Liberal Yet Grounded?

I replied to another personal ad today. It was titled, "seeking someone liberal yet grounded." In it, she writes: "I'm seeking someone who can match me on intelligence, passion, and dedication. Someone aware and awake, who has a commitment to the world outside themselves."

To which I replied:

Hi!

By "liberal" do you mean open-minded or politically left-leaning? There is a vast difference. Anyone who swallows the party line -- of either side -- in total obviously does little thinking for himself. It doesn’t take intelligence to parrot the arguments of either Hannity or Colmes.

That’s how you get people who say they are pro-life but who advocate the death penalty. Huh? If the sanctity of life were absolute, that would mean that even killers have the right to live. I don’t agree with that; it’s just an example of how people let themselves be herded into contradictions.

And there’s my political rant of the day. I’m not prone to those. However I am leery of people who label themselves as "liberal" or "conservative" or anything similar because it means they have too much free time on their hands -- unless, like the Hannitys and Colmeses of the world, they can make a buck off it. Otherwise, normal people are too busy trying to get through the day to attach such labels to themselves.

The cursory: White male; 40; 5'8" 180 lbs.; well muscled; non-smoker; non-drinker (yet still unafraid to sing karaoke); college educated (I even graduated!); employed; soon to be homeowner; no exes; no children; one cat.

I can’t read music but that doesn’t stop me from trying to compose and perform it. Computer software helps. I play music and golf equally badly but I intend to keep doing them anyway. I own my own video camera and have made short films with it that have shown at film festivals. If we advance to the point where we exchange our real names, you’ll be able to watch many of my video projects on my web site.

I’m going to withhold a picture for now, too. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if we ever meet (while not quite GQ cover model material, I also won’t soon grace the cover of the local kennel club newsletter, either) but I’m in no rush.

Enough about me. What are your artistic pursuits? What are you studying in college and what’s your career going to be? (She said she was studying for a "great career.") How many children do you have? (She mentioned that she had kids.) How do you get along with their father? Answer some or all or even ones I didn’t ask. Tell me a story.