Robert
Location:
Poughkeepsie NY
Here For
Networking
Relationship Status
Divorced
Orientation
Straight
Children
Proud Parent
Number of Children
3
Body Type
Some extra baggage
Height
6'1"
Religion
Christian - other
Ethnicity
White / Caucasian
Smoke
No
Drink
Yes
About Me
I am currently an NGH Board Certified Hypnotist with an office in Poughkeepsie NY. Before I came to practice hypnosis, I had a long career with IBM, where I wore many hats. After retiring from IBM Research, I decided to pursue my long held interest in hypnosis with the thought that I could apply it to help people make their own lives better. To quote my friend Marcia Proctor, speaking of hypnosis as a profession, "This is *great* stuff!"
Music
I'm a fan of classical music, and listen to that genre mostly. I'm also a fan of what we used to call American Popular Classics, the Swing Era, classic ensemble jazz (Dixieland) and Bluegrass.
Movies
I still get goosebumps when Victor Laslo stands up in front of the band at Rick's and calls for La Marseillaise, and the people join in, drowning out the Nazis. That might give you a clue as to my favorite movie is, although I'm also quite fond of Star Trek, Star Wars and Harry Potter films.
TV
I watch a lot of the History Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Yankee games, news, and anything by Ken Burns.
Books
I don't read as much as I should. When I do it's generally non-fiction, mostly political and military history. Once in a while I'll read poetry, often by Edna St. Vincent Millay, whom I quote in my profile. Not too often because I know she'll have me in tears within ten minutes or so. It's not because her writing is so sad, it's mostly from a sense of loss, in that I never knew her...
Likes
Old friends, new friends, classical music, talking with people about hypnotism...
(I wonder if this is where I should mention Ipswich fried clams?)
Dislikes
The common mistake of confusing performance with character. I believe that, just for example mind you, a not so good man can be a not so bad President, and a pretty good man can be a pretty bad President. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Hobbies
Not as many as I used to have. I no longer work on cars or do much with Ham radio, I still enjoy Electronics of the Hollow State and writing...
Vices
Tanqueray martinis before dinner, but only two. I'm also merciless in my castigation of those who labor under the mistaken impression that anything made with that dilute torpedo fuel known as vodka can properly be called a "martini". I try not to be pedantic about it...
Virtues
There must be some... don't rush me, I'm thinking...
Heroes
I'll only mention three names right now, George Washington, Martin Luther King jr., and Myrtle Maxwell Dunscomb Katzenberger Roberts, my mother.
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