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5 year suburban Las Vegas resident, 10 years in Honolulu, 2 years in Utah, 10 years in Germany. Degrees in Psych & Computer Science. Here's a larger photo. I'm a former Mensa hiking group leader. My Myers-Briggs personality type is INTP. I like to play tennis frequently. I created the 500+ member Las Vegas Tennis Pals MySpace group. I also like to fool around with music as a singer and playing guitar & keyboards. I'm a societal alien, with personal, political and philosophical views apart from most Americans. I am well traveled in Europe, Australia and Asia. I'm also a converted Frisbeetarian - we believe that when we die, our soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. :-)

ADDENDUM-- I really like the clean, crisp desert air in suburban southwest Las Vegas, easy year-round access to scenic hiking areas, desert bicycling, tennis, etc. Even so, I find that Las Vegas is not a good place for 20-year computer professionals. So, I have opted to sell my home and consider relocating to another warm climate area in California, southern Utah, Arizona, etc.

If you want to email to me offline, just add that .com to my username. ..

(1) Songwriting and recording partner(s) to jam a little and form a songwriting team. I like many different types of music but prefer British rock, British R&B, blues, and progressive rock. I sing and play guitar and keyboards. I also have the basics for small studio recording. My vocal stylings can range from similarity to Sting to Jim Morrison to Craig David to Michael McDonald to Steve Winwood to Donald Fagan to Van Morrison.

[ links to sample music will be added here. ]

(2) Tennis practice partner(s), male or female, for play anywhere near the Las Vegas 215 Beltway ( preferred tennis courts )

(3) Networking leads to help me to find a good systems analyst, programming, or other technical/administrative position. After moving to Las Vegas at the time of the bursting of the tech bubble, I found out how poor this area is for highly skilled computer professionals in comparison to other metro areas.

I'm sure there are many exceptions, but Las Vegas seems all about paper credentials, narrow focus, and low cost instead of real experience, expertise, and broad-based knowledge. Over the past few years I decided to just do freelance computer work rather than deal with the common discourtesy among potential employers of not even acknowledging submitted resumes, etc.

Even so, I'm not a sales or business type. I much prefer the more predictable income and use of higher-level skills on something more than routine computer / network setup, virus removal, and low-level tech fire-fighting.

(4) A potential long-term partner. I am fairly recently divorced. I don't do the bar scene or even do that much typical socializing. However, I would like to meet that special someone to help make life more complete and to share a future together.

Despite all the horror stories one hears about dating on the Net, I have met via the internet, directly or indirectly, some very good people who became friends or in a few cases, more, (including my ex-wife.) You just have to be willing to sort through the noise, as with almost anything on the Net.

For me, a good relationship requires sharing at least some common interests. If you are not conversationally interesting or intellectual or humorous or interested in tennis, hiking or active musicianship, etc. then I believe prospects for a fulfilling relationship would be greatly diminished. Unlike most folks, however, I do value quirkiness, eccentricity, unique personal experiences, divergent thinking, etc.

Another part is that elusive, highly individual "chemistry" between two people. It must eventually be found or all bets are off on a successful relationship. (Instant chemistry is nice but sometimes it pays to be patient enough to discover things over time, particularly with more analytical or cautious types. :-)

While I think Las Vegas is great for tennis, hiking, desert bicycling and general convenience, it is not so great for professional folks. So, I have opted to sell my house and consider relocating to another warm and dry place in California, southern Utah, Arizona, etc.

(5) Bright, entertaining friends Although I am technically an introvert, I like to meet interesting, intelligent persons of many types, particularly in the Las Vegas area. (Humans can be great if taken in small doses. :-)

Last year I started a small non-commercial neighborhood message board just for my 89148 zip code to find activity partners, announce garage sales, and for general neighborhood postings. I got requests to expand it to all of the southwest Las Vegas area and then to other Las Vegas neighborhoods.

For a while there was good participation helped by having active moderators from several parts of town. Unfortunately, the most active ones moved out of town or just seemed to disappear and participation dropped. It is also possible that when Craigslist added Las Vegas to its member sites, some of the need for the message board diminished. If anyone out there would like to put new life into the message board (as moderator, etc.) or even to take over with a new approach, let me know.

http://LasValley.com/702

A "framed" version is here:

The framed site also contains easy access to Craigslist, Meetups, government listings, area maps, newspaper classifieds, local TV and movie listings, local and national news, etc. Now that I think of it, I may bump Tribe.net and replace it with mySpace.com