Well hello there. Pull up a chair and I'll tell you all about li'l ole me.

I'm a technology professional in the healthcare sector here in Raleigh. My official job title is "Director of Information Technology" but that's just a funny corporate way of saying I have to attend boring board meetings, and I'm the person who is responsible when "my computer ain't got no innernet fix it!" I'm very happy in my career and consider myself successful. However, I feel something in my life a bit...lacking. I'd like to find someone who enjoys guys who are goofy and who enjoy laughing at life. Someone who wouldn't be ashamed to be caught on a date with an admitted nerd. :)

I know the word "nerd" sometimes conjures up a mental image of a dorky loser who is boring and doesn't interact with people, but I'm quite the opposite. In fact, the only thing "nerdy" about me is the fact that I make my living in technology, and perhaps the fact that I wear glasses. Oh, and there's also my weekly Dungeons and Dragons game and monthly venture to the Sci-Fi convention, where I buy my supply of pocket protectors. (The previous sentence was a joke, in case it wasn't blatantly obvious.)

I enjoy all the normal stuff, fine dining/drinks/etc. I can be just as happy going out as I can be enjoying a nice evening at home relaxing in the hot tub, listening to some good Jazz records. Yes, I collect those old round things called records. I promise I'm not 80 years old. I honestly swear I really AM 28 and will not put in my dentures and regale you with tales of attending a wood-stove-heated one-room schoolhouse, and taking weekend trips into town to catch the latest Al Jolson talking picture.

I have also recently decided that I was tired of being a "bigger guy", so I've been dieting and exercising, and have lost 50 pounds in the last few months. Go me!

So, if you're out there looking for a funny guy who wants to go out, grab dinner or drinks and just have a good time, then chances are good that we'll click. If you're looking for a guy who has his head on straight, who is drug, disease, and drama free, and who will even do impressions of Cartman and Meatwad for you, then let's chat! What could it hurt? Worst case scenario: We meet, I treat you to a nice dinner, we don't click that well and decide to just leave it at that. That's not a tragedy. :)

Or, if you're looking more for just a cool person to hang out with and get to know, that's just dandy as well. I often have friends come over to hang out, play pool, etc. Part of the advantages of owning my own home, I suppose. (For you ladies out there who are tired of dating live-with-mommy losers, be sure to give me my deserved bonus point here.)

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For a first date, I really don't know. It would depend on your personality, really. If you're kooky and off-the-wall, you may not want to do the whole typical dinner/drinks thing, so I'm really open to ideas. If you DID want dinner, I'd ask you what restaurants you frequent, and then take you someplace completely new and different. I mean, you're meeting someone new, so why not try some new cuisine along with, no? I promise it wouldn't be something completely outrageous. I promise it won't be like you're auditioning for one of those reality shows where people have to eat spiders and various types of animal testicles. I just used the word testicles on a dating site. Score!

If we did go to dinner, I would gaze longingly into your eyes with such an intensity that you would have no choice but to shed your clothes before we even get to dessert. Okay, that part is OBVIOUSLY a joke. I promise you I'm not going to try to get you out of your clothes first thing. I also solemnly swear that I will not claim my undying love for you after just one date, and then commence to stalk you from the bushes outside your house. Bushes are prickly and full of bugs, so I'd much prefer to just sit in my car and observe you through binoculars.

After dinner, if you're game, I'd probably like to go somewhere where we could grab a drink. Sometimes I'm in the mood to go someplace nice and upscale, while at other times, I'd prefer going to a more rowdy place and throw some darts.

After that, I'd drop you off at your place of residence, and you'd be left thinking to yourself "Man, that guy was the bees knees and/or the cat's meow!"