I am: professional, educated, veteran, self-employed, self-made, self-destroyed, capable, humble, strong, compionate, funny, extroverted, mysterious, talented, flawed, simply human and very blessed. ..|.. I am not: player, fanatical, violent, rich, poor, negative. ..|.. I have met interesting women here, but I firmly believe that you need to meet in person before you can really click. To be with me you should be self-ured, intelligent, positive, admittedly human, seeking to improve yourself, and emotionally stable. I am looking for a long-term relationship & I move slow. I am not a player and do not do one night stands. I am perfectly happy going on a no-pressure friend date if you just want to meet someone decent from this site and get out of your house for an afternoon or evening, so if I happen to be in your area do not be afraid to contact me. ..|.. VALUES: The best things in life are: 1) Worth WAITING for. 2) Worth WORKING for 3) Worth PAYING for 4) Worth SACRIFICING for 5) Worth CHERISHING once you have them. ..|.. DEALING: The only thing that God has given me control of is my actions in exactly this moment. I choose to do something positive. I will not let those things that are out of my control cause me to worry or act negatively. I will not let the negative actions of others towards me own me. ..|.. WORK: I have created a career which blends two of my pions: Computers and Medicine. I work with very large busines critical software systems that run the major functions of manufacturing companies. I like working with America's best medical device companies to enable them to develop and deploy new tachnologies and compete in a global market. I believe the United States still has an advantage in developing these types of intellectual property and bringing money and manufacturing new jobs to the USA. I had once dreamed of becoming a doctor, but computers became my pion. I'd much rather help companies build medical devices than anything else, but I will go where I am needed. ..|.. ARTS: I am very much into arts, music being my forte. ;) I always travel with a guitar. I love visiting various art museums in the cities I travel to and have collected many interesting prints. ..|.. HEALTH: I work out at the gym regularly and enjoy hiking and swimming the most. I am past my high-risk days, so don't ask me to climb cliff faces, jump out of planes or off of bridges, although I would like to do some scuba someday. I have a 6" anium blade with 12 screws in my right ankle. This usually affects the first 100 steps or so. ..|.. PEOPLE, RELIGION, POLITICS: I am a moderate conservative in all of these areas. I believe in God but do not belong to a particular church. I believe in balanced politics, but not in fanatical doctrine or oppression. I believe that every person has value and that every person has something to teach me. I have always practiced this value in my companies and jobs: there is no such thing as an unimportant person and there is no such thing as an unimportant job. There is no work that I am unwilling to do, at work, in the house, or in the community. ..|.. RELATIONSHIPS: One God, One Man, One Woman. Dating is dating, but not my end goal and sex is not something I do cheaply . . . but price is negotiable. ..|.. CHILDREN: ::heartbeat:: Lead by example, influence them while you can. They are their own persons. ..|.. I do not wink. I always read profiles. I always reply with an e-mail if you contact me. ..|.. BE COOL ..|.. Thank you for reading my whole profile.