Firstly let me answer the question I am often asked : No, my photos have not been airbrushed or professionaly retouched to make me look that good. It's all natural. Some of us are just blessed with stunning good looks and ooze sex appeal from every pore.
When your heart stops fluttering we'll continue.

I am an Englishman now living in East Tennessee. Why? Because I like a challenge. I spend a lot of time staying English. By that I mean that I often search for things that I miss/yearn for from back home. Things such as decent tea, books that will rarely be published over here (Tim Moore, David Nobbs for example), films (Mike Leigh, Ken Loach type stuff) and English tv shows (especially humourous stuff - Eddie Izzard, League of Gentlemen anyone?) on DVD and, of course, various gastronomic delights that seldom make it through the cultural iron curtain known as US Customs.
I could probably find everything I wanted on the internet, or ask my family in England, and have stuff shipped over. But there is something indescribably thrilling about finding a pack of PG Tips teabags in rural Tennessee. Talk about living life on the edge!

I am divorced, I have two children, two teens (one with years of experience in being moody, sullen and uncommunicative and that's the pleasant one!) Both live with me. I have applied for FEMA disaster relief and as soon as it arrives we shall be attempting to tidy the kids rooms again. I love both of my children very dearly and rarely think about picking up an axe nowadays.

I enjoy going out whenever possible. This should not be confused with being an outdoors person. My type of going out involves things such as movies, theatre, concerts, good restaurants, sometimes a bar. I enjoy things such as art galleries, museums (I'm hoping to be asked to be an exhibit one day) or just pleasant places to sit and talk. Basically I like all of those cultural type things that I left back in Europe in the hope of finding them in TN. (Europe has the Acropolis, Eiffel tower and the Vatican. TN has Gracelands, the Sunsphere and Dollywood. Ahhh..home from home.)
So that is my preferred type of going out. The running, jumping, fishing, shooting type of outdoors stuff I leave to others. I prefer my bacon vacuum packed at Krogers not running at me with tusks.

Traveling is a big passion of mine. I've spent most of my life traveling around the world and hope to continue doing so. Whenever the more important business of being a responsible father and head of household permits. Moscow, Sydney, London, Johnson City... no place is too overwhelming.

Finally, (stop cheering) I should mention my sense of humour. I have a very 'British' sense of humour. Dry, self deprecating, gallows type humour. I'm not sure why I'm explaining this, anyone who hasn't already gathered that will have stopped reading this profile a long way back.

I'm bored of writing about myself so you must surely be bored of reading about me. Feel free to drop me a line if you need shoe size info or any tiny little detail that I may have failed to mention. Or just to say hello of course.
All females who are self absorbed, shallow, mentally deranged, bunny boiling stalkers will be given top priority as long as they are drop dead gorgeous.
Any ladies who have a good sense of humour and are pleasant to talk with will actually be welcomed even more.
Men will only be considered if they have an incredible HD television (and a gorgeous sister.)

Some recent observations after being on PoF a while:
Ladies, what is with the taking a few years off your real age on here? I really like the 'must be honest and truthful' stuff (really, I do.) However it gets a little tainted when later told "I thought it was best to knock 5/6/7 - 12/13/14 years off my age because I have a lot younger personality than a lot of women my age."
It's a tough choice, would I prefer a slightly older honest lady or an insecure fibber? Hmm...

I'm also amazed by the amount of ladies in East TN who apparently enjoy going out into the wild and sleeping in little plastic domes. I swear I'm trying to understand the attraction of digging a hole behind a tree, so every mosquito within 2 square miles can bite your a**e while the half-raw/half-burnt hotdog you ingested an hour ago evacuates at 100mph.
Really ladies, you prefer this to, say, a hotel with a nice view, room service and a hot-tub? Really?
I'm trying to understand, any and all explanations are welcome. You can leave them at the concierge desk perhaps.

Leave a lot of room for spontaneity.
Save the very unusual and the very romantic until after we have begun to know each other more. That way it is a genuine and honest thing and not a shallow gesture aimed at a comparative stranger with no real emotion attached.
Maybe arrange to meet at a nice coffee shop early in the evening. Somewhere not too loud where it's possible to really have a conversation. Keep it friendly and funny.
If things go well and we are both comfortable with each other, possibly go to dinner at a place with a pleasant atmosphere, nothing too heavy. Hopefully I will have gained an idea of the ideal kind of place from our conversation. If not I'll suggest somewhere that I think will be just right. Be spontaneous but not overbearing.
After dinner maybe a stroll or move on to somewhere else if we both feel like sitting and chatting more. Possibly say goodnight at that point. Basically I wouldn't try and plan a 'one size fits all' type date. My intention would be to keep things light and comfortable and just fill in the blanks as the date progresses. Hopefully resulting eventually in a pleasant goodbye and the thought of meeting again sometime soon on both of our minds.