Martin
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Banking |
| Occupation | Technical Writer |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | A late baby boomer - born on Valentines day in February 1961. Grew up in Willowdale (North Toronto) to an Estonian family. Very connected to parents/uncle homeland of Estonia. Careers include: Product QA Tester, S/W Programmer, S/W Devoper, Project Manager, ESL Teacher, Technical Writer. |
| Interests | Cemeteries, Old school stand up comedians/comics, classic old radio, Psychotherapy, Film noir, old westerns, Toronto Maple Leafs, Las Vegas, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Old city photos, Being open to the universe, Horse racing, Tottenham Hotspur, Underground railroad, Cheezy 70s music, Eastern Europe, Blues, Psychics, Chicago Transit Authority (the group not the busses), Poker, Depression (help removing the stigma), Minor League Baseball, Junior hockey, Toronto Raptors, Billiards, Paranormal, Old hockey cards, road trips, Jazz, The Baltics, Writing, Old ball parks, Old race tracks, Paranormal, Life after death, cats, darts, Russia, Photography, American South West, ADD therapy. |
| Favorite Movies | All time favs: Out of the Past (1947) Casablanca (1942), The Godfather (1972), Duck Soup (1933), Winchester '73 (1950), Young Frankenstein (1974) Ronin (1998), The General (1927), The Great Escape (1963), Saving Private Ryan(1998), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962), Inherit the Wind(1960), The Insider(1999), Shane (1953), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Dial M for Murder(1954), The Searchers(1956), Criss Cross (1949), Animal House (1978), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Fail-Safe (1964), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), The Ox-Bow (1943), White Heat (1949), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), The Sting (1973), 12 Angry Men (1957), Paths of Glory (1957), The Third Man (1949), Three Colors: Red (1994) Brute Force (1947) |
| Favorite Music | Growing up: The big 3 for me: Chicago, ELO, The Beatles. As a 50-something tend to like: Blues, Jazz, Progressive 60s, Cheesy 70s, Synth 80s, Some singer-songwriter-folk. Don't seem to like/understand: Hip Hop, Country, Classical, Rap, Opera, Anything after 1997. :-) |
| Favorite Books | The Alienist (Carr), Anything by Ludlum, Sherlock Holmes (Doyle), The Road Less Traveled (Peck), The Old Man And The Sea (Hemingway), Illusions (Bach), If You Can't Beat 'Em in the Alley (Smythe), The Game (Dryden), Apple To The Core (McCabe / Schonfield), 1917 - Russia's Year Of Revolution (Bainton), T.R.: The Last Romantic (Brands) |