"Your best? Losers always whine about their 'best.'" Winners go home and f*ck the prom queen."- Sean Connery in The Rock.

I am a Tigger, not an Eeyore.

I am a lover, and a recovering fighter.

I am not a Missing Piece

I have a tendency to look up people to see if they are an active, registered voter.

I have a profound, personal belief that direct democracy will lead to the downfall of our Republic. Within my lifetime.

I've always been the Anthony Michael Hall in the Breakfast Club of life. I partied hard in college and got good grades. I never had a problem coming out, I don't have religious damage, and my friends have always been my true family. I prefer dogs to cats, compromise to ideological rigidity, and I really really like sweet banana chips from Whole Foods. Born in Denver, raised in Colorado and Idaho, I went to the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 2004 (Dual BA Poli Sci/History).

I have a deep passion for public service, rooted in conversations in elementary school with former Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus over donuts. I find nothing more scintillating than a dynamic conversation with intelligent individuals about politics and policy. Believe what you want, just be prepared to back it up because I do not suffer fools gladly.

I also enjoy messing with Texas. A helluva lot.

Designated Beneficiaries

Passionate, vacuous, shallow, gorgeous guys that put out like a Soviet factory.

Or

Passionate, intelligent, deep, gorgeous guys that put out like a Soviet factory. I'm equal opportunity really.

Hot nerds apply within.

If I had my druthers, I would love to meet the ghost of Tim Russert. And Aung San Suu Kyi, Jenny McCarthy in character from "Dirty Love," Jill Biden's plastic surgeon, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Seth McFarlane, and Sean Connery. I would love to share some scotch with Joe Biden and the ghost of Ted Kennedy circa 1971.

If you get the "Yuppie Mephistopheles" reference in my occupation, please do message me. Immediately.

I prefer to be around people who do not believe themselves to be anymore enlightened than anyone else, but believe deeply in their ability to repair their faults.

I would love to meet people with similar likes/interests. People who ski, ride horses, can discuss politics, and have their shit together. People with "I don't read" or "I avoid politics" in their profile make the baby Jesus cry. So do people under 25.

Wouldn't mind meeting...Dudes with a college degree (or higher), a sharp wit, and a killer smile. Dudes who go to the gym but don't obsess over it. Dudes who know where they want to be in five, ten, or even fifteen years. Dudes who aren't afraid to cry in movies but don't get an emotional reaction from an Herbal Essences commercial. Dudes who have had their hearts broken more than once but still have that same passion from their first time. In short: someone who impresses me.

Notable, quotables

"I believe happiness is a form of resistance."- Marianne Pearl

"Life is too short to be pissed off all of the time."- American History X

"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."-- Herodotus

"Get 'er done."- Texas proverb (see Herodotus above)

"Not all that glitters is gold." -LSH

1/2/2009:
Steroids and Golden Girls, that's MY secret. And yes Ladd... another Testimonial for Ben.

8/29/2008:
""you're like----the gay dog whistle""

11/27/2007:
Why wont you comment on publicly funded abortions and cheese!? You know I desperately seek your approval!

2/4/2007:
Benjamin... it's 4 a.m. Do YOU know where YOUR panties are? MM Hmm

2/8/2005:
Where did they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City sailor-wanna-hump-hump-bar? Or is this get away day, and your last shot at his whiskey?