I am in a committed relationship with a wonderful woman that I met right here on PoF! Thank's PoF! :-)

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Okay, I've tried the creative, humorous, profile... that seems to have been lost on many people. I've been asked by many to leave that part intact so if you are interested in seeing the old profile I used before, look at the bottom this text.

Here’s the plain and simple. I’m a 6’1” tall 42 year old college educated gentleman. I have two absolutely amazing children who I have shared custody of and are first and foremost in my life. I was raised with traditional values and morals and believe that chivalry is not dead. I’m a professional, I work in the computer software industry and my career has been centered on the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area for over 20 years. I have too many hobbies but that’s what makes life fun! Among my many hobbies are SCUBA diving (I am an advanced open waters certified diver), golf, bowling, guitar, and fast paced variants of paintball (X-Ball, Hyperball, and Speedball). I try to stay in shape and fight off the desk spread that people in my profession tend to develop. I like to read science fiction and fantasy novels. My taste in music is just about as broad as my taste in food. Musically I will listen to just about anything although country is near the bottom of the list and most rap is not on the list at all (had to add "most" because it dawned on me there is a rap segment in the Rush song "Roll The Bones"). I enjoy cooking and am a big fan of Alton Brown. I love to laugh and feel that laughter and a good sense of humor are very important. I also believe that communication in ANY relationship is key. Of course there is a lot more to me but that is something I’ll leave for you to discover. If you are interested in learning more, please do not hesitate to drop me a line!

"This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." -- Shakespeare - Hamlet

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. - James Dean

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller

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Please, READ the entire profile... this is, in a way, a test, and you would probably be shocked at the number of people that fail it miserably, please engage your sense of humor now...

I decided that what I'd do is check some of the other guys profiles out and use what they've got in their profiles as a guideline for writing my profile, so this is what I came up with given that input:

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after work, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie.
Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400.
My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.
I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy.
I once read Paradise Lost, War and Peace, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations with the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.
I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin.
I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

But I am still looking for my perfect match.

If you have made it this far and are laughing or at least chuckling to yourself, you must have a good sense of humor, I'm hoping something in that little outburst of insanity made you at least smile... If you read it and are saying something along the lines of "This guy is so full of himself, I really can't believe he's done all of those things.", here's your sign.

Now seriously... I'm a successful 42 year old (is 42 REALLY old?) man and father of two absolutely incredible children who are the lights of my life and my absolute priority, who believes that there is a time and place to take life seriously but even more importantly, there is also a need to relax and just enjoy being alive.

My pictures are horrid; I don't think I photograph well. No, I'm not off the cover of GQ, I keep myself in good health and work out regularly on my Bowflex... I'm not going to be the cut and buff guy they show in their ads, but I do okay for my age. What I can promise is an intelligent man that still believes in chivalry and courtesy and enjoys any kind of adventure he can find. I enjoy just about any music out there although country is at the bottom of the list right above most Rap, haven't missed a Rush concert in the Cincinnati area in the past 20 years. I own 4 electric guitars and am currently trying to decide on what baritone acoustic guitar I'd like to pick up (an Andrew White is a bit out of reach at the moment). Take a min

Lets talk and decide on what to do for the first date together... the main thing to me for a first date is to have time together to spend talking and getting to know each other in a comfortable place.