About me: Watching, shopping, voting are not enough. To heal this world, it's not enough to change leaders; we have to change our culture. It's a long journey, and we're only halfway home. The song Ripple said "that path is for your steps alone"; nevertheless I'm looking for a companion. We could start off simple -- coffee and conversation -- but eventually I hope to find a life partner, to share not just entertainment and bed, but a vision and purpose in life. Saint-Exupery said "love consists not in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." I want change, not ritual, so the meetings I attend are not in churches. There are 6 billion people in my family; someday I hope to have dinner with them all. Will you carry your protest sign beside mine? Demonstrations are fun if the weather is good and you're with friends; lectures can be interesting; meetings are tedious but necessary. ¶ I'm very verbal, and seeking same. Let there be emails to fill the ether; will you converse with me for hours on end? What are you reading, thinking, feeling? I'm a Lakoffite, trying to help develop a language of worldwide enlightenment and class struggle. My blog about the Worldwide Progressive Movement has over 10,000 "friends," because I've been actively recruiting them, because I believe the world would be a better place if more people were introduced to the ideas of Lerner, Waldman, Zinn, et al. ¶ If you're looking for a companion for outdoors, concerts, fine wines, travel, it's not me. Proust said "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." But I do like movies. "Amelie," "Chocolat," and "Little Miss Sunshine" are delightful rebellions against conformity.
I'm looking for: I'm a math professor, but that's not what I want to do on a date. That's not even how I see myself now. Decades ago I was seduced by math's promises of certainty, but now I see that only the dead are unchanging. Soros says the Achilles heel of an open society is the craving for certainty, the seduction of dogma. But perhaps we can overcome that vulnerability if, as Buddha recommended, we learn to accept uncertainty, to ride life like a surfboard. ¶ I'm sometimes funny. I may burst into song (badly) at any moment. I keep lyrics ziplock bagged on my shower wall. I know every word of Vietnam Rag and Billy Bragg's Internationale; next I'm working on Desiderata and Aint No Reason. ¶ My political awakening stems in part from dating ads like this. Right after divorce is a particularly good opportunity to take a fresh look at your life, though any day will do. Writing my ad, I had to think not only about who I was, but what I'd like to be. Will you encourage my becoming, as I encourage yours? I'm surprised that most dating ads are short, as though finding the right partner or finding yourself were of little importance. ¶ Zen strawberries relieve my stress, but Powdermilk Biscuits haven't ended my shyness. I'm still alone and sometimes lonely. Chemistry is crucial, so photos are required (closeup *and* full length) and penpals outside my city need not apply. Friendship first; but, as Morrissey said so aptly, I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does. Will you argue poetry and social theory with me late into the night, and conspire (breathe together) with me? ¶ Must love cats. My beard is negotiable after the third date.