OK then.  Below the line is the "boring normal profile" which I don't really like, but is still here because I have yet to come up with the "really exciting profile that make people write me instantly".  I guess I am just not exciting -- is realizing it half the solution?  But we are talking about chatting online.  I mean is that really an exciting venue.

Hmmm, let me dwell on this for several weeks and lets see what happens.

I fell off a cliff snowboarding at Whistler once and landed on my head.  Is that exciting?  Perhaps not, but it could explain some things I guess.

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I like to talk, sometimes too much and I have been told I am awful at keeping secrets (It's not my fault!).  I read lots and collect books (I need more bookshelves).  I have two dogs who keep my active, healthy and happy, and I travel everywhere with them.  They have now been swimming in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and climbed mountains in the Rockies and ran around Central Park in NYC with me. 

Notice nothing outside of NA on that list -- I have to fix that.  Tell me about things off this continent!

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I have not been online for awhile, but am back and trying to catch up -- there are lots of messages to answer.  I will try.

Some bad news here though -- my girl, Neva the Siberian Husky in the pictures has cancer.  Sometimes life sucks.

Err, what kind of requests is one supposed to make here? *I am confused*

I am not interested in dating, but chatting with someone new and making friends.  Although flirting can be fun.  Why is that the people always get so up tight about flirting now a days?

History, World outside North America, Biking, Hiking, Snowboarding, Sci-Fi, Movies, Music

OK -- a lot to cover here.  Some samples off the top of my head:
The Beatles, The Crystal Method, Yes, Brian Eno, Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Waits, Pop Will East Itself, Bob Dylan, Ministry, Van Morrison, The Clash ...

The list goes on

The Princess Bride
The Seven Samarai
Anything by the Coen Brothers
Anything with Johnny Depp in it
Grosse Pointe Blank
...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Red Dwarf
Monty Python
Grey's Anatomy
The West Wing
(P.S. I hate watching TV on TV, but only watch on DVD)

How about some Authors:

Steven Brust, Guy Gavriel Kay, Pierre Burton, Roger Zelazny, Tolkein (although I hate the movies), Umberto Eco, Sharon Kay Penman, H.P. Lovecraft, Nick Hornby, Robertson Davies, Kurt Vonnegut ...

"The Dude Abides" - The Big Lobowski

'We have to Kill all of our Pigs' -- Not that I have anything against pigs.  It is a long story.  Read 'Collapse' by Jared Diamond -- or ask me.