Searching from Pole to Pole for Mrs. Claus

 

I'm Nicholas. As in Saint Nicholas. As in Santa Claus. (if you don't believe, perhaps just play along... but, better to believe...)

 

My background includes lots of world travel, US Peace Corps, teaching economics and English overseas, extensive economics study (master's degree+, Ohio State University Ph.D. program), Third World development, philosophy, sociology, the arts, chess, computers, thousands of programs across the spectrum, encounters with hundreds of women, and, of course, the stock market.

 

My life consists of examining and interpreting the economy in a broad sense, and analyzing/trading securities (primarily stocks and options). Buy low, sell higher, short-term, based on complex mathematical systems (1+1=3) I developed. I work from my quiet study, work only for myself with my personal account, and like calling all the shots.

 

My place is a cozy cocoon of multiple computers, many monitors, white boards, shelves, desks, books, graphs, charts, stuff... all continually suffused with Internet-streaming Classical music from Switzerland, J.S.Bach (God) considered way best, but also enjoy Handel, Beethoven, Mozart (Wolfie), Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky (Pete), Scarlatti, Chopin (Fred), Dvorák, Rachmaninoff, Satie, and so many more. Love the sound of a rich, deep 12' concert grand.

 

I'm intelligent, questioning, hyper-interested.

 

My income source (i.e., the market) is abundant, and portable. I can live anywhere in this wide world that I choose. My base income is from a semi-retirement annuity. All additional income is acquired through active on-line trading, with everything that entails. No thrill on earth I've so far experienced beats my position greatly spiking in value exactly as I was anticipating. Definitely a rush.

 

I was married to a medical doc (psychiatrist with added fellowship specialization) for 20 years, and helped establish her successful practices in the various places we've lived (Philippines, Taiwan, Ohio, Indiana, Utah). We have one daughter, a truly exemplary individual, highly educated in the best schools, and is now doing graduate studies at Stanford. Our family has always had golden retrievers as pets, plus all sorts of other animals. In Indiana we had a huge home with plenty of wooded land on a large private lake. Pretty close to ideal. Except for one thing....

 

....My wife and I were, quite frankly, NEVER on the same page throughout our marriage, with little doubt a bad match. When our daughter grew old enough, my wife decided it was time to split. We divorced in 2001.

 

MY GOAL AND VISION:

 

So..., with the above two paragraphs in mind, my goal and vision in finding the true Mrs. Claus is: friendship, short-term and long-term partnership, companionship, fellowship, connection, open and honest communication, commitment, loyalty, soul buddies, synergy, journey travel mates, and most assuredly Santa's better half. Quite the amazing woman, to say the least. One in a billion. The love of my life. For the rest of my days.

 

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Mrs. Claus ideally has these characteristics:

 

--- IQ at least 150 (or equivalent), and firing on all cylinders (particularly with respect to logic and mathematics; must appreciate and understand the nature of securities trading and economics fundamentals)

 

--- Education at least Master's, preferably Ph.D. (in the sciences)

 

--- Exceptional reading skills. Voracious reader, anything and everything.

 

--- More Spiritual than Religious (Big Mind, Buddha nature, Outside-the-Box thinking)

 

--- Height 5'5 to 5'9 (it just seems to work so much better for both of us)

 

--- Weight less than 155 (respect for body and health, physical ability to do lots of things)

 

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And guess what? This is merely the START. Ultimately it's necessary that we be on the "same page," about pretty much everything. I'm looking for optimal dovetailing. It's that important.

 

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(Additional Note On Criteria List:

 

Okay, I've received so many complaints about my list above, it's obvious I had best clarify. I recognize that it's unlikely all mentioned criteria will be found in any real woman. Mrs. Claus is a real-life person. She's not an abstract summation of specifications. It's your particular totality that is key.)

 

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If the description of who I am in this entire Profile genuinely clicks with you -- in your gut -- and the above characteristics more or less describe you, we should certainly get in touch. Let's explore each other further through Instant Messenger. My Yahoo IM is running 24/7/365.

 

Sincere and warm regards.

 

Nicholas Kormanik

 

Yahoo IM handle:  single_in_slc