� I don�t like to talk with others when I�m jogging.
� Intellect should dictate in 99% of daily decisions, versus 1% allowance for emotion.
� I haven�t memorized the geography of the world.
� Rarely depressed, often optimistic, especially with a few squares of good fudge.
� Not much for crowds but tolerate them for entertainments that I really value.
� Never abused drugs and have none of the false addictions (gambling, overeating, sexual promiscuity). Have no tattoos or piercings. No longer smoke cigarettes, and drink very little beer.
� Not a big fan of fancy dining; dinner should not cost as much as a plumber.
� Don�t like roller coasters much (caps don�t stay on) or amusement parks. Cotton candy is good maybe twice a year and more often if you have a long tongue.
� I�ve seen �As Good as It Gets,� �Wings of the Dove,� and �Body Heat� at least two times each, and actually do remember some lines. I liked �Minority Report� and �Breakable,� but thought �Signs� was bogus. There are some good cartoon movies, too, and I plan to see that French one because I�ve heard it�s weird and I don�t hate the French.
--Ayn Rand
--Carl Sagan
--Virginia Postrel
--Nelson DeMille
--Thomas Wolfe
--Stephen King
--Larry McMurtry
--John Irving
--Paul Newman
--Elvis Costello
--Emo Phillips
--Dave Barry (when he was funny)
--That Rant Guy, Dennis Miller
--Jon Stewart of The Daily Show
--Joseph Conrad
--Nicholas Humphrey's "Leap of Faith"
--Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World"
--Richard Dawkin's "Unweaving the Rainbow"
--Wendy Kaminer's "Sleeping with Extra-terrestrials"
--Howard Gardener's "Intelligence Reframed"
--Virginia Postrel's "The Future and Its Enemies"
--Christina Hoff Sommers "The War Against Boys"
--Friedrich Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom"
--Philip Roth's "Human Stain�
--Elizabeth Gilbert�s "Stern Men"
--many books by Kurt Vonnegutt, and other favorite authors.
--Jayne Sachs Band --John Wesley Harding
--Over the Rhine --Ass Ponys
--Wire Train --Willie Nelson
--Indigo Girls --Robyn Hitchcock
--Randy Travis --Kim Richey
--The Flaming Lips --Allison Krauss &Union Station
--Elvis Costello --Local blues musician Noah and
--Amy Rigby the Stratocats
--Treat Her Right --Bonnie Raitt/Jackson Browne
--Hamel on Trial --Fastball at X-Fest
--Concrete Blonde --Jars of Clay
--Toad the Wet Sprocket --Talk Talk
--Guided By Voices at X-Fest --The Nields
Air Supply sucks, and so does Eddie Money lately
I�m Libertarian, but not politically or socially active. Isolationist. Against laws that criminalize victimless and consenting adult activities with each other. Personal responsibility and freedom, with little government intervention, is good. Fewer people should be dependent on pooled, redistributed taxes. I�m against multiple taxations throughout the production, services, and retail channels; the best uses of taxes are public libraries and schools and roads and law enforcement/incarceration services.
I judge the character of people when I meet them and decide whether I�ll like them and whether they have morals and values like mine. I discriminate among choices to determine best value and greatest efficiency. I don�t manage time or people well. I�m not a disciplinarian with others, though I am self-disciplined. A realist, analytic, and detail oriented, though I don�t make long-term plans or goals. Being an atheist frees up my Sundays.
Better off than some�better educated, more honest, more respectful, better dressed, better situated financially, better looking, better preserved�but it�s an emotional waste of �what ifs� to compare. In moments, I wonder whether I should try to become a better volunteer, philanthropist, activist, or businessman, but I get over it and feel contentment.
I live on the east side of Dayton in Ohio in a nice two story on two lots, and I haven�t moved since 1987. I have a indoor/outdoor cat who comes and goes, and trees (black walnut, blue spruce, crab apple). No debt, make decent salary, some investments.
If I change myself, it�s not to make someone else's life happier. That's bonus, but not a primary consideration. I have high principles and standards, and I rarely seek external validation from people.
Irish/German heritage, though I haven�t tracked my genealogy and don�t have much interest in my ethnic background or anyone else�s. Whatever my genetics, I�ve been healthy. I�ve never diagnosed myself as having a disease, because I�m not a doctor, though I�ve come close. No broken bones, just a small scar or two, chalky teeth that I would grind at night if not for the mouth guard. I�m hopeful about the health benefits of green tea.
I am unbelievably slow at recognizing signals of interest from women. I don�t have that sexy, animal magnetism, testosterone-laden ego that women go for until the shallowness and repetition and disrespectfulness sets in. But I don�t like gardening or crocheting, and I�ve never had electrolysis. Males can be considerate and still like to fart.
Though I have a good education, I�m still civil toward people with regressive ideas. I�m nonviolent, noncompetitive, and don�t mind much living alone, though I like to share. �Live and let live� is one of my many philosophies.
Accomplishments: Keeping my cat clean and alive for 20 years, over 80 percent self-knowledge, always doing my own laundry, one or two good haircuts (I played the stylist�s canvas), staying slim, living.