hand... I do not want anyone passing a law saying this or that church must violate it's belief system to perform marriages of any sort.

I am pro-choice. I am NOT a Democrat. I am NOT a Republican. I did not vote for President Bush. I did not vote for President Obama. I AM NOT A LIBERTARIAN! I am for the second amendment. I do not believe in 'reinterpreting' the Constitution and Bill of Rights, you want 'em changed, there is a method for changing them, it is called making an Amendment!

I believe in equality... keep in mind I do not believe in giving one group MORE rights than another to 'make up for' perceived wrongdoings of the past. That would be punishing people NOW for things heir forebears may have done in the past. That is wrong.

Geesh, have I rambled on long enough for ya? Talk to me people... You will find I have a sarcastic wit, can be grumpy from time to time, mostly when the pain from the degenerative joint thingy is bothering me, and that I love the outdoors.

Meet someplace, quiet dinner, talk, get to know one another and see if there was any chemistry between us.