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Updated May 2008
G4478, 59, D, 5’10’’, Physician. University of Pennsylvania.
Favorite books: penguin island, great expectations, the castle.
Interest and taste in the arts: great interest. I am an exhibited artist, photographer, cartoonist.
Interest in taste in music: classical, folk.
Hobbies & pastimes: graphic arts.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: medium to tall in height, attractive, educated, modest.
Write a short sketch about yourself: successful profession, exhibited artist, well-traveled.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e mail
Favorite books: almost entirely nonfiction; autobiography, biography, philosophy and any other subjects I might be interested in at any given time.
What's on your night table: women's poetry.
Favorite authors: I don't really have a favorite.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: none.
Interest and taste in the arts: music and film.
Interest in taste in music: rock especially singer songwriters, country, folk, blues, reggae; I have a large music collection--1000s of recordings.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: I have a collection of about 200 films--it is harder to collect films; I like films that I think show real life or that teach.
Interest in travel/favorite places: I lived in 10 states when I was younger; I am not interested in travel any more.
Hobbies & pastimes: aside from music and film, vegetariann cooking, reading, biking.
Religion and interest in religion: I was born Jewish; I believe in all religions but practice none.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: to share a life with someone; to love and be loved.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: I can't think of any.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Selfishness and cruelty.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Your personality or personal qualities; we can be different in personality and interests but I think we should share similar lifestyle and values, i.e. what we think is important; we must have chemistry--mental, emotional and physical.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am looking for someone who lives in the NYC metro area Westchester to Brooklyn/Queens. I am a certain type which I call a literary type because I would like to write one book in the future but not as an occupation. It takes time to get to know me. I am unconventional in many but not all ways. I know longer pursue my MLS as an occupation because I have other income and interests but I spend a lot of time in libraries which I still enjoy. I live a simple living lifestyle. I am also a vegetarian so I would like to hear from anyone who is a vegetarian.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: search engine.
Comments: I have a digital photo of me that I can e-mail to you. I look younger than my age so it is good if you do too. Lastly, I want to mention that I was a premature baby. If you were also born prematurely or if there is something in your life that you feel has affected you, I would like to talk to you.
Favorite books: Hard to narrow it down-- I mostly read nonfiction, but enjoy some novels/fiction/short stories, as well. Rasselas by Samuel Johnson (my favorite book), The Pickwick Papers, Obscure Destinies by Willa Cather, Analects of Confucius, Leaves of Grass, Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
What's on your night table: Genius in Disguise- (biography of Harold Ross, founder of the New Yorker), and Endless Feasts-60 Years of Writing from Gourmet Magazine.
Favorite authors: (Among many others :) Samuel Johnson (as both author and subject), Raymond Chandler, Willa Cather, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John D. MacDonald, Theodore Dalrymple.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Mostly read newspapers online these days--NY Times(I also like doing the Saturday crossword puzzle once in a while-hardest one of the week), Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, LA Times (especially the Food section on Thursdays) Among other magazines: Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Saveur, National Review, City Journal.
Interest and taste in the arts: Enjoy the arts-especially like the Impressionists and the American artists of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries who followed, more or less, in their footsteps. (Robert Henri, Childe Hassam, John Sloan, Edward Hopper.) Also enjoy some of the Japanese painters (Especially Hokusai and Hiroshige).
Interest in taste in music: Eclectic-- especially enjoy jazz, blues, classical. Some favorite CDs: Getz/Gilberto, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Ella Fitzgerald-Best of the Songbooks (trust me on all of the above) some other favorite artists: Dave McKenna, Paul Desmond, Ben Webster (jazz)-- Johnny Adams, Johnny Copeland (R & B/blues)-- Rubenstein, Horowitz, Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Alicia de Larrocha (classical).
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Favorite films--like nearly all types of movies-Favorites: Witness for the Prosecution, LA Confidential, Au Hasard, Balthazar, An American in Paris. Best films I've seen in the past couple of years: The Lookout, The Painted Veil. I also have to admit I enjoy watching some "so bad they're good" films on occasion.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Have traveled extensively. Favorite places--Hawaii, Japan, New England-cities such as New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, Montreal, Boston.
Hobbies & pastimes: Avid reader, enjoy good food, either dining out or at home (I'm a pretty decent cook)and good wine, good conversation, travel, sports (watching and participating) , working out.
Religion and interest in religion: Raised Catholic-still consider myself one. Don't go as often as I'd like. Closest to a Catholic/traditional Anglican view of things, although I have read a lot about, and admire a great deal, some Eastern philosophies (Buddhism, etc.).
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Still interested in my career, but also looking at just enjoying life, enjoying family/friends, doing some traveling. On a more specific, short-term level, want to get back into playing tennis, to continue learning golf, and hopefully taking up yoga.
What changes in recent society please you the most? Some advances in technology have increased quality of life a great deal.
What disturbs you most about today's society? Sometimes technology can be a two-edged sword and create new difficulties. I dislike the overall coarsening of our culture and decline of civility. The downward spiral of results in our public education (Somebody said, very aptly, that we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in our grammar schools 100 years ago to teaching remedial English in our universities.) I should say I'm pleased that there are many people out there who are exceptions to those overall negative trends, and live and act with integrity and good sense. And it seems as if there is a growing return to our better values. (Shakespeare said it better-"There's a divinity that shapes our ends-rough hew them how we will.") I hope so.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Integrity, intelligence, compatibility and shared interests, "chemistry". Fit, attractive, good sense of humor.
Write a short sketch about yourself: All in all, I'm a good man with a wide range of interests. Active, honest, intelligent, good sense of humor.
Ridley Park PA
Updated May 2008
G4475, 42, S, 6’1”, Retired technical writer, current fiction writer. University of Florida, University of Central Florida.
Favorite books: War and Peace, Atonement, The Sun Also Rises, Tender is the Night, Persuasion, many others.
What's on your night table: newest translation of War and Peace, Jane Austen and the Navy, The Sun Also Rises.
Favorite authors: early Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Ian McEwan, some John Irving, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Tolstoy, Turgenev, many others.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, Narrative Magazine.
Interest and taste in the arts: Good theatre. Shakespeare festivals. Literary readings. Hockney.
Interest in taste in music: Eclectic. Everything from 80s dance music to some classical. Some jazz. Alternative and indie rock. 80s rock.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Life is Beautiful. Good Will Hunting. Atonement. The World According to Garp.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Ireland, especially the road from Dublin to Cork; natural springs in Florida; Stratford on Avon; the Closerie des Lilas in Montparnasse.
Hobbies & pastimes: computer games.
Religion and interest in religion: raised Catholic, but I believe all religions are valid in that they are all seeking the same ultimate goal.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Write and publish the best novel I can.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Compassion. Understanding. An ability to forgive and be forgiven. An ability to trust.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New York Times, Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy.
Interest in taste in music: classical, mainly but not exclusively late romantic era, also jazz.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Vienna, Chicago, would love to travel more throughout Europe.
Hobbies & pastimes: Reading, swimming, watching football, going to the symphony/opera, enjoying a fine cigar on occasion, intellectual conversation.
Religion and interest in religion: none.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: get my Ph.D., get a tenure-track position at a good university, publish some original philosophy, start a family.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: the myriad advances in technology, which to varying degrees improve most, if not all, aspects of life.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: the lack of interest in serious reading, all things intellectual, and high culture; also the increasing atomization of society--that is, the greater degree to which people of my generation are absorbed by personal concerns and shrink from involvement in politics, service to the country, etc. whenever it impinges upon their pursuit of pleasure.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: self-confidence, intellectual curiosity, interest in the arts and especially classical music, good taste in food and spirits.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am currently a graduate student at Notre Dame pursuing a doctorate in Political Philosophy, with which I am about half finished. I hope to make an original contribution to Western philosophy in the course of my academic career, but if I do not deem this possible, I would also be satisfied with a non-academic career in something related to foreign policy. Regarding my appearance, I am in decent physical shape and swim semi-competitively. Also, I am totally blind and have been since birth; however, I am still very independent with the assistance of various technologies, and I do not consider my blindness to be a defining characteristic of me as a person. Even so, I am open to any questions about my blindness and its impact on the rest of my life.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: internet search.
Notre Dame, IN
G4473, 36, S, 5'10'', Administrative worker. Richard Stockton College.
Hobbies & pastimes: Outdoor Activities
Religion and interest in religion: Am a Chri
Write a short sketch about yourself: I just thought I should give this a try so here goes.. I tend to be a bit quiet/shy when I meet people for the first time but that generally fades quickly. . I am a caring passionate person who strongly believes that any relationship must be based in honesty and good communication am also romantic and honest...am very dedicated to my friendships and relationships and am the type that will never let you down! My family is what is most important to me in life...there is nothing like it!I find pleasure in the simple things in life, walks on the beach, sitting by a lake, drives into the mountains to see the autumn foliage I like to have fun, whether going out to a local bar, dancing, movies, dinner.. It doesn't take much to impress me, just as long as you are yourself! My friends say I am one of the sweetest people you will ever meet...why don't you find out for yourself?
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Email
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Search Engine
Orrville, OH
G4472, 51, S, 5'8'', Attorney. Bates; Northwestern; University of Virginia.
Favorite books: Democracy in America, Complete Sherlock Holmes, Notes From Underground, Killer Angels, Scarlet Letter, MANY OTHERS!
What's on your night table: Sherlock Holmes.
Favorite authors: Ac Doyle, Hawthorne, Melville, Shakespeare.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Historic Preservation, Chess Life.
Interest and taste in the arts: theater, Art Institute-impressionists especially; Alan Sherman, Bullwinkle, Three Stooges.
Interest in taste in music: Classical, Old-time (Gershwin, Ella Fitzgerald).
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Old-time: Jimmy Stewart, Audrey & Kate Hepburn, Hitchcock.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Want to do more--love the Maine coast.
Hobbies & pastimes: Theater (attending), chess, history tours and conferences, Sherlock Holmes, old-time radio.
Religion and interest in religion: Jewish--high level of interest intellectually, wavering observance.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Publish something brilliant; travel more; find lasting romance.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: (Will think about).
What disturbs you most about today's society?: (Will think about).
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Kindness, honesty, reasonable intelligence and intellectual curiosity.
Write a short sketch about yourself: (Will think about).
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): all--e-mail at first.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: long ago--advert.
Bensenville IL
G4471, 63, D, 5'10'', Research scientist. Washington University, St. Louis.
Favorite books: Mulisch - Discovery of Heaven; Rush - Mating; Keillor - Wogegon Boy; Kundera - Identity; Danticat - Farming of Bones; Allende - Daughter of Fortune; Smith - Hotel World; Murakami - Kafka on the Shore.
What's on your night table: Denison - Tree of Smoke; Weisman - World Without Us; Indridason - Silence of the Grave; Packer - Songs Without Words.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: NY Times, New Yorker, Atlantic
Interest and taste in the arts: Japanese wood blocks, Kandinsky, Klee, NW Coast Indian, Dutch masters.
Interest in taste in music: Classical, early music, organ, Bach, Glass.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Brazil, Koyanisqatsi, Zelig, Dreams (Kurosawa), Il Postino, Amelie, Awakenings, American Splendor, Run Lola Run, 13 Conversations, Secret Life of Words, Red White Blue, 12 Monkeys, Man Who Wasn't There, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Lost in Translation, more!
Hobbies & pastimes: Reading! + playing recorder, hiking, studying lichens.
Religion and interest in religion: None.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Conserve more nature, support my kids.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Green building, carbon offsets, more libraries, philanthropy, localism, land trusts, microloans, public radio and tv.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Greed, materialism, politics, corruption, growing gap between rich and poor, religious ideologues, intolerance, globalism, commercial tv.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Book lover! + healthy, active, likes pets.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I take no meds at all, keep active, am punctual, philanthropic, frugal, responsible, quiet and studious but enjoy a good laugh!
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): email.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Can't remember.
Madison, WI
G4470, 56, Separated for 2 years, 6'2'', Product development engineer. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Favorite books: Dubliners (Joyce); War and Peace (Tolstoy); The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov); Dark Alleys (Bunin).
What's on your night table: Boswell's London Journals; Mozart - A Cultural Biography (Gutman); Hitler's Scientists (Cornwell).
Favorite authors: Mikhail Bulgakov, Giacomo Casanova, B. Traven, Artur Schnitzler, Ivan Bunin, Barbara Tuchman (historian).
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: The New Yorker.
Interest and taste in the arts: Very interested in music, painting, photography. Less knowledgeable about, but also interested in ballet and architecture.
Interest in taste in music: JS Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Elgar, Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, Bartok. I have respect for the American jazz tradition, but little knowledge.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Hollywood film noir, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, anything with Ingrid Bergman in the cast.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Love to travel - since I'm interested in classical music and Western art, that means mostly to Europe. Paris and St. Petersburg.
Hobbies & pastimes: Photography with the old chemical processes.
Religion and interest in religion: 'nominal' Episcopalian. That means Easter & Christmas. Actually deeply religious but in an unconventional way.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Finish my novels!!!!
What changes in recent society please you the most?: There are more cultural opportunities than ever before for those smart enough to use them.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Tattoos on women and the general low pop culture.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Lively mind, inquisitive and intelligent, creative, and having a desire to truly partner with her man, not to mention a strong streak of sensuality. She should dress and act feminine - there's no more powerful aphrodisiac. I am willing to travel to meet a compatible woman.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am a passionate music lover and aspiring novelist - looking for friendship, possibly more. I look 5-7 years younger than my age. Some women find me handsome, a few even 'incredibly sexy' but that's for you to judge. A female musician friend of mine calls me 'the most cultured man I've ever met in Virginia' - again, for you to judge. Though sometimes I feel myself a man out of his time, I possess a dry sense of humour that surfaces at inappropriate moments. I'm tall, with dark hair mixed with grey; midnight blue eyes; a fair complexion.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): any
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: was a member before
Woonsocket, RI
G4469, 44, 5' 9 1/2", S, U.S. Navy. University. of Virginia.
Favorite books: "Madame Bovary," "Sense and Sensibility," "La Princesse de Cleves," Les Liaisons Dangereuses," "The Leopard".
What's on your night table: I'm reading "The Haj" by Leon Uris at the moment.
Favorite authors: Balzac, Flaubert, Moliere, Lampedusa, Longfellow, Petrarca, Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Pope, Jane Austen, Gibbon, Macaulay.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: The New York Review of Books, The Claremont Review of Books, The New Yorker
Interest and taste in the arts: French Impressionism and Italian Renaissance art.
Interest in taste in music: Top 40 and adult contemporary.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: I don't watch many films, but I do like theatre, especially Moliere, Shakespeare, Racine, Corneille, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Rostand.
Hobbies & pastimes: Reading books, politics, travel, learning foreign languages, art, wine, coffee, working out in the gym, running.
Religion and interest in religion: Catholic, but do not attend Mass often.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Ph.D., travel widely, read constantly, write books, find my soulmate.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Kind heart, sweet disposition, lively personality, engaging and curious intellect, gentle manners, fun-loving, passionate about life.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am well-mannered gentleman with a passion for reading, travel, learning, politics, and good conversation over a cup of coffee or glass of wine with a special lady.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): email.
Arlington, VA
G4468, 46, S, 5'5'', Professional.
Favorite books: king lear, prophet, shantaram.
What's on your night table: hg.wells history, 1000 splendid suns.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: not the nytimes. , financial times weekend section (believe it or not.. a great selection of eclectic opinion).
Interest and taste in the arts: anything original.
Interest in taste in music: opera!, tango! jazz! blues some-rock, folk.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: not much interest. but love epics and big screen sagas.
Interest in travel/favorite places: want to travel the whole world.
Hobbies & pastimes: ski, tennis, nature, woodworking, dressmaking, games for kids.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: make the world safer and reduce global warming
What changes in recent society please you the most?: women on top?
What disturbs you most about today's society?: shitty republicans and ascendence of corporate power.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: sensual, alive, intellectual, hungry to live.
Write a short sketch about yourself: want to make my life count.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): phone is best. email is ok.
Harrison, NJ
G4467, 66, D, 5'10'', High School Teacher. Rice, SMU.
Favorite books: mysteries, other fiction, travel.
What's on your night table: Catch-22, Adventure Divas,Dirty Cop?, Living to Tell the Tale,The Road, Sexual Personae, Water for Elephants.
Favorite authors: Anne Lamott.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New York Times.
Interest and taste in the arts: Lithograph,Painting, Sculpture, Eclectic.
Interest in taste in music: 1950s Oldies Rock & Roll, Classical, Dixieland, Eclectic.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Foreign, Woody Allen, Eclectic.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Mexico,Southwestern United States.
Hobbies & pastimes: Reading,Chess, Road Trips.
Religion and interest in religion: Westar Institute (Search for the Historical Jesus).
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Teach in Mexico.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Voters and Congress rising against current administration.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Loss of personal freedoms.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Intelligent listener and conversationalist.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Multiple interests and past educational and career background; open-minded; travel oriented, especially within Mexico. Five years into learning to be a good high school teacher of math.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail
Favorite books: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover; Steppenwolf [years ago]; I'm composing and writing now more than reading.
Favorite authors: Carl Jung [and easier to understand] some Jungians;
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: NYT
Interest and taste in the arts: post impressionists, Rodin, Michaelangelo, Hopper
Interest in taste in music: opera, chamber music
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Bergmann, Fellini, Lives of Others
Interest in travel/favorite places: Europe, especially Italy, also would like to go to France, Greece, Berlin, Prague
Hobbies & pastimes: walking, finding interesting restaurants, singing in UU church choir, time with kids and grandkids and friends
Religion and interest in religion: spiritual via dreams, Jungian thinking, Unitarian-Universalist or?
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Composing music
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Not many. Access to information via the Internet
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Lack of caring, right-wing neo-con insanity
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Someone with whom to have a good loving time together and also time apart sometimes too.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I'm a retired symphony musician now living in Bloomington IN because it's a great place and because my children's families are nearby. Studying music theory and composing. Wrote a short play which had a reading. Want to travel a bit more in US and Europe. Like visiting large cities, art museums, nature, walking, ethnic restaurants.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: was a member some years ago.
Comments: would like to find someone who wants to enjoy life, make love, and also give each other space sometimes.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): email, write.
Bloomington, IN
G4465, 67, D, 5’8”, Prospective writer. West Virginia University.
Favorite books: The Sound and The Fury, and Absolom, Absolom! by Faulkner; The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and A Whistling Woman by A.S. Byatt; The Forsyte Saga by Galsworthy; another one is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
What's on your night table: A Common Faith by John Dewey.
Favorite authors: Please see above; and there are others.
Interest and taste in the arts: Live theatre, modern dance, photographic exhibits.
Interest in taste in music: classical and Jazz.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: varies widely, but mostly I like a movie about real people confronting real ethical dilemmas, without the Hollywood glitz; though a good adventure movie gets me going.
Interest in travel/favorite places: I travel to see friends in England and France.
Hobbies & pastimes: writing, reading cooking, bike riding, listening to music, good times with people I care about.
Religion and interest in religion: I'm a member of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia, a humanitic religious fellowship.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: become a good writer; find a real life partner.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: It seems that people of different races have a greater tendency to see each other as real, despite the prevailing stereotypes.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: watching people in groups talking on their cell phones rather than with each other.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: be a loving friend.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I started out as a coin dealer, but spent the last 17 years of my working life as a social worker, and the last 7 of those working with homeless men. One reason I left is that I couldn't put up with the bureaucracy. Another is that I wanted to write. At first, I used a quasi case study approach, but then get interested in the characters, and developing certain themes. So I began to fictionalize. But that got tricky. I had to decide on an approach to the subject matter, the POV, and then, to teach myself to write - easier said than done. I got into a writer's workshop, and got good critiques, and I've been going at it ever since. There are lots of challenges, one of which is finding and giving love - which is why I'm here. In any case, I've taken charge of my life, and I think that's a good thing.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): first email; then telephone
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: friend
Philadelphia, PA
G4438, 48, D, 6’2’’, College Professor. Princeton University.
Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, Far from the Madding Crowd, Poems by the English Romantics.
Favorite authors: J. Austen, C. Bronte, C. Dickens, T. Hardy, W. Wordsworth, N. Hawthorne, L. Tolstoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. Mann, B. Pasternak.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New York Times.
Interest and taste in the arts: Literature, art, music.
Interest in taste in music: Some classical, some jazz, some contemporary.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Romantic classics, some comedies, some historical films, movies based on great novels such as Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Parts of America and Europe.
Hobbies & pastimes: Visiting beautiful places such as gardens, historic homes, museums; reading; watching movies; playing the piano.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Increased global awareness.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Kindhearted, intelligent, sensitive, honest, loyal, affectionate,health-conscious, with some interest in reading and/or the arts.
Write a short sketch about yourself: College teacher of English and Literature. Intelligent, thoughtful, kindhearted, loving, generous, supportive, health-conscious, attractive.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Please email.
White Plains, NY
G4464, 73, D, 6’, Semi-retired English Professor. University of Maryland.
Favorite books: The Kite Runner, Kathy Reichs mysteries, The Iliad.
What's on your night table: The Latin Americans: Understanding Their Legacy.
Favorite authors: William Faulkner, Kathy Reichs, Jane Austen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Bill Bryson. I'll add more later.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Smithsonian Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Washington Post.
Interest and taste in the arts: I like water color painting, especially by my sister and her friends.
Interest in taste in music: Jazz, most classical music, 40's pops and swing.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Comedies and some mystery/adventure movies. Favorites: Far from the Madding Crowd, The Bourne Ultimatum.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Have been to Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, England and Columbia, South America. I want very much to see Spain.
Hobbies & pastimes: Have been studying Spanish for several years. I also play chess and pocket billiards. I work out sporadically at Gold's Gym.
Religion and interest in religion: I am a Presbyterian Elder. I like to study other religions.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: I would like to finish writing a book on Camp Meade, MD, the WW1 forerunner of Fort Meade, where my parents met; also there's play based on the Oresteia I need to get busy on.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Because I have a lesbian daughter, I am pleased to see a more generous attitude toward non-conventional lifestyles growing in the United States and the West.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: The lack of intellectual curiosity among so many of our young people disturbs me. I am also disturbed by the slovenly dress of both young men and women--and some mature adults as well. And tattoos on girls and women I find almost revolting.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: A warm and generous attitude toward other people; a liberal political viewpoint; a willingness to talk but to be able to be happy together without always needing to talk.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am a 73-year-old white male who is well educated and relatively active still in the academic world. I attend church rather regularly, but my religious views are not traditional. I like spectator sports, especially the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Redskins. I have not yet really warmed up to the Ravens. I also like golf, especially Tiger Woods. I stay in close contact with my daughters despite their being in New York City and Boston. They feel free to share their thoughts with me. And, I must admit to liking the CSI crime TV shows and also Animal Planet. The death of Steve Irwin was a severe blow to the world, I believe.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail):
Write, phone, email: any of these.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: A friend who met his wife through Single Booklovers told me about you.
Comments: I'm looking forward to meeting someone soon, but any relationship should develop slowly.
Glen Burnie, MD
G4406, 38, S, 5’10’’, Librarian.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: The Atlantic, New York Review.
Interest and taste in the arts: Considerable, especially with theater and music.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Haven't traveled much, but wish to change that.
Hobbies & pastimes: music, movies, walking.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: high gas prices are finally reducing the SUV's sold .
What disturbs you most about today's society?: environemental degradation, economic structure tilted to the extremely rich, deteriorating education.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: being at least as much a friend as a girlfriend.
Additional comment about yourself: a bit shy at first, quirky sense of humor Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail, but other methods welcome.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: NY Review.
Bryn Mawr, PA
G4462, 61, S, 5’, Writer/Tenured Full Professor. Columbia University.
Favorite books: Proust, Swann's Way; Joyce, Ulysses; waugh, Brideshead Revisited and Decline and Fall; Dickens, Little Dorrit; poetry of Yeats, Auden, Eliot; Bellow's novels; Cheever's stories; Flannery O'Connor's stories; books about English civilization--i.e. Ian Buruma's Anglomania.
What's on your night table: Francine prose, Reading Like a Writer; AA Gil, Angry Island; John Wain, Hurry on Down; Alexander Waugh, Fathers and Sons.
Favorite authors: Joyce, Yeats, Bellow, Roth,Kafka--just too many to name because reading's a profession and a passion for me.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: NY Review of Books; New Criterion; NY Times and NY Sun; enjoy TLS sometimes.
Interest and taste in the arts: 19th and 20th century painting and music and theater-very wide tastes. favor realism and classic high modernism in painting--Constable and Turner, Modigliani and Cezanne--a few favorite painters; love Mahler and Brahms and american Standards(Rodgers and Hart and Porter) and Classic rock through the 1970s;jazz including Parker, Young and Coltraine.
Interest in taste in music: Above.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Noirs; French and Italian classics of the great period 1958--1975; 1950s melodramas; 1960s classics--Five Easy Pieces, Butch C and S Dance Kid; lately--La Vie En Rose--electric.
Interest in travel/favorite places: London; Oxford.
Hobbies & pastimes: trout fishing; water color painting; cafe- going.
Religion and interest in religion: Catholic--considerable interest in history of religions.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Write more books; develop and deepen friendships.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Civil rights, especially as pertaining to the disabled; environmental awareness.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Money power in America; dumbing down of culture; political correctness and the "thought police"; ideologies on campus.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Loyalty, warmth and affectionate nature; degree of attractiveness with obsession regarding looks, weight, etc.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I'm a disabled man. Use a wheelchair. But i'm very successful in my profession, author of 10 books I love life and am enthusiastic and intense. I enjoy the urban scene--the pursuits of the fleur. Not much interested in travel, but love to be out and about in town--films, museums, restaurants. Seek a reflective and soulful companion to enjoy the best that's out there.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Phone or e-mail
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Belonged twice before
New York, NY
G4461, 58, S, 5’9’’, Educator. California State University, Long Beach.
Favorite books: Travels With Charley, All Creatures Great and Small.
What's on your night table: All Creatures Great and Small, Autobiography of Isaac Asimov.
Favorite authors: Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, James Herriot.
Interest in taste in music: Folk, country, musicals.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Casablanca, Black Book, humorous movies.
Interest in travel/favorite places: California coast, New England.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Publish a book of poetry.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Understanding different people.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Anger among people.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Humor. Ability to laugh at one’s self. Forgiving.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Sense of humor. Concerned about war. Enjoy meeting people.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): mail, phone.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Advertisement.
Ojai, CA
G4463, 40, S, 6’, Teacher. Fairfield University.
Favorite books: Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter Why I am not a Christian by Bertrand Russell Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera.
What's on your night table: The Social Atom by Mark Buchanan.
Favorite authors: Orwell, Russell, Hofstadter, Dennett, Dawkins, John Rawls.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Scientific American, New York Times, The Nation.
Interest and taste in the arts: Escher, Rousseau, Van Gogh.
Interest in taste in music: Wilco, Shins, Grateful Dead, The Clash, The Jam, J.S.Bach, Holst(the planets).
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Brazil, Waking Life, Existenz, Fight Club, Life of Brian.
Interest in travel/favorite places: NYC, Rome, New England Woods.
Hobbies & pastimes: Hiking and watching night skies.
Religion and interest in religion: Do not belong to organized religion. Raised Catholic I am a Deist but I have a negative attitude toward organized religion and think being spiritual is either phony or flakey.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: I'd like to get a Ph.D. in either Mathematics, Philosophy or Physics at some point.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: That the number of people not affiliated with organized religion is growing.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: That the number of fundamentalists (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu) is growing.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Kind,funny, not religious, and have similar values
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am a Teacher (right now) for a science and environmental education program. I spend a lot of time hiking and out in nature. I enjoy my job a great deal.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Phone or e-mail.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: google search.
What's on your night table: News papers, magazines, ect.
Favorite authors: L.M. Montgomery.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Savannah News, New York Times.
Interest and taste in the arts: I like to make things using tooth picks and match sticks. Personal expression. Very earthy.
Interest in taste in music: Classical Jazz, Easy Listening, Mozart.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: M.Dramatic, Public Broadcasting, or PBS Films of the 17,18,19, 20th century.
Interest in travel/favorite places: San Francisco favorite city. Would love to travel East Europe.
Hobbies & pastimes: Gardening, Reading, and quiet times.
Religion and interest in religion: Al-Islam, East Philosophy, Yoga.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: To get salt and sugar from my diet.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Removal of the tyrants in the world. There is still much more work to do in this country and the world.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: World wars, genocide, diseases, illiteracy, poverty.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Not to be up tight. Relax. Be cool.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Laid Back. Good Listener.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): All.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: magazine
Savannah, GA
G4391, 50, D, 5’9’’, English Teacher.
Favorite books: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe, Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro, The Fortunate Pilgrim, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: On NPR: This American Life, Sound & Spirit, ATC.
Interest and taste in the arts: Little theater with strong characterization.
Interest in taste in music: All good. I’m a dial twister exercising and driving.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: P.T. Anderson’s Magnolia-type films, comedies.
Religion and interest in religion: Christian.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: People are more open to others. For example, one of my eighth graders, in an M.L. King essay, said he was grateful that Dr. King helped make it possible to marry a European-American man, which brought him cousins who taught him to skateboard. Other examples are people who work hard to share their interests in various blogs and web sites, and get involved in different groups which work to recreate the old-fashioned extended family.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Do you remember the original Saturday Night Live, where Dan Ackroyd would play the news anchor who responded to each of Jane Curtain’s commentaries by calling her an ignorant slut. Back then it was satire; today it’s the news. This tribal acrimony is counter to everything this little-brother-of -the sixties thought life would be like. And goes counter to today’s major problem: the lack of wealth creation and the solid, generous, optimistic values our once prosperous society held. We seem more short-term now, with little discussion of how we’ll leave our kids a more benevolent world.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: She can find joy in the basic things in life, is too involved to worry about a new couch, can balance solitary reading and writing with family and community involvement.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I’ve been a single, full time Dad for 13 years which got me out of traveling and now back to Junior High ( I almost put “Maniac Magee” in my favorite books list). Since I work with great people, and enjoy my family and son’s friends, I should be more content than I am. Life gets better when one can look at the problems which come up during the day and see how they will be a good story by dinnertime.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): All.
Broomall, PA
G4459, 61, S, 5’91/2’’, Academic Library Director. University of Wisconsin.
Favorite books: Many.
What's on your night table: Questions About Angels, The Shadow of the Wind, The Savage Detectives, Secrets of the Seine.
Favorite authors: Dickens, Billy Collins, Paul Auster, Bukowski, Shakespeare, et. al.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New Yorker, N.Y. Times Book Review, Poets & Writers, American Scholar, Philosophy Now.
Interest and taste in the arts: Theatre (including acting), music, art, movies, Bunraku.
Interest in taste in music: Jazz, classical, Eastern and Mideastern, exotic.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Good drama, good acting. The Godfather, All That Jazz, Blowup, The Limey, The Sixth Sense, Duel.
Interest in travel/favorite places: England, Europe, Canada, USA.
Hobbies & pastimes: Collecting elephants, Buddhas, images of people reading, percussion instruments.
Religion and interest in religion: Aesthetic Pantheist.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Publish a book.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Email, telephone no-call listings.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Paranoia and intrusiveness of the government and business.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Sense of humor, spontaneity, spirit of adventure, affection, exoticism.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Am a dreamer, a drummer, a poet, an actor, a reader, a writer. I Interpret life aesthetically, and believe that life is an adventure and humor is good. Art in its many forms is essential for a good and interesting life.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Email.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: A friend who had been a member.
Richland Center, WI
G4458, 74, S, 5’9’’. Notre Dame.
Favorite books: Fountainhead,The Florence King Reader.
What's on your night table: The Diviners.
Favorite authors: Ayn Rand, Edna Ferber.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: None.
Interest and taste in the arts: NONE.
Interest in taste in music: Classical and the 40"s.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Bogart, Tracy, Mitchum, Lancaster.
Interest in travel/favorite places: New York, London.
Hobbies & pastimes: Woodworker, Sewing.
Religion and interest in religion: Catholic.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: None.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: None.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Liberalism.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Intelligent and sense of humor.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Self Absorbed. good sense of humor.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Write.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Former Member.
Sewickley, PA
G4457, 34, S, 5’8’’, Cardiology Nurse. Lower Columbia College.
Favorite books: Exodus, Where the Red Fern Grows, Atlas Shrugged, The Secret, The Hunt for Red October, The Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia.
What's on your night table: The Secret, The Shinig, AK-47.
Favorite authors: Leon Uris, Herman Wouk, Pat Conroy, Stephen R. Donaldson, J.R.R Tolkien, James Michener, Stephen King, Tom Clancy, CS Lewis.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: National Geographic, Newsweek, National Review, The Oregonian, Reason, Entertainment.
Interest and taste in the arts: I enjoy opera, live theater. I go to the museum when they have a interesting exhibit. I have to travel a little bit since I live in a small town where they don't get to much culture.
Interest in taste in music: I listen to everything under the sun. From classical to rock. Depends on my mood and what I'm doing at the time.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Star Wars, The Hunt For Red October, The Usual Suspects, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Munich, Assault on Precinct 13(the John Carpenter Original), Black Hawk Down, Road to Perdition, Seabiscuit, March of the Penguins, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Logans Run, Layer Cake.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Haven't traveled a great deal. We were always homebodies in my family. For the most part I just take road trips. Would like to travel though, but not alone, lol.
Hobbies & pastimes: Would mentioning reading be redundant, lol?
Religion and interest in religion: I was baptized in the Lutheran church. I read a chapter in the Old and New testaments in the Bible every couple of days. Due to my schedule I only go to church about once a month. Would go more often if I could. I go to a non-denominational Protestant service.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Get married to the love of my life, grow old together and have one boy and one girl, maybe a third. To travel to the UK, Ireland, Italy, Israel and most countries beginning with I, lol. To own a 1968 Dodge Charger. Pay off my house. Make 1 Million dollars in 1 year.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: How smoking is no longer considered cool.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: The lack of self reliance and responsibility. People blame something else for there actions rather then themselves. This is a root of most of the problems in the world I believe. From declining morality to Islamic extremist..
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: As for the type of lady I'm looking for, I would like someone intelligent, so we could converse about deep subjects. A real feminine lady who is honest and kind. Someone who could share my interest in books and culture. Someone as laid back as I, who doesn't haveto go out every night, but is content to also stay at home and be together. Also a non-smoker, never been married. And you should want to have children. I live in a small town, with no plans to move, so if you must live in a big city, I'm not your sort of guy.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I'm a pretty nice, polite guy. Think of myself as being old fashioned and a gentleman. I'm laidback, takes alot to get me mad. Have a tendency to be a little cynical about things but working on being more positive. I believe I would be a good husband and father.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): email
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: magazine, not sure which one
Longview, WA
G4456, 62, S, 5’8’’, Retired. University of Wisconsin.
Favorite books: Challenge of a Liberal Faith, A History of God, Papal Sins, currently reading many books on Buddhism.
What's on your night table: do not have one.
Favorite authors: anyone who writes about history, religion, current events or today's issues.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: LA Times, real estate periodicals, National Geographic.
Interest and taste in the arts: contemporary.
Interest in taste in music: soft and classical rock, no Rap, pop music from the 50s, 60s & 70s.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: documentary, history, comedy.
Interest in travel/favorite places: try to do 2 foreign trips a year, going to Russia and southeast Asia soon.
Hobbies & pastimes: Flying a Cessna, Bridge, Chess (not good), reading, investigating history & religion.
Religion and interest in religion: agnostic, Christian and Jewish roots, always searching for the truth.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: more travel, more study of history and religious philosophy, currently investigating Buddhism.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: equality of sexes and races, growing interest in physical fitness.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: drugs, crime.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: compatible personality, good personal habits (no drugs, alcohol, smoking).
Write a short sketch about yourself: retired engineer managing some personal real estate investment property a few hours each week, love Southern California and its great weather.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): write, email.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: was a member in the 70's.
Mission Viejo, CA
G4455, 58, D, 6’, English Instructor. University of Pennsylvania, University of Iowa, and Villanova University.
Favorite books: " The House of the Seven Gables" -Hawthorne, "Vanity Fair " -Thackeray, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"-Oscar Wilde, "The Bonfire of the Vanities"-Tom Wolfe.
What changes in recent society please you the most? the spread of freedom and democracy.
What disturbs you most about today's society? the threat of militant Islam. Things you would like to accomplish in your lifetime: to improve the richness of life.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: a loving nature and desire to build a marriage based on a close, meaningful relationship of love and understanding.
Additional comments about yourself : I was an English major in college and graduate school and am very much interested in literature and the arts.
Favorite books: Thoreau's Walden, Sherlock Holmes, Don Quixote, Plato's Theatetus, Job, L. Carroll's Alice, women scientist biographies.
What's on your night table: changing material on human learning, corporate training, and computer tech.
Favorite authors: Jean Piaget, Jerome Kagan (doctoral advisor), John Holt, B. Russell, L. Trotsky (as farce), C. Darwin.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Listen a lot on NPR, PBS and sometimes Pacifica for news and culture. Sometimes New York Times, Science News, The Nation, NY Review of Books, New Yorker and many more.
Interest and taste in the arts: Scholarly art interest in Hudson River school, Leonardo and Chagall. Favorite poets are Wordsworth and Whitman. Favorite playwrights are Shaw, Ibsen and O'Neil. Fascinated by architecture, but only tolerant of dance!
Interest in taste in music: All of the Gershwins, Kern, Rodgers with Hart and Hammerstein as well as C. Porter and J. Mercer. Prefer the classic rock of Berry and the Beatles and (onetime neighbor) Carol King for dancing. Interested in socially conscious folk. Reasonable knowledge of classical and jazz.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Marx Brothers / Woody Allen / MYST3K series, "Stand by Me", "Crossing Delancey", "When Harry met Sally", "Forbidden Games" (french), "The Great Race", "King Kong" and "Godzilla" with kids.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Not widely traveled except New York and New England, but love nature. I would like to see England, China and Israel with a partner. Interested in Pacific Northwest and Southwest.
Hobbies & pastimes: Day hiking, cycling/canoeing, cross-country skiing, healthy cooking, home repair, naval history, stamp collecting.
Religion and interest in religion: Culturally Jewish: reconstructionist, scientific humanist, tolerant..
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: I want to apply my great knowledge of learning theory to practical problems.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Increasing environmentalism! (drive Prius), global Human Rights advocacy.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: extremes of selfishness; decline in literacy; too much media violence and sex; business and government corruption.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Seeking a bright woman between 30 and 48 of average looks for marriage who is not too pretentious or materialistic. My best match would enjoy children and nature and books bigtime and maybe some progressive politics.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am in a complex career transition. But I am financially secure / independently wealthy. I could easily relocate from New York City with the right partner. I believe in low cost financial diversification and high investment romantic nondiversification! I am masculine, but also good with communication and "reading" a woman's needs patiently.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): e-mail, write
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: old print ad + google.
Religion and interest in religion: believe in higher power attend church regularly.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: enjoy every day.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: new emphasis on charity.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Violence and lack of respect and civility.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: open-mindedness, intelligence.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am happy and have a wonderful life and would like to share it with someone of like ilk.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): email.
Fulton, NY
G4451, 43, D, 6’, Professor of English.
Favorite books: A Nervous Splendor, The Devil's Own Work, A Gentle Madness, The End of the Affair.
What's on your night table: Ireland Guide, The Rise of Silas Lapham, V for Vendetta.
Favorite authors: Graham Greene, Robert Musil, George Eliot, Cormac McCarthy, Edmund Wilson.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: PC Magazine, American Photo, The Nation, The New Yorker, World Press Review.
Interest and taste in the arts: Art Deco, Pre-Raphelites, Photography.
Interest in taste in music: Jazz, Blues, Classical, Celtic, Ambient.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Film Noir, Hollywood Classics, Last Tango in Paris, Touch of Evil.
Interest in travel/favorite places: I would like to visit Ireland and New Zealand.
Hobbies & pastimes: I love dogs and I enjoy cooking comfort food for my family and friends. Reading. Photography.
Religion and interest in religion: I have a life-long fascination with religion. In addition to having a sharp and active sense of humor, I am interested in the search for ultimate answers.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: My goals are modest: personal happiness and to give back more to my community than I take from it.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: The egalitarian possibilities of advances in technology.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: That they are realized so imperfectly.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Honesty and integrity.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I'm an honest and modest man of simple tastes, a bit reserved by nature but endlessly curious about the world around me. I treasure my friends, my family and my dogs. I'm an excellent listener and I truly enjoy the fine art of conversation. I strive to be one on whom nothing is lost.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): E-mail.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: Google
Ashland, KY
G4450, 54, D, 6'2", Textile Chemist/former researcher. University of North Carolina.
Favorite books: Dubliners (Joyce); War and Peace (Tolstoy); The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov); Dark Alleys (Bunin).
What's on your night table: Boswell's London Journals; Mozart - A Cultural Biography (Gutman); Hitler's Scientists (Cornwell).
Favorite authors: Mikhail Bulgakov, Giacomo Casanova, B. Traven, Artur Schnitzler, Ivan Bunin, Barbara Tuchman (historian).
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: none - read mostly history and quality fiction.
Interest and taste in the arts: Very interested in music, painting, photography. Less knowledgeable about, but also interested in ballet and architecture.
Interest in taste in music: JS Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Elgar, Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, Bartok. I have respect for the American jazz tradition, but little knowledge.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Hollywood film noir, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, anything with Ingrid Bergman in the cast.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Love to travel - since I'm interested in music and art, that means mostly to Europe. Paris and St. Petersburg.
Hobbies & pastimes: Photography with the old chemical processes. For years I was a serious photographer, finally losing interest as the world went digital.
Religion and interest in religion: 'nominal' Episcopalian. That means Easter & Christmas. Actually deeply religious but in an unconventional way.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Finish my novels!!!!
What changes in recent society please you the most?: There are more cultural opportunities than ever before for those smart enough to use them.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: Tattoos on women and the general low pop culture.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Lively mind, inquisitive and intelligent, creative, and having a desire to truly partner with her man, not to mention a strong streak of sensuality. She should dress and act feminine - there's no more powerful aphrodisiac. I am willing to travel to meet a compatible woman.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am a passionate music lover and aspiring novelist - looking for friendship, possibly more. I look 5-7 years younger than my age. Some women find me handsome, a few even 'incredibly sexy' but that's for you to judge. A female musician friend of mine calls me 'the most cultured man I've ever met in Virginia' - again, for you to judge. I'm introspective and in this small town milieu, tend to be a loner, centering in my own world of music, literature and cats. Though sometimes I feel myself a man out of his time, I possess a dry sense of humour that surfaces at inappropriate moments.
I'm tall, with dark hair mixed with grey; midnight blue eyes; a fair complexion.
Preferred method of contact by other SBL members (write, phone, e-mail): Any.
How did you hear about Single Booklovers: I was a member years ago and met several interesting women through SBL.
Favorite books: Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Count of Monte Cristo, Captain Blood, Scaramouche, Master-at-Arms, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Throwback by Tom Sharpe, Skin & Bones and The Stray Lamb by Thorne Smith.
What's on your night table: WILT & THE WILT ALTERNATIVE by Tom Sharpe, HEMLOCK AT VESPERS by Peter Tremayne, MONK'S HOOD by Ellis Peters.
Favorite authors: Tom Sharpe, Edgar Allan Poe, Rafael Sabatini, Thorne Smith, Clive Cussler, Peter Tremayne, Ellis Peters, Alexandre Dumas.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: New York Daily News.
Interest and taste in the arts: I enjoy Broadway musicals, especially THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and LES MISERABLES. I admire Rodin, but I know very little about classical and modern art.
Interest in taste in music: Romantic classical music, celtic music, classic rock Interest and taste in films/favorites: My taste in films doesn't always run towards the popular; I rarely go to films in the Top Ten. My favorite films include Walt Disney's FANTASIA, 1776 and LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992).
Interest in travel/favorite places: With regard to foreign travel, I have traveled to and enjoy traveling to Europe (I've been to England, Ireland, France, Italy, Greence and Transylvania!). Dometically, I've been to Seattle, Philadelphia and Orlando.
Hobbies & pastimes: Reading, old-time radio drama, acting, collecting.
Religion and interest in religion: Jewish; non-practicing.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: The fcat that this country has willingly followed a president into an unpopular war that has strayed so far from its original objective that that objective has almost been forgotten.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: A good conversationalist.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am a somewhat shy person with an unusual sense of humor, and as befits an Aquarius, I am something of a dreamer, but also extremely imaginative; this comes in handy since I am a stage and professional voice-over actor. I have always loved acting, ever since I was little; I specialize in character roles and love taking annual classes in stage combat (particularly swordsmanship!). I like to express myself in writing, and I live in Forest Hills and love it because I've always enjoyed the quiet areas of the city rather than the noisy, more populated parts, understandable since I grew up in Manhattan's upper East Side (which could be very crowded and noisy, especially around parade times!). I enjoy traveling (my favorite city is London) and have been to some rather unusual lands, including spending Halloween(my favorite holiday!) in Ireland and Transylvania (in Dracula's Castle no less!). I am an avid collector, and I have a large collection of films, books, records and tapes.
Forest Hills, NY
G4447, 60, S, 6', Field Representative. New York University.
Favorite books: Anything by Childs, Forsyth, Sandiford, Stephen King
What's on your night table: The Millionares
Favorite authors: Childs, Forsythe, Sandiford, etc.
Favorite periodicals & newspapers: Wall Street Journal, Money.
Interest and taste in the arts: Musical Plays, Comedy.
Interest in taste in music: Light Classical, Country, Blues.
Interest and taste in films/favorites: Foreign Films in English, Serious Drama.
Interest in travel/favorite places: Scandavia, France, Ireland, Southwestern USA.
Hobbies & pastimes: Ride a Motorcycle, Sailing, Restore old cars.
Religion and interest in religion: very little.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Would like to go on a serious cruise [not too large a boat], maybe ride a motorcycle across the USA.
What changes in recent society please you the most?: Openess, ability and willingness to communicate.
What disturbs you most about today's society?: We are not defending our borders or quality of life.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Open to new ideas, honest and trusting.
Write a short sketch about yourself: I am pretty old, not in bad shape, married for many years, virtually no recent experience with the opposite sex; maybe kinda shy.
Weatherford, TX
G4448, 55, S, 5'10", Author, Excelsior College.
Favorite books: Books that I have written. http://philophysics.com.
Interest in taste in music: Classical Music.
Things you would still like to accomplish in your life time: Become Famous.
Most important characteristics in a date or mate: Beauty & Brains.
Write a short sketch about yourself: Brains but no beauty.