Okey-doke, here we go...I smoke, I drink, and I make no bones about it...although I may be made bones by it! I have also been known the partake of devil weed when its been passed my way. If you want to call that doing drugs, okey-doke.

Now, like it said in my first installment, I live with family; my brother and my dear old mum. I've had to take a little flak for that, so I guess I should explain. I got laid off once (years ago), my bro lost his job, mom was changing jobs, and they were going to lose this fine house in which we live. So it worked out for all of us to move in and try to keep it. (Its worked so far.) That doesn't mean I'll live here forever. If you can't understand that, we just ain't gonna make it.

Which brings me to snooty women. Ladies, I don't care if you're a cashier at the HEB or you own your own business or you jet around with Donald Trump. If you think money is what makes a person, we just ain't gonna work. I'm not threatened by a woman who makes more than me, or has more education...hell, I'll sign a pre-nup! I don't spend it at bars or fancy restaurants unless there's a little occasion. I can spend $8 on a drink, or I can buy us a 12 pack of Busch Lite, and we'll head out for the woods on a pretty day. If you don't get that, we just ain't gonna work.

Okay, that being said, on to the other stuff. I'm no TV maven, I just watch Survivor, NFL, Deadliest Catch, UFC, and movies. I like getting out, so boats, swimming, guns, archery, 4 wheelers, hiking, camping (especially in the piney woods) are a good thing in my book. And if you're anti-gun, you should know that I have a concealed carry license. (If the Great State of Texas trusts me, so should you!) ((I should add that this dog don't hunt...I shoot targets, not critters.))

If I've got to stay in, its reading (anything), video games, movies, playing guitars (I play my own songs 'cause I can't play anyone else's), or writing some poetry (I'm a natural)...if we go to a bar, its gonna be pool, air hockey, foosball, darts...I don't like to just sit and drink. (And if you win, I'll live...in perpetual humiliation, perhaps, but I'll live...)

I'm a pretty smart fella, had a couple of years of college and read just about everything, so I won't embarass you in front of your friends.

I've been a stepfather before for about 10 years, and my ex-stepdaughter (is that weird or what?) told me I did a pretty fine job, so kids are fine by me...and I'm open to having my own, but not many ladies my age are too interested in that...hmmm, wonder why? I can even change a diaper, but I can't fix your car.

I'm not a gym rat, if I'm going to get some exercise, it'll be digging a post hole, hiking in the woods, or swimming against the current. I work an active job which keeps me in decent shape, so I would really prefer someone who has taken care of themselves (doesn't matter if it was at the gym or digging postholes...) and doesn't look like they've spent their life in the bottom of every bottle. Speaking of which, I love getting drunker than a skunk as much as anyone else, but if you simply can't hold your liquor or have to drink all the time, we just ain't gonna make it.

UPDATE! 8/25/08...Really now. I've had 3 dates off of here, and they all got drunk. One stranded me in Kemah, one barfed in my garbage can, and the other abandoned me to play pool and get touchy-feely with a bunch of 20-somethings...now, I know, you don't have to tell me, I'm either a really crappy date, or I have the unerring ability to pick the lightweights...but still...
ANOTHER UPDATE! If your profile says you're divorced, be divorced, wouldja? If you're already married, well...we just ain't gonna make it.

Well, I think that about covers it...my friends will tell you that I'm unflinchingly honest, loyal and sometimes courageous. In this world, family and friends are all you've got. But, family and friends, though I love them dearly, don't make my life complete. Maybe you will. Best wishes to all of you looking for love out there, I hope you find it. Never..but never...say die.

Oh, and I dig burning lots of candles, Royall Lyme is my favorite cologne, and I'm a soap enthusiast. (Just got some bark soap...I smell like a tree! Yay!)

I know it says I should give a long answer here, but it all comes down to whoever I meet. If she likes horse riding, I'll try riding horses. (Even though I don't particularly like the buggers. Bad childhood experience, I'll tell ya on our first date.) I'll work with you in your garden if that's your passion, or we'll sign up for a archaelogical dig, go to a museum, discuss a book we've both read, analyze our dreams (which never works), or just play it by ear. We could even do something normal, like have lunch! Again, a woman with dirty hands and a warm heart is infinitely preferable to an ice queen with manicured nails. I'm open to all religious preferences, because we won't know until we die, and maybe not even then.(?)