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About me

Gender	Male
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Introduction	I enjoy fun conversations with friends, going out to dinner, hiking in national parks, and alternative music from the 80s and early 90s. I'm an avid runner; I've finished seven marathons since 2005 (PR 3 hours, 19 minutes in 2010) and will likely run my eighth in 2011. My friends describe me as earnest, empathetic, industrious, hard working, unpretentious, and intelligent. I love to smile and laugh, and I don't take myself too seriously. I'm extremely loyal to my friends, sometimes to the point of being too hard on them. I've been told that I'm a good listener. My friends and family are very important to me. Honesty and humor are very important. People who can’t crack a smile or muster a giggle turn me off. I enjoy 'being' more than 'doing'. I don't need to go out to have a good time; I just need to have good company. I prefer dinner and a show (be it live, film, or rented) to a club. I like honest and witty conversations.
Interests	running, marathons, swimming, travel, reading, dining out, tennis, movies, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Favorite movies	Casablanca, Rear Window, North by Northwest, The Sound of Music, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Coal Miner's Daughter, Ordinary People, The Color Purple, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Bullets Over Broadway, Immortal Beloved, Everyone Says I Love You, LA Confidential, The Queen. TV: Scrubs, Six Feet Under, The West Wing.
Favorite music	The Smiths, Crowded House, 10000 Maniacs, New Order, The Ocean Blue, Depeche Mode, The Cure, James, Madonna, R.E.M., Trash Can Sinatras, Morrissey, Dolly Parton, Brahms, Simon and Garfunkel, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky.
Favorite books	To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), Personal History (Graham), Truman (McCullough), No Ordinary Time (Goodwin), Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding), The Hours (Cunningham), Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf), Memoirs of a Geisha (Golden), Harry Potter series (Rowling), Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis).